If you have ever played a Monster Hunter game chances are you came across one of the nefarious "Rust" or "Ancient" weapons. These weapons are unique in that they are the only weapons that can found randomly while out on a quest. There is one for nearly every type of weapon and they all have one thing in common: LUDICROUS AMOUNTS OF EARTH CRYSTALS.
The crystals themselves are not an exceedingly rare item but they are an item that is used (far to often) in crafting new weapons and armor. Well the "Rust" and "Ancient" weapons take that to a whole new level, needing 30 for the first upgrade and 70 for the second.
You can farm them the normal way with a gathering set and head off to the Sunken Hollow (Earth Crystals are a fairly commonly mined item there) and get 5-11 crystals depending on your luck. Each run take roughly 5 minutes to complete so to have enough for the first upgrade you'll be looking at about half an hour of running around mining... I have found a way to get 99 in around 10 minutes.
You need to have a Low rank Basarios guild quest available, a good Hunting Horn or Hammer, and a few dungbombs.
Step one: Clear out your inventory and bring all the pickaxe you can.
Step two: Go off on the Basarios quest.
Step three: Beat the Basarios' head till right before you believe him to be KO'd (when the monster has stars above their head from to many headslams)
Step four: Beat on the poor monsters shins till he falls over.
STEP FIVE : This is the most critical step
Once the boulder dragon Is tried and flailing on the ground, you need to go after his head and KO him. If done correctly an invisible mining spot will appear right beside his back. This spot will not go away and you can mine till you have run out of picks. Throw a dung bomb and mine away!
Step Six: Finish off the sad little dragon and enjoy your Earth Crystals!!!
I will add some photos of the steps later
Happy Hunting
~DSKehrli
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