Fallout 76: Best Locations To Farm Crystal

Summary

Crystal is a crucial material in Fallout 76 for crafting and challenges, but it can be tricky to farm.
Key locations like Black Bear Lodge and Clancy Manor offer a good amount of crystal to collect.
Setting up a CAMP extractor or taking over workshops with crystal deposits can passively farm this resource.

There are lots of items in Fallout 76 that can be scrapped for their core components. One important material in the game is crystal. Whether for crafting or for completing daily and weekly challenges, crystal has many uses in Fallout 76. However, farming crystal can be quite a tricky task, as it is a fairly rare resource.

Thankfully, there are a few locations where crystal can be found in fairly large quantities. This guide will go through all the best locations to take a look at when trying to find as much crystal as possible. These locations can also be good areas to find other junk items and materials.

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What Junk Items Contain Crystal?

There are a few junk items that can be broken down for crystal. They can all be seen in the table below.

Item	Crystal Yield once Broken Down
Crystal Liquor Decanter	3
Floater Freezer Pus Sac	2
High Int Rock	2
High-Powered Microscope	2
Broken Camera	1
Broken ProSnap Camera	1
Crystal Shards	1
Magnifying Glass	1
Microscope	1

Players can tag crystal for search in their Pip-Boy. This will help make finding crystal easier, as it puts a magnifying glass icon next to all items that contain crystal.

4 Black Bear Lodge

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The Black Bear Lodge is located in the Toxic Valley between Wavy Willard's Water Park and Graninger Farm. This place is a great one, as it can be farmed in just a minute or two.

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Black Bear Lodge is usually inhabited by a few Scorched, but they can be killed pretty easily. For the best way to get all the crystal in this area, head in through the kitchen door. Players will find 1 Crystal Liquor Decanter in each of the following locations:

Through the kitchen, on an end table.
On the dresser up the stairs next to the kitchen.
Downstairs on the shelf inside the bar.
Behind the bar on the wine storage racks.

Since each decanter yields 3 Crystal, a total of 12 Crystal can be farmed in this location.

3 Appalachian Antiques

Break Down Antiques For Crystal

Appalachian Antiques is located in the Cranberry Bog, and is filled with difficult enemies. Ir's typically best suited for high-level players. This is a small location, which makes it very easy to locate all the Crystal quickly. In each of the spots described below, players will find 1 Crystal Liquor Decanter.

Through the main door on a shelf to the left.
In the second aisle, under a table that is resting on a shelf.
The top shelf next to the table mentioned above.
Underneath the staircase.

As with the Black Bear Lodge, this means that players can find a total of 12 Crystal here.

2 CAMP Deposits & Workshops

Passively Farm Crystal

There is one crystal deposit on the map where players can place their CAMP. It can be found just east of Tyler Country Fairgrounds and a little north of Anchor Farm. If a player places their CAMP in this location and builds a crystal extractor, then they can begin passively mining Crystal as they play.

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There are also a handful of workshops that players can take over to produce Crystal passively. There is no limit to how many workshops a single player can occupy, so it's possible to take over all the workshops that have a crystal deposit. The locations that have a crystal deposit can be seen below.

Beckley Coal Mine Exhibit
Berkeley Springs West
Billings Homestead
Hemlock Holes Maintenance
Lakeside Cabins
Thunder Mountain Power Plant Yard

1 Clancy Manor

A Cultist Hideout

Clancy Manor is located towards the top of the map. It is in the Toxic Valley region, next to Hemlock Holes. It is the best place to stock up on crystal. Just be sure to take out the cultists first to make gathering the crystal easier.

1 Magnifying Glass through the main door on the left, sitting on a dresser.
3 Crystal Liquor Decanters and 1 Magnifying Glass on the tables in the main room.
In a box through the back door, players can find 7 Crystal Liquor Decanters. There's another one on the table next to the box.
1 Broken ProSnap Camera on a shelving unit in the kitchen.
2 Crystal Liquor Decanters in the room with the staircase, behind the kitchen.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter and 1 Broken ProSnap Camera in the living room next to the room with the stairs
2 Crystal Liquor Decanters on the end table at the top of the stairs.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter and 1 Broken Camera on the shelving unit near the end table.
1 Magnifying Glass on the shelving unit next to the tinker's workbench.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter on the wall unit left of the tinker's workbench.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter on the dresser to the left of the upstairs bedroom.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter on the table in the back of the upstairs bedroom.
3 Crystal Liquor Decanters and 1 Broken ProSnap Camera on a Bookcase on the landing.
1 Crystal Liquor Decanter down the landing, next to a red sofa.
1 Magnifying Glass down the end of the landing hallway.