Where to get hero shards
Every way to collect hero shards: shop chests for emeralds and bottles, map milestones, the Altar and other rewards, plus a lookup for any hero.
What hero shards are
Every shard hero has its own shards. Collect enough of one hero's shards and that hero unlocks; more shards raise its rank later. For example, Na'Ziba unlocks at 10 shards.
Na'Ziba shardsHero shard packA shard pack is one random draw: it gives shards of one hero from that chest's list.
Shop chests for emeralds
Every size costs 5 emeralds per pack, so bigger chests are no cheaper; they only appear as you climb the map.
Chests for magic bottles
Bottle chests cost 40 bottles per pack at the small sizes.
Before and after floor 1500
Each chest has a "likely", an "unlikely" and a "rare" hero list, plus a small chance of a whole hero. After floor 1500 the shards per draw go up, for example from 1 to 6 shards before 1500 to 10 to 15 after.
Other places to get shards
- Map milestones: the first clear of every 50th floor gives one shard draw.
- Altar: sacrificed heroes return shard packs; floors 400 to 1500 give 2 to 5 shards per hero, floor 1501 and up 2 to 3. See the Altar guide.
- Arena chests (the 3-hour chest) and Champions League victory chests by league.
- Daily login reward, crafting and weekly events. See Event Heroes.
- Daily Quests shard reward.