Crystalarium

Crystalarium
Insert a gem of your choice and it will grow copies.
Information
Source	Crafting • Museum donation • 25,000 Bundle
Sell Price	Cannot be sold
Crafting
Recipe Source	Mining (Level 9)
Ingredients	Stone (99) Gold Bar (5) Iridium Bar (2) Battery Pack (1)

The Crystalarium will replicate any inserted Gem, Foraged Mineral, or Geode Mineral except Prismatic Shards. (In the Museum there is a book that states: "For some reason, the EMF from the shard interacts negatively with the crystalarium"). Once inserted, it will replicate that item an infinite number of times. Once a gem or mineral has been inserted into the Crystalarium it cannot be removed, only replaced with another. The original item is lost and so it is best to let it finish at least once to avoid loss.

It is obtained through Crafting, donating 50 Minerals to the Museum, as a reward for completing the 25,000 Bundle in the Vault, and may randomly be found in Treasure Rooms in the Skull Cavern.

Use

Image	Name	Sell Price	Time to craft (Day:Hour:Min)	g/day
	Emerald	data-sort-value="250">250g	2:02:00	data-sort-value="120">120g
	Aquamarine	data-sort-value="180">180g	1:13:20	data-sort-value="115.7">115.7g
	Ruby	data-sort-value="250">250g	2:02:00	data-sort-value="120">120g
	Amethyst	data-sort-value="100">100g	0:22:40	data-sort-value="105.9">105.9g
	Topaz	data-sort-value="80">80g	0:18:40	data-sort-value="102.9">102.9g
	Jade	data-sort-value="200">200g	1:16:00	data-sort-value="120">120g
	Diamond	data-sort-value="750">750g	5:00:00	data-sort-value="150">150g
	Quartz	data-sort-value="25">25g	0:07:00	data-sort-value="85.7">85.7g
	Fire Quartz	data-sort-value="100">100g	0:21:40	data-sort-value="110.8">110.8g
	Frozen Tear	data-sort-value="75">75g	0:18:40	data-sort-value="96.4">96.4g
	Earth Crystal	data-sort-value="50">50g	0:13:20	data-sort-value="90">90g
	Tigerseye	data-sort-value="275">275g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="79.2">79.2g
	Opal	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Fire Opal	data-sort-value="350">350g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="100.8">100.8g
	Alamite	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Bixite	data-sort-value="300">300g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="86.4">86.4g
	Baryte	data-sort-value="50">50g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="14.4">14.4g
	Aerinite	data-sort-value="125">125g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="36">36g
	Calcite	data-sort-value="75">75g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="21.6">21.6g
	Dolomite	data-sort-value="300">300g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="86.4">86.4g
	Esperite	data-sort-value="100">100g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="28.8">28.8g
	Fluorapatite	data-sort-value="200">200g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="57.6">57.6g
	Geminite	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Helvite	data-sort-value="450">450g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="129.6">129.6g
	Jamborite	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Jagoite	data-sort-value="115">115g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="33.1">33.1g
	Kyanite	data-sort-value="250">250g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="72">72g
	Lunarite	data-sort-value="200">200g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="57.6">57.6g
	Malachite	data-sort-value="100">100g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="28.8">28.8g
	Neptunite	data-sort-value="400">400g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="115.2">115.2g
	Lemon Stone	data-sort-value="200">200g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="57.6">57.6g
	Nekoite	data-sort-value="80">80g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="23.0">23g
	Orpiment	data-sort-value="80">80g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="23.0">23g
	Petrified Slime	data-sort-value="120">120g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="34.6">34.6g
	Thunder Egg	data-sort-value="100">100g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="28.8">28.8g
	Pyrite	data-sort-value="120">120g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="34.6">34.6g
	Ocean Stone	data-sort-value="220">220g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="63.4">63.4g
	Ghost Crystal	data-sort-value="200">200g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="57.6">57.6g
	Jasper	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Celestine	data-sort-value="125">125g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="36">36g
	Marble	data-sort-value="110">110g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="31.7">31.7g
	Sandstone	data-sort-value="60">60g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="17.3">17.3g
	Granite	data-sort-value="75">75g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="21.6">21.6g
	Basalt	data-sort-value="175">175g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="50.4">50.4g
	Limestone	data-sort-value="15">15g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="4.3">4.3g
	Soapstone	data-sort-value="120">120g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="34.6">34.6g
	Hematite	data-sort-value="150">150g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="43.2">43.2g
	Mudstone	data-sort-value="25">25g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="7.2">7.2g
	Obsidian	data-sort-value="200">200g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="57.6">57.6g
	Slate	data-sort-value="85">85g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="24.5">24.5g
	Fairy Stone	data-sort-value="250">250g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="72">72g
	Star Shards	data-sort-value="500">500g	3:11:20	data-sort-value="144">144g

Tips

• The most profitable gem to replicate is the Diamond, yielding a profit of data-sort-value="150">150g per day if harvested as soon as it is ready (five days). At this rate, you can recover the base monetary value of the materials used in crafting the Crystalarium in about 32 days (not including a Diamond used to seed it, nor any increase in the value of the crafting materials due to profession bonuses).

• Only 7 hours is required to replicate Quartz, the shortest time span for any mineral. While the Crystalarium is thus an efficient source of Quartz for making Refined Quartz, Quartz is found abundantly during mining and making Refined Quartz still requires Coal for smelting. Refined Quartz can also be produced directly in a Recycling Machine from Broken Glasses and Broken CDs, without coal.

• Another good use of the Crystalarium is replicating Jade for use in trading with Desert Trader for Staircase. This will save countless hours gathering stone. In order for this to be viable however you will need to construct 5 or more Crystalariums.

History

• 1.3: Removed an exploit that replaced a ready-to-harvest mineral with a more expensive mineral.
• 1.4: Can now be stacked in a player's inventory and in chests.