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Black Beacon Shard/Relic Guide: How to Farm and Use Best Equipment

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In Black Beacon, shards and relics are your gateway to maximizing power, progression, and gacha pulls. This guide covers efficient shard farming, top relics, and how to use equipment for the strongest builds in 2025.

How to Farm Rune Shards

Rune Shards serve as the main currency for Time-Seeking Keys (for banner pulls), Clarity recovery, and select shop purchases.

Best Farming Methods:

  • Main Quest Missions: Each mission rewards ~50 Rune Shards for first clears. Completing three gives a Time-Seeking Key.​
  • Echoes of the Past Bosses: Defeat story bosses on every difficulty (Easy, Normal, Hard), up to 90 Rune Shards per boss.​
  • Resource Missions: First clears net smaller amounts (20 per mission), a daily source for casual players.​
  • Daily/Weekly Missions & Quests: Dailies can give up to 70 per day; weeklies similar, and achievements/character milestones offer bonus shards.​
  • Battle Passes: High-Dimensional Computation (600 Rune Shards) and Infinite Computation (1200 Rune Shards), plus free gacha keys.​
  • Log-in Bonuses: Earn up to 80 monthly by staying active.​
  • Brute Force/Head Librarian’s Authority Modes: Challenge stages with stars and completion bonuses.​
  • Buy Rune Stones: Premium option, convert to Rune Shards at shop.​
  • Events & Seer Levels: Time-limited events or leveling up provide burst gains.​
  • Endgame/Resets: When progression resets after major updates, you re-earn many rewards.​

How to Use Rune Shards

  • Pull Time-Seeking Keys: Used for gacha banners. Shop > Retrieval Redemption > Key Store.​
  • Buy Clarity: 40 Rune Shards = 80 Energy, for refilling stamina.​
  • Lost Time Keys: For secondary banners or artifact pulls.​
  • Shop Upgrades: Convert to Rune Stones for additional keys/equipment rolls.

Equipment (Relics) System Overview

  • Ancient Marks (Relics): Puzzle piece system. Slot them into character loadouts for stat boosts and effects, less RNG than artifact systems in other gachas.​
  • Farming Equipment Mats: Focus on nodes that offer key mats (Carbonite Circuit Boards, Fabritech Data Pads, Projector pieces). Higher-level nodes with smaller energy costs yield best ROI.​
  • Guild/Shop Currency: Use raid/guild currency for rare mats; always convert salvages into full pieces for max value.​
  • Optimize Relics: Craft full projectors, data pads, etc., and upgrade the highest synergy relics for your main DPS.​​

Rune Shard & Relic Usage

ResourceUseHow to GetROI Tips
Rune ShardsBanner pulls, energyMain/Echoes/Events/QuestsPrioritize keys/energy
Ancient MarksStat boosts/effectsPuzzle slots + mat farmingFill synergy slots
Fabritech DataUpgrade relicsSpecial nodes/guild shopConvert full packs
Projector PiecesUpgrade relicsRaid currency/full packsCraft full not salvage

Sources & Further Reading

For more farming methods, best loadouts, and advanced equipment strategies, check Ultimategacha.com!

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