How do you get Echo Shard in Minecraft?

Echo Shard is obtained through Ancient City chest loot. There is no recipe for Echo Shard, but 1 recipe asks for it.

When was Echo Shard added to Minecraft?

Echo Shard was added in version 1.19.

How many Echo Shard can you stack?

Echo Shard at 64 a slot, and Recovery Compass takes 8 per craft, so a full slot is 8 Recovery Compass with nothing left over. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

Where do you find Echo Shard in chests?

Echo Shard is chest loot in one place and one only: ancient city chests (about 30%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

What is Echo Shard used for?

Echo Shard is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Recovery Compass.

Miscellaneous

Echo Shard

A rare item found in Ancient City chests. Used to craft a Recovery Compass that points to your last death location.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Echo Shard at a glance

Echo Shard, an item out of Ancient City chest loot, sits under Miscellaneous. Carrying Echo Shard is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Echo Shard additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Recovery Compass. Generated chests only ever hold Echo Shard in one place: ancient city chests (about 30%, 1 to 3 at a time). It sits between Dune Armor Trim Smithing Template and Egg in Miscellaneous, number 36 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Only Recovery Compass uses Echo Shard as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Echo Shard in it.

Recovery Compass

How to obtain

Ancient City chest loot

Notes

Found only in Ancient City chests in the Deep Dark biome. Combine 8 with a Compass to craft a Recovery Compass.

Frequently asked questions about Echo Shard

How do you get Echo Shard in Minecraft?
Echo Shard is obtained through Ancient City chest loot. There is no recipe for Echo Shard, but 1 recipe asks for it.
When was Echo Shard added to Minecraft?
Echo Shard was added in version 1.19.
How many Echo Shard can you stack?
Echo Shard at 64 a slot, and Recovery Compass takes 8 per craft, so a full slot is 8 Recovery Compass with nothing left over. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
Where do you find Echo Shard in chests?
Echo Shard is chest loot in one place and one only: ancient city chests (about 30%, 1 to 3 at a time). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
What is Echo Shard used for?
Echo Shard is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Recovery Compass.

Building with it

Echo shards come from ancient city chests, and eight of them around a compass make a recovery compass. That is their only use, and since ancient cities are guarded by the warden, every shard in a world was earned quietly rather than fought for.

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