Quartz Crystal

Transform 25 Quartz into a Charged Quartz Crystal at a place of power. — In-game description

Quartz Crystal

Item type

Crafting material

Material type

Gemstone

Mat. storage

Gemstones and Jewels

Disciplines used by

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400

Rarity

DMasterwork

Value

20 

Game link

Trading post

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External links

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API

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Transform 25 Quartz into a Charged Quartz Crystal at a place of power.

— In-game description

Quartz Crystal is a crafting material obtained from mining a Quartz Crystal Formation. Players can transform 25 Quartz Crystals into a Charged Quartz Crystal once per day by communing at a place of power. Players need to obtain the hero point from the place of power before the option is available.

Acquisition

Gathered from

• Kite Basket Supplies (1-3) (guaranteed)
• Lion Champion's Chest (5, 10) (chance)
• Quartz Crystal Formation (3) (guaranteed)
• Quartz Crystal Formation (3) (guaranteed, home instances)
• Quartz Crystal Formation (5) (chance, home instances)
• Rich Quartz Crystal Formation (guaranteed)

Contained in

•   Arid Dusty Satchel (5) (chance)
•   Bag of Personalized Wintersday Gifts (chance)
•   Black Lion Delivery Box (3-5) (chance)
•   Fluctuating Mass (chance)
•   Generosity's Reward (chance)
•   Gift from Mawdrey II (chance)
•   Gnashblade Zephyrite Supply Box (chance)
•   Gunk-Covered Pellet (chance)
•   Personalized Wintersday Gift (chance)
•   Standard Citizen's Rescue Bag (4-6) (chance)
•   The Evon Gnashblade Wintersday Gift (chance)
•   Ultimate Citizen's Rescue Bag (4-9) (chance)
•   Volatile Mass (chance)
•   Wintersday Gift (chance)
•   Zephyrite Curio Box (1, 25) (chance)
•   Zephyrite Supply Box (guaranteed)
•   Zephyr Sanctum Supply Box (3-8) (guaranteed, discontinued)
•   Large Personalized Wintersday Gift (chance, historical)
•   Large Wintersday Gift (chance, historical)
•   Medium Wintersday Gift (chance, historical)

Map Bonus Reward

• Week 1 - Iron Marches - 20 total
• Week 2 - Bloodtide Coast - 20 total
• Week 3 - Dredgehaunt Cliffs - 20 total
• Week 4 - none
• Week 5 - Timberline Falls - 20 total
• Week 6 - Blazeridge Steppes - 20 total
• Week 7 - Harathi Hinterlands - 20 total
• Week 8 - Sparkfly Fen - 20 total

It is currently Week 2.

Currency for

Item	Level	Vendor	Area	Zone	Cost	Notes
Prototype Harmonizing Mist Loom		Crystallographer Smoxxi	Hall of Monuments	Eye of the North	1  + 50  + 250  + 99,995	Limit 1 per account.

Used in

Mystic Forge

Item	Rarity	Ingredients
Lightning-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Lightning-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Lightning-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Lightning-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Lightning-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Lightning-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Shiny Pistol	ERare	3 Elder Wood Log 1 Quartz Crystal 3 Azure Condensed Ley-Line Essence 3 Saffron Condensed Ley-Line Essence
Shiny Rifle	ERare	5 Elder Wood Log 3 Quartz Crystal 3 Crimson Condensed Ley-Line Essence 3 Emerald Condensed Ley-Line Essence
Shiny Short Bow	ERare	5 Elder Wood Log 3 Quartz Crystal 3 Azure Condensed Ley-Line Essence 3 Emerald Condensed Ley-Line Essence
Shiny Staff	ERare	5 Elder Wood Log 3 Quartz Crystal 3 Saffron Condensed Ley-Line Essence 3 Crimson Condensed Ley-Line Essence
Shiny Torch	ERare	3 Elder Wood Log 1 Quartz Crystal 3 Azure Condensed Ley-Line Essence 3 Crimson Condensed Ley-Line Essence
Sun-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Sun-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Sun-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Sun-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Sun-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Sun-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Wind-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Wind-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Wind-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Wind-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine
Wind-Blessed Zephyrite Gloves	FExotic	1 Wind-Touched Zephyrite Gloves 250 Quartz Crystal 5 Charged Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine

Multiple disciplines

Item	Rarity	Discipline(s)	Rating	Ingredients
Sheet of Ambrite	ERare	ArtificerArmorsmithHuntsmanLeatherworkerTailorWeaponsmithJeweler	400	25 Piece of Ambrite 5 Quartz Crystal
Superior Rune of Radiance (Learned from: Recipe: Superior Rune of Radiance)	FExotic	ArmorsmithLeatherworkerTailor	400	12 Pile of Lucent Crystal 10 Quartz Crystal 5 Glob of Ectoplasm 1 Charm of Potence

Artificer

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Dragon Hatchling Doll Eye (Learned from: Recipe: Dragon Hatchling Doll Eyes)	FExotic	450	20 Quartz Crystal 25 Glob of Ectoplasm 50 Thermocatalytic Reagent 5 Crystal Lodestone

Handiworker

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Elonian Railing (Learned from: Homestead Recipe Book: Elonian Architecture)	BBasic	150	3 Refined Homestead Fiber 4 Eye of Kormir 2 Quartz Crystal
Elonian Wood Chair (Learned from: Homestead Recipe Book: Benches, Chairs, Stools)	BBasic	150	28 Refined Homestead Wood 10 Quartz Crystal 5 Elegy Mosaic
Obstacle: Knockback Turret (Learned from: Homestead Recipe Book: Guild Arena)	BBasic	225	30 Refined Homestead Wood 10 Quartz Crystal 5 Airship Part

Scribe

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Embossed Matrix	CFine	100	1 Elonian Matrix 10 Quartz Crystal 5 Gold Ingot 5 Soft Wood Plank
Encased Matrix	CFine	100	1 Elonian Matrix 10 Quartz Crystal 10 Bag of Mortar
Gold Bound Matrix	CFine	100	1 Elonian Matrix 10 Quartz Crystal 5 Gold Ingot 5 Bag of Mortar
Branded Matrix	CFine	400	1 Elonian Matrix 50 Quartz Crystal 1 Pulsing Brandspark
Forged Matrix	CFine	400	1 Elonian Matrix 50 Quartz Crystal 5 Sliver of Twitching Forgemetal
Gleaming Matrix	CFine	400	1 Elonian Matrix 50 Quartz Crystal 20 Eye of Kormir
Ley-Infused Matrix	CFine	400	1 Elonian Matrix 50 Quartz Crystal 5 Ley-Infused Sand
Putrid Matrix	CFine	400	1 Elonian Matrix 50 Quartz Crystal 20 Congealed Putrescence

Weaponsmith

Item	Rarity	Rating	Ingredients
Gloominator (Learned from: Recipe: Gloominator)	FExotic	400	1 Onyx Lodestone 10 Obsidian Shard 25 Darksteel Ingot 5 Quartz Crystal
Illuminator (Learned from: Recipe: Illuminator)	FExotic	400	10 Sunstone Lump 10 Sun Bead 25 Orichalcum Ingot 5 Quartz Crystal

Guild upgrades

Upgrade	Guild Level	Aetherium	Favor	Materials
Guild Enhancement: Critical Crafting	9	1,500	100	300 Large Claw 100 Quartz Crystal 30 Glob of Ectoplasm 20 Mystic Crystal 20 Glass Mug 10 Empty Keg 100 Potent Venom Sac
Guild Enhancement: Map Bonus	13	1,000	300	50 Bowl of Lotus Stirfry 100 Quartz Crystal 20 Bottle of Elonian Wine 20 Mystic Crystal 20 Glass Mug 10 Empty Keg 100 Large Bone
Workshop Restoration 1	3	1,500	150	200 Watchwork Sprocket 200 Mithril Ingot 50 Vial of Linseed Oil 20 Bottle of Airship Oil 200 Thermocatalytic Reagent 50 Orichalcum Ingot 5 Elonian Leather Square 50 Quartz Crystal
Workshop Restoration 2	23	5,000	500	500 Watchwork Sprocket 500 Mithril Ingot 400 Vial of Linseed Oil 50 Bottle of Airship Oil 1,000 Thermocatalytic Reagent 400 Orichalcum Ingot 50 Elonian Leather Square 400 Quartz Crystal

Notes

• Quartz Crystals were introduced during Bazaar of the Four Winds.

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Gemstones

Tier	Amber	Garnet	Malachite	Pearl	Tiger's Eye	Turquoise
1	Pebble	Pebble	Pebble	Pearl	Pebble	Pebble
	Amethyst	Carnelian	Lapis	Peridot	Spinel	Sunstone	Topaz
2	Nugget	Nugget	Nugget	Nugget	Nugget	Nugget	Nugget
3	Lump	Lump	Lump	Lump	Lump	Lump	Lump
	Azurite	Beryl	Chrysocola	Coral	Emerald	Opal	Ruby	Sapphire
4		Shard	Shard	Chunk	Shard	Shard	Shard	Shard
5	Crystal	Crystal	Crystal	Tentacle	Crystal	Crystal	Crystal	Crystal
6	Orb	Orb	Orb	Orb	Orb	Orb	Orb	Orb
None	Agate Orb		Black Diamond		Ebony Orb		Flax Blossom
	Freshwater Pearl		Maguuma Burl		Maguuma Lily		Moonstone Orb
	Passion Flower		Quartz Crystal