Crystal Drops is a lightweight Quality of Life mod for Hytale that makes crystal blocks much easier to use for building without changing their resource value.

Instead of dropping shards when mined, supported crystal blocks now drop the crystal block itself. If you need the shards, simply take the crystal to the Builder's Workbench and cut it back into the same amount of shards the block originally provided.

This keeps crystal gathering balanced while making decorative crystal blocks far more practical to collect and build with.

Showcase

Click the image above to watch Crystal Drops in action.

Features

- Crystal Blocks Drop Themselves — Mining supported crystal blocks gives you the actual block instead of immediately converting it into shards.

- Cut Crystals Into Shards — Crystal blocks can be processed at the Builder's Workbench to recover their appropriate shards.

- Vanilla Balance Preserved — Cutting a crystal returns the same shard value associated with that crystal, preventing resource duplication.

- Automatic Crystal Detection — Supports crystal blocks following Hytale's Rock_Crystal_<color>_<size> naming structure.

- Server-Side — Works on multiplayer servers without requiring every player to install the mod separately.

- Lightweight — No commands, configuration files, or custom interfaces required.

Supported Versions

Crystal Drops 1.0.1 supports Hytale versions:

>=0.5.0 <0.7.0

Installation

Download the .jar file from the Files tab.
Navigate to your Hytale installation or server folder.
Place the file inside the /mods folder.
Fully restart the game or server.
Mine a supported crystal block to confirm Crystal Drops is active.

How It Works

Normally, mining a crystal block converts it directly into crystal shards.

With Crystal Drops installed:

Mine Crystal Block → Receive Crystal Block

Need the crafting material instead?

Crystal Block → Builder's Workbench → Original Crystal Shards

The conversion is designed to preserve the crystal's original resource value, allowing you to freely choose between building materials and crafting materials without creating an exploit.

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