Echo crystal & relics
Two Aether-only treasures: one mined, one unearthed.
Echo crystal
- Pink glowing ore found only in the Aether, in island cores and cave walls.
- A pickaxe is required. Anything else yields nothing.
- Veins are rare. It still has to survive the trip home.
Echo tools
- A full tool and weapon set crafted from crystal, using the same shapes as diamond gear.
- Stronger than their diamond equivalents. The blade carries a level requirement.
- Crystal and diamonds do not substitute for each other.
- The guild appraiser also buys crystal in bulk.
Relics
- Ancient objects that tumble free at random while digging Aether stone. You cannot mine for them directly.
- Rarity varies, and so does the price. The Relic Appraiser at the Relic Hunters' Guild buys them.
- Lookalikes sold elsewhere are worthless.
- The Aether Hunter always carries one. Kill it and a relic is guaranteed, quality varies.
- Relics have no use beyond gold yet.
The economy of the sky
- A run pays several ways at once: crystal for tools or bulk sale, relics for the appraiser, chest loot, and gold from kills.
- Against one rule: lose a fight up there and the whole haul goes into the void. Sell often.