How to get Cryston Components in Arknights: Endfield beta

Cryston Components are one of the more difficult materials to obtain in Arknights: Endfield due to the extensive base development required. Since you’ll eventually need to mass-produce them, it’s valuable to optimize your production lines early, despite the challenges, so here’s everything you need to know to efficiently produce them.

How to make Cryston Components in Arknights: Endfield

Unlike many reagents in Arknights: Endfield, Cryston Components are made from a large combination of other existing materials that all must be processed in the correct manner to be used. The production chain for Cyston Components is long and requires the use of several different base structures to achieve. This is a bumpy one, so strap in as I’m going to break the process down into digestible parts, for your clarity.

Required Base Structures for Cryston Components

Cryston Components require the use of several AIC Base Unit structures to be produced. Ideally, have these buildings built and ready in your inventory or Depot, so you don’t need to waste time crafting them once you jump into the production line. The following structures are required:

• Seed-Picking Unit
• Planting Unit
• Shredding Unit
• Refining Unit
• Grinding Unit
• Gearing Unit

Due to the nature of Cryston Component crafting, you may or may not need several of these Units active at once, as some materials will use the same Unit structure to process a different material. I recommend having at least two Shredding, Refining, and Grinding Units available before getting started.

Required Core Materials for Cryston Components

First, you’re going to need to gather four base materials before you can get started in the production. The required base materials are the following:

• Sandleaf – Gathered from the Origin Lodespring region, specifically the Landbraker Camp. Can also be grown at an Eco-Farm.
• Sandleaf Seeds – Obtained by processing Sandleaf through a Seed-Picking Unit.
• Originium Ore – Gathered from Originium Ore nodes, located in every region
• Amethyst Ore – Gathered from Amethyst Ore nodes, located in every region.

Every other material necessary for the production of Cryston Components will come from a processing line of a combination of these four core materials. Ensure that all four of these are being mass-produced before you proceed further.

Sandleaf Seed Production Line

Make sure you have a constant flow of Sandleaf being processed at a Seed-Picking Unit, then funneled into a Planting Unit at all times before you start this step. It should lo꧃ok something like this:

• Sandleaf –> Seed-Picking Unit –> Sandleaf-Seeds –> Planting Unit –> Sandleaf –> Depot/Protocol Stash –> Seed-Picking Unit

This ensures you have an endless supply of Sandleaf being produced. This is required.

Required Advanced Materials for Cryston Components

There are two advanced materials necessary for crafting Cryston Components. Advanced in this process means they are the final reagents required to start producing Crysto💙n Components directly. These are the following:

• Packed Origocrust
• Cryston Fiber

Using the above-mentioned materials will make full use of all four core materials via a production line. Both materials will use separate production lines to be made, then funneled into a Gearing Unit to produce Cryston Components. Now let’s talk about those lines separately, with all materials and Units required in mind.

Production Line for Packed Origocrust

• The first big step toward crafting Packed Origocrust is to process your Originium Ore into Originium Powder using a Shredding Unit. It will take a Shredding Unit exactly two seconds to produce the powder, so make sure you have an efficient assembly line set up so that there is zero downtime for the Shredding Unit.
• Next, you’re going to be doing a very similar step as the abovementioned. Process your Sandleaf into Sandleaf Powder by feeding it into a Shredding Unit.
• With both Originium Powder and Sandleaf Powder being produced, funnel both production lines into a Grinding Unit together. This will produce Dense Originium Powder.
• Send the Dense Originium Powder into a Refining Unit to start producing Dense Origocrust Powder. Then, send the Dense Origocrust Powder into a Refining Unit to arrive at the prized Packed Origocrust. For now, let it sit in the Refining Unit, or feel free to store it in your Depot temporarily.

With Packed Origocrust now being made, one-half of the process to make Cryston Components is completed. Now, let’s talk about the other half, Cryston Fiber.

Production Line for Cryston Fiber

• Start by processing your Amethyst Ore into Amethyst Fiber at a Refining Unit. Then, funnel the fibers into a Shredding Unit to start the production of Amethyst Powder. Let it sit for the time being.
• Next, funnel Sandleaf into a Shredding Unit to produce Sandleaf Powder. Ensure this is a separate line from the one you’re using for the Packed Origocrust production line. This is required for efficiency.
• With both Amethyst Powder and Sandleaf Powder being produced, funnel both materials into a Grinding Unit to craft Cryston Powder. From here, funnel that Cryston Powder being produced into a Refining Unit to achieve the pinnacle material: Cryston Fiber.

Now that you have both Advanced materials being produced in your base, it’s time to craft what you came here for. Fortunately, this is the easiest step.

Production Line for Cryston Components

Create two separate assembly lines for both your Packed Origocrust and Cryston Fiber, and funnel both into a single Gearing Unit. The result will be Cryston Components. Simple right?

Yes, but there are a few nuances you should be aware of. First, Cryston Components require 10 seconds to be crafted at a Gearing Unit. This means you need to have 10 of both Advanced materials within the Gearing Unit within 10 seconds, every 10 seconds. Otherwise, you’ll end up with a major efficiency issue, and greatly slow the production of the Cryston Components.

Depending on how your base is set up, this can be somewhat difficult, but here are a♋ few production line tips to help you with this process.

General Production Line Tips

• Balance Material Input and Output – Ensure that raw materials enter the production line at the same rate that components are crafted. Supply bottlenecks can majorly disrupt over-efficiency.
• Optimize Throughput Timing – Synchronize crafting times with material delivery to prevent idle time or overproduction, maximizing workflow efficiency.
• Upgrade Major Bottlenecks First – Identify and improve the slowest part of your production line first, whether it’s crafting speed or material transport. Bottlenecks can kill your production efficiency very easily.
• Prioritize Layout Efficiency – Arrange Units, assembly lines, and storage in a logical, compact flow to minimize travel time for materials and reduce congestion in production areas. This one will really mess with your production performance of Cryston Components if you’re not careful.

What are Cryston Components used for in Arknights: Endfield?

Cryston Components are used primarily for crafting Epic (Purple) Gear. Purple Gear provides significant stat upgrades and access to powerful, build-defining set bonuses for all of your character. There will likely be future occasions where you’ll need a part of this material’s product line to produce other Cryston products for Outpost Missions as well.