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Here lists some general abilities of all Shards.
More powers may be discovered as more books are published.
Also, it is possible an individual
Shards hold a vast amount of Spiritual energy, and have enormous capabilities, so much power that they have effectively become gods.
They can will themselves to other Shardworlds, as noted from Odium’s journey to Sel{{ref|b|TWoK|e|21}} and Brandon implying that [[Sazed]] could travel to another world, but chooses not to.{{ref|?|691|16|Can Sazed worldhop?}}
Shards can fuel magic, as evidenced by Ruin and
Ruin could manipulate the contents of Feruchemical metalminds.
Ruin and Preservation can both whisper into the minds of humans.
Honor created a visual journal which [[Dalinar]] now sees during [[highstorm]]s.{{ref|b|twok|c|75}}
Aspects of
The Well of Ascension reformed every 1024 years{{ref|?|691|3|Why did the Well of Ascension refill every thousand years?}} rather than vanishing forever.
Atium also regenerates, though when atium was burned away, Ruin was not able to use it.
It
=== Weaknesses ===
One of the largest weaknesses a Shard has is that its holder is shaped to its intent.
Ruin and Preservation could not create by themselves, as it was against their
Shards, though their minds are significantly expanded, are not omniscient, omnipresent nor omnipotent.
Even after Ruin was free from his prison, he
After the end of ''[[The Hero of Ages]]'', Sazed can more easily influence events where the mists are located{{ref|?|727|8|Do the Metallic Arts still exist after Sazed's ascension?}}, which implies that there is a limit to his
Ruin could not read minds.
It is unknown whether this is a limit to all Shards.
In [[the Alloy of Law]] it is speculated that Sazed is reading
Preservation and Ruin are blind to metal, the [[focus]] of the [[Metallic Arts]].
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