Guild Wars 2

So I’m trying to make Howler and part of my collection achievement includes getting into this Oola lab. Except, it’s ALWAYS locked and I need an energy crystal to open it. According to the wiki, energy crystals are soulbound items and they drop randomly from any mob in Metrica province. I’ve killed countless mobs and still no crystal. It really feels like a waste of time… Anyone know if the crystal drop rate is bugged or something?

I have two of them sitting around in my mesmer’s inventory if you are in NA.

I frequently see LFG’s in the group finder tool for this. A few days ago I got into a map where about 10-20 people were looking for it and simply by asking in map chat a random guy said he found one. He didn’t know what to do with it, but because we asked him he came to us and helped out. It’s probably the easiest way to get it (by not just relying on yourself).

That’s how I got it last night. I was in Metrica killings random mobs endlessly with no luck when someone suddenly announced that the lab was open and to get there ASAP. I did so and got what I needed. There are actually good people in the game!

If the item you need is from the chest at the end you can also get into the lab without the crystal. You only need the crystal if you need to buy a item from the NPC after the event.