# How are you supposed to Get Crystal in the Exiled Lands? None of my tools work in here? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 21, 2024, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068 "2024-08-21T06:25:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LZB\_Gattsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/lzb_gattsu/32/41420_2.png) [@LZB\_Gattsu](https://forums.funcom.com/u/LZB_Gattsu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/21 "2024-08-22T02:24:35Z")
I need it for glass or for salt making. ---
**Author:** ![Anglinex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/anglinex/32/2811_2.png) [@Anglinex](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Anglinex)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/22 "2024-08-22T03:11:27Z")
> [@DanQuixote](#): > > Except, Mass Cull got added to the game shortly before they changed the harvesting of crystal, so this doesn’t actually slow anything down… Hard to tell what they were going for… Maybe they just want to force people to use Mass Cull ---
**Author:** ![Anglinex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/anglinex/32/2811_2.png) [@Anglinex](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Anglinex)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/23 "2024-08-22T03:18:33Z")
> [@Taemien](#): > > When you mined crystal in that way, more often than not, the node wouldn’t disappear. It would if you picked it by hand. But if it was hit by a pick, it would be a phantom node. Meaning if you hit it with a pick, nothing would happen. If you used your hand (no tool) it would disappear. But no crystal or resources happened. I never experienced this. The nods would always disappear when I hit them with a pick. Mining crystal with a pick was the first thing I tried back in the EA days. I assumed you would need a pick to pry it from the rock it is imbedded in. It is perfectly logical to think you need a tool to break it free. ---
**Author:** ![Anglinex](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/anglinex/32/2811_2.png) [@Anglinex](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Anglinex)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:20am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/24 "2024-08-22T03:20:19Z")
It seems that the current options are, pick by hand, harvest rocknoses, loot boxes, getting far enough into sorcery to unlock “Mass Cull”. ---
**Author:** ![LZB\_Gattsu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/lzb_gattsu/32/41420_2.png) [@LZB\_Gattsu](https://forums.funcom.com/u/LZB_Gattsu)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/25 "2024-08-22T03:24:36Z")
Just got 10k crystal in about 30 seconds in the cave using mass cull. So. yeah… If this was a nerf to crystal farming, i’d say it was a pointless one since mining it by hand would have taken 30-40 minutes for the same ammount ---
**Author:** ![Taemien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/taemien/32/2688_2.png) [@Taemien](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Taemien)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/26 "2024-08-22T03:49:51Z")
I don’t think Crystal was the reason for the change. Not the sole reason anyway. It was probably the combination of brimestone (the small chunks you pick up by hand), gold (in Isle of Siptah), wood, branches, and spider egg (gossamer). ---
**Author:** ![Pugilist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/pugilist/32/28784_2.png) [@Pugilist](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Pugilist)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/27 "2024-08-22T04:09:38Z")
> [@Taemien](#): > > The point is, mining crystal with a pick was this weird glitchy thing that for some reason didn’t have an outcry to be ‘fixed’. When you mined crystal in that way, more often than not, the node wouldn’t disappear. It would if you picked it by hand. But if it was hit by a pick, it would be a phantom node. Meaning if you hit it with a pick, nothing would happen. If you used your hand (no tool) it would disappear. But no crystal or resources happened. We have played different games, apparently. > [@Taemien](#): > > You have to do the pick-crouch moveset I mentioned. I have never had to use the move you describe with crystal. Until the change, I mined crystals with any pick/pickaxe/hatchet with zero issue. At times, some resource node in some areas did not despawn, but this was both crystal and gossamer and a rerender would normally solve the issue. As for the rest of your stance, it is puzzling and I am struggling to see the point. You insinuate a superior knowledge. Congratulations? Had I known this was so very important to your ego, i would have ignored you sooner. But hey, no time like the present. ---
**Author:** ![Pugilist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/pugilist/32/28784_2.png) [@Pugilist](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Pugilist)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:10am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/28 "2024-08-22T04:10:21Z")
> [@Anglinex](#): > > > [@Taemien](#): > > > > When you mined crystal in that way, more often than not, the node wouldn’t disappear. It would if you picked it by hand. But if it was hit by a pick, it would be a phantom node. Meaning if you hit it with a pick, nothing would happen. If you used your hand (no tool) it would disappear. But no crystal or resources happened. > > I never experienced this. The nods would always disappear when I hit them with a pick. > > Mining crystal with a pick was the first thing I tried back in the EA days. I assumed you would need a pick to pry it from the rock it is imbedded in. It is perfectly logical to think you need a tool to break it free. Same. ---
**Author:** ![tiagoturilli](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/tiagoturilli/32/140716_2.png) [@tiagoturilli](https://forums.funcom.com/u/tiagoturilli)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/29 "2024-08-22T04:37:09Z")
> [@LZB\_Gattsu](#): > > Just got 10k crystal in about 30 seconds in the cave using mass cull. 🇧🇷 Agora sim está balanceado com Sorcery XD 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩 🤩 ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/original/3X/9/2/9296b81f01d7539b966bd7fa111beb355bb0c0c1.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Taemien](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/taemien/32/2688_2.png) [@Taemien](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Taemien)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/30 "2024-08-22T04:49:56Z")
> [@Pugilist](#): > > Had I known this was so very important to your ego, i would have ignored you sooner. I do hope you follow through with that. Really I do. It does us both a favor. ---
**Author:** ![stelagel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/stelagel/32/37108_2.png) [@stelagel](https://forums.funcom.com/u/stelagel)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/33 "2024-08-27T14:10:17Z")
I play pve and i don’t care about crystal harvesting. Crystal is something that a pve player can totally avoid harvesting since it’s visible in many loot bags. A pve player needs flasks however , but not crystal. We loot a ton of flasks 🤷🏽‍♀️. Just a hint. Water flasks are heavy, so as soon as you loot them, empty them with the consume button. This way you’ll get hundreds of flasks back home that they won’t weight a lot, since empty flasks stack on 20 and weight just 1.00. If pvp whines for crystal harvesting… Blame yourself self before anyone else… And you know what i am talking about… ---
**Author:** ![Smoketreader](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/smoketreader/32/20317_2.png) [@Smoketreader](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Smoketreader)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/34 "2024-08-27T18:19:19Z")
> [@LZB\_Gattsu](#): > > I’ve tried every tool and i can’t for the love of me get any crystal? You need to collect it by hand or by sorcery’s harvest spell. They changed harvesting this summer so that certain materials must be collected by hand. I admit that it makes no sense for crystal to not be harvestable by pick, but _shrug_ Similarly, it is super-annoying that plant fiber is no longer among the list of things that harvest spell can gather. I wish they changed that back. Plant fiber is part of the T3 materials (needed to create stone consolidant) and harvesting it manually is really really annoying. Especially with the bugged animations that cause motion sickness. ---
**Author:** ![CodeMage](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/codemage/32/13564_2.png) [@CodeMage](https://forums.funcom.com/u/CodeMage)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/35 "2024-08-27T19:48:54Z")
> [@DanQuixote](#): > > Hard to tell what they were going for… > [@LostBrythunian](#): > > So the question is, what are they trying to bottleneck? Yeah, we kinda keep running into this. Changes that no one understands, because they don’t leave the game in a state that is more internally consistent and coherent than before. No readily understandable motives, only theories players come up with that are easily countered by the existence of other game mechanics. Part and parcel of the whole communications problem. ---
**Author:** ![Bodin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/bodin/32/1991_2.png) [@Bodin](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Bodin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/36 "2024-08-27T19:57:24Z")
> [@Smoketreader](#): > > I admit that it makes no sense for crystal to not be harvestable by pick Yep. Once again, the old way was better. ---
**Author:** ![Oduda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/oduda/32/9080_2.png) [@Oduda](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Oduda)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/37 "2024-08-27T21:06:36Z")
In order to get crystal go to the shady part of Sepermaru and visit the local meth dealer. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Deamo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/deamo/32/123874_2.png) [@Deamo](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Deamo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/38 "2024-08-27T21:40:24Z")
You mean that shady fella that stands at the slave road just before entering?😁 ---
**Author:** ![Cauthey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/cauthey/32/4295_2.png) [@Cauthey](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Cauthey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 12:07am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/39 "2024-08-28T00:07:10Z")
> [@LZB\_Gattsu](#): > > How are you supposed to Get Crystal in the Exiled Lands? None of my tools work in here? Maybe you could try the vacuum hack. Apparently that is STILL available due to Funcom’s inability to address hacking. I hear it is working wonders on [Official Server 1770](https://forums.funcom.com/t/official-server-1770/260516/1). ---
**Author:** ![Oduda](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/oduda/32/9080_2.png) [@Oduda](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Oduda)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/40 "2024-08-28T01:38:30Z")
> [@Deamo](#): > > You mean that shady fella that stands at the slave road just before entering? Shhh… don’t let the guards know! ---
**Author:** ![Ciero9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ciero9](https://forums.funcom.com/u/Ciero9)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/41 "2024-08-28T04:03:32Z")
> [@Taemien](#): > > But at the end of the day we have Cull Resources. Which saves on pick repairs, and our wrists. I’ve been known to go in there for about 10-20k crystal in a go and not even for Dragonpowder. Gathering that much by pick or hand just ain’t worth the effort. So sorcery it is. Which location are you referring to? ---
**Author:** ![stelagel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/funcom/user_avatar/forums.funcom.com/stelagel/32/37108_2.png) [@stelagel](https://forums.funcom.com/u/stelagel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068/42 "2024-08-28T04:39:08Z")
The cave that you get Zath religion is very effective. [Previous page](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.funcom.com/t/how-are-you-supposed-to-get-crystal-in-the-exiled-lands-none-of-my-tools-work-in-here/260068.md?page=3)