Earth Crystal

Earth Crystal

Type	Mineral
Location	The Mines; Geode; Omni Geode; Duggy (10%); Haunted Skull (1.30%); Wilderness Golem (0.5%); Iridium Golem (0.5%); Panning; Fishing
Sell Price	50g

Earth Crystal is a foraged mineral from the upper floors of The Mines. It is cheap to sell but busy in use. It goes into the Geologist's Bundle in the Boiler Room, the Mayonnaise Machine, and the Earth Obelisk from the Wizard's Tower. Several Fish Ponds ask for it, and the Help Wanted board requests it too. Nearly every villager likes it, which makes it one of the easiest early gifts to come by. In a Crystalarium it copies in about half a day, so even a cheap stone earns a fair daily income.

The in-game description reads: A resinous substance found near the surface.

Location

Earth Crystals lie on the ground on floors 1 to 39 of The Mines. They can be picked up by hand. Bombs destroy them, so blasting a floor full of crystals wastes them.

Duggies on the upper floors drop Earth Crystals about one time in ten. Haunted Skulls drop them rarely, and so do Wilderness Golems and Iridium Golems.

Plain Geodes hold an Earth Crystal about one time in sixteen, and Omni Geodes can hold one too. Clint at the Blacksmith cracks either for 25g.

Panning, Fishing Treasure Chests and the Garbage Cans in town can all turn up Earth Crystals as well.

Prices

Earth Crystal is one of the cheapest minerals to sell. The Gemologist profession at Mining level 10 adds thirty percent to its price, as it does for every gem and mineral.

Its speed in a Crystalarium makes up for the low price. A copy takes about thirteen and a half hours, which works out to roughly 90g a day per machine. That is close to Amethyst and far better than most geode minerals worth twice as much. It also keeps a stock ready for crafting and Fish Pond requests.

Uses

The Geologist's Bundle in the Boiler Room needs one Earth Crystal, along with Quartz, a Frozen Tear and a Fire Quartz. Completing it rewards five Omni Geodes. Finishing every Boiler Room bundle repairs the minecarts.

Reaching Farming level 2 unlocks the Mayonnaise Machine. Crafting one takes Wood, Stone, a Copper Bar and one Earth Crystal. The machine then turns eggs into Mayonnaise.

The Wizard's Tower sells the Earth Obelisk for a large sum of gold, ten Iridium Bars and ten Earth Crystals. Once built on the Farm, it warps the farmer to the mountains at any time.

The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store can request an Earth Crystal in any season. A Stonefish Fish Pond asks for five Earth Crystals before it can grow past three fish. Bullhead, Catfish and Largemouth Bass ponds may ask for one or two later on.

Donating the first Earth Crystal to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. Putting it in the Sewing Machine with Cloth makes a Shirt. For the orange dye pot at Emily and Haley's house, an Earth Crystal is one of the accepted items.

Crafting Earth Crystal with the other materials below makes these items.

Item	Image	Ingredients
Mayonnaise Machine		Wood (15), Stone (15), Earth Crystal (1), Copper Bar (1)

The Community Center asks for Earth Crystal in these bundles.

Bundle	Room	Amount
Geologist's Bundle	Boiler Room	1

Gifts

Abigail, Alex, Caroline, Clint, Demetrius, the Dwarf, Elliott, Emily, Evelyn, George, Gus, Haley, Harvey, Jas, Jodi, Kent, Krobus, Leah, Leo, Lewis, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard like Earth Crystal.

Linus and Pierre dislike it.

Earth Crystals from the first floors of The Mines make a cheap liked gift for most of the town from the first week of the game.

Notes

Keep at least one Earth Crystal for the Geologist's Bundle and one for the first Mayonnaise Machine. Ten more are needed for the Earth Obelisk later on, so a Crystalarium of Earth Crystals is a quick way to build that stack.

All Foraged Minerals

Every entry in this group, with its key details.

Name	Image	Price
Earth Crystal		50g
Fire Quartz		100g
Frozen Tear		75g
Quartz		25g