Harmony Stones are ruins placed around Ponyville. They represent each of the 6 Elements of Harmony. The main goal of the Game is to unlock and activate all 6 Harmony Stones to make your friendship stronger and defeat the darkness that Nightmare Moon has casted on Ponyville. Harmony Stones can be moved as of Update 9.9.
To activate a Harmony Stone, you must first unlock the area that the Harmony Stone is located in. You must then spend Element Shards that correlate to the Harmony Stone to activate them. The prices for the Shrine are as follows:
After a Harmony Stone is activated, you are able to spend Element Shards on the Harmony Stone for additional Bits and rare Gems. You will receive random amounts of bits, the most common amount being 0.
Note: The maximum number of shards a player can carry is 999 of each element. This means that in order to get the reward from the 1000th shard, the player needs to collect an extra shard while using shards on the Harmony Stone. For example:
Choose an Element of Harmony for which the player has 999 shards.
Use a handful of that particular shards on the Harmony Stone.
Click on shops until one of those shards drops.
Use shards on the Harmony Stone until the reward from the 1000th shard is obtained.
Do not go into a minigame, travel to another location on the map, or close the game before using the 1000th shard.