Earth Crystal
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.
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." | ||||||||
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Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | つちのクリスタル Tsuchi no Kurisutaru |
Earth Crystal |
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.
