Crystal Star

Crystal Star

	Cost 199 Size 4x4 Tax First release now 300 / 9h First release generated 1 / 9h until October 10 13, 2012 (expired) Second release now 1 / 9h Second release generated 1 / 9h until November 7 10, 2012 (expired) Requires Level 4 Build Time 24h Max 5 XP Gain 0 Hurry Cost 96
	On 14 August 2012, all first release Crystal Stars took this design. On 11 September 2012, all second release Crystal Stars took this design.
	On 11 October 2012, all first release Crystal Stars took this design. On 10 November 2012, all second release Crystal Stars took this design.

Introduction

The Crystal Star was introduced as part of several promotions:

• Stardust Mystery : Return of Star Path and Star Flowers from the Meteor Theme for a limited period.
• Skywatcher Mystery : Return of Skywatcher Store and Observatory from the Meteor Theme for a limited period

First introduction: Generates crystals for a further Oct 13 2012 00:00:00 PDT Time expired! Note : This timer counts down to 13 October 2012 00:00:00 PDT

Second introduction: Generates crystals for a further Nov 10 2012 16:00:00 PST Time expired! Note : This timer counts down to 10 November 2012 16:00:00 PST

First Introduction

The advertisement shows that it will generate crystals until October 10, 2012

• Start : June 7, 2012
• End : June 12, 2012

Second Introduction

The advertisement shows that it will generate crystals until November 7, 2012

• Start : July 7, 2012
• End : July 10, 2012

On October 10, 2012, TinyCo announced a 3 day extension for all limited crystal producers.

Challenges

For Iphone

	Requires	Task / Reward / Notes
2 Crystal Star	Level ?	1 Have 2 Crystal Star 50
3 Crystal Star	Level ? and Finish 2 Crystal Stars	1 Have 3 Crystal Stars 20 Get Decoration : Blue Meteor

For Android

No Challenges

Economic Analysis

• Comparison with Crystal Bank, Crystal Store and Crystal Tree
  • The Crystal Star creates a every 9 hours compared to Crystal Bank ( 1 every 18 hours), Crystal Tree ( 1 every 12 hours) and Crystal Store ( 1 every 12 hours depends on recipe)
  • The Crystal Star will only produce until October 10 13, 2012
• The theoretical maximum production of the Crystal Star is the production between June 8, 2012 (after 24h build time) up to October 10, 2012, being 123 days of 24 hours in which a maximum of 328 (assuming perfect collection)
• The theoretical maximum profit is therefore 129
• The payback time on the investment is 74 days (August 22, 2012)

Trivia

• The Crystal Star was the first Decoration to have a tax return (in ) for a limited period of time (until October 10, 2012)
• If you already have more than one Crystal Star and the challenges did not complete, put the Crystal Star in Inventory and place it back in the Village.
• On October 10, TinyCo annnounced a 3 day extension to all limited crystal producing assets, including the first Crystal Star.
• After October 13, 2012, the first Crystal Star provided a return of 1 / 48h but some players reported it still generatd crystals for a few more days until it finally become 300 / 9h

External Link

• Tiny Village Facebook posting (June 7, 2012)
• Notice of 3 day extension on facebook