Trying to figure out the NEW ELDERING SYSTEM in Day of Dragons!

Update 1.0.1 brings us a brand new eldering system and I'm here to tell you everything I've discovered about it so far!

We may be able to brute force elder ticks, as you'll see in this video, but there must be more to it than that. I go over some interesting things I noticed, some possible theories and the questions I still have. Have any ideas? Anything I should try out? Let me know!

Important note: This is NOT the live game! This video shows a preview of 1.0.1 but not the final version, things may change, be added, removed or fixed.

In a rush? I got you covered:
0:00 Introduction
00:45 Crystals!
01:50 Activating the crystals
02:33 Activating the crystals (for real this time)
03:54 Is that it?
04:31 Failing
05:11 Revisiting crystals
05:51 What's up with the colors?
06:44 Color rarity
07:23 Summary
08:05 Wrap-up