Require "breaking" etc. before Rock Crystal counts as stone

[vatas]

Title, I wonder how many Rock Crystals have been wasted because people forgot that you need to be extra careful with them.

EDIT: Clarification, when you get Rock Crystal (item) from Rock Crystal (node) it should only count as Rock Crystal (required to build Charter Stone, Coronation Stone, and certain Mine Holes, or as gilding.) You then have to turn it into something that counts as stone for crafting/building. This way the Rock Crystal has all the functions it currently has, only the game doesn't **** you over when you fail to remember Rock Crystal is also a stone and it goes to claim pole of village idol.

The process could be as simple as right-clicking the Crystal and getting an option like "Break" or "Shatter" (preferably with an hourglass timer to cancel a miss-click) or a more involved craft, perhaps even involving a hammer and an anvil.

[Omnipotent]

+1 to this. We've already had to make this change with other items (eg: hardened leather).

Would be nice to prevent any more rock crystal accidents.

[shubla]

Good idea. Rock crystal could break into rock crystal shards that count as a stone.

[vatas]

BUMP

[Khada]

Good idea

[pawnchito]

yessir this type of thing should be in the game.

[vatas]

Bump, maybe you could get two "Crystal Shards" that count as stones when you choose "Shatter" option (that preferrably has an hourglass.)

[Finigini]

+1 Would also allow me to larp as one of the four crystal bearers/heroes of light.

[vatas]

Bump for the third time, ran into it wile looking for another thing.

[abt79]

+1 yes

+1 to this. We've already had to make this change with other items (eg: hardened leather).

Would be nice to prevent any more rock crystal accidents.

whoa I knew we could "break" hard leather to convert it to regular leather but does it really not count as regular leather for building/crafting recipes? Didn't realize that change was made with this interaction in mind, the patch notes for it made it seem like it was for some kind of leather quality spiraling via high q wax, water, cauldrons, etc