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Gems are small objects that grant bonuses when socketed into items. There are five types of gems in Diablo III; Amethysts, Diamonds (added in D3v2), Emeralds, Rubies and Topazes. The bonuses provided by gems increase with the rank of the gem and become quite substantial at the highest ranks.

Gems drop randomly from every sort of target; monsters, Elites, chests, barrels, etc. At least one and often several gems drop from special targets, such as Resplendent chests, Treasure Goblins, Horadric Caches, etc. Gems can be upgraded in rank by the Jeweler for a fee of gold and materials.

Items in several slots can spawn with one or more sockets, but there is no way to add additional sockets in Diablo 3. Only the Mystic, added in Reaper of Souls, can potentially add sockets via enchanting an affix. The Jeweler can remove gems from sockets, for a gold fee, in D3 and RoS.

Socketed gems have no effect on the level requirement of an item, and and are thus one of the most useful twinks to boost the gear quality of a lower level character.

See the Gems Archive for details about gems from D3's development and for the different properties and costs from Diablo 3 vanilla
See the Diablo 2 Gems page for details on that game's seven types of gems.

Legendary Gems[edit | edit source]

Legendary Gems were added to the game in Patch 2.1. They can be upgraded repeatedly and will only fit into sockets in rings and amulets.

Socketing Basics[edit | edit source]

The bonuses from gems are quite powerful, and a primary affix that adds socket(s) to an item is one of the most desired item properties. Sockets begin to appear in items around level 15 (a few legendary helms can have a socket at level 10-15), and in the end game a socket is considered all-but-mandatory in weapons. In weapon sockets, players generally socket Emeralds for Critical hit Damage. Rubies for +damage, or Diamonds for +Elite damage are less popular.

Weapons can only ever have 1 socket in Loot 2.0, though the Manticore crossbow sometimes rolled 2 sockets in Diablo 3 vanilla.

A socket in a helm is also very desired, and usually used to obtain +EXP% from a Ruby, +Life% from an Amethyst, or Reduced cooldown from a Diamond.

All other items with a socket are considered "other" in terms of the bonuses they provide, (+to a single stat or All Res from a diamond) and these include:

Chest armor: 1-3 sockets.
Pants: 1-2 Sockets.
1 socket: Rings, Amulets, Shields, Mojos, Sources, and Quivers.
- In D3v Ice Climbers boots and Tasker and Theo gloves had a socket in item slots that can not otherwise have sockets, and the Manticore crossbow could spawn with two sockets. These irregularities were eliminated in the Loot 2.0 version of those legendaries.

Gem Ranks[edit | edit source]

A full list of gems by ascending rank. It appears that the new gems drop in each bracket of ten levels starting from around level 20 (possibly including levels 15-19 in the lowest category), with Perfect Square dropping from 50-60.

Regular gem
Flawless gem
Square gem
Perfect Square gem
Star gem -- Upgrade only.
Flawless Star gem -- Upgrade only.
Perfect Star gem -- Upgrade only.
Radiant Star gem -- Upgrade only.
Marquise gem -- Upgrade only in D3: Drops lvl 61+ in Reaper of Souls.)
Imperial gem -- RoS-only. Upgrade, or rarely drops from lvl 61+ on Master+ difficulty.
Flawless Imperial gem -- Upgrade only. RoS only.
Royal gem -- Upgrade only. RoS only.
Flawless Royal gem -- Upgrade only. RoS only.

There were more low level gems prior to 2.3, and in total there were a total of 19 tiers of gem compared to the current 13.

Upgrading Gems[edit | edit source]

Chipped gems drop starting around level 15, with the next highest quality gem beginning to fall about every 6th level higher, culminating in the Flawless Square, which drops from enemies around level 55-60. In Diablo 3 Gems can be upgraded all the way to rank 15, the Marquise, though this is a very long and expensive process, especially in D3v2 with no more Auction House. (Upgrading all the way to a Marquise gem in D3v2 requires a total investment of 9,280,000 gold and 2143 Flawless Square gems.)

Reaper of Souls ups the gem quality considerably, and while nothing changes from level 1-60, level 61 targets (monsters, chests, objects, treasure goblins, etc) drop rank 15 Marquise gems, with a chance for Rank 16 Imperial gems to drop on Master or higher difficulty. Gems in RoS can be upgraded to rank 19, Flawless Royal quality.

Gem removal is done via the Jeweler. Gems cost gold to remove from items, or can be removed for free by salvaging, which destroys the item but not the gem(s). The costs to remove gems have been tweaked repeatedly, and costs were considerably lowered for high end gems in Reaper of Souls in Patch 2.0.5. Gem removal prices, per gem, as of that patch:

Marquise: 50k
Imperial: 100k
Flawless Imperial: 150k to 125k gold
Royal: 250k to 150k gold
Flawless Royal: 500k to 175k gold

Gem upgrade costs have been tweaked several times. The entire system received an overhaul for D3v2, with much lower gold costs and an almost total removal of material components. It's much cheaper to make the highest level gems in Reaper of Souls than it was to make them in Diablo 3 vanilla, though the number of gems is the same, with 2 > 1 until Flawless Square and 3 > 1 at all levels above that.

See the Gems archive article for info about upgrade costs in earlier versions of Diablo 3.

To Create:	Materials Required	Cumulative Cost [e]
Chipped	N/A	Find them.
1 Flawed	10 gold 2 Chipped	Find them.
1 Regular	25 gold +2 Flawed	Find them.
1 Flawless	40 gold +2 Regular	Find them.
1 Perfect	55 gold +2 Flawless	Find them.
1 Radiant	70 gold +2 Perfects	Find them.
1 Square	85 gold + 2 Radiant	Find them.
1 Flawless Square	100 gold +2 Squares	Find them.
1 Perfect Square	5000 gold +3 Flawless Squares	5k gold (3 Flawless Squares)
1 Radiant Square	10,000 gold +3 Perfect Squares	15k + 10k = 25k (9 Flawless Squares)
1 Star	20,000 gold +3 Radiant Squares	25k x 3 = 20 = 95k gold (27 Flawless Squares)
1 Flawless Star	30,000 gold +3 Stars	95k x 3 + 30k = 315k gold (81 Flawless Squares)
1 Perfect Star	50,000 gold +3 Flawless Stars	315k x 3 + 50k = 995k gold (243 Flawless Squares)
1 Radiant Star	75,000 gold +3 perfect stars	3 x 995k + 75k = 3,060,000 gold (729 Flawless Squares)
1 Marquise Gem	100,000 gold +3 Radiant Stars	D3: 3 x 3,060k + 100k = 9,280,000 gold (2143 Flawless Squares) Find them level 61+ (RoS only).
1 Imperial Gem RoS only	200,000 gold +3 Marquise Gems	200k gold + 3 Marquise gems. (Will occasionally drop in Master+ difficulty.) (This level gem is required for enchanting legendary jewelry.)
1 Flawless Imperial Gem RoS only.	300,000 gold +3 Imperials	900k gold (9 Marquise Gems)
1 Royal Gem RoS only	400,000 gold +3 Flawless Imperial + 1 Death's Breath	3.1 million gold, 3 DBs (27 Marquise Gems)
1 Flawless Royal Gem RoS only	500,000 gold +3 Royal + 1 Death's Breath	9.8m gold, 9 DBs (81 Marquise Gems)

Gem Properties[edit | edit source]

Each type of gem provides different bonuses in the three types of items: weapons, helms, and "other." The properties are the same for every rank of the each type of gem; only the values increase. Gems of the same rank share the same graphic; only the color changes.

Patch 2.1 Healing Buffs[edit | edit source]

All healing skills and regeneration was buffed greatly in Patch 2.1 in August 2014, with huge increases in value for the highest level Amethysts, found only in Reaper of Souls.

The amount of Life on Hit provided by the top 4 ranks of Amethysts has been significantly increased

Imperial increased from 800 to 3000
Flawless Imperial increased from 900 to 6400
Royal increased from 1000 to 8800
Flawless Royal increased from 1100 to 11200

Gem Rank	Helm	Weapon	Other[e]
Chipped Gem	Amethyst: +5% Life Diamond: Reduces cooldown of all skills by 3.5% Emerald: +5% Gold Find Ruby: +5% Bonus Experience Topaz: +5% Magic Find	Amethyst: 2 Life per Hit Diamond: +2% Increased damage against Elites Emerald: +10% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +3 Damage Topaz: Ranged and melee attackers take 2 damage per hit.	Amethyst: +10 Vitality Diamond: +6 Resistance to all elements Emerald: +6 Dexterity Ruby: +6 Strength Topaz: +6 Intelligence
Flawed Gem	Amethyst: +6% Life Diamond: -4% cooldown of all skills Emerald: +7% Gold Find Ruby: +7% Experience Topaz: +7% Magic Find	Amethyst: 3 Life per Hit Diamond: +3% Damage to Elites Emerald: +15% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +6 Damage Topaz: 3 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +10 Vitality Diamond: +10 All Res Emerald: +10 Dexterity Ruby: +10 Strength Topaz: +10 Intelligence
Regular Gem	Amethyst: +7% Life Diamond: -4.5% cooldown Emerald: +9% Gold Find Ruby: +9% Experience Topaz: +9% Magic Find	Amethyst: 6 Life per Hit Diamond: +4% Damage to Elites Emerald: +20% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +9 Damage Topaz: 6 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +14 Vitality Diamond: +14 All Res Emerald: +14 Dexterity Ruby: +14 Strength Topaz: +14 Intelligence
Flawless Gem	Amethyst: +8% Life Diamond: -5% cooldown Emerald: +11% Gold Find Ruby: +11% Experience Topaz: +11% Magic Find	Amethyst: 10 Life per Hit Diamond: +5% Damage to Elites Emerald: +25% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +12 Damage Topaz: 10 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +18 Vitality Diamond: +18 All Res Emerald: +18 Dexterity Ruby: +18 Strength Topaz: +18 Intelligence
Perfect Gem	Amethyst: +9% Life Diamond: -5.5% cooldowns Emerald: +13% Gold Find Ruby: +13% Experience Topaz: +13 Magic Find	Amethyst: 15 Life per Hit Diamond: +6% Damage to Elites Emerald: +30% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +15 Damage Topaz: 15 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +22 Vitality Diamond: +22 All Res Emerald: +22 Dexterity Ruby: +22 Strength Topaz: +22 Intelligence
Radiant Gem	Amethyst: +10% Life Diamond: -6% Cooldowns Emerald: +15% Gold Find Ruby: +15% Experience Topaz: +15% Magic Find	Amethyst: 25 Life per Hit Diamond: +7% Damage to Elites Emerald: +35% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +18 Damage Topaz: 30 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +26 Vitality Diamond: +26 All Res Emerald: +26 Dexterity Ruby: +26 Strength Topaz: +26 Intelligence
Square Gem	Amethyst: +11% Life Diamond: -6.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +17% Gold Find Ruby: +17% Experience Topaz: +17% Magic Find	Amethyst: 35 Life per Hit Diamond: +8% Damage to Elites Emerald: +40% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +21 Damage Topaz: 50 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +30 Vitality Diamond: +30 All Res Emerald: +30 Dexterity Ruby: +30 Strength Topaz: +30 Intelligence
Flawless Square Gem	Amethyst: +12% Life Diamond: -7% Cooldowns Emerald: +19% Gold Find Ruby: +19% Experience Topaz: +19% Magic Find	Amethyst: 65 Life per Hit Diamond: +9% Damage to Elites Emerald: +45% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +25 Damage Topaz: 100 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +34 Vitality Diamond: +34 All Res Emerald: +34 Dexterity Ruby: +34 Strength Topaz: +34 Intelligence
Perfect Square Gem	Amethyst: +13% Life Diamond: -7.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +21% Gold Find Ruby: +21% Experience Topaz: +21% Magic Find	Amethyst: 105 Life per Hit Diamond: +10% Damage to Elites Emerald: +50% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +40 Damage Topaz: 200 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +38 Vitality Diamond: +38 All Res Emerald: +38 Dexterity Ruby: +38 Strength Topaz: +38 Intelligence
Radiant Square Gem	Amethyst: +14% Life Diamond: -8% Cooldowns Emerald: +23% Gold Find Ruby: +23% Experience Topaz: +23% Magic Find	Amethyst: 190 Life per Hit Diamond: +11% Damage to Elites Emerald: +60% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +60 Damage Topaz: 350 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +42 Vitality Diamond: +42 All Res Emerald: +42 Dexterity Ruby: +42 Strength Topaz: +42 Intelligence
Star Gem	Amethyst: +15% Life Diamond: -8.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +25% Gold Find Ruby: +25% Experience Topaz: +25% Magic Find	Amethyst: 300 Life per Hit Diamond: +12% Damage to Elites Emerald: +70% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +80 Damage Topaz: 600 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +46 Vitality Diamond: +46 All Res Emerald: +46 Dexterity Ruby: +46 Strength Topaz: +46 Intelligence
Flawless Star Gem	Amethyst: +16% Life Diamond: -9% Cooldowns Emerald: +27% Gold Find Ruby: +27% Experience Topaz: +27% Magic Find	Amethyst: 400 Life per Hit Diamond: +13% Damage to Elites Emerald: +80% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +100 Damage Topaz: 900 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +50 Vitality Diamond: +50 All Res Emerald: +50 Dexterity Ruby: +50 Strength Topaz: +50 Intelligence
Perfect Star Gem	Amethyst: +17% Life Diamond: -9.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +29% Gold Find Ruby: +29% Experience Topaz: +29% Magic Find	Amethyst: 500 Life per Hit Diamond: +14% Damage to Elites Emerald: +90% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +130 Damage Topaz: 1250 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +54 Vitality Diamond: +54 All Res Emerald: +54 Dexterity Ruby: +54 Strength Topaz: +54 Intelligence
Radiant Star Gem	Amethyst: +18% Life Diamond: -10% Cooldowns Emerald: +31% Gold Find Ruby: +31% Experience Topaz: +31% Magic Find	Amethyst: 600 Life per Hit Diamond: +15% Damage to Elites Emerald: +100% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +160 Damage Topaz: 1800 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +58 Vitality Diamond: +58 All Res Emerald: +58 Dexterity Ruby: +58 Strength Topaz: +58 Intelligence
Marquise Gem Gem	Amethyst: +19% Life Diamond: -10.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +33% Gold Find Ruby: +33% Experience Topaz: +33% Magic Find	Amethyst: 700 Life per Hit Diamond: +16% Damage to Elites Emerald: +110% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +190 Damage Topaz: 2500 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +62 Vitality Diamond: +62 All Res Emerald: +62 Dexterity Ruby: +62 Strength Topaz: +62 Intelligence
Imperial Gem RoS only	Amethyst: +20% Life Diamond: -11% Cooldowns Emerald: +35% Gold Find Ruby: +35% Experience Topaz: +35% Magic Find	Amethyst: 3000 Life per Hit Diamond: +17% Damage to Elites Emerald: +115% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +220 Damage Topaz: 3100 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +100 Vitality Diamond: +66 All Res Emerald: +100 Dexterity Ruby: +100 Strength Topaz: +100 Intelligence
Flawless Imperial Gem RoS only.	Amethyst: +21% Life Diamond: -11.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +37% Gold Find Ruby: +37% Experience Topaz: +37% Magic Find	Amethyst: 6400 Life per Hit Diamond: +18% Damage to Elites Emerald: +120% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +220 Damage Topaz: 3725 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +160 Vitality Diamond: +70 All Res Emerald: +160 Dexterity Ruby: +160 Strength Topaz: +160 Intelligence
Royal Gem RoS only	Amethyst: +22% Life Diamond: -12% Cooldowns Emerald: +39% Gold Find Ruby: +39% Experience Topaz: +39% Magic Find	Amethyst: 8800 Life per Hit Diamond: +19% Damage to Elites Emerald: +125% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +250 Damage Topaz: 4350 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +220 Vitality Diamond: +74 All Res Emerald: +220 Dexterity Ruby: +220 Strength Topaz: +220 Intelligence
Flawless Royal Gem RoS only	Amethyst: +23% Life Diamond: -12.5% Cooldowns Emerald: +41% Gold Find Ruby: +41% Experience Topaz: +41% Magic Find	Amethyst: 11200 Life per Hit Diamond: +20% Damage to Elites Emerald: +130% Critical hit Damage Ruby: +270 Damage Topaz: 4975 Thorns damage	Amethyst: +280 Vitality Diamond: +78 All Res Emerald: +280 Dexterity Ruby: +280 Strength Topaz: +280 Intelligence

See the Gems Archive for details about gems from D3's development and for the different properties and costs from Diablo 3 vanilla

References[edit | edit source]

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-Gems are small objects that grant bonuses when socketed into items. There are four types of gems in Diablo III; [[Amethysts]], [[Emeralds]], [[Rubies]] and [[Topazes]], which are found in 14 levels of quality. Only the first seven levels can be found from monsters or chests, with Flawless Squares the highest quality (and the only type that drops in Inferno as of [[v1.05]]) to drop. Higher levels of gems can only be crafted (for a price) by the [[Jeweler]], and the costs grow and accumulate impressively.
+Gems are small objects that grant bonuses when [[socketed]] into items. There are five types of gems in Diablo III; [[Amethysts]], [[Diamonds]] (added in [[D3v2]]), [[Emeralds]], [[Rubies]] and [[Topazes]]. The bonuses provided by gems increase with the rank of the gem and become quite substantial at the highest ranks.
-Creating a level 14 gem is quite a chore. The total costs, assuming a starting point in Inferno where Flawless Squares drop, is 729 Flawless Squares, 15,400,000 gold and 1631 [[Tomes of Secret]], for each Radiant Star gem.
+Gems drop randomly from every sort of target; monsters, [[Elite]]s, chests, barrels, etc. At least one and often several gems drop from special targets, such as [[Resplendent chests]], [[Treasure Goblin]]s, [[Horadric Caches]], etc. Gems can be upgraded in rank by the [[Jeweler]] for a fee of gold and materials.
-As of patch v1.05, there is no way to create or add sockets to items. During development the Jeweler was set to add sockets to items, but this ability was shelved pre-release, leaving players able only to hope for socket finds. It's often hoped that socketing might come back as a quest reward or for a price, in a patch or more likely in [[D3X]].
+Items in several [[slots]] can spawn with one or more sockets, but there is no way to add additional sockets in Diablo 3. Only the [[Mystic]], added in Reaper of Souls, can potentially add sockets via [[enchanting]] an affix. The [[Jeweler]] can remove gems from sockets, for a gold fee, in D3 and RoS.
-Gems are a very useful item to [[twink]] to new characters, as gems have no level requirements. Items with sockets are first found around level 15, in late Act One or early Act Two, and it's quite easy to add a gem with a bonus much larger than that of the item itself. Low level weapons with a high level Ruby in them become wildly overpowered, but that's the whole fun of it for many players.
+Socketed gems have no effect on the level requirement of an item, and and are thus one of the most useful [[twinks]] to boost the gear quality of a lower level character.
-* '''''See the {{iw|gems Diablo 2 Gems}} page for details on that game's seven types of gems (skulls, diamonds, and sapphires do not appear in Diablo 3) and their bonuses.'''''
+* '''''See the [[Gems Archive]] for details about gems from D3's development and for the different properties and costs from [[Diablo 3 vanilla]]'''''
+* '''''See the {{iw|gems Diablo 2 Gems}} page for details on that game's seven types of gems.'''''
-==Diablo III Gems==
+==Legendary Gems==
-[[File:Gem-chipped-star-topaz.jpg|left|frame|Early D3 gem.]]
-[[File:Gems-1-14-label.jpg|frame|Earl version of [[Sapphire]]s.]]
-Gems in Diablo 3 have evolved during the game's development. Though the concept of 14 levels of quality has remained constant, the types of gems, their names and graphics, and the materials and costs to upgrade them have evolved repeatedly.
-* See the gems archive info further down this page for full details on their development.
+[[Legendary Gems]] were added to the game in [[Patch 2.1]]. They can be upgraded repeatedly and will only fit into sockets in [[ring]]s and [[amulet]]s.
-==Using Diablo 3 Gems==
+==Socketing Basics==
-Post-release, gems are popular and essential, and sockets in items are very valuable.
+The bonuses from gems are quite powerful, and a [[primary affix]] that adds [[socket]](s) to an item is one of the most desired item properties.  Sockets begin to appear in items around level 15 (a few legendary helms can have a socket at level 10-15), and in the [[end game]] a socket is considered all-but-mandatory in weapons. In weapon sockets, players generally socket Emeralds for [[Critical hit Damage]]. Rubies for +damage, or Diamonds for +Elite damage are less popular.
+* Weapons can only ever have 1 socket in [[Loot 2.0]], though the [[Manticore]] crossbow sometimes rolled 2 sockets in [[Diablo 3 vanilla]].
-'''Weapons''': A socket in a weapon is considered almost essential, at the [[end game]]. While a ruby in a weapon is a very useful way to boost damage in the early-going, for high level characters the only serious option is an [[emerald]] for the bonus to [[critical hit damage]]. So popular is this option that socketed weapons command vastly higher prices, and emeralds sell for considerably more than other gems in the Auction House. Knowledgeable players often request[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/worlds-first-hardcore-paragon-100-speaks] big improvements to the other gems in weapons to make for more variety.
+A socket in a helm is also very desired, and usually used to obtain +[[EXP%]] from a Ruby, +[[Life%]] from an Amethyst, or [[Reduced cooldown]] from a Diamond.
-'''Helms''': Sockets in helms are even more desired than in weapons, to the point that virtually no end game helm is considered viable without a socket.
+All other items with a socket are considered "other" in terms of the bonuses they provide, (+to a single stat or [[All Res]] from a diamond) and these include:
-* [[Rubies]] are the most popular for the +%experience per kill. This bonus was irrelevant in the [[end game]] until the debut of the [[Paragon]] system, at which point it became the most sought after.
+* [[Chest armor]]: 1-3 sockets.
-* [[Amethyst]]s are popular, especially for Hardcore characters, since the +%life bonus is a huge source of hit points, leveraging already high vitality bonuses.
+* [[Pants]]: 1-2 Sockets.
-* [[Topaz]] are also sought for the Magic Find bonus, while [[gold farmers]] may enjoy Emeralds for that bonus.
+* 1 socket: [[Rings]], [[Amulets]], [[Shields]], [[Mojos]], [[Sources]], and [[Quivers]].
-** The Topaz vs. Ruby debate is an interesting one, since high level players mostly seek paragon levels for the 3% bonus to Magic Find and Gold Find per level. Yet an affordable Star topaz grants 25% Magic Find, which is equivalent to more than 8 paragon levels, which will take weeks to gain given normal play time. Yet the instant gratification and bonus of a Topaz is seldom chosen over the long term growth of the Ruby.
+** In [[D3v]] [[Ice Climbers]] boots and [[Tasker and Theo]] gloves had a socket in item slots that can not otherwise have sockets, and the [[Manticore]] crossbow could spawn with two sockets. These irregularities were eliminated in the [[Loot 2.0]] version of those legendaries.
-'''Other''': All other items are given the "other" designation. Sockets are found in rare and magical [[pants]], [[chest armor]], off-hand items (such as [[quiver]]s, [[mojo]]s, [[orb]]s, [[shield]]s, etc) amulets, and rings, but not in shoulders, bracers, belts, or boots. (A few legendary and set items add sockets to other pieces of armor, such as the socket in [[Ice Climbers]] boots.)
-* These various armor sockets are almost always used to gain [[vitality]] from [[amethysts]], but more commonly players boost their [[main stat]] for more damage
-** [[Emeralds]] for [[dexterity]] for [[Demon Hunter]]s and [[Monk]]s.
-** [[Rubies]] for [[strength]] for [[Barbarian]]s.
-** [[Topaz]] for [[intelligence]] for [[Wizard]]s and [[Witch Doctor]]s.
+==Gem Ranks==
-==Upgrading Gems==
+A full list of [[gems]] by ascending rank. It appears that the new gems drop in each bracket of ten levels starting from around level 20 (possibly including levels 15-19 in the lowest category), with Perfect Square dropping from 50-60.
+# [[Regular gem]]
-Gems can be upgraded by the [[Jeweler]], for a price. First of all, the Jeweler needs to be trained to his maximum level in order to craft the highest level gems. Even then, he can only upgrade gems to the 11th quality level, and just be taught the 3 highest tiers in each gem type by [[Plans]] that drop. These drop quite rarely and only in Inferno (high Magic Find seems to help their drop rate) are fairly difficult to obtain. They can be purchased from the GAH, and as of v1.05 their prices had come down into the 200k range, after costing many millions each earlier.
+# [[Flawless gem]]
+# [[Square gem]]
-All gem upgrades cost gold, and most require some materials as well.  Lower level recipes are quite cheap in terms of gold and materials, and only require 2 gems to upgrade to the next level. Higher level gems require a lot of gold and materials, and it takes 3 gems to make 1 of the next rank. At the 2 > 1 upgrade ratio introduced in v1.03 (prior to that all upgrades were 3 > 1, plus much higher gold prices), it would require 256 chipped gems and 570 gold to create 1 Flawless Square (which is the highest gem that drops), though no one actually collects that many chipped gems since higher quality gems can easily be found.
+# [[Perfect Square gem]]
+# [[Star gem]] -- Upgrade only.
-When considering upgrade prices, bear in mind the cumulative costs, which are listed in the last column of the table below. For example, the price to make the highest gem, a Radiant Star, is 400k gold and 20 [[Tomes of Secret]]. That doesn't sound so bad, until you consider that a Radiant Star requires 3 Perfect Stars, or 9 Flawless Stars, or 27 Stars, and so on, down to the Flawless Squares that form the base of the gem economy. The highest gems thus have a huge cumulative cost.
+# [[Flawless Star gem]] -- Upgrade only.
+# [[Perfect Star gem]] -- Upgrade only.
-It requires a total of 729 Flawless Squares, 1631 Tomes of Secret, and 15,400,000 gold to make a single Radiant Star, not counting the gold required to upgrade the Jeweler in the first place, or to obtain the three highest level plans for each gem. Even assuming you had all the Flawless Squares, Tomes of Secret, and over 15 million gold in your stash, creating a Radiant Star would still take you 243 clicks on the Jeweler's upgrade bar. At 3 seconds per click, that's 729 seconds, or close to 12 minutes doing nothing but upgrading gems.
+# [[Radiant Star gem]] -- Upgrade only.
+# [[Marquise gem]] -- Upgrade only in D3: Drops lvl 61+ in Reaper of Souls.)
+# [[Imperial gem]] -- RoS-only. Upgrade, or rarely drops from lvl 61+ on [[Master]]+ difficulty.
-{{Template:Gem upgrade costs}}
+# [[Flawless Imperial gem]] -- Upgrade only. RoS only.
+# [[Royal gem]] -- Upgrade only. RoS only.
+# [[Flawless Royal gem]] -- Upgrade only. RoS only.
-==Full List of Gem Properties==
-All gems and their bonuses, with game data pulled directly via the [http://www.diablonut.com|DiabloNut Database] database.
-<item type="list" mode="misc">Gem</item>
-=Gems Info Archive=
-The info below covers gems during development and the beta test and is preserved here as an archive of the game's development. Much of the following information is not current in the final game.
-==Gem Types==
-A graphic was shown at the [[Crafting Sanctuary]] panel at Blizzcon 2010 that displayed six types of gems: [[Ruby|Rubies]], [[Sapphire]]s, [[Emerald]]s, [[Topaz]]es, [[Amethyst]]s and [[Diamond]]s. [[Skull]] gems were not shown.  Diamonds and Sapphires were removed before the beta, and the planned item bonuses reapportioned to the four remaining gems.
+There were [[Gems archive#Low level gems simplified|more low level gems]] prior to 2.3, and in total there were a total of 19 tiers of gem compared to the current 13.
 ==Upgrading Gems==
-Gems were set to upgrade all along, but initially the developers planned on a 3 > 1 ratio for all levels.<ref>[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-tweakers.net/ Interview @ Tweakers.Net - Gamescom 2010]</ref> (This was eventually lowered to 2 > 1 for the first seven tiers, which also had their gold costs cut dramatically in [[Patch 1.03]].)
+Chipped gems drop starting around level 15, with the next highest quality gem beginning to fall about every 6th level higher, culminating in the [[Flawless Square]], which drops from enemies around level 55-60. In Diablo 3 Gems can be upgraded all the way to rank 15, the Marquise, though this is a very long and expensive process, especially in [[D3v2]] with no more Auction House. (Upgrading all the way to a Marquise gem in [[D3v2]] requires a total investment of 9,280,000 gold and 2143 Flawless Square gems.)
-Gems are upgraded by the Jeweler, rather than players doing it themselves with a [[Horadric Cube]], as in Diablo 2.
-Gems stack up in Diablo III, making them take up less stash space. Initially they were set to stack to 10 high<ref name="blue 24 august 2010" /> in a single inventory space. This was later raised to 30 for launch, and increased again to 100 in a later patch.
-Initially, gems were only going to be found at level 1-5, which would have made upgrading them all the way to level 14 quite a task. At the 3 > 1 ratio, that would have required 1,594,323 level 1 gems to make a single level 14 gem (3^(14 - 1)). The length of that becomes absurd when you consider it would have taken 664 hours of nonstop clicking simply to upgrade that many times, at one upgrade per second.
-[[File:Gems-1-14-label.jpg|frame|Earl version of [[Sapphire]]s.]]
-The maths isn't quite as daunting going from level 5 gems. In that case it '''''only''''' requires 19,683 level 5 gems to make one level 14 gem. Happily, Jay Wilson said that they're were open to tweaking the formulae, and in fact the developers did, though in reverse of the Diablo II system of rune upgrading. In that game high level runes became cheaper, and only required 2 to combine to the next level. Diablo III took the opposite approach with gems and lowered the upgrade costs in gold and just 2 > 1 for the lower 6 levels, while the top 7 still require 3 > 1.
-In August 2010 [[Bashiok]] spoke on the design theory behind high level gems taking so long to create.<ref name="blue 24 august 2010" />
-<blue>The gem-to-gem upgrade intent is not to have these huge gaps where you feel like you’re lame unless you have level 14 gems in every slot, but as a long term goal for the hardcore min/maxers and PvPers who are going to be playing for a long time and be able to work toward those goals. It’s something you can put a little time into just by upgrading the gems you pick up during normal play, so you’re constantly able to keep working toward the goal of crating a level 14 gem.<br>
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-Also the trading game and millions of people playing for months is going to make them a lot more attainable than they may seem when throwing out numbers like 19,000.
-It’s possible it may feel crappy or we need to add something to help jump gaps, or, who knows. It’s all very unproven at the moment, but we think provides a nice long term goal anyone can work toward just by killing monsters and picking up gems.</blue>
-==Creating and Spending Gems==
-According to the official [[Caravan FAQ]] it sounds as if the Jeweler will have a way to create gems.
-::The Jeweler crafts gems, amulets, and rings. The jeweler can also remove gems from socketed items and can combine gems to improve their quality.
-But in the official Blizzard Jeweler page <ref>http://eu.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/jeweler/ Blizzard Jeweler Page</ref> his three services do not include crafting anything.
-* Combine Gems
-* Add Sockets
-* Remove Gems
-That does not rule the use of gems in other things.  Bashiok alluded to other gem purposes, in a forum post in August 2010.<ref name="blue 24 august 2010">[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blue-info-on-level-14-gems/ Blizzard Post - 24 August 2010]</ref>
-<blue>They have a good chance of being used in other ways aside from simply being socketed, something that would siphon them out of the economy. Maybe crafting. We like them remaining as something you have to visit the Jeweler artisan to combine. We don’t want it to be annoying or take a lot of time though. We also don’t anticipate someone visiting one with 19,000 gems looking to upgrade all the way to level 14.</blue>
-===Unsocketing Gem===
-One key fact to consider is that in Diablo III, gems (and other socketables) can be removed from sockets, by the [[Jeweler]], <u>without losing the gem or the item</u>. (Though this may grow quite expensive <ref name="blue 25 august 2010">[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/more-blue-info-on-crafting-gems/ Blizzard Post - 25 August 2010]</ref> with higher level gems.) This was not the case in Diablo II, where runes, gems, and jewels were in an item forever, or were destroyed by the unsocket recipe. This change fundamentally alters the upgrading project, since instead of gems sitting useless in your stash until they are all the way to the top level (as they did in Diablo 2), characters in Diablo III will be using their highest level gems all the time, and gaining considerable benefits from the gem before unsocketing it and combining it to create the next higher level gem, which then goes back into the item.
-==Twinking Gems==
+Reaper of Souls ups the gem quality considerably, and while nothing changes from level 1-60, level 61 targets (monsters, chests, objects, treasure goblins, etc) drop rank 15 Marquise gems, with a chance for Rank 16 Imperial gems to drop on [[Master]] or higher difficulty. Gems in RoS can be upgraded to rank 19, Flawless Royal quality.
-Gems do not have a Clvl requirement to use, and they are intended to be very useful as twinked items. <ref name="blue 24 august 2010" />
+'''Gem removal''' is done via the [[Jeweler]]. Gems cost gold to remove from items, or can be removed for free by [[salvaging]], which destroys the item but not the gem(s). The costs to remove gems have been tweaked repeatedly, and costs were considerably lowered for high end gems in Reaper of Souls in [[Patch 2.0.5]]. Gem removal prices, per gem, as of that patch:
+* [[Marquise]]: 50k
+* [[Imperial]]: 100k
+* [[Flawless Imperial]]: 150k to 125k gold
+* [[Royal]]: 250k to 150k gold
+* [[Flawless Royal]]: 500k to 175k gold
-<blue>They don’t have a level requirement so we do intend to see them used as a way to twink new characters, or allow people to buy into gemming up a bit earlier on if they have the gold.</blue>
+'''Gem upgrade''' costs have been tweaked several times. The entire system received an overhaul for [[D3v2]], with much lower gold costs and an almost total removal of material components. It's much cheaper to make the highest level gems in [[Reaper of Souls]] than it was to make them in [[Diablo 3 vanilla]], though the number of gems is the same, with 2 > 1 until Flawless Square and 3 > 1 at all levels above that.
+* See the [[Gems archive]] article for info about upgrade costs in earlier versions of Diablo 3.
-There may be some interesting complications with this though.
+{{Template:Gem upgrade costs d3v2}}
-<blue>You can pay an artisan to remove the gems from an item. The last design I had heard of was that it was based on gem value, so as you socket higher level gems it becomes more expensive, but you’ll almost certainly want to unsocket gems to level them up, or swap to new gear. This may cause some unique problems for low level (non-twink) characters attempting to buy high level gems and then being unable to remove them from the socket when they get a better piece of armor (because they can’t afford it), but that may turn out to be an acceptable roadblock.</blue>
+==Gem Properties==
+Each type of gem provides different bonuses in the three types of items: weapons, helms, and "other."  The properties are the same for every rank of the each type of gem; only the values increase.  Gems of the same rank share the same graphic; only the color changes.
-==Changing Gem Bonuses==
-[[File:Gem-emerald-l3.jpg|frame|L3 Emerald bonuses.]]
+===Patch 2.1 Healing Buffs===
-Until the beta, little was known of the bonuses gems will provide. It was assumed that the higher level gems would grant very high bonuses, to make the huge costs of upgrading worthwhile. This turned out not to be the case, with higher level gems generally just adding another few points to various stats, but players value them anyway as every stat point helps.
-What particular bonuses gems would provide varied during development, as Jay Wilson detailed during an interview at Gamescom 2010:
+All healing skills and regeneration was buffed greatly in [[Patch 2.1]] in August 2014, with huge increases in value for the highest level [[Amethysts]], found only in Reaper of Souls.
-<blue><font color="#FFFFFF">Can you tell us about gem stats?</font>
+<blue>The amount of Life on Hit provided by the top 4 ranks of Amethysts has been significantly increased
-Jay Wilson: They work much as they did in D2. They have fixed stats depending on which type of item you put them into. We largely copied what D2 did, but not exactly since our itemization is different and stating is different. For example, most of our classes don’t have mana, so that wouldn’t work. But things like casting speed and strength and such are there.</blue>
+* Imperial increased from 800 to 3000
+* Flawless Imperial increased from 900 to 6400
+* Royal increased from 1000 to 8800
+* Flawless Royal increased from 1100 to 11200 </blue>
-==Early Known Gem Bonuses==
+{{Template:Gem Properties}}
-The first sighting of gem stats came from the Artisan Video from Gamescom 2010 <ref name="artisan video" />.  That gem was socketed into a shield (shields do not have sockets in the final game) and the hover text showed its potential bonuses:
-* Weapon: +4% Casting Speed.  (This bonus was changed to [[Critical Hit damage]] before release.)
-* Helms: Attackers take 7 damage.
-* Other: +7 dexterity
-In the Diablo 2 expansion, a level 3 emerald grants:
-* Weapons: 17 poison damage over 1 second
-* Armor & Helms: +6 dexterity.
-* Shields: +22% Poison Resistance
-** Clvl 12 required for all
-The numerical bonuses (but not the type of bonus) from gems changed from D2C to D2X, but clearly there are major differences in more than the numbers. Diablo 3 grants entirely different types of bonuses, and categorizes the socketable items differently as well; helms/armor no longer share the same bonuses.
-These changes are largely due to the game's different combat mechanics and character requirements, but were also somewhat required by the different itemization issues. For instance, [[Sapphire]]s in helms/armor grant +mana in Diablo 2, but +mana isn't a viable bonus in Diablo 3, since only the [[Witch Doctor]] has mana for a resource. Even considering that, the changes to the Emerald are quite large. In Diablo 2, most gems provided resistance in shields and elemental damage in weapons. Emeralds in D3 do neither of those things.
-===More Gem Stats===
-More gem stats were seen in [[:Category:Ninja_Videos|ninja]] photos from the Blizzcon 2010 demo. At that point the current version of the game had a whole new (and short-lived) system of [[attributes]], so the stats were out of date, and then later came back in-date.
-[[File:I-gems-hover-stats.jpg|thumb|Gem stats from Blizzcon 2010.]]
-Chipped (level 1) [[Ruby]] granted:
-* Weapon: Spells deal 10% more damage
-* Helm: +2% Chance to Block
-* Other: +2 Strength
-Flawed (level 2) [[Amethyst]] granted:
-* Weapon: +0,03 Attacks Per Second
-* Helms: +3% Movement Speed
-* Other: +2 to all Attributes
-As you can see, a Chipped (level 1) [[Ruby]] grants +2 [[Strength]], while a level 3 [[Emerald]] (as seen in the Youtube video <ref name="artisan video">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNP8QiNbFmU Artisan Video - Gamescom 2010]</ref>) grants +7 [[Dexterity]].
-It is possible that it is always the bonus granted from the gem a level below it + the level of the current gem that decides how much bonus a given gem gives to an attribute. So a Emerald would give 4 (the bonus to an attribute granted from a Flawed Emerald) + 3 (the level, 3 out of 14, of the Emerald) = 7.
-Another example would be a Flawed Ruby would give 2 (the attribute bonus from the Chipped Ruby) + 2 (the level of the Flawed Ruby) = 4.
-A more complete formula to discover any attribute bonus simply from the level of the gem is (''n'' * (''n'' + 1) / 2) + 1, where ''n'' is the level of the gem (from 1 to 14).
-If this theory holds true, then a maxed out Radiant Star (level 14) [[Ruby]] (or any gem that increases an attribute would give +106 Strength if it was socketed into something other than a weapon or a helm, which is a upgrade from the Flawless Star (level 13) [[Ruby]] that would give 92 Strength. (This estimation proved incorrect, with highest level gems only granting 58 attribute bonus.)
+* '''''See the [[Gems Archive]] for details about gems from D3's development and for the different properties and costs from [[Diablo 3 vanilla]]'''''
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