Everything you need to know about Gems in Diablo 4
There are a handful of ways to gear up and progress your character in Diablo 4, one of these ways is with Gems. Here is a post about everything you need to know about Gems in Diablo 4.
How to obtain Gems in Diablo 4
There are many ways to obtain gems in Diablo 4, interacting with objects in the open world, defeating monsters, opening chests, and many more. It is fairly simple to collect gems and the higher you level up, the higher level of gems you will come across.
Placing Gems into Gear
When it comes to placing gems into your gear, your gear must first have a gem socket, this will look like a circle over your gear. You can come across gear pieces with 1-2 gem slots available.
It is also possible to add a gem socket to a piece of gear with the Jeweler, ‘add socket‘, tab at the top. However it is not possible to add a gem socket to every gear piece in the game, some will have a limit to only 1 gem socket and some unique items may not allow you to add any gem sockets at all.
Once you have a piece of gear that has a gem socket, you can simply just click and drag the gem into that gear piece.
Taking Gems out of Gear
Taking a gem out of a gear piece requires you to interact with a Jeweler NPC and go to the Unsocket tab at the top. Simply select the icon with the red background then it will allow you to take any gems out of any gear pieces.
It does require money to unsocket gems, but this way you can save all of the gems you have obtained and use them to upgrade into higher-level gems.
What are the Gems in Diablo 4?
Amethyst
Weapon – Adds damage over time
Jewelry – Shadow Resistance
Armour – Damage taken over time reduction
Emerald
Weapon – Increases Critical Strike to Vulnerable Enemies
Jewelry – Poison Resistance
Armour – Thorns
Ruby
Weapon – Overpower Damage
Jewelry – Fire Resistance
Armour – Increase Maximum Life
Topaz
Weapon – Basic Skill Damage
Jewelry – Lightning Resistance
Armour – Damage Reduction while Control Impaired
Sapphire
Weapon – Critical Strike Increase to Crowd Controlled Enemies
Jewelry – Cold Resistance
Armour – Damage Reduction while Fortified
Diamond
Weapon – Increased Ultimate Skill Damage
Jewelry – Resistance to All Elements
Armour – Barrier Generation
Skull
Weapon – Life on Kill
Jewelry – Additional Armour
Armour – Healing received
Upgrading and Crafting Gems
When it comes to crafting higher tiers of the gems, it will increase the stat numbers on these gems when socketed into gear pieces. To upgrade the higher tier gems you first need to have 3 of the previous tier, it will also cost you additional gold.
Once you have enough gems, go to the Jeweler NPC in town, and it will open up a craft gems UI. Here you can see what Gems you can craft and what Gems you cannot craft. While you level up you will unlock the ability to make higher-tier Gems.
The five tiers go as followed:
Crude > Chipped > Gem Name > Flawless > Royal
That is everything you need to know about Gems in Diablo 4! Check out our Diablo 4 page for more tips and guides.