Fire Quartz

Fire Quartz

Type	Mineral
Location	The Mines (floors 80+); Magma Geode; Omni Geode; Panning; Fishing
Sell Price	100g

Fire Quartz is a foraged mineral from the deep floors of The Mines and the Skull Cavern. It is one of the minerals in the Geologist's Bundle, and it goes into two useful machines: the Slime Egg-Press and the Dehydrator. A Furnace turns one Fire Quartz and a piece of Coal into three Refined Quartz, which is worth more than the stone itself. Lava Eel Fish Ponds ask for it before they can grow. Nearly every villager likes it, so spares make an easy gift.

The in-game description reads: A glowing red crystal commonly found near hot lava.

Location

Fire Quartz lies on the ground from floor 80 of The Mines downwards. It can be picked up by hand, which makes the deep floors the most dependable place to collect it. It also appears on the floors of the Skull Cavern.

Magma Geodes and Omni Geodes can hold Fire Quartz. Clint at the Blacksmith cracks them for 25g each.

Panning and Fishing Treasure Chests can also turn it up. After floor 80 of The Mines has been reached, a Garbage Can in town may hold one now and then. Pierre's booth at the Feast of the Winter Star sometimes sells a single Fire Quartz, though the price is steep.

Prices

Fire Quartz sells for a modest price on its own. Fire Quartz, like every gem and mineral, sells for thirty percent more with the Gemologist profession at Mining level 10.

Smelting adds value. Placing one Fire Quartz and one Coal in a Furnace gives three Refined Quartz after an hour and a half. Together the three are worth more than the Fire Quartz, even after paying for the Coal. Refined Quartz is also needed to craft Quality Sprinklers, so smelting is often better than selling.

In a Crystalarium, a copy takes a little under a day. That earns about 110g a day per machine, slightly more than Amethyst. A Fire Quartz Crystalarium also supplies a Furnace with a steady stream of stones for Refined Quartz.

Uses

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

Reaching Combat level 6 teaches the Slime Egg-Press. Crafting it takes Coal, a Battery Pack and one Fire Quartz. The press turns a large pile of Slime into a Slime Egg.

Pierre's General Store sells the Dehydrator recipe. Crafting one takes Wood, Clay and one Fire Quartz. The Dehydrator dries fruit and mushrooms into artisan goods.

A Lava Eel Fish Pond asks for three Fire Quartz before it can grow past its first fish. The Help Wanted board outside Pierre's General Store can request Fire Quartz, but only after floor 80 of The Mines has been reached.

Donating the first Fire Quartz to Gunther adds it to the museum's mineral collection. In the Sewing Machine with Cloth, it makes a Shirt. Fire Quartz can fill the red dye pot in Emily and Haley's house.

Crafting Fire Quartz with the other materials below makes these items.

Item	Image	Ingredients
Dehydrator		Wood (30), Clay (2), Fire Quartz (1)
Slime Egg-Press		Coal (25), Fire Quartz (1), Battery Pack (1)

The Community Center asks for Fire Quartz 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, Leo, Lewis, Marnie, Maru, Pam, Penny, Robin, Sam, Sandy, Sebastian, Shane, Vincent, Willy and the Wizard like Fire Quartz.

Leah, Linus and Pierre dislike it.

Its wide appeal makes it a good bulk gift once the Geologist's Bundle is done.

Notes

Pick up every Fire Quartz on the way through floors 80 to 119. One goes to the bundle, three to a Lava Eel pond, one each to a Slime Egg-Press and a Dehydrator, and the rest can be smelted for Refined Quartz.

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