Progression in Haze Seas hinges on materials. Once you push past the early islands, leveling alone stops moving the needle, and the good stuff — V2 Fighting Styles, awakened Devil Fruits, endgame swords, and boss summons — all gate behind specific drops. Some come from Merchant NPCs, some spawn on the map, and the rarest are locked to Island Bosses and Super Bosses.
Quick answer: Farm the Super Boss that guarantees the material you need. Most Mythical items (Saturn’s Ring, Raijin’s Core, Dragon Heart, Phantom Lantern) are 100% drops from their boss, so kill that boss on spawn instead of grinding random tables. Prismatic Shard is the exception — you craft it from five different Mythical materials.
Mythical materials and their Super Boss sources
These are the rarest crafting materials in the game and the ones endgame builds revolve around. Because several are guaranteed drops, the fastest route is to camp the boss whenever it spawns and bank a stockpile before you start unlocking upgrades.
| Material | How to get | What it unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Abyssal Eye | Dropped by Cthulhu | Dual Dark Blade, Free Dark Blade, Race V3, Abyssal Necklace |
| Prismatic Shard | Crafted from five different Mythical materials | Summon Cthulhu, Rainbow Haki, Rainbow Title |
| Drums of Liberation | Dropped by the Dragon Super Boss | Awaken Gear 5 at the Poneglyph on Flower Capital Island |
| Saturn’s Ring | 100% drop from Saturn | Cyborg V2 |
| Raijin’s Core | 100% drop from Raijin | Electro V2, Electricity Fruit awakening, Golden Staff V2 |
| Dragon Heart | 100% drop from Dragon Hybrid | Dragon Claw V2, awaken Dragon Hybrid |
| Phantom Lantern | 100% drop from the Ghost Ship | Black Leg V2, Dominus Messor, Dragon Skins |
| Seabeast Heart | 25% drop from Sea Beasts in Sea 2 and Sea 3 | Fishman V2, Sea Beast Armor V2 |
| Ancient Blade Relic | Buy from the Traveling Merchant, or craft from Blade Fragments | Three Sword Style V2, Dual Dark Blade |
Note: Dragon Heart and Saturn’s Ring are tied to Sea 3 content. If your server hasn’t unlocked those bosses yet, treat them as future targets rather than active farm goals.
Legendary materials
A step below Mythical, but still required for major unlocks. Blade Fragments matter most here since they feed the Ancient Blade Relic recipe that gates the top-tier swords.
| Material | How to get | What it unlocks |
|---|---|---|
| Shrine Relic | 30% drop from Shrines (guaranteed from the Treasure Shrine Raid) | Maximum Observation Haki |
| Mirror Fragment | 1% drop from Bosses, including the Soul Boss | Unlock the Mirror World portal at Dough Island |
| Gear 4 Haki Book | Low-chance drop from the G4 Boss | Unlock Gear Fourth at the Poneglyph on Flower Capital Island |
| Blade Fragment | 10% drop from any Sea 3 Super Boss, or buy from the Traveling Merchant | Combine 5 to craft 1 Ancient Blade Relic |
Quest and boss-spawn items
A large chunk of Haze Seas materials exist purely to hand off to an NPC or to trigger a boss spawn. These are the keys, ores, and books you’ll pick up while grinding, and each has one specific job.
| Material | How to get | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Book | 50% drop from the Dual Swordsman Super Boss | Give to Doctor White to unlock Two Sword Style V2 (need V1 first) |
| Cola | Sold at the Haze Cafe on Starter Island | Give to the Wizard at Rocky Pillars to spawn the Sea 1 Sea Beast |
| Fork | 5% drop from Neptune | Trade with the Fork Merchant for the Fishman Trident |
| Lava Key | On a table near the Marine Base Town spawn | Opens the cave behind Marine Base where the Mace Super Boss spawns |
| Lava Ore | 5% drop from the Marine Captain Boss | Place in the cauldron inside the cave to spawn the Mace Super Boss |
| Tremor Beard Key | 2.5% drop from the Ice Admiral | Opens the Tremor Beard Door and summons Tremor Girl at Marine HQ |
| White Orb | 25% drop from Tremor Girl | Buy the Tremor Cloak from the Bella Thell NPC |
| Match | 5% drop from the Warden | Lights the campfire in Tall Woods to begin the Fire Fist spawn |
| Sea Beast Core | 20% drop from Sea Beasts in Sea 1 and Sea 2 | Craft Sea Beast Armor and Helmet at the Legendary Blacksmith |
| Scroll | 5% drop from Shiryu | Give to the Scroll Merchant to obtain the Raiu sword |
| Ice Ore | 100% drop from the Snow Harpy Boss | Craft Sea Beast Armor and Helmet (give a Sea Beast Core to the Legendary Blacksmith first to enable the drop) |
| Dragon Orb | 0.5% drop from the Mace V2 Super Boss | Place on the altar atop Dragon Island to spawn the Dragon Super Boss |
| Snow Orb | 1% drop from the Snowman Boss | Spawn the XMAS Monster at Winter Island |
Tip: The Ice Ore drop won’t appear at all until you’ve handed the Legendary Blacksmith a Sea Beast Core. If the Snow Harpy keeps dropping nothing, that missing prerequisite is why.
Common material: Doughnuts
Doughnuts look like a throwaway collectible, but they gate real content. They drop at roughly 1% from mob NPCs on Peanut Island, Cake Island, and Dough Island, and you need them to open the Mirror World portal at Dough Island. Hoarding 50 of them also earns the Doughnut Collector title.
Event-only materials
Three materials only exist during seasonal events and are spent in their matching limited-time shops. They have no permanent crafting use outside those windows.
| Material | Event | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Present | Holiday events | Spent in the Event Shop |
| Candy | Halloween events | Exchanged for exclusive rewards |
| Hearts | Valentine’s events | Spent in the limited-time event shop |
Fastest way to stockpile materials
Prioritize the guaranteed drops. Saturn’s Ring, Raijin’s Core, Dragon Heart, Phantom Lantern, and Ice Ore all come back 100% of the time from their respective bosses, so every kill is a confirmed material rather than a coin flip. Kill those bosses the moment they spawn and let the low-chance items build up passively while you grind.
For the sword endgame, the chain is Blade Fragments into Ancient Blade Relics into Dual Dark Blade and Three Sword Style V2. Five Blade Fragments make one Relic, and the top recipes ask for 20 Relics plus an Abyssal Eye, so start banking fragments long before you plan to craft.
You’ll know a hand-off worked when the NPC dialogue confirms the exchange or the new weapon, style, or Fruit awakening appears in your inventory. If a boss summon item does nothing, check that you’re using it at the correct location — the Dragon Orb only works on the Dragon Island altar, and the Lava Ore only reacts inside the cauldron in the Mace cave. Building up a reserve early means you’re never blocked waiting on a rare spawn once you reach the V2 grind.
