Gems

Gems are precious stones that are used as materials in Crafting, Augmenting, and Researching.

There are 6 kinds of gems: Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Diamond, Black Opal and Aquamarine.

Acquisition

• Most gems can be found while mining. The Empowered Prospecting and Prospecting buffs will help increase the chance of find gems while mining.
• Aquamarines are the only gem gathered by fishing. The Junk Snagging buff will sometimes replace a caught fish with an Aquamarine.
• All gems are tradeable at the Marketplace.
• The Refining enchantment grants a chance to find gems while smithing.
• The Root Digging enchantment grants a chance to find gems while foraging.
• Opening a Chest, a Dungeon Cache or harvesting a Mysterious Seed will sometimes yield gems.
• Several monsters drop gems. For further details view the link associated with the gem stone.
• Some gems are earned by completing the Back to the City quest and earning 30 Gem Packages.

Gem		Sources	Vendor Value	Market Price
	Sapphire	Mining, Smithing, Combat, Foraging, Farming, Chests, Caches	1,000	1,448
	Emerald		2,000	2,066
	Ruby		5,000	25,664
	Diamond		10,000	21,998
	Black Opal		50,000	200,000
	Black Opal	Combat, Fishing, Chests, Caches	15000	59,999

Crafting Uses

Gems can be used to craft equipment, chisels, polishes, paste, or jewelry such as rings and necklaces.

Augmentation and Research

Gems are also used in augmenting and researching items. See the individual gem webpages for a more comprehensive list.