Shadow Crystal
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The Shadow Crystal is a piece of crystallized Twilight, which appears in Twilight Princess.
Twilight Princess
Shadow Crystals are pieces of black crystal, with orange highlights and an ornate design. They emit an incredibly high concentration of Twilight in their surrounding area, enough to be lethal to Hyruleans.
After Link and Midna complete the Lakebed Temple and return to Lanayru Spring, they are ambushed by Zant, who steals the Fused Shadows from them and uses his dark magic to cover the Spring in Twilight. When Wolf Link attacks Zant after he gravely wounds Midna, Zant embeds a Shadow Crystal into Link's forehead, trapping him in wolf form. Link is able to remove the Crystal using the Master Sword, and regain his normal body - afterwards, Midna keeps the Shadow Crystal.
In gameplay, Link can use the Shadow Crystal to transform into his wolf form and back at will. He will also unlock the ability to use Twilight Portals to fast travel across Hyrule.
After Link completes the Lakebed Temple, he is transported to Lanayru Spring. As Link is about to turn to exit the spring, Zant appears straight in front of him. Cursing Lanayru the Light Spirit into twilight, transforming Link into a wolf once more, Zant threatens Midna. Wolf Link intervenes between the two and is struck by a red, glowing orb. As a result, the Shadow Crystal gets stuck inside Link's head.
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Midna recovers the Shadow Crystal after the Master Sword's power has driven it out of Link.
Trivia
- Text remaining in the game files suggests Link needed magic to use the shadow crystal before it was removed from the game late in development[1]