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Best Gatherers

• 1Mining Drill★︎5
• 2Tek Stryder★︎4.4
• 3Metal Pick★︎4.2
• 4Mantis★︎4.1
• 5Ankylosaurus★︎4
• 6Magmasaur★︎4
• 7Gacha★︎4
• 8Phoenix★︎3.7
• 9Stone Pick★︎2.3

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Dropped by

• Crystal Wyvern
• Rock Elemental

Weight Reduction

• 1Argentavis▼︎50%
• 2Dunkleosteus▼︎50%
• 3Helicoprion▼︎50%
• 4Ravager▼︎50%

Crystal

Weight1Stack Size100

Crystal Tips & Strategies

from the iOS & Android apps 1217 points Mar 4, 2021 Report

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

⬆️ this if you found it helpfull

451 points Nov 14, 2021 Report

Ankylo is better than metal pick

360 points Jun 26, 2021 Report

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.

278 points Apr 16, 2022 Report

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!

127 points Apr 4, 2023 Report

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.

193 points Aug 26, 2020 Report

Use an anky with high melee to maximize crystal

113 points May 2, 2022 Report

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.

86 points Mar 20, 2021 Report

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

Swamp

63 points Aug 28, 2021 Report

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.

70 points Sep 10, 2020 Report

I find it funny that a pick is th best

4 points Jul 18, 2025 Report

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.

57 points Aug 30, 2020 Report

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.

31 points Aug 10, 2022 Report

Ankys are better than metal picks at harvesting crystal

43 points Jan 22, 2021 Report

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

44 points Dec 16, 2020 Report

If u are wondering why is pick the best option is because they use base melee as a reference, so thats why...

4 points Apr 26, 2025 Report

Magma best anky second best metal pick is better than mining laser IF you dont want to use a bunch of resources mining laser gives more otherwise + better

36 points Sep 12, 2020 Report

Use an anky or just get a good mining drill which is 10x better than a anky

30 points Jul 6, 2021 Report

Use an anky and level it up in melee. Melee damage gets more material. Use with an argentavise for best efect

23 points Jun 21, 2022 Report

Magmasaur harvests much more than a mining drill, I have no idea why it says a mining drill is 5 stars

26 points Dec 11, 2020 Report

Wrong.....pick doesn't get much crystal, use anky for crystal to get in the heaven of crystals!

All Crystal TipsCrystal Spawn Command

Crystal is used in 160 recipes

• Air Conditioner
• Astrocetus Tek Saddle
• Astrodelphis Saddle
• Astrodelphis Starwing Saddle
• Behemoth Tek Gate
• Behemoth Tek Gateway
• C4 Charge
• C4 Remote Detonator
• Camera
• Candy Cane Club Skin
• Cannon Shell
• Charge Battery
• Chemistry Bench
• Cloning Chamber
• Cluster Grenade
• Cruise Missile
• Cryofridge
• Cryopod
• Desert Goggles and Hat
• Egg Incubator
• Electric Prod
• Fabricator
• Federation Exo Boots
• Federation Exo Helmet
• Federation Exo-Chestpiece
• Federation Exo-Gloves
• Federation Exo-leggings
• Flashlight Attachment
• Gas Collector
• Gas Mask
• Gene Scanner
• Glow Stick
• Goo Gun
• Greenhouse Ceiling
• Greenhouse Door
• Greenhouse Doorframe
• Greenhouse Double Door
• Greenhouse Double Doorframe
• Greenhouse Triangle Ceiling
• Greenhouse Triangle Roof
• Greenhouse Wall
• Greenhouse Window
• Hazard Suit Boots
• Hazard Suit Gloves
• Hazard Suit Hat
• Hazard Suit Pants
• Hazard Suit Shirt
• Heavy Miner's Helmet
• Holiday Lights
• Holo-Scope Attachment
• Homing Underwater Mine
• Improvised Explosive Device
• Industrial Forge
• Industrial Grill
• Industrial Grinder
• Lamppost
• Large Tek Wall
• Laser Attachment
• M.D.S.M.
• M.O.M.I.
• M.R.L.M.
• M.S.C.M.
• Magnifying Glass
• Malwyn Saddle
• Medium Tek Teleporter
• Megalodon Tek Saddle
• 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
• Sir 5rM8
• Sloped Greenhouse Roof
• Sloped Greenhouse Wall Left
• Sloped Greenhouse Wall Right
• Solwyn Saddle
• Spray Painter
• Spyglass
• Super Mining Drill
• Tapejara Tek Saddle
• Tek Binoculars
• Tek Boots
• Tek Bow
• Tek Bridge
• Tek Catwalk
• Tek Ceiling
• Tek Chestpiece
• Tek Claws
• Tek Crop Plot
• Tek Dedicated Storage
• Tek Dinosaur Gate
• Tek Dinosaur Gateway
• Tek Door
• Tek Doorframe
• Tek Double Door
• Tek Double Doorframe
• Tek Forcefield
• Tek Foundation
• Tek Gauntlets
• Tek Generator
• Tek Gravity Grenade
• Tek Grenade
• Tek Grenade Launcher
• Tek Hatchframe
• Tek Helmet
• Tek Hoversail
• Tek Jump Pad
• Tek Ladder
• Tek Leggings
• Tek Light
• Tek Phase Pistol
• Tek Pillar
• Tek Ramp
• Tek Remote Camera
• Tek Replicator
• Tek Rifle
• Tek Sensor
• Tek Shield
• Tek Shoulder Cannon
• Tek Stairs
• Tek Sword
• Tek Teleporter
• Tek Transmitter
• Tek Trapdoor
• Tek Triangle Ceiling
• Tek Triangle Foundation
• Tek Trough
• Tek Wall
• Tek Window
• Tek Windowframe
• Toilet
• Transponder Node
• Transponder Tracker
• Tripwire Narcotic Trap
• Tropeognathus Saddle
• Unassembled Enforcer
• Unassembled Exo-Mek
• Unassembled Mek
• Unassembled TEK Hover Skiff
• Vacuum Compartment
• Vacuum Compartment Moonpool
• Water Jar