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Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

There are currently 191 different skill gems and 310 support gems in the game, for a total of 513.

Skill gems

Skill gems can be socketed in the skill panel to gain an active skill which can be assigned on the player's keybinds. Up to 9 skill gems can be bound simultaneously by default; items or passive skills may also grant additional skills.

Characters need to meet the skill gem's level and attribute requirements to be able to use it. Level and attribute requirements increase as a skill gem is leveled up.

When creating a skill gem using an Uncut Skill Gem, it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an Uncut Skill Gem up to level 20 (21 if corrupted).

Spirit gems

Spirit gems, or persistent buff skill gems, are special skill gems which can only be created using an Uncut Spirit Gem. They can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant persistent buffs, trigger other skills, or to summon permanent minions. These gems have require the reservation of spirit in order to gain their effect.

Spirit gems can be supported by support gems, but this will often increase the reservation based on the support gem's cost multiplier. Other support gems may incur a flat spirit reservation instead which does not scale.

Similar to skill gems, characters need to meet the spirit gem's level and attribute requirements and sometimes weapon requirements to be able to use them.

Skills granted by spirit gems can be activated in the skill panel by right-clicking the desired spirit gem. They may also have a skill component which can be used directly.

Support gems

Support gems can be socketed into individual skills; these modify the effects of the supported skill. Each gem is limited to two support slots at start, with up to three additional supports available via the use of Jeweller's Orbs. Skills granted by items and Ascendancy skills can also have sockets; their number of sockets is based on the item's item level or your character level, respectively.

Only one copy of a support gem can be socketed across all your skills. The Gemling Legionnaire's Gem Studded passive or Solus Ipse allows you to have a second copy of a support gem socketed on different skills.

The total number of support gems of each color are limited by the corresponding stat totals of the character, with 5 points of the stat allowing one support of that color.

Strength - Red
Dexterity - Green
Intelligence - Blue

For example, a character with 20 Strength, 40 Dexterity and 30 Intelligence would be able to use a total of 4 red, 8 green and 6 blue support gems.

Gemcutting

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0	Added over 25 new Skills, primarily Spear Skills. Added over 100 new Supports.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.

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 {{Main|List of skill gems}}
-Skill gems can be socketed to the skill to gain an active skill which can be assigned on the player's keybinds. Up to 9 skill gems can be bound simultaneously by default; items or passive skills may also grant additional skills.
+Skill gems can be socketed in the skill panel to gain an active skill which can be assigned on the player's keybinds. Up to 9 skill gems can be bound simultaneously by default; items or passive skills may also grant additional skills.
 Characters need to meet the skill gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements to be able to use it. Level and attribute requirements increase as a skill gem is leveled up.
-When creating a skill gem using an [[uncut gem]], it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}} up to its maximum level, typically Level 20.
+When creating a skill gem using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}}, it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}} up to level 20 (21 if [[Corrupted#Gems|corrupted]]).
 ==Spirit gems==
 {{Main|List of spirit gems}}
-Spirit gems can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant buffs, trigger other skills in some way or permanent minions.
+Spirit gems, or persistent buff skill gems, are special skill gems which can only be created using an {{il|Uncut Spirit Gem}}. They can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant persistent [[buff]]s, [[trigger]] other skills, or to summon [[permanent minion]]s. These gems have require the [[reservation]] of [[spirit]] in order to gain their effect.
-These gems have a [[spirit]] cost which need to be reserved to gain their effect.
-Spirit gems can be supported by support gems but this will cause the reservation cost to go up proportional to the support gems cost multiplier.
-Similar to skill gems Characters need to meet the spirit gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements and sometimes weapon requirement to be able to use them.
-===Meta gems===
+Spirit gems can be supported by support gems, but this will often increase the reservation based on the support gem's cost multiplier. Other support gems may incur a flat spirit reservation instead which does not scale.
-[[Meta (gem tag)|Meta]] gems are skill or spirit gems with the meta tag which often have a support component and require other skill gems to be linked to it to function. These will often [[trigger]] other gems.<br>
-You can use multiple of them if you have enough [[spirit]] to satisfy their reservation costs.
-[[Energy]] cost is another consideration for using multiple of these gems with multiple skills. Energy is pooled, with all of it  being emptied upon a single activation of a Meta gem. This causes the lowest energy cost activation to use saved energy, not allowing the other Meta gem to activate until the energy is fulfilled. [Requires Confirmation]
+Similar to skill gems, characters need to meet the spirit gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements and sometimes weapon requirements to be able to use them.
+Skills granted by spirit gems can be activated in the skill panel by right-clicking the desired spirit gem. They may also have a skill component which can be used directly.
 ==Support gems==
 {{Main|List of support gems}}
-Support gems can be socketed into individual skills; these modify the effects of the supported skill.
+Support gems can be socketed into individual skills; these modify the effects of the supported skill. Each gem is limited to two support slots at start, with up to three additional supports available via the use of [[Jeweller's Orb|Jeweller's Orbs]]. Skills granted by items and Ascendancy skills can also have sockets; their number of sockets is based on the item's item level or your character level, respectively.
-The number of total support gems you can equip for each attribute alignment is determined by your character's attributes.  You can equip 1 support gem for every 5 of the aligned attribute.  For example, you if you have 100 dexterity, you can equip up to 20 green support gems. Additionally, each support gem can only be equipped once across all of the character's skills - duplicates of the same support gem cannot be equipped. Each skill provides recommendations on synergistic support gems.
+Only one copy of a support gem can be socketed across all your skills. The [[Gemling Legionnaire]]'s [[Gem Studded]] passive or {{il|Solus Ipse}} allows you to have a second copy of a support gem socketed on different skills.
+The total number of support gems of each color are limited by the corresponding stat totals of the character, with 5 points of the stat allowing one support of that color.
+* Strength - Red
+* Dexterity - Green
+* Intelligence - Blue
+For example, a character with 20 Strength, 40 Dexterity and 30 Intelligence would be able to use a total of 4 red, 8 green and 6 blue support gems.
 ==Gemcutting==
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 ==Version history==
 {{Version history table header}}
+{{Version history table row|0.2.0|
+* Added over 25 new Skills, primarily [[Spear]] Skills.
+* Added over 100 new Supports.
+}}
 {{Version history table row|0.1.0|
 * Introduced to the game.
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 [[Category:Skills]]

v t e Skills

Skills	Skill gem Support gem Meta gem Spirit gem Gem socket Cost Reservation Uncut gem Gemcutting

Primary gem tags	Attack Buff Minion Spell

Secondary gem tags	Ammunition AoE Aura Chaining Channelling Command Conditional Curse Detonator Duration Grenade Hazard Herald Mark Melee Meta Nova Orb Payoff Persistent Projectile Remnant Shapeshift Slam Staged Strike Sustained Totem Travel Trigger Warcry

Damage Types	Physical Cold Fire Lightning Chaos

Lists	List of skill gems List of support gems List of meta gems List of spirit gems List of uncut gems List of items granting inherent weapon skills List of items granting existing skills List of passive skills granting skills