Cristallum is a Command And Conquer inspired resource generation mod.

Cristallum leeches metals and other heavy minerals out of the soil, concentrating them into crystals which can be easily harvested and processed (in a specially designed refinery) into easy to use resources. The crystal's growth speed and mineral content depends on variables such as soil conditions, moisture, yearly-average temperature, and local weather.

Outcroppings of Cristallum release odorless gases as they appear. While Cristallum was originally considered harmless, these fumes will react materials it comes in contact with as well as heavily poison any carbon-based life form that ventures through it.

Cristallum types:

Riparius

This is the most basic form of Cristallum . Its crystals are small and green in appearance, thus it is commonly referred to as "green Cristallum ." This type of Cristallum has a low level of leeched minerals and is therefore the least valuable resource, albeit the most available. Riparius grows and spreads very fast.

Less common than Riparius, Vinifera is harder to find, grows slower and tends to container rarer minerals. It can be identified with its distinct blue colour.

The least common of them all is Aboreus which shares many characteristics with Vinifera Cristallum, this is tends to contain even rarer minerals that Riparius and spreads the slowest of them all. It is highly combustible and unstable. It detonates violently when brought into contact with explosives.

TL;DR

Crystals will be periodically be created with how often and what they contain depending on the area and the type of crystal (rarer ones are biased to rarer resources). This crystals will destroy your armour when you're too close and if you loose it will apply a scaling health damage that will eventually kill you unless it is removed. The crystals are processed (in an basic) refinery by right clicking them in.

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