Earth Crystal
| Earth Crystal | |
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| Species | Crystal |
| First appearance | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars (1996) |
| Latest appearance | Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch) (2023) |
The Earth Crystal is an enemy encountered in battle alongside the optional boss Culex in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Like Culex and the other crystals, they are from the dimension of Vanda and met in a portal leading to that world found in Monstro Town.
The Earth Crystal has the highest amount of HP out of all of the four crystals, but balances out with a dismal defense of 70.
Despite being the crystal of earth, it only has two earth-based attacks, Boulder and Sand Storm. It also wields Storm and Water Blast. It finishes up with the move Blast.
It is weak against Thunder-based attacks.
In the Nintendo Switch remake, the Earth Crystal initially returns in the Culex boss fight where it retains its two-dimensional 16-bit appearance, offering a stark contrast to the game's revamped and updated 3D graphics. However, a post-game rematch gives it a full model, called Earth Crystal 3D, as well as the other crystals and its master. In this form, defeating it causes it to use Valor Force before shattering, giving all its allies a defense boost.
Profiles and statistics
Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars
| Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars enemy | |||||||||
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| Earth Crystal | |||||||||
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HP | 3200 | FP | 250 | Speed | 1 | |||
| Location(s) | Monstro Town | Attack | 0 | Magic attack | 80 | ||||
| Role | Support | Defense | 70 | Magic defense | 33 | ||||
| Bonus Flower | Attack Up! (0%) | Yoshi Cookie | None | Morph rate | 0% | ||||
| Evade | 5% | Magic evade | 0% | Spells | Blast, Storm, Sand Storm, Water Blast, Boulder | ||||
| Weak | Thunder | Strong | Jump, Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute, Critical | Sp. attacks | None | ||||
| Coins | 0 | Exp. points | 50 | Items | None | ||||
| Psychopath | "I hate being awakened!" | ||||||||
Super Mario RPG (Nintendo Switch)
| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Earth Crystal | |||||||||
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HP | 3200 | Weak Elements | 
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Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 0 | Weak Statuses | N/A | Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Monstro Town | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | A crystal with mastery over earth. After its long slumber deep within the earth, it unleashed amplified tremors all at once as it awakened. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Of course I'd get woken up in the middle of a nice nap." | ||||||||
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| Super Mario RPG enemy | |||||||||
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| Earth Crystal 3D | |||||||||
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HP | 4200 | Weak Elements |
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Drops | N/A | |||
| Exp. | 0 | Weak Statuses | N/A | Rare Drops | N/A | ||||
| Found in | Monstro Town | ||||||||
| Monster List profile | A crystal with the power of earth. It slept underground for a long time, causing extra-bad earthquakes. | ||||||||
| Thought Peek | "Personally, I'd never felt the need to become three-dimensional." | ||||||||
| Animations | |||||||||
| Other stats for Earth Crystal 3D[1] | |
|---|---|
| FP | 250 |
| Attack | 0 |
| Defense | 100 |
| Magic Attack | 105 |
| Magic Defense | 53 |
| Speed | 1 |
| Evade | ? |
| Spells | Blast, Storm, Sand Storm, Water Blast, Boulder |
| Special Moves | Valor Force (upon defeat) |
| Element Resistances | Jump |
| Status Resistances | Fear, Poison, Sleep, Mute |
| Other Resistances | Lamb's Lure/Sheep Attack, Geno Whirl, Pure Water, Yoshi Cookie |
| Coins | 0 |
- Thought Peek quote in other languages (Earth Crystal 3D):
- Japanese:
じぶんは べつに 立体にならなくても よかったけど〜。
(Translation: I didn't really need to become three-dimensional.)
- Japanese:
Names in other languages
Earth Crystal
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | つちのクリスタル[?] Tsuchi no Kurisutaru |
Earth Crystal | |
| Chinese | 土之水晶[?] Tǔ Zhī Shuǐjīng |
Earth Crystal | |
| Dutch | Aardkristal[?] | Nature crystal | |
| French | Cristal de terre[?] | Earth crystal | |
| German | Erdkristall[?] | Earth crystal | |
| Italian | Cristallo terra[?] | Earth crystal | |
| Korean | 어스크리스털[?] Eoseu Keuliseuteol |
Earth Crystal | |
| Spanish | Cristal tierra[?] | Earth crystal |
Earth Crystal 3D
| Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | つちのクリスタル ( Tsuchi no Kurisutaru (Rittai) |
Earth Crystal (three-dimensional) | |
| Chinese (simplified) | 土之水晶 (立体)[?] Tǔ Zhī Shuǐjīng (Lìtǐ) |
Earth Crystal (three-dimensional) | |
| Chinese (traditional) | 土之水晶 (立體)[?] Tǔ Zhī Shuǐjīng (Lìtǐ) |
Earth Crystal (three-dimensional) | |
| Dutch | Aardkristal (3D)[?] | Nature crystal (3D) | |
| French | Cristal de terre 3D[?] | Earth crystal 3D | |
| German | Erdkristall 3D[?] | Earth crystal 3D | |
| Italian | Cristallo terra 3D[?] | Earth crystal 3D | |
| Korean | 어스크리스털 (입체)[?] Eoseu Keuliseuteol (Ibche) |
Earth Crystal (three-dimensional) | |
| Spanish | Cristal tierra 3D[?] | Earth crystal 3D |
Trivia
- All four of the Crystals originally appeared in Final Fantasy and featured prominently in Final Fantasy IV, from which Culex's theme music comes.
- Paper Mario, which was conceived as a sequel, has the Crystal Bits serving much the same purpose and appearance alongside the Crystal King.
