In 1.0 we could convert fish into shards and crystals and that was how I planned on getting the alc luminary done but I never figured they would remove the fish conversion from the game like they did. I want it back badly because I don't enjoy spending hours and hours every day after I'm locked out of coil just on gathering mats for the next week's food supply.
As it stands, buttons in a blanket takes 6 fire shards and 6 water shards per synth and farming enough shards to make sure I'm stocked it tedious and boring. I never thought I'd say this but I miss 1.0's way of farming shards. I used to hit the raptors by Iron Lake and get raptor skins, raptor sinew, raptor shanks and fire shards out the yinyang.. I miss doing that.