Zeal Shard

Zeal Shard
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Lore	Lore Page
Contract Type	Main
Gamemodes	All
# of Tiers	3
Max. VP per match	≈ 6/15/27 (Solo/Duo/Squad)

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Welcome to training, Prospector! Today we will cover how to deal with Zeal shards.

Transcript: Business meeting with Vadim Tanayev, Head of Korolev Heavy Industries on Prospect Station

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Welcome dear colleague, welcome to my humble office! Please, have a seat, grab a drink, make yourself at home. Now, let’s talk about business.

As you might know, we supply all the necessary infrastructure and machines for the mining operations on Fortuna III. You use our mineral drills daily, and maybe you already saw our newest invention, the Laser Drill, floating around in the skies? We are particularly fond of that one.

I will be blunt: We have a problem. There is a particular type of orange crystal that we call the “Zeal shard”, which we are not able to safely mine from a distance. Apparently, it is the core of a Veltecite vein which somehow got supercharged by the storm. But to be honest, who cares? It is extremely valuable, and I do love a healthy profit margin. Prospector, I want you to personally retrieve any Zeal shard you find.

The Process

Thanks to their anomalous nature, Zeal shards are very easy to locate. They emit such a strong signal that you can see them on your map. On the downside, everyone else can, too. Be aware that everyone knows the location of every shard at any given time, even if you are currently carrying it!

To collect them, just strap them to your suit and it will immediately start acquiring useful data for us. Please just keep in mind that the suit’s harness is very fragile and if it receives damage from any source, you will drop the shard to the ground and will need to pick it up again after the fight!

Starting Contract	Maintaining Contract	Finishing Contract
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Find the Zeal crystal on the map, it will be the Zeal icon. 25x25px Interact with it and pick it up or shoot the person holding it and it will drop.	You know you are holding the Zeal when the mini map shows the icon on top of you, if it doesn't move with you it dropped. If you get damaged enough you will drop it, you can also drop it with backspace	Validate the contract by keeping hold of the shard for an amount of time.

The Contract

Since we are getting valuable data from the moment you pick up the shard, we will attribute contract points to you as long as you carry it. If you hold on to it long enough, you will complete a contract phase and get a reward. If you hold on to it even longer, you will complete more and more stages, even if they will require progressively more contract points to do so.

	Zeal Shard Probability per Gamemode
Gamemode	Solo	Duo	Squad
Probability	50%	33%	31.25%

Solo
Tier	Amount Required	Total Required	VP Awarded	Credit Reward	XP Reward
1	100	100	5	10	250
2	170	270	10	20	500
3	250	520	15	30	750
4	330	850	20	40	1000
5	420	1270	25	50	1250
6	500	1770	30	60	1500
7	580	2350	35	70	1750
8	660	3010	40	80	2000
9	740	3750	45	90	2250
10	810	4560	50	100	2500

Duo
Tier	Amount Required	Total Required	VP Awarded	Credit Reward	XP Reward
1	150	150	5	10	250
2	250	400	10	20	500
3	380	780	15	30	750
4	500	1280	20	40	1000
5	600	1880	25	50	1250
6	750	2630	30	60	1500
7	850	3480	35	70	1750
8	1000	4480	40	80	2000
9	1100	5580	45	90	2250
10	1250	6830	50	100	2500

Squad
Tier	Amount Required	Total Required	VP Awarded	Credit Reward	XP Reward
1	200	200	5	15	250
2	380	580	10	30	500
3	560	1140	15	45	750
4	740	1880	20	60	1000
5	920	2800	25	75	1250
6	1100	3900	30	90	1500
7	1280	5180	35	105	1750
8	1460	6640	40	120	2000
9	1640	8280	45	135	2250
10	1800	10080	50	150	2500

Seeing Red

There are rumors about a shard that is even more exotic. We call it “Red Zeal”, and sightings of it are rare and random. But if you see one on your map, make sure to collect it!

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The data we receive from those specimens is not as clean as the readings from its orange cousins, so you will not get as many contract points for carrying it around. But it is the hottest new thing on the black market, mostly because it’s safe enough to be carried onto the Evac ship! If you manage to hold on to it when you board the shuttle, we will make sure that your reward will be worth your while.

The Red Zeal will always spawn and be marked on the map at 11:50 remaining whenever the zeal contract is available

Reward
Tiers	Objectives	VPs per Tier
1	Evacuate with shard to claim reward.	40

Theorycraft

	Holding # Zeal
	1	2	3	4
Points per Second	2	4	6	8
Seconds for 100 points	50.00	25.00	16.67	12.50

That is it, Prospector. If you see the Zeal shards on your map, pick them up and hold on to them as long as you can. And please bring the Red Zeal back to the station!

Lore

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I've been getting reports that the frequency Cycle Spikes has increased significantly ever since the Cycle opened up over the cape. When the Cycle shrinks enough to leave a gap on the surface above it, you'll still sometimes get short spikes before it surges back completely and repeats the cycle. Turns a small area into a concentrated version of the storms you see when the Cycle's just about risen back up. Hazardous as all hell, of course, but we've been studying these ""surge crystals"" for a while now, and the samples that we can study before they decay completely show they're very similar to the Zeal you'd find in the core of a veltecite vein, just far more unstable. We've not managed to make any use of it so far, but Osiris is paying out the nose for more samples, and we're happy to charge them for it. - Henri Maybach

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Update History

Release 9 - Season Two

• Point thresholds for Duo and Squad increased
• Duo changed from 250/480/690 -> 280/550/800 (12 % / 15 % / 16 % longer)
• Squad changed from 250/480/690 -> 330/650/950 (32 % / 35 % / 38 % longer)

Release 7.Xmas

• The Zeal tier thresholds are now 250, 480, 690 points (removed fourth tier)

Release 6

• We have added new tutorials in the matches. The contract you encounter is explained to you once you encounter it during a match. The AI suit will tell you more about this contract and how to complete it!
  • The following contracts are included: Minerals, Boss Hunt (Alpha Warden), Clear the evac-platform, Zeal & Red Zeal, The Hunt, Storm Surge, Power Stations & Super Power Stations

Release 5 - Season One

• We increased the passive Contract Point gain from carrying the Red Zeal Crystal.

Early Access

• Red Zeal shards now give you exactly as many points for carrying them as orange Zeal shards, plus of course the previous bonus for getting VP for having them during EVAC. Red Zeal is now objectively more lucrative. Go get it!

Weekly Playtest 8

• Items that are dropped in the world (Zeal Shard, Hunt samples etc.) & shop items should no longer end up inside the level geometry
• Improved Drop Location Placement for Zeal and Hunt items.

Weekly Playtest 6

• Thresholds for the Zeal shard are slightly higher, which should make it worth less points per match.

February 28th Playtest

• Added new red zeal mechanic, triggers in final match phase (win two contract points if you evacuate with the red zeal)

Alpha V

• The Zeal Shard no longer clips in front of player camera when sliding while holding it.

Alpha II

• Increased possible locations from 3 to 7 for the Zeal Crystal to be spawned on the map.
• Updated logic for finding a good drop location for the Zeal Crystal to prevent it being stuck inside of geometry
• Bug Fixes

Alpha I

• Added
  • Zeal was added among 6 other contracts.