Attributes & shards

Attributes are passive bonuses you collect as attribute shards, mostly through the Hunting skill. Every attribute has its own shard; shards you pick up go straight into your Hunting Box (/huntingbox), where you can syphon them into their attribute or fuse them into other shards.¹ Attributes can be switched on and off in the attribute menu.¹

Getting shards

Hunting mobs: forest mobs with a Lasso, water mobs with a Fishing Net, combat mobs with a huntaxe plus a pocket black hole.²
Charm: killing a mob while a charm effect (such as salt) is active has a small chance to capture its shard.²
Huntraps placed where shard mobs live catch shards over time.²
Some bosses, Kuudra and dungeon reward chests, tree gifts, a few NPC shops (among them Agatha) and crafting recipes also give shards.¹

Levelling and fusion

An attribute starts at level I when you syphon its first shard and goes up to level X as you syphon more. Rarer attributes need fewer shards per level.¹ Most attributes need a Hunting level before you can syphon them: none for Common, then 5, 10, 15 and 20 for Uncommon to Legendary.¹

Fusing usually takes 5 shards of each kind you combine; Reptilian, Elemental and Amphibian shards need only 2. Both inputs are used up, and the result can be previewed first.¹ Fusing also gives Hunting XP.²

The list below is every shard in the game data.³