Quartz Crystal Formation

Quartz Crystal Formation

Type

Resource node

Requires

Copper Mining Pick

Gives

Quartz Crystal

Interact

Yes

Destructible

No

Other images

A fully-mined.

Quartz Crystal Formations are resource nodes. A node can be unlocked in your home instances by using a Gift of Quartz. Each node can be mined 3 times once per day, per account (or per character in the Crystal Desert).

Gathering results

Each of three strikes yields:

• Quartz Crystal (1) (guaranteed)
• Ore nodes in Cantha can rarely yield additional resources:
  • Chunk of Pure Jade
  • Agate Orb
  • Emerald Orb
  • Chrysocola Orb
  • Opal Orb
  • Ruby Orb
  • Sapphire Orb
• Rarely in home instances:
  • Charged Quartz Crystal (1)
  • Quartz Crystal (5)

Locations

Cantha

• Dragon's End
  • Flooded Basin

Castora

• Comosus Isle

Ascalon

• Black Citadel
  • Hero's Canton

Janthir

• Hearth's Glow

Kryta

• Divinity's Reach
  • Salma District

Maguuma Jungle

• Labyrinthine Cliffs
  • Bazaar Docks
• Rata Sum
  • Applied Development Lab
• The Grove
  • Dreamer's Terrace

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Challenger Cliffs
  • Prospect Valley

Shiverpeak Mountains

• Hoelbrak
  • Hunter's Hearth

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis
  • Forged Foothold
  • Glint's Legacy

Detailed locations guide

Cantha

• Dragon's End
  • Flooded Basin
    • Mine Site JS-02 (After Dive for machine parts and return them to the quarry salvager (80) several nodes can be found underwater, at least two of which may be inaccessible due to spawning inside terrain)

Crystal Desert

• Crystal Oasis
  • Forged Foothold (Two possible spawn points; one in the Forged camp and one in the mine; one will not spawn if normal node at Fortunate Strike is present)
  • Glint's Legacy
    • Fortunate Strike (Chance for a normal node here also, will not spawn if both nodes at Forged Foothold are present)

Maguuma Wastes

• Dry Top
  • Prospect Valley
    • Crash Site 1 (Two nodes; one at the crash site and one at the vista above)
  • Challenger Cliffs
    • Crash Site 3 (Won't appear if Inquest Base node is present)
    • Inquest Base (Two possible spawn points but only one will spawn; won't appear if Crash Site 3 node is present)

Notes

• This node and Rich Quartz Crystal Formation do not produce additional gathering strikes, such as when gathered with Glyph of Bounty.
• Unlike other mining nodes, most Quartz Crystal Formation nodes do not vary in possible spawn locations. Exceptions are noted above.
• All the Quartz Crystal Formation nodes in the Crystal Desert are minable once per day per character.
• All the Quartz Crystal Formation nodes in Dry Top are minable once per day per account.

See also

• Rich Quartz Crystal Formation
• Quartz Crystal Formation/research