I planted crystal in spring, at around 98% it died.

[Martin]

Cos Reasons.

This is taking the piss. To mulch to loam takes 1-2 years.. to grow them takes 1 year.. 2-3 years just to wait to make powercells.. meanwhile all my guns are breaking down after 1-2 years..

balance the game please. properly.

playing all this time to find this out.. makes me want to just uninstall it again. ffs this is dire game design at it's worst.

Just realised I've planted in loam soil 100% + fertiliser and they still don't grow in time..

[Actual Malice]

I despise the recent addition of energy crystals. As far as I can tell, their only purpose is to keep folks from getting off the planet for at least another 24 days. And if you have to improve soil before they can be planted, well, that's just nuts.

Having said that, the withering of energy crystals over winter was supposed to be a problem they patched in the April 5 update immediately after their introduction. Their temperature tolerance is now set to 22 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit). So now growing should be interrupted during winter (and fall and spring while the temp is at 32 or below -- so now that growing period is 30 or 40 days instead of 24), but the crop should not be destroyed.

Is it possible your game did not get the April 5 update?

[Flin Fredstone]

It looks like the OP can not answer your question.

[Handbanana]

Originally posted by Flin Fredstone:

It looks like the OP can not answer your question.

Curious what he got banned for. He made a lot of posts blaming the game for his own mistakes and lashing out and people who tried to explain it to him lol.

[Styxs_NL]

I made a mod that allows you to make them in the fabricator.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2968194035

[F91]

Farming crystals is bad design, grows super slow....and takes up space to farm