Best ways to get ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive

ThermoSap Crystals are one of the most essential resources in Pacific Drive, as this material allows you to transform your regular car into an armoured vehicle. These crystals look similar to glowing red stones, enabling you to craft stronger parts for your car body, making them suitable for deadly areas.

However, you won’t find ThermoSap Crystals scattered across the Pacific Drive world, as they have a few fixed spawn locations. Therefore, I'll walk you through a detailed breakdown of the best ways to farm ThermoSap Crystals in the game.

How to get ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive

The best method to farm ThermoSap Crystals in Pacific Drive is by destroying the abandoned armoured vehicles, also known as abandoned squires, that can easily be found across the whole map. Unlike regular cars, you will find a luggage bracket on top of an abandoned squire, making it easy for you to spot them.

Once you find an armoured vehicle, use your scrapper to destroy its doors, panels, and rooftop, which will eventually drop numerous materials, including ThermoSap Crystals.

However, if you don’t want to follow this method, I suggest looking out for a special device called Sap Compressor that has a substantial amount of ThermoSap Crystals in storage. This mysterious device looks like a giant glowing red stone and drops a ton of ThermoSap Crystals when you use an impact hammer on it. 

It's worth noting that you won’t run into Sap Compressors during the initial stage of your exploration. As a result, you have to wait until the mid-game to encounter this device.

How to use ThermoSap Crystals

As mentioned earlier, ThermoSap Crystals are used to craft armoured parts for your car body. Here’s the list of components that you can make with this material:

• Armoured Doors: 6 glass shards, 3 steel sheets, 2 ThermoSap Crystals.
• Armoured Panels: 4 steel sheets, 3 ThermoSap Crystals.
• Armoured Bumper: 6 rubber, 3 steel sheets, 5 ThermoSap Crystals.
• Puncture-Proof Tyres: 8 rubber, 8 fabric, 2 gear, 3 ThermoSap Crystals.
• Turbolight Engine: 15 copper wire, 10 gas cylinders, 10 steel sheets, 42 ThermoSap Crystals.

In case you have extra ThermoSap Crystals in your inventory, make sure to trade them using the Transmuter to get more valuable materials in Pacific Drive.

For more info on Pacific Drive, check out our dedicated hub for this game and our comprehensive guides on how the Transmuter works, trophies list, and how to save game.