User blog comment:Teams820/How to get many free crystals?/@comment-4988993-20120505105749

lol, in all honesty, the only chances that you will get to obtain more crystals are VERY rarely by TinyCo "challenges" like the one stated by Fanoftinyvillage or by paying for something that gives crystals that costs crystals themselves (like the crystal bank, crystal tree, and crystal store). The TinyCo "challenges" are usually promotions to make Tiny Village more well known on the App store or to promote other TinyCo games (such as Tiny Monsters, which you should install for the crystals and then uninstall after you get the crystals). This kinda makes me mad, because TinyCo is getting unoriginal and are just trying to get money. But, TinyCo used to be really cool and give crystals away in earlier challenges, such as the Fire Theme Challenge, Easter Challenge, and Star Challenge (which gave 13 free crystals for building a few cheap decorations!). Unfortunately, TinyCo aren't giving crystals away in normal challenges anymore (see the three most recent challenges), so sadly, you will have to wait for crystal deals.