Crystal equipment

Crystal equipment is a subset of equipment that is made from enchanted elven crystal. Crystal equipment requires the completion of Roving Elves to wield, as well as 50 Agility (although 56 Agility is a boostable requirement to travel through Tirannwn), among other skill requirements unique to each piece.

Crystal equipment degrades during use in combat. Crystal bows can fire 2,500 shots, degrading after every 250 shots, and crystal shields can withstand 25,000 points of damage, degrading after every 2,500 damage. After the Evolution of Combat update, crystal equipment no longer becomes weaker as it degrades.

After completion of Roving Elves, players are able to access crystal bows and wards. With the release of Prifddinas, more crystal equipment was added to the list, see the table below:

When crystal equipment pieces have fully degraded, they revert into crystal weapon seeds. Players can take crystal seeds to Ilfeen, who will sing to them and re-enchant them into crystal bows or crystal shields for a price. The initial price is 900,000 coins for crystal bows, and 750,000 coins for crystal shields. Each time Ilfeen re-enchants a crystal seed for a player, the price she charges decreases by 180,000 coins for bows, and 150,000 coins for shields, in this fashion:

The price for recharging is not dependent on whether Ilfeen re-enchants the crystal seed into a crystal bow or a crystal shield. For example, a player who pays Ilfeen 900,000 coins to re-enchant a crystal bow will only have to pay her 600,000 coins to re-enchant a crystal shield.

A weakly charged (2/10) crystal bow or crystal shield is a reward for completion of Roving Elves. In addition, players can buy new crystal bows or new crystal shields from Islwyn in the forests of Isafdar for the full recharge prices (900,000 coins for crystal bows, and 750,000 coins for shields).



The damage of these weapons depends of your agility level.

Trivia

 * There was once a glitch that allowed players to cast High Level Alchemy on crystal bows and crystal shields in free-to-play worlds and make several thousand coins per piece. Players could buy crystal seeds from other players, pay the reduced recharge cost, and make large sums of money. Because of this glitch, it is no longer possible to alchemise crystal equipment at all.
 * When talking to Ilfeen about crystal equipment (and possibly after) she mentioned trying to create a "crystal halberd", but that couldn't get the melody right. They were finally released upon the release of Prifddinas.