What are different colored crystals for?

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Captain Teamwork
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What are different colored crystals for?

Post by Captain Teamwork » Wed, 8. May 19, 11:02

I'm playing a modified AP game and found a TS with a boatload of green crystals. Not sure what I should do with them.
I would sell them but I don't want to find out later its something I need then have to somehow spend days trying to come up with the stuff...
Trying to find information is like pulling teeth. :(
Thanks for any info. I don't mind spoilers :)

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Re: What are different colored crystals for?

Post by jlehtone » Wed, 8. May 19, 17:34

One of the X3{R,TC,AP} had some (one of each) coloured crystals in a plot. No regular vanilla use (although AP Stock Market might be exploitable with "useless" items too).

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Re: What are different colored crystals for?

Post by Captain Teamwork » Wed, 8. May 19, 22:06

No story mods here. Just a few quality of life mods/scripts to make the game more enjoyable. I wasnt sure if vanilla AP used colored crystals during a questline or not.

I was gonna start the argon war storyline at some point. Are there other plot missions in AP besides the argon war missions?

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Re: What are different colored crystals for?

Post by Alan Phipps » Wed, 8. May 19, 22:16

It sounds like one of your economy/trade-boosting mods does not have the trade-ware restrictions of the vanilla game applied.
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Re: What are different colored crystals for?

Post by Fulgrymm » Fri, 10. May 19, 11:36

Those crystals are macguffins in X3:R, they serve no purpose outside of that. There are additional plots outside the war one, but I don't remember offhand the pre-reqs for them.

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Re: What are different colored crystals for?

Post by DrSuperEvil » Sat, 22. Jun 19, 12:57

In AP the Breaking Grounds plot needs some Black Crystals. Otherwise they are relics from previous game plots.

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