Fast Crystal?

[Apietoetoe]

How to get a lot of crystal? I need a lot for my mission (The Boulder bout). I tried a lot of methodes but i dont get a lot of crystal... I tried the haunted cave. And every morning i go to the amber island and also next to the hazardian ruines... But there are just not many crystals their... Does someone have a good methode for crystals?

[poppetshadow]

Unless you already have trees, there just isn't one. Sorry.

[Willow Rivers]

There is no fast way if you don't have Crystal trees already growing. Planting the special trees from the church is the best way to get them but they take some time to mature before they start producing.

[Iyasenu]

Crystella Trees really are the best source of Crystals, though if you have none, it'd be quite a few days until they'd be fully grown and then a few more after that to actually produce their first batch of crystals.

Unless you have a Recycle Machine, and have received gifts like Jewelry Boxes, Crystal Pendants, or Crystal Chandeliers to break down into crystals, you might have to rely on the slowly respawning crystal deposits found around the world.

[David Davidson]

I heard you need pseudoephedrine a reaction vessel, some phosphorous a hotplate andand a few other things...

Seriously though, crystal trees are your best bet. Luckily if you spend lots of time in the ruins you can get data discs easy and thus most of the farming materials needed, but you'll still be limited by growth.

[Msalgado]

Thing is, at least for me, Crystal was almost not needed. Only on a rare commission.

UNTIL that same mission, the Bout, where I suddendly needed a bizarre amount of it.

Just a minor balance issue, in my opinion.
It's almost like a prank to make a barely used resource during all game to be a real issue on the last 5 minutes.

[Msalgado]

Let me correct myself.. you need 210 crystals to make the last project.
It's probably more than 50 times all the crystal that I used during my whole play through.

It's a large balance issue.

[Guh~hey~hey~♫]

Crsytella trees are the best source as mentionned above. Having farming guru skill can help too. But basically it's the first thing you need to plant, and you need at least half a dozen of them. They take a long time before they become harvestable....

But there's also a couple of places where you can find crsytals in the wild (collapsed wasteland, at the left of the hazardous ruins, or at the tip of amber island), or in the haunted cave.

Not sure if you can use the recylcer to get some crystals back from items made out of crystals (crystal necklace, jewelry box, etc...).

[milkygirl]

Yeah, the need for Crystella trees endgame really surprised me, too! You need them not only for that quest, but if you want to process titanium ore at all.

I'm honestly glad they've taken away the time limit on "The Builder's Bout", or at least so it looks that way since I've been watching a YouTuber do it now. When I did it, there was a 7 day time limit. Thank goodness I'm a pack rat, or I would never have finished it in time! Looking forward to the day my baby Builders get there now instead of almost dreading it. :)

[Hostile]

You can get a crystal back from the crystal necklace using the recycler.

As a new player, I'm really glad there is no time limit for the bout. It would be impossible to finish it in time unless you had a bunch of the crystela trees planted beforehand.

[worstcase11]

You could try going to the deepest dungeon and beat the levels in 'over' one minute - I think I had crystals drop there as a reward from the treasure chest.

(If you are faster than 1 minute you can be rewarded with saphires and carbon fibres.)

[Precache]

I sort of accidentally planted 7 crystal trees about 10 days before I got this mission. I felt pretty lucky, but it's okay if it takes a while, it's not timed. Just plant the trees and relax, getting the carbon fiber was more of a chore but you get it by sending the civil corps to the mine (medium level and below).

The biggest problem you'll have is you're not getting any rep from story missions while you're waiting, so use the time to add to the museum and place ads in the paper.