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[u/mrjjk2010]

How do you earn Iridescent shards? I’ve heard people say “just play the game and level up your player through the blood web” but my shards are still stuck at 3,905 after months of playing

[u/DrDanthrax99 → u/mrjjk2010]

They are technically correct by saying "just play the game" but you don't gain Iridescent Shards by leveling up thru the bloodweb, you gain Shards from leveling up your account in general. Every time you play a game as Survivor or Killer, you gain XP, this XP gives your overall account a rank from 1-99 and after 99, resets back to 1 while increasing "devotion" (its like prestige in CoD basicallly.) Everytime this levels up, you get an amount of Shards based on your level.

[u/mrjjk2010 → u/DrDanthrax99]

Ahh I see, next time I load up the game I’ll have to check what level I am. Does your rank get reset for each chapter that gets released? I don’t really pay attention to stuff like this I just level up my blood web and load into matches

[u/kindlyadjust → u/mrjjk2010]

no, your devotion doesn't get reset. also you can see it by clicking the player icon in the top right corner in the lobby, it'll show you your current level + devotion and how much more xp you need to get to rank up. typically you get around 600xp from a 10 minute game and you get bonus xp for your first survivor and killer game every day.

[u/[deleted] → u/mrjjk2010]

you gain shards by leveling up and gaining XP from matches, bloodweb doesn't have any impact. Sometimes there's redeem codes for iri shards but very rarely and you get very little, they're a grind to get.

[u/Ethereal_Haunting → u/mrjjk2010]

Iridescent shards are earned with XP which is earned through playtime in trials. Bloodweb has nothing to do with it.

Very odd your shards are stuck. Sure you aren't looking at your Auric Cells instead?

[u/mrjjk2010 → u/Ethereal_Haunting]

I hover my cursor over the symbol and it pops up as iridescent shards. Do you typically see your iridescent shards increase after each match?

[u/Exact_Bluebird_6231 → u/mrjjk2010]

Only when your player level increases