Crystal

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This strange crystalline material can be shaped into lenses, used as an electronics component, or mixed into powerful explosives.

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Resource

Type

Resource

Rarity

Uncommon

Renewable

Yes

Refineable

No

Combustible

No

Item

Weight

1.0

Stack size

100 / 5000

Spawn Command

cheat giveitemnum 77 1 0 0
or
cheat gfi Crystal 1 0 0
or
cheat giveitem "Blueprint'/Game/PrimalEarth/CoreBlueprints/Resources/PrimalItemResource_Crystal.PrimalItemResource_Crystal'" 1 0 0

Crafting

Used to craft

152 items

Hexagon Exchange

Exchange yields

10 pieces

Hexagons

115

Purchase (Mobile)

Purchase yields

20 pieces

Purchased in

Factory

Cost

100 ×

Charges

Crystal is a resource in ARK: Survival Evolved used for crafting various items. It is especially useful in the end-game.

Gathering[]

Crystal are best gathered with a metal pick or with certain creatures; stone picks can work but provide a very low drop chance. It can be acquired by mining white crystals. White crystals are the primary source which can be mined, stalactites in caves also provide crystal. Some others are just decorative. An even better way to gather crystal is the lunar biome on genesis by harvesting the crystal bushes with a Bronto, this can be boosted even more with a mate on a Deinonychus, because a Deinonychus can jump equally how much weight the rider has. You can also use a Magmasaur, Anky, Tek Stryder, and many other dinosaurs to harvest white crystals as well. The Stryder, while not having the greatest collection rate, is the best resource collector in general due to being able to connect to dedicated storage boxes in your base and send resources back to them from anywhere on the map.

Crystal
Creature / Tool	Gain per action
Ankylosaurus	★★★★★
Dunkleosteus	★★★★★
Mantis	★★★★☆
Metal Pick	★★★★☆
Excavation Rig	★★★☆☆
Phoenix	★★★☆☆
Therizinosaur	★★★☆☆

Weight Reduction[]

The following creatures reduce the weight of Crystal by the listed amount while it is in their inventory:

Creature	Reduction
Argentavis	50%
Dunkleosteus	50%
Ravager	50%

Extinction[]

In the Extinction DLC, crystals can be harvested from Lampposts, Benches and Tables in the Sanctuary.

Aberration[]

In the Aberration DLC, crystals can be harvested from Green Gem (Aberration), Blue Gem (Aberration), or Red Gem (Aberration) patches at a much higher efficiency than white crystal patches. White crystals are also much more rare, with the colored gems being common throughout the map.

Locations[]

Crystal can be found in caves throughout the Ark, as well as near the top of mountains and in the snow biome.

Below are all of the crystal locations for The Island. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Crystal

The Frozen Tooth at 35 latitude and 58 longitude has extremely high quantities of crystal deposits at and around the summit. However caution is advised while attempting to descend the mountain, as it is extremely steep and quite easy to trip and fall.
For a low level character there is a small mountain in the Southern Islets at around 75.7 latitude and 47.2 longitude which has a small supply of crystal. The eastern side of the mountain is easy to climb, and the area itself is fairly benign, hosting mostly low level herbivores with the occasional Raptor and rare Carno.

Below are all of the crystal locations for The Center. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Crystal

In The Center there is a large supply of crystals around 55 latitude and 49 longitude on the cliff. Several Argentavises or a Quetzal is recommended to carry them.

Below are all of the crystal locations for Scorched Earth. For a larger map including the other resources, see the Strategic Resource Map.

Crystal