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[[File:Blood-shards-inv1.jpg|thumb|400px|Gold and Blood Shards displayed in Inventory window.]]
Blood Shards (AKA "Shards" or "BS") are a form of currency introduced in [[Reaper of Souls]]. Shards' only use is to gamble on items with Kadala; they can not be spent elsewhere and have no other purpose.

Shards are earned for completing [[Bounties]] in [[Adventure Mode]], sometimes drop from [[Horadric Cache]]s, and are always dropped by [[Rift Guardians]]. The quantity of shards awarded or dropped scales up with the [[difficulty]], with more per Bounties and many more dropped by Rift Guardians on higher difficulty levels.

==Gambling Costs==

* See the [[Gambling]] article for full details.

The costs to gamble were adjusted repeatedly during the Reaper of Souls beta, but were largely stabilized upon launch. As of [[Patch 2.0.4]] in early April 2014:

* Armor (all slots): 5 shards.
* Off-hand items: 5 shards.
* Rings: 10 shards.
* Weapons: 15 shards.
* Amulets: 20 shards.

==Gambling Item Quality==

Gambling is a great way to gear a character up after they reach level 70, since they can quickly assemble good quality Rares in every [[slot]]. Legendary items can be gambled (the drop rate was buffed twice[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/mega-legendary-hotfixes-now-live] shortly after release), but the top quality items do not fall since none of the [[Torment-only]] legendary or set items can be gambled.

Thus gambling is a great way to gear up pretty well, but the best items must be obtained from item drops, and only in Torment or higher difficulty.

[[File:Gamble-armor1.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Gambling interface, with a chest armor selected.]]

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File:Gamble-armor1.jpg|Gamble armor tab.
File:Gamble-trinkets1.JPG|Gamble trinkets tab.
File:Gamble-weapons1.jpg|Gamble weapons tab.
File:Blood-shards-tooltip1.jpg
File:Blood-shards-inv1.jpg|gamble]]
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 [[File:Blood-shards-inv1.jpg|thumb|400px|Gold and Blood Shards displayed in Inventory window.]]
-Blood Shards (AKA "Shards" or "BS") are a form of currency introduced in [[Reaper of Souls]].  Shards' only use is to gamble on items with Kadala; they can not be spent elsewhere and have no other purpose.
+Blood Shards (AKA "Shards" or "BS") are a form of currency introduced in [[Reaper of Souls]].  Shards' only use is to gamble on items with the NPC [[Kadala]]. Shards can not be spent elsewhere and have no other purpose.
 Shards are earned for completing [[Bounties]] in [[Adventure Mode]], sometimes drop from [[Horadric Cache]]s, and are always dropped by [[Rift Guardians]]. The quantity of shards awarded or dropped scales up with the [[difficulty]], with more per Bounties and many more dropped by Rift Guardians on higher difficulty levels.
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 ==Gambling Item Quality==
-Gambling is a great way to gear a character up after they reach level 70, since they can quickly assemble good quality Rares in every [[slot]]. Legendary items can be gambled (the drop rate was buffed twice[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/mega-legendary-hotfixes-now-live] shortly after release), but the top quality items do not fall since none of the [[Torment-only]] legendary or set items can be gambled.
+Gambling is a great way to gear a character up after they reach level 70, since they can quickly assemble good quality Rares in every [[slot]]. Legendary items can be gambled (the drop rate was buffed twice[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/mega-legendary-hotfixes-now-live] shortly after release), then again in [[Patch 2.0.5]] when Kadala became eligible to drop [[Torment-only]] gear.
-Thus gambling is a great way to gear up pretty well, but the best items must be obtained from item drops, and only in Torment or higher difficulty.
+Patch 2.0.5 also boosted the likelihood of characters gambling class-specific weapons, so [[Demon Hunters]] will see more [[bows]], [[xbows]], and [[hand crossbows]], [[Monks]] will get more [[Fist]] weapons, [[Crusaders]] more [[flails]], etc.
 [[File:Gamble-armor1.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Gambling interface, with a chest armor selected.]]

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Flux at 04:13, 23 May 2014

Flux: Created page with "Gold and Blood Shards displayed in Inventory window. Blood Shards (AKA "Shards" or "BS") are a form of currency introduced in [[Reap..."