Dododex
ARK: Survival Evolved & Ascended Companion
Crystal

Crystal
Best Gatherers
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Mining Drill★︎5 - 2
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Metal Pick★︎4.2 - 4
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Stone Pick★︎2.3
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Crystal

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- Stack Size
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If you are early to mid game then I suggest going up the volcano on the island
(I play ark mobile) as on top it has all the obsidian,metal and crystal you want. The volcanoe is much better than caves to get crystal I think because you dont have to think about all the possible threats as once on top off the volcano I found that there were no dangerous animals. I could suggest building a base their because off all the crystal and material but it would probably be late game
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Ankylo is better than metal pick
The funny thing is that it says that the metal pick gets more crystal than the Ankylosaurus. But the Ankylosaurus harvested more than double than my metal pick harvested.
If you are on the Island, crystal is found on top of every island but my personal recommendation is the one directly due East of the volcano. This mountain has a small amount of crystals, but they regenerate UNNATURALLY fast. If you hated this tip, flip your phone upside-down and push the down button!
Ankylosaurus harvest more crystal, obsidian, and metal than metal pickaxes… I don’t know why it says metal pickaxes are better than ankylosauruses at harvesting these.
Use an anky with high melee to maximize crystal
I tested on official 1x with a mastercraft mining drill, a 370 melee magma and a 919 melee x anky. And the results were 12 with drill, 24 with anky, 44 with magma. Magma is the best at gathering crystal, as well as metal and obsidian(I tested all three). Up this so everyone knows the truth.
In response to the commenter who noted issues with the mining laser, and followed up with commenting that the difficulty is getting it back to your base: bring an Argy. They get 50% weight reduction on Chrystal. I believe obsidian as well, but I would need to verify that, just to be safe.take you best Argy, carry your best anky, arrive at location, load up anky, move Crystal to Argy, return to base. You could even bring multiple argies and bring even more back.
On the island, there is a little mountain near the footpaw I think that has a few small crystal nodes. It isn’t much, but in the early game it’s the easiest source of crystal for spyglasses and water jars
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Never will understand all of the recommendations for the mining laser.
Testing on single player with an Ascendant +295% mining laser (which is better than anyone is going to ever find on official servers) vs my +300% melee damage character using a +700% metal pick vs my 300th level Anky with most of her levels spent on Weight (she's +488% melee damage). Results of hitting a single crystal node:
Mining Laser: 64 crystal
Metal Pick: 55 crystal
Anky: 160 crystal
And that's every time, day in day out. The mining laser is truly mediocre considering it weighs so much, takes two hands to weild, and uses up gasoline like mad.
Anky is far more effective than the mining laser, and frankly the metal pick will easily generate all of the 100 pound stacks of crystal you can carry *anyway*.
The difficulty isn't finding or mining crystal. It's in transport, same as with Obsidian, metal, even stone and wood.
Collecting thousands at once is easy. Getting even a good fraction of that to your base? Good luck.
I find it funny that a pick is th best
On ragnarok, there’s a little cave type thing in the desert at 77.8 / 78.3. Bunch of crystals and pretty safe, just watch for mantis.
Magma is much better. Takes a lot more than anky. Trust me. I trust what dododex say until a friend told me to prove a magma and there is a huge difference. much much better
Ankys are better than metal picks at harvesting crystal
If u are wondering why is pick the best option is because they use base melee as a reference, so thats why...
Use an anky and level it up in melee. Melee damage gets more material. Use with an argentavise for best efect
Magmasaur harvests much more than a mining drill, I have no idea why it says a mining drill is 5 stars
On Ragnarok there is a small ice cave at 32.8, 32.9 it's full of crystal and oil nodes. But be careful because it's also filled with dire bears.
Wrong.....pick doesn't get much crystal, use anky for crystal to get in the heaven of crystals!
Use an anky or just get a good mining drill which is 10x better than a anky
Crystal is used in 196 recipes
- Air Conditioner
- Angelic Snowflake
- Astrocetus Tek Saddle
- Astrodelphis Starwing Saddle
- Bio-Grinder
- Bladewasp Hive
- Bloodforge
- C4 Charge
- C4 Remote Detonator
- Camera
- Candy Cane Club (Skin)
- Cannon Shell
- Charge Battery
- Chemistry Bench
- Clockface
- Cluster Grenade
- Companion Spykit
- Cruise Missile
- Cryo Hospital
- Cryofridge
- Cursed Riot Helmet
- Cursed Tek Boots
- Cursed Tek Chestpiece
- Cursed Tek Gauntlets
- Cursed Tek Helmet
- Cursed Tek Leggings
- Cursed Tek Rifle
- Cursed Tek Sword
- Desert Goggles and Hat
- Egg Incubator
- Electric Prod
- Embryo Incubator
- Empty Cryopod
- Fabricator
- Federation Exo Boots
- Federation Exo Helmet
- Federation Exo-Chestpiece
- Federation Exo-Gloves
- Federation Exo-leggings
- Flashlight Attachment
- Frontier Lamps
- Gas Collector
- Gas Mask
- Gene Scanner
- Glow Stick
- Goo Gun
- Greenhouse Ceiling
- Greenhouse Doorframe
- Greenhouse Doors & Windows
- Greenhouse Double Door
- Greenhouse Double Doorframe
- Greenhouse Roof
- Greenhouse Sloped Wall
- Greenhouse Triangle Ceiling
- Greenhouse Triangle Roof & Corner
- Greenhouse Wall & Doorways
- Greenhouse Window
- Hazard Suit Boots
- Hazard Suit Gloves
- Hazard Suit Hat
- Hazard Suit Pants
- Hazard Suit Shirt
- Heavy Miner's Helmet
- Holiday Lights
- Holo-Decoy Grenade
- Holo-Scope Attachment
- Homing Underwater Mine
- Improvised Explosive Device
- Industrial Forge
- Industrial Grill
- Industrial Grinder
- Industrial Preserving Bin
- Lamppost
- Laser Attachment
- Linked Storage Box
- Locomotive
- Lost Colony Lights
- M.D.S.M.
- M.O.M.I.
- M.R.L.M.
- M.S.C.M.
- Magnifying Glass
- Makeshift Megalab
- Malwyn Saddle
- Medium Tek Teleporter
- Megalodon Tek Saddle
- Mini Charge Battery
- Mining Drill
- Mirror
- Mjolnir Skin
- Mosasaur Tek Saddle
- Night Vision Goggles
- Oil Pump
- Omnidirectional Lamppost
- Poison Grenade
- Radio
- Refrigerator
- Rex Tek Saddle
- Rhyniognatha Saddle
- Riot Helmet
- Riot Shield
- Rock Drake Tek Saddle
- Rocket Homing Missile
- Rocket Pod
- Rocket Propelled Grenade
- Scope Attachment
- Scout (Level 1)
- Scout Remote
- SCUBA Mask
- Shastasaurus Submarine Saddle
- Shootable Bottle
- Sir 5rM8
- Sloped Greenhouse Wall Right
- Small Tek Teleporter
- Solwyn Saddle
- Spotlight
- Spray Painter
- Spyglass
- Steam Forge
- Steam Lights & Lamps
- Stopwatch
- Super Mining Drill
- Tapejara Tek Saddle
- Tek Behemoth Cellar Door
- Tek Behemoth Gate
- Tek Behemoth Gateway
- Tek Binoculars
- Tek Boots
- Tek Bow
- Tek Bridge
- Tek Bunker
- Tek Catwalk
- Tek Ceiling
- Tek Chestpiece
- Tek Claws
- Tek Cloning Chamber
- Tek Crop Plot
- Tek Dedicated Storage
- Tek Door
- Tek Doorframe
- Tek Double Door
- Tek Double Doorframe
- Tek Forcefield
- Tek Foundation
- Tek Gate
- Tek Gateway
- Tek Gauntlets
- Tek Generator
- Tek Gravity Grenade
- Tek Grenade
- Tek Grenade Launcher
- Tek Hatchframe
- Tek Helmet
- Tek Hoversail
- Tek Jump Pad
- Tek Ladder
- Tek Large Cellar Door
- Tek Large Wall
- Tek Leggings
- Tek Light
- Tek Phase Pistol
- Tek Pillar
- Tek Quarter & Triangle Ceiling
- Tek Ramp
- Tek Remote Camera
- Tek Replicator
- Tek Rifle
- Tek Roof, Ramp & Stairs
- Tek Sensor
- Tek Shield
- Tek Shoulder Cannon
- Tek Spear
- Tek Spear
- Tek Sword
- Tek Teleporter
- Tek Transmitter
- Tek Trapdoor
- Tek Triangle & Quarter Foundation
- Tek Trough
- Tek Wall
- Tek Window
- Tek Windowframe
- Tesla Coil
- Toilet
- Transponder Node
- Transponder Tracker
- Tripwire Narcotic Trap
- Tropeognathus Saddle
- Unassembled Enforcer
- Unassembled Exo-Mek
- Unassembled Mek
- Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff
- Vacuum Compartment & Moonpool
- Vacuum Compartment Moonpool
- Wasteland Lights
- Water Jar
















































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