As far as I am aware, the only way to obtain the elemental shards is by killing creatures you find with those elements. For miner builds without many combat skills, fighting most of these creatures is a bit difficult, so it’s not easy to get these shards. I think it’d be great to add a new rare ore that you can get a few shards from by mining it. Either that, or add it to the loot table as a super rare drop from mining natural blocks. Give us miners some love.
Thoughts?