Talk:Crystal Shard

Proof that they light up http://cloud.steampowered.com/ugc/613844717629948027/F26CA80D6E8B37756AE1B5762DAB9F83BA5D6642/ - 71.87.116.224 02:22, 7 December 2011 (UTC)


 * Oh, my mistake. It's because I was using a different lighting mode during my gameplay. I forgot about that. 98.117.189.194

Is the dimension of 2x2 correct? 141.157.176.90 20:29, 14 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Nope. Fixed. --Manxome 20:42, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Spawn requirements
Does the world have to be in hardmode for crystal shards to spawn? My tests seem to indicate so, but I could be just unlucky and the page doesn't have information to this respect. --190.55.92.154 02:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC)

I have a world in which crystal shards are occurring in the Underground layer - just above the Cavern layer (within screen size of it), but clearly in the Underground layer. Has anyone else seen this? Wizarth 12:06, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

to answer both of the above, shards can grow pre and post hardmode. shards grow the most nearest to hell and the least towards surface, further less in pre-hardmode. shards need both space and an adjacent (top, left, or right) pearlstone block. it is tested that having all three adjacent is faster only because of connectable points however it is highly inefficient space-wise. please check the forums for some of these answers specifically the thread devoted to finding the best farming method of shards, which is where i gotten this info (and i might be "slightly" outdated). 98.133.93.231 18:33, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

On this topic, can the crystals spawn when there's a wall behind them? I was just thinking of making a farm, and I'd prefer if monsters couldn't spawn inside. 98.246.78.132 02:50, 18 June 2012 (UTC)

67.161.7.31I have, through experimentation, Confirmed that crystal shards will grow in front of a placed wall :)