Ylem

a shard of crystallized ylem

Attributes
Short name	ylemshard
Wearable	No
Resets	No
Acquired from	Each city's pylon.
Broken from a larger cluster, this shard of crystallized ylem is shaped like a small, faceted rod that fits neatly across your palm. Its glossy surface flickers with otherworldly light, cold blue light skittering over the facets fleetingly. The shard is smooth and cool to the touch, and holding it for an extended time yields a strange prickling sensation.

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Ylem is an amorphous, extremely valuable and volatile substance formed from the tapping and focusing of leyline energy at the site of foci. It is used to purchase and maintain Research abilities for cities, as a power source for constructs, as a currency for Delve artificers, and as an explosive fuel in Bombcrafting. On Albedos, ylem is used to fuel airships and produce medicines, among dozens of other uses.

Ylem in its fluid form is stored within the city pylon, where it can be condensed and extracted as crystallized ylem shards. Ylem mist cannot be stored at the pylon, and has no use in an unrefined state; Tinker Barakin of delve will glady exchange mist charges for Research tokens and gold.

Appearance

In its gaseous state, ylem can appear in a variety of colours.

In its energetic state, ylem appears as motes of white fire.

Ylem flare-offs are typically incandescent white, comparable to a magnesium fire.

Production

Ylem harvesting on Sapience requires a link to the city pylon for unrefined ylem or a mist-gathering gauntlet for ylem mist.