Crystals

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Crystals icon1.png Crystals, also known as Crafting Catalysts are a type of other item that are used by crafting classes to synthesize items.

Shards are used for some low-level recipes (Lv. 65 or lower) only. Crystals are used for most recipes. Clusters are used for many endgame recipes, including those acquired using Master Recipe Tomes, at current and former level caps. Each crafting class uses two elements of shards, crystals, and clusters:

Types of Crystals

Crystal Icon Gathered By Dropped By Quest Reward
Earth Cluster Earth cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting
Earth Crystal Earth crystal icon1.png Level 26 Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Treasure Coffer, Mimic, Earth Sprite
Earth Shard Earth shard icon1.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Earth Sprite Spirithold Broken, Takin' What They're Givin', Blow, Ye Winds, And Thanks for All the Fish, Left-wing Aeronautics, Making a Name, The Right Price, Much Ado About Dodos, Extending Fences, Parsemontrenomics, Drink Your Beans, Dear, Way of the Blacksmith, My First Cross-pein Hammer, Hammer Time, Riveting Ramblings, Way of the Armorer, My First Doming Hammer, From Thigh to Neck, The Base Fundamentals, Way of the Leatherworker, My First Head Knife, A Test of Technique, Geva's Gambit,
Fire Cluster Fire cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging
Fire Crystal Fire crystal icon1.png Level 26 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Treasure Coffer, Mimic, Fire Sprite, Wildfire Sprite The Hazy Professor,
Fire Shard Fire Shard.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Fire Sprite, Firemane Sky-high, Trust, but Verify, What Evil Lurks in the Hearts of Golems, Simply the Biast, Reach for the Starboard, Sweet Words, Shadowy Dealings, The Hazy Professor, Suspiciously Sober, Glory Days, Bloodied and Bowed, Motivational Speaking, The Great Gladiator, Way of the Blacksmith, My First Cross-pein Hammer, Hammer Time, Riveting Ramblings, Way of the Goldsmith, My First Chaser Hammer, Gorgets Rising, Throw Some Rings on It, Way of the Culinarian, My First Skillet, A Treat of Trout, Dodo It Yourself,
Ice Cluster Ice cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging Speak Softly to Me,
Ice Crystal Ice crystal icon1.png Level 26 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Treasure Coffer, Mimic, Ice Sprite, Lutin, Glacier Sprite, Ice Sprite, Ice Sprite
Ice Shard Ice shard icon1.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Double Dealing, On to Bentbranch, Misdirected Woo, One Ixal's Buzzard, A Long Way to the Top, Larboard and Lodging, Out to Dry, Way of the Carpenter, My First Saw, To Be the Wood, Supplies for the Sick, Way of the Armorer, My First Doming Hammer, From Thigh to Neck, The Base Fundamentals,
Lightning Cluster Lightning cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging
Lightning Crystal Lightning crystal icon1.png Level 26 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Treasure Coffer, Lightning Sprite, Lightning Spark, Deep-stained Sprite, Deep-stained Sprite, Mimic, Lightning Sprite
Lightning Shard Lightning shard icon1.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Lightning Sprite, Lightning Sprite, Lightning Sprite, Lightning Sprite We Must Rebuild, Gyrodriven, An Empty Sack Cannot Hang Downright, Getting into Gear, In the Court of the Rat King, Ticked Off, Way of the Weaver, My First Needle, Once More unto the Breeches, Alternative Applications, Way of the Alchemist, My First Alembic, The Second Principle, All of Your Beeswax,
Water Cluster Water cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging
Water Crystal Water Crystal.png Level 26 Mining/Quarrying/Logging Seawater Sprite, Treasure Coffer, Water Sprite, Deep-stained Sprite, Mimic
Water Shard Water Shard.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Water Sprite, Stagnant Water Sprite Prudence at This Junction, Of Rodents and Rigging, Hot Cross Buns, Hells-vent on the Heavens , Sweet Words, Shadowy Dealings, A Luxury Long Lost, Search and Seizure, Way of the Alchemist, My First Alembic, The Second Principle, All of Your Beeswax, Way of the Culinarian, My First Skillet, A Treat of Trout, Dodo It Yourself,
Wind Cluster Wind cluster icon1.png Level 50 Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting
Wind Crystal Wind crystal icon1.png Level 26 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Storm Sprite, Wind Sprite, Treasure Coffer, Deep-stained Sprite, Mimic
Wind Shard Wind shard icon1.png Level 1 Mining/Quarrying/Logging/Harvesting Wind Sprite To the Bannock, Eggs over Queasy, Spriggan Cleaning, Keeping Up Appearances, The Right Tool for the Tools, Right-wing Aeronautics, Sweet Words, Shadowy Dealings, Bait and Swat, Parasite Cleave, Soil Despoilers, A Good Adventurer Is Hard to Find, Preserving the Past, Sylphic Gratitude, A Hard Nut to Crack, Death to the Bean Thieves, Hematophagic Harassment, The Kindness of Strangers, The Slaying of the Shrews, The Wealth of Nations, Way of the Carpenter, My First Saw, To Be the Wood, Supplies for the Sick, Way of the Goldsmith, My First Chaser Hammer, Gorgets Rising, Throw Some Rings on It, Way of the Leatherworker, My First Head Knife, A Test of Technique, Geva's Gambit, Way of the Weaver, My First Needle, Once More unto the Breeches, Alternative Applications,