Where can I find Ion Crystals?

[Vibby]

Because I used up about three of them making purple artifacts before discovering that you need them for the teleporter. Are there more? If so, where might I find them?

[Cougarific]

Where did you find the ones you used to make the artifacts? If you got them on the Mountain Island (and inside the Precursor base there), I believe those are the only ones available.

[Vibby]

Originally posted by Cougarific:

Where did you find the ones you used to make the artifacts? If you got them on the Mountain Island (and inside the Precursor base there), I believe those are the only ones available.

Yeah, that's where I found them. Two in the base, one underwater.

[Cougarific]

Those are the only ones I've ever found - maybe someone else will come along with more info but you may be out of luck. Perhaps you can spawn one using the console (since you didn't know about their other use, I wouldn't really consider it cheating).

[Tim Timsen]

The next update (or the one after that) might add more.

[MadHighlander]

I believe at the current time there are only those three in Stable. I know there are PRAWN-Suit-Accessible nodes in the game code, but I don't think they've been implemented anywhere yet.

[cswheele]

there are some in the precursor cache. be careful with the data entry from the alien computer... it may contain spoilers. but google search precursor cache, i think u may be able to craft ion crystals after scanning

[Cougarific]

Yah I was also under the impression that you could craft them but I'm not sure that's possible in the Stable version yet.

[cswheele]

coordinates on precursor caches to follow... i have only visited one of them....
sparse reef: -880, -305,-790
blood kelp: -600, -550, 1485
dunes: -1187 -378 1130
good hunting my fellow diver and ship survivor... next update should launch tomorrow from what i have heard.

[cswheele]

crafting does not appear to be. in the meantime u can spawn them in... because i imagine when u discover what else the alien power sources can be used for u may fly thru these...

also something else that may help u. now that u know better. what u can do also at this point is reset ur cache. it will make ur frames skyrocket. this will also respawn all items and assets to their original points again. allowing u to keep items u have made while respawning those items into the world again. if ur base has done any terraforming during construction u will need to save the cells from ur base which u can get by walking around ur base with the game monitor running via F1. camera batch cells i believe is the file take down original number and anytime the number changes record those numbers too and save those files. ill link the guide when i can find it.

[MadHighlander]

Originally posted by cswheele:

coordinates on precursor caches to follow... i have only visited one of them....
sparse reef: -880, -305,-790
blood kelp: -600, -550, 1485
dunes: -1187 -378 1130
good hunting my fellow diver and ship survivor... next update should launch tomorrow from what i have heard.

I don't know about the Blood Kelp and Sparse Reef, but I visited the Dunes one while I was looking for silver, and it's not even there, at least in Stable.

[x0Z3ro0x]

Originally posted by MadHighlander:

Originally posted by cswheele:

coordinates on precursor caches to follow... i have only visited one of them....
sparse reef: -880, -305,-790
blood kelp: -600, -550, 1485
dunes: -1187 -378 1130
good hunting my fellow diver and ship survivor... next update should launch tomorrow from what i have heard.

I don't know about the Blood Kelp and Sparse Reef, but I visited the Dunes one while I was looking for silver, and it's not even there, at least in Stable.

I don't think coords are acurate. I have taken a few from the wiki and they never turn out to be there. Not sure if its just me or what.

[cswheele]

yeah, i havent gone to look. i just spawned mine in. my framerates are getting progressively worse in game so i dont trust exploring the bases at this current time.

[Lack of Stuff]

You can find a large ion crystal deposit that the PRAWN can drill in the latest stable. It is in the lava castle energy plant.

[Rion]

If you go under the lava castle and explore the sandy obsidian area beyond all the lava, there's about 6 nodes to mine, floating off the ground, bright green easy to spot. Just gotta make it through those lava caves and the dragons.

[Vibby]

Originally posted by Rion:

If you go under the lava castle and explore the sandy obsidian area beyond all the lava, there's about 6 nodes to mine, floating off the ground, bright green easy to spot. Just gotta make it through those lava caves and the dragons.

This thread was made mere hours before the update that allowed us to mine ion crystals, but thanks anyway.