I got all mine in roughly 6 hours I think of on and off fate farming, I just decided to tough it out (hate fate farming) I really do hate this format though, since you will have people who get all their crystals in a few hours and people who get squat for the same time and effort, which is just disheartening.

I think I read somewhere that even Yoshi-P wouldn't like to do this step, when the director doesn't want to do content in his own game, you know something has gone wrong. I admit, the relic grind did bring lots of activity to empty places, but that is small comfort for the people who have had terrible luck.