Gem

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Modifiers Cube Socket Ethereal Prices Required Durability Repairs Stack Size Replenish Indestructible Treasure Item code Item type Affix Crafted Set Unique Gem Rune Word Consumable Gems are precious stones which can be placed in any socket of an item to add modifiers to that item. The modifier(s) added vary depending on whether a gem is placed in a socket in a weapon, helm and body armor, or shield. When gems are placed in a low, normal or superior quality item, the item can change color depending on the color of the first gem placed in a socket (otherwise, gems do not affect an item's color). Once placed in a socket, a gem cannot be removed without destroying it (and it can only be removed in an Expansion game). Due to their low required level, gems are often placed in sockets early in the game, where the modifiers added can be a significant improvement on what is otherwise available at that level. Later in the game gems are less commonly placed in sockets unless their modifiers are comparable to or better than those of runes or jewels. Gems can also be used to make crafted items and make or manipulate other items using the Horadric Cube (including upgrading lower quality gems to higher quality gems). They can normally only be dropped by monsters, with the exception of perfect gems. However, a random perfect gem is a reward for destroying Mephisto's Soulstone on the Hellforge, and lower quality gems can be upgraded to perfect using the Horadric Cube or any Gem Shrine found in the wilderness (activating the shrine will upgrade a lower quality gem found in your inventory, or drop a random chipped gem if there is none). Monsters spawned in games with more players are normally less likely to have no drop and thus more likely to drop items (including gems), but Better Chance of Getting Magic Items has no effect on the quantity or quality of gems dropped. Each gem fills one inventory space and they cannot be stacked. Gems cannot be bought from vendors in town unless another player sells them and at least one player remains in town afterwards to prevent the inventory being reset. If gems are sold to a vendor, they are displayed under the Misc tab of the inventory if there is sufficient space for them. Gold from selling gems to vendors in Hell is as follows: Gem Chipped Gem Flawed Gem Normal Gem Flawless Gem Perfect Gem Gem Skull Gem Skull Gem Skull Gem Skull Gem Skull Gold 250 500 750 1,500 2,500 5,000 7,500 15,000 15,000 35,000 However, selling gems is not recommended as they are not as plentiful as gold, and can be put to better uses. Topaz Topaz Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcy 1 1-8 Lightning Damage 9% Better Chance of Magic Items Lightning Resist +12% Flawed gfy 5 1-14 Lightning Damage 13% Better Chance of Magic Items Lightning Resist +16% Normal gsy 12 1-22 Lightning Damage 16% Better Chance of Magic Items Lightning Resist +22% Flawless gly 15 1-30 Lightning Damage 20% Better Chance of Magic Items Lightning Resist +28% Perfect gpy 18 1-40 Lightning Damage 24% Better Chance of Magic Items Lightning Resist +40% Amethyst Amethyst Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcv 1 +40 Attack Rating +3 Strength +8 Defense Flawed gfv 5 +60 Attack Rating +4 Strength +12 Defense Normal gsv 12 +80 Attack Rating +6 Strength +18 Defense Flawless gzv 15 +100 Attack Rating +8 Strength +24 Defense Perfect gpv 18 +150 Attack Rating +10 Strength +30 Defense Sapphire Sapphire Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcb 1 1-3 Cold Damage (1 Second) +10 Mana Cold Resist +12% Flawed gfb 5 3-5 Cold Damage (1.4 Seconds) +17 Mana Cold Resist +16% Normal gsb 12 4-7 Cold Damage (2 Seconds) +24 Mana Cold Resist +22% Flawless glb 15 6-10 Cold Damage (2.4 Seconds) +31 Mana Cold Resist +28% Perfect gpb 18 10-14 Cold Damage (3 Seconds) +38 Mana Cold Resist +40% Ruby Ruby Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcr 1 3-4 Fire Damage +10 Life Fire Resist +12% Flawed gfr 5 5-8 Fire Damage +17 Life Fire Resist +16% Normal gsr 12 8-12 Fire Damage +24 Life Fire Resist +22% Flawless glr 15 10-16 Fire Damage +31 Life Fire Resist +28% Perfect gpr 18 15-20 Fire Damage +38 Life Fire Resist +40% Emerald Emerald Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcg 1 10 Poison Damage Over 3 Seconds +3 Dexterity Poison Resist +12% Flawed gfg 5 20 Poison Damage Over 4 Seconds +4 Dexterity Poison Resist +16% Normal gsg 12 40 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds +6 Dexterity Poison Resist +22% Flawless glg 15 60 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds +8 Dexterity Poison Resist +28% Perfect gpg 18 100 Poison Damage 7 Seconds +10 Dexterity Poison Resist +40% Diamond Diamond Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped gcw 1 +28% Damage to Undead +20 Attack Rating All Resistances +6 Flawed gfw 5 +34% Damage to Undead +40 Attack Rating All Resistances +8 Normal gsw 12 +44% Damage to Undead +60 Attack Rating All Resistances +11 Flawless glw 15 +54% Damage to Undead +80 Attack Rating All Resistances +14 Perfect gpw 18 +68% Damage to Undead +100 Attack Rating All Resistances +19 Skull Skull Code Rlvl Weapon Helm and body armor Shield Chipped skc 1 2% Life, 1% Mana Stolen per hit Replenish Life +2, Regen Mana 8% Attacker Takes Damage of 4 Flawed skf 5 2% Life, 2% Mana Stolen per hit Replenish +3, Regen Mana 8% Attacker Takes Damage of 8 Normal sku 12 3% Life, 2% Mana Stolen per hit Replenish +3, Regen Mana 12% Attacker Takes Damage of 12 Flawless skl 15 3% Life, 3% Mana Stolen per hit Replenish +4, Regen Mana 12% Attacker Takes Damage of 16 Perfect skz 18 4% Life, 3% Mana Stolen per hit Replenish +5, Regen Mana 19% Attacker Takes Damage of 20 Reference Gems (Arreat Summit)