Crystal Lizard

Description

These creatures have 8 legs, a large crystal on their back, and emit a distinctive sparkling (crystal-like) sound when nearby. When they spot you, they will attempt to run away, burrow and vanish¹. They carry upgrade materials, rewarded to the player if killed before vanishing. The materials will be added to your inventory automatically.

They behave almost identically to Crystal Lizards in Demon's Souls, but appear different. The only confirmed difference in game mechanics from Demon's Souls is that there is no counter-system that can cause the Crystal Lizards to respawn or disappear permanently after vanishing. Instead, a Crystal Lizard will never respawn after being killed, but they will always respawn upon reloading if you miss them. This means you can only kill each Crystal Lizard once, but you have unlimited opportunities to do so.

Drops

• Titanite Shard
• Large Titanite Shard
• Titanite Chunk
• Titanite Slab
• Twinkling Titanite
• Green Titanite Shard
• White Titanite Chunk
• Blue Titanite Chunk
• Red Titanite Chunk

Locations

Undead Burg Location Hidden in a barrel directly before entering the Taurus Demon Bridge. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Titanite Shard Titanite Chunk

The Catacombs Location Two lizards, In the area after the first rotating spike bridge, there is a room with a pitfall trap (a patch of odd looking dirt near the middle). Dropping down leads to a corridor lined with spike statues. Avoid the spike traps to prevent getting locked in hit-stun, which will allow the lizards to burrow away. The second lizard (holding Twinkling and White Titanite) is much harder to reach before it gets away. Ranged attacks or the quitting/ reloading method are recommended. Also note that there seems to be a glitch where the lizard won't spawn if you died in this corridor. Collect your remains and try again. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Green Titanite Shard White Titanite Chunk

Tomb of the Giants Location In the tunnel where the golden fog door once was, in the area where the skull lantern is no longer needed. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Titanite Shard Titanite Chunk

The Great Hollow Location Ten lizards2, From the bonfire walk off the ledge to your right and drop onto the first branch. At the end of this branch you can drop into an alcove for lizards #1 (at the ledge) and #2 (inside). Back on that same branch, a little ways before the alcove listed above, you can drop to another cave entrance for lizard #3. Lizard #4 is part way through the cave, while #5, #6, and #7 are on the ledge at the end of the cave (have obtained Titanite Slab from one of these, confirmed) From the bonfire again, follow the tree branch, never falling. Lizard #8 will be found where two branches pass next to each other. Easiest way to find lizards #9 and #10 is to follow that same branch, they will be on a ledge below. Or, from the ledge with a ladder, follow the only branch up. The first ledge you come to will have lizards #9 & #10. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Titanite Shard Large Green Titanite Shard/ Titanite Chunk Blue Titanite Chunk White Titanite Chunk Red Titanite Chunk Titanite Slab

Darkroot Garden Location On the switchback cliffs leading down to the Darkroot Basin. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Titanite Shard Titanite Chunk

Lost Izalith Location At the shortcut guarded by a respawning Prowling Demon. It is behind him and near the top of the stairs leading to the Demon Ruins/ Lost Izalith Shortcut. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Green Titanite Shard Red Titanite Chunk

Crystal Cave Location Three can be found by turning around after dropping onto the last invisible walkway before the boss. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Titanite Shard Blue Titanite Chunk

The Duke's Archives Location In the hallway before the Seath the Scaleless first encounter. Drop Twinkling Titanite Large Green Titanite Shard Blue Titanite Chunk

Royal Wood Location Two lizards, One can be found halfway through the royal forest, in between Artorias's boss room and the Oolacile Sanctuary The other can be found by dropping down onto the first platform next to the waterfall, towards Kalameet Drop Twinkling Titanite

Oolacile Township Location On top of a house near the the first light-revealed illusory wall (the one hiding the room containing the Silver Pendant). Drop Twinkling Titanite

Chasm of the Abyss Location At the beginning of the first big open area (the one with all the all the Bloatheads and the Dark Bead sorcery). Drop Twinkling Titanite

Strategy

• Listen carefully to their distinctive sound, indicating that one of them is in the area. Move slowly and if you spot it try to hit it as fast as you can or it'll disappear. Every time they're hit, it will cancel their burrowing attempt. This will prolong their escape attempt even if they're taking low damage.

• The Slumbering Dragoncrest Ring as well as the Ring of Fog will help with getting closer to the lizards before they start to flee. Especially helpful for certain lizards that often run before the player typically spots them.

• If you have strong long-ranged attacks (e.g. Dragonslayer Greatbow, Crystal Soul Spear, Homing Crystal Soulmass), you can one-shot them before they can even run. Equip Bellowing Dragoncrest Ring and Crown of Dusk to ensure high damage with sorceries.

• As the materials is given to you automatically, you don't have to worry about them falling off a ledge. Knocking them off ledge is even a viable option as it kills them.

Footnotes

1. If a lizard gets away it will respawn when you visit the bonfire, but it will also respawn if you quit the game and reload. With the latter method it is possible to hunt lizards easily, if you quit/reload game by their spawning points.

2. The lizards in The Great Hollow don't always spawn on a reload, so multiple reload attempts may be needed.