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Gems

Gems are powerful items that can be inserted into your Weapons to gain unique effects.

Overview

Gems can only be inserted at a Gem Forge, multiple can be found in each biome and they only be upgraded to certain levels per biome.

Upgrading

Inserting, removing and upgrading costs Archaic Essence, you can also recycle a gem to refund some of the essence that was used to upgrade the gem.

Gems

Name	Obtained By	Effects	Description
Gem of Bleeding	Springlands Fell Banshee	Debuff Duration Cutting Damage per Second	Critial hits with cutting damage cause bleeding on the enemy, dealing X damage per second for Xs.
Gem of Puncturing	Springlands Scavenger Berserker Nomad Highlands Scavenger Berserker	Additional Weapon Damage Debuff Duration	Dealing piercing damage applies puncturing to enemies. Punctured enemies receive X bonus pierce damage from ANY pierce damage source for Xs.
Gem of Burning	Springlands Fell Banshee	Fire Damage per Second Debuff Duration Cooldown Duration	Dealing fire damage applies burning for Xs which deals X per second. After a successful trigger, it has a cooldown of Xs.
Gem of Skulls	Springlands Hollow Halls Hollow Reaper	Trigger Chance on Kill Skull Companion Level	Killing an enemy with a visceral attack has a X% chance to spawn a level X companion skull.
Gem of Retaliation	Revelwood Vukah Berserker	Additional Blunt Weapon Damage Trigger Chance on Blocked Hit	Blocking damage has a X% chance to add +X bonus blunt damage to the next attack within the next few seconds and increases the pushback.
Gem of Toxic Betrayal	Revelwood Scavenger Berserker	Poison Damage Over Time Poison Duration	Landing a backstab on an enemy applies poison for X that deals X poison damage per second.
Gem of Swiftness	Revelwood Scavenger Berserker Hollow Reaper	Additional Cutting Weapon Damage Buff Duration	After sprinting for a short time, attacks deal X bonus cutting damage for Xs. The duration refreshes every time damage is dealt.
Gem of Fracturing	Revelwood Hollow Halls Hollow Reaper	Chance for Additional Projectiles Trigger Chance on Kill Blunt Projectile Damage	Killing an enemy with blunt damage has a X chance to create homing bone shards that deal X blunt damage, with a chance of spawning up to 4 projectiles.
Gem of Hopeful Embers	Revelwood Fell Banshee	Replinished Time Remaining Shroud Time Threshold	When the remaining time in the Shroud is below X, defeated enemies drop time replenishing Orbs.
Gem of Overpowering	Nomad Highlands Hollow Reaper Scavenger Berserker Patrol Scavenger Wolf Shroud Stalker Vukah Berserker	Stamina Damage	Attacking a blocking enemy deals X additional stamina damage and increased pushback.
Gem of Agility	Nomad Highlands Fell Banshee	Stamina On Hit Additional Cutting Weapon Damage	After performing an evade action, the next hit deals X additional cutting damage and replenishes X stamina on the next hit.
Gem of Lesser Necromancy	Nomad Highlands Hollow Halls Hollow Reaper	Trigger Chance on Kill Allied hollow Level	Killing an enemy with no allied unarmored Hollow active has a chance to spawn an allied level X unarmored Hollow.
Gem of Storm's Eye	Nomad Highlands Vukah Berserker Fell Commander Shroud Stalker	Lightning Damage on Chain Lightning	Hitting an enemy puts a mark on them for X. Hitting a marked enemy sends a lightning bolt to another marked enemy, dealing X damage. The attack can chain to more marked enemies. After lightning triggers, the effect has a X cooldown before it can retrigger from the same enemy. After the cooldown, the mark is refreshed.
Gem of Bloodlust	Albaneve Summits Hollow Reaper Vukah Berserker	Additional Cutting Weapon Damage Chance to Spawn A Health Orb While Buffed Chance to Spawn a Health Orb Buff Duration	Grants a X base chance to spawn a health orb when defeating an enemy. Collecting a health orb grants X additional cutting damage to attacks and increases the chance for health orbs by X for X.
Gem of Meteoric Impact	Albaneve Summits Hollow Reaper Vukah Berserker	Buff Duration Impact Fire Damage Burning Damage per Second Additional Fire Weapon Damage Debuff Duration	Landing after gliding creates an explosion that deals X fire damage and leaves behind a trail of fire that applies burning to enemies, dealing X damage per second for X. After the initial impact, attacks deal X additional fire damage for X.
Gem of Cold Composure	Nomad Highlands Fell Banshee Albaneve Summits Fell Commander	Physical Armor Points Magical Armor Points Ice Explosion Damage Movement Speed	Blocking or aiming for a short time grants +X physical and +X magical resistance, but slows the movement by X%. Getting hit or attacking while buffed creates an ice explosion that deals X ice damage and slows enemies, after which the buff gets removed.
Gem of Battle Mania	Kindlewastes Scavenger Berserker Vukah Berserker	Debuff Duration Stamina Regeneration Health Regeneration Mana Regeneration Buff Duration	While the Elixir Buff is active, dealing damage activates the "Satisfied Battle Mania" buff, granting X health, X stamina, and X mana regeneration for Xs. Each additional hit refreshes the duration of that buff; however, once it runs out, the "Unsatisfied Battle Mania" debuff will suspend any health, stamina, and mana regeneration for Xs.
Gem of Focused Light	Kindlewastes Fell Commander Scavenger Berserker	Damage % of Base Damage at 1 Stack % of Base Damage at 2 Stacks % of Base Damage at 3 Stacks	Targeting an enemy for a few seconds while aiming or blocking puts a mark on the enemy. Attacking the marked enemy deals X additional fire damage. The mark can stack up to 3 times by continued targeting, increasing the bonus damage by X at 2 stacks and X at 3 stacks.
Gem of Soul Reaping	Kindlewastes Hollow Halls Hollow Reaper	Debuff Duration Health	Damaging an enemy puts a mark on them for X. Marked enemies spawn a soul phial on death that can be destroyed to heal you and your allies for X in a 5m radius and also counts as an enemy kill for other effects.
Gem of Corruption	Nomad Highlands Fell Banshee	Base Shroud Damage	Hitting an enemy applies a mark that can stack up to 5 times. Marked enemies will emit an explosion when no new stack of mark has been added for X or if the enemy dies. The explosion deals X Shroud damage in a 1m radius. Each stack adds 0.5m and X of the base damage to the explosion.
Gem of Aerobatics	Veilwater Basin Elexir Wells	Projectile Piercing Damage Projectile Count (hidden)	Attacking while in the air spawns +5 projectiles that home towards your target and deal 13-15 Piercing damage.
Gem of Currents	Veilwater Basin	Additional Weapon Shock Damage Debuff Duration Trigger Chance on Hitting a Soaked Enemy	While Wet or Soaked, damaging enemies will apply Soaked to them for X sec. Damaging soaked enemies has a chance of X to deal X bonus Shock Damage.
Gem of Lycanthropy	Veilwater Basin Lacemaker Pond Night Sanctum	Buff Duration Trigger Chance on Kill Health on Orb Pickup Mana on Orb Pickup Max Health Max Mana Max Stamina Melee damage	Defeating an enemy at night has a X% chance to spawn a Lunar Orb. Collecting a Lunar Orb grants X health and X mana as well as a special food buff that grants +X max health, +X max stamina and X% damage for X min.

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Gems · Revision 49291 · checked 2026-10-23

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