User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate for the Nintendo 3DS/@comment-25119729-20150621132925/@comment-5569775-20150621154745

1) There's a Basarios glitch that helps you get Earth Crystals?

2) Are Earth Crystals really so hard to get, that you need to use a glitch to farm them?

3) Since you can normally only mine Basarios when it's back is broken, it's probably the same for the glitch.