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[[Skill gem]]s can be socketed with [[support gem]]s. [[Meta gem]]s can be socketed with [[skill gem]]s.
[[Skill gem]]s can be socketed with [[support gem]]s. [[Meta gem]]s can be socketed with [[skill gem]]s.


Skill gems can have 2-5 sockets. The number of sockets can be increased with [[Jeweller's Orb]]s.
Skill gems can have 2-5 sockets. The number of sockets can be increased with [[Jeweller's Orb]]s. They may colloquially be referred to as "links" instead (terminology from [[Path of Exile]]), in which case they would be considered 3-6 linked skills or gems.


==Skills granted by items and passive skills==
==Skills granted by items and passive skills==
Skills gained from an [[Item]] or an [[Ascendancy]] cannot gain sockets from Jeweller's Orbs. Instead, they gain skill levels and sockets based on the player character's level.
Skills gained from an [[item]] or a [[passive skill]] (e.g. [[Ascendancy]] notable) cannot gain sockets from Jeweller's Orbs.  
 
Skills from passive skills instead gain levels and sockets based on the player's [[character]] [[leve]].
 
Item skills, on the other hand, are determined by the item's [[item level]]. It is not possible to directly increase an item skill's sockets or levels; the only way to have an improved version of the skill is to find a higher item level version of the base type or [[unique item]].


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Revision as of 05:06, 18 December 2024

A gem socket is a socket in a gem which can have another type of gem socketed into it to modify the original gem.

Skill gems can be socketed with support gems. Meta gems can be socketed with skill gems.

Skill gems can have 2-5 sockets. The number of sockets can be increased with Jeweller's Orbs. They may colloquially be referred to as "links" instead (terminology from Path of Exile), in which case they would be considered 3-6 linked skills or gems.

Skills granted by items and passive skills

Skills gained from an item or a passive skill (e.g. Ascendancy notable) cannot gain sockets from Jeweller's Orbs.

Skills from passive skills instead gain levels and sockets based on the player's character leve.

Item skills, on the other hand, are determined by the item's item level. It is not possible to directly increase an item skill's sockets or levels; the only way to have an improved version of the skill is to find a higher item level version of the base type or unique item.

Sockets per gem level
Player Level Skill Level Sockets
1 1 2
3 2 2
6 3 2
10 4 2
14 5 2
18 6 2
22 7 2
26 8 2
31 9 2
36 10 2
40 10 3
41 11 3
46 12 3
52 13 3
58 14 3
64 15 3
65 15 4
66 16 4
72 17 4
78 18 4
84 19 4
90 20 5