Pulsing Crystals

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Pulsing Crystals are one of the easier crystal materials to farm in Kingdom Hearts 3. They are only dropped by Helmed Bodies found abundantly in Arendelle.

Note: Pulsing Crystals cannot be purchased. However, you can synthesize them in the Moogle Shop.

Arendelle Farming Route

Land at the Treescape save point.

Start exploring the area and head north.

Soon enough, the first Heartless group will attack, accompanied by three Helmed Bodies.

The Helmed Body Heartless are just a suped up version of the Large Bodies found throughout the series. They look almost exactly like the Large Bodies except for their horned helmets and gold manacles.

Helmed Bodies share the same moveset as the Large Bodies, but tend to be more aggressive with much higher HPs.

They cannot be physically attacked from the front, so use magic instead, or dodge roll behind them to land a hit from your keyblade.

They do slide quite a lot; just jump over them and land some aerial shots when they’re on a charging spree.

Tip: Helmed Bodies are particularly vulnerable to blizzard magic. Land a few well placed Blizzagas and they’ll be done.

While the 4% Pulsing Crystal drop rate is low, the abundance of Helmed Bodies in the area makes up for it.

You can gather a decent amount by taking them out quickly after a few repeated runs.

Re-enter from a different area or leave via any save point & re-enter the farming route to make them respawn.

Battlegate 11

Pulsing Crystals can be farmed from Battlegate 11 located in San Fransokyo.

During the end-game, battlegates are your prime farming locations. They appear throughout the worlds after you’ve completed the main story.

To reach Battlegate 11, enter San Fransokyo from the North District save point (day or night). Right above the save point, you’ll see some elevated train tracks.

Wall jump from one of the tall buildings to get onto the train tracks.

Rail grind your way through to find the blue crystal entrance to Battlegate 11 near a tunnel.

Note: Inside the Battlegate, you will face a single Metal Troll along with infinitely spawning hordes of Helmed Bodies.

Just keep the Metal Troll alive and destroy as many Helmed Bodies as you like to max out your Pulsing Crystal supply.

Using Pulsing Crystals

Pulsing Crystals are required for seven recipes, and you must have at least 9 crystals in total to synthesize at least one copy of each recipe.