Mithril Shard

Mithril Shards are dropped when mithril ore is mined with a bronze pickaxe or better, at between 1 and 5 per ore block. This means that gathering a large amount is fairly easy given the quite high frequency of mithril ore deep underground. The ore (if mined with a silk touch pickaxe) can also be smelted, which always creates 5 shards. Mithril shards are combined with carbon to craft mithril ingots. This is the only ingot which can be crafted without a furnace, and as the recipe occupies only 4 crafting slots they can be created even without a crafting bench (though you will still need a crafting bench to craft mithril tools).