Wild Hearts Goldshard Materials Guide (Normal, Mighty, Volatile)

Wild Hearts is a fast-paced action game with a vibrant, stylized aesthetic and a synth-pop soundtrack, where players travel through surreal and dreamlike landscapes, battling foes, and dodging obstacles. There are many different materials and ingredients you might need to progress and craft things in the game, including many that drop from Giant Kemono. This is our Goldshard Materials Guide for Normal, Mighty, and Volatile Goldshards in Wild Hearts and how to get the different materials available in-game.

Goldshard Materials Guide – Normal

Goldshards are Giant Kemono that can be found in Akikure Canyon Chapter 2. Their Elemental Weaknesses are Plant and Wind, and they are weak to Blunt and Piercing weaponry. To swiftly take down a Goldshard, you will want to focus attacks on its head and tail, where it is weakest, while using Shield Wall Karakuri to prevent taking damage from its spines when it shoots them. You will want to avoid using fire and earth-based weapons, which are weak against this Kemono.

Here are all of the crafting and upgrading materials that normal Goldshards can drop so that you can craft or upgrade armor/weapons to get to end-game hunts!

Goldshard Materials Guide – Mighty

Mighty Goldshards are Giant Kemono that can be found in Akikure Canyon during Chapters 3 and 4, but you can often look for icons of this beast on the main map by participating in ongoing hunts. To take down a Mighty Spineglider, the battle is similar, you’ll just need to be more agile, more alert, and make sure you have the appropriate gear to do battle effectively.

Here are all of the crafting and upgrading materials that Mighty Goldshards can drop so that you can craft or upgrade armor/weapons to get to end-game hunts!

Goldshard Materials Guide – Volatile

Volatile Goldshards are Giant Kemono that can be found in the Akikure Canyon during Chapters 5, but you can often look for icons of this beast on the main map by participating in ongoing hunts. Their weaknesses are the same regardless of level, but they will be stronger and more challenging at the Volatile level.

What separates your ability to successfully take down a Volatile Goldshard and a normal one is really your gear and mastery of Karakuri to effectively block/shield damage, dodge and avoid obstacles, and generally maneuver to do the most damage while taking the least damage possible.

Here are all of the crafting and upgrading materials that volatile Goldshards can drop so that you can craft or upgrade armor/weapons to get to end-game hunts!

Remember, some items require you to break certain parts of the Giant Kemono, while others are more common drops after slaying one in any manner. Not all drops are guaranteed, though, so be prepared to grind for some materials.

We hope our guide on Goldshard Materials in Wild Hearts has helped you locate the item you need. You can also use the Cyclopedia to check what obtainable materials have a chance to drop based on the Kemono if you are uncertain. The Cyclopedia also marks where their habitat is. Check out more of our Wild Hearts coverage!

More Wild Hearts Giant Kemono Material Guides

Wild Hearts has a slew of different types of materials and ingredients that can be gathered, obtained from kills, and the like. These items can then be used to craft or upgrade armor, expand Dragon Pits, or to make meals. Here are some more guides we have put together:

• Amaterasu
• Cobalt Lavaback
• Deathstalker
• Dreadclaw
• Earthbreaker
• Emberplume
• Fumebeak
• Golden Tempest
• Goldshard
• Gritdog
• Icetusk
• Kingtusk
• Lavaback
• Onyxshard
• Pearlbeak
• Ragetail
• Ripclaw
• Sapscourge
• Spineglider
• Sporetail
• Venomglider