What are Monster Crystals / Magic Powders, and how do I get them?

Monster crystals are acquired by combining 100 etc drops from a monster in a certain level range. Hover your mouse over the monster crystals you need in the ingredient screen to find out the right level range.You can also acquire monster crystals by disassembling items.(Note: You can only make monster crystals from monsters that appear in your monster book. Nothing from Singapore or Zipangu can make monster crystals!)Magic powders are used to 憄aint? 慶olour? or 慸ye? your item the particular colour. Dark Nisrock? Black powder. White Nisrock? White powder. You get it by now. Magic powders have about the same drop rate as ores, so use basil抯 maker skill item section to find what monster drops the colour you need.