There are 50 Calcified Fragments to be found in Destiny: The Taken King.

This one can be collected on any mission or during patrol.

This can only be obtained during ...

Fragment 16[edit]

Head outside in the Trenchway. Go back to where you first made it onto the Dreadnaught. The Ghost is very close by

Calcified Fragment 16

Look over the ledge to the left. You will see a mound of dirt. Hop over to it and search its side to find

Calcified Fragment 16

Book of Sadness Entry[edit]

AT LAST!

We knew curiosity would draw you back, Auryx. In their desperation, the Ammonite have begun using paracausal weapons.

What are these? How do they work? Wouldn’t you like to know. Suffice to say that some powers in this universe are superordinate to mere material physics.

The source of these weapons is the Traveler, the Sky’s bait star. Their effect is subtle, but devastating.

But you are armed to respond in kind. Savathûn’s mothers have listened carefully to our teachings. We will not give you the Deep, King Auryx — that power is for us, your gods. But we will teach you to call upon that force with signs and rituals.

Small minds might call it magic.

You are no longer bound by causal closure. Your will defeats law. Kill a hundred of your children with a long blade, Auryx, and observe the change in the blade. Observe how the universe shrinks from you in terror.

Your existence begins to define itself.

Of course, high Auryx, we know it was not curiosity alone that brought you back to the war. You felt your own death growing inside you.

You must obey your nature. Your worm must feed...