Gems and Socketed Items

	Items : Items | Horadric Cube | Gems | Prefixes | Suffixes | Rares | Sets | Unique | Weapons | Armour | Potions | Quest Items
	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

• Socketed items – or, more precisely, socketable items – have their names appear in gray when highlighted.
• Only Weapons, Shields and Helms have socketed versions, excepting Throwing Weapons and Necromancer Wands, which cannot be socketed.
• The maximum number of Sockets is 3, with each weapon type always having the same number of sockets – a socketed Dagger will always have 1 socket.
• The gold value of a Socketed item is the same as a normal version of the item, a High Quality item will be worth more than a Socketed one of the same type.
• Socketed items allow you to customise your equipment by giving them specific magical properties when you fuse them with gems.
• While in your inventory, you may insert a gem into a Socketed item by picking the gem up and dropping it on the Socketed item.
• Once the gem is fused into the weapon or armour, it can no longer be removed from the item.

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

• There are five grades of gems: chipped, flawed, normal, flawless and perfect. Higher grades of gems will produce more powerful effects.
• You can upgrade your gems by using the Horadric Cube or by using a Gem Shrine.
• Tranmuting 3 gems of the same type and grade in the Cube will give you 1 gem of the same type one grade higher – 3 chipped skulls = 1 flawed skull.
• Touching a Gem Shrine will upgrade a random gem from your inventory or produce a random chipped gem if you are not carrying a gem.
• Vendors do not sell gems, but if another player in a multiplayer game sells a gem to a vendor you may be able to buy it.
• The bonuses given by gems are cumulative, placing three gems of the same type into an item will convey the bonuses of all three.
• Emeralds & Weapons : Both the poison length and the damage is added up, effectively quadrupling the damage when you socket two emeralds.
• The first gem placed into an item will determine the colour of the item.
• The attack display is random if there is more than one attack type, though all of them are working concurrently – a sword socketed with an Emerald and a Sapphire may show a chill effect with one hit and a poison effect with another, but the monster is being affected by both.

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Amethyst		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds to Attack Rating	Adds to Defense	Adds to Strength
	Chipped Amethyst	+15 – 19 Attack Rating	+5 – 6 Defense	+3 Strength
	Flawed Amethyst	+20 – 29 to Attack Rating	+7 – 8 to Defense	+4 to Strength
	Amethyst	+30 – 39 to Attack Rating	+9 – 10 to Defense	+5 – 6 to Strength
	Flawless Amethyst	+40 – 49 to Attack Rating	+11 – 13 to Defense	+7 – 8 to Strength
	Perfect Amethyst	+50 – 60 to Attack Rating	+15 – 17 to Defense	+9 – 10 to Strength

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Diamond		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds to Damage vs. Undead	Adds to All Resistances	Adds to Attack Rating
	Chipped Diamond	125 – 129% Damage vs. Undead	5 – 6% Resist All	+10 to Attack Rating
	Flawed Diamond	130 – 135% Damage vs. Undead	7 – 8% Resist All	+15 to Attack Rating
	Diamond	136 – 145% Damage vs. Undead	9 – 11% Resist All	+20 to Attack Rating
	Flawless Diamond	146 – 155% Damage vs. Undead	12 – 15% Resist All	+25 to Attack Rating
	Perfect Diamond	156 – 170% Damage vs. Undead	16 – 20% Resist All	+30 to Attack Rating

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Emerald		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds Poison Damage	Adds Resistance to Poison	Adds to Dexterity
	Chipped Emerald	+2 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds	10 – 12% Resist Poison	+3 to Dexterity
	Flawed Emerald	+3 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds	13 – 16% Resist Poison	+4 to Dexterity
	Emerald	+4 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds	17 – 20% Resist Poison	+5 – 6 to Dexterity
	Flawless Emerald	+4 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds	21 – 25% Resist Poison	+7 – 8 to Dexterity
	Perfect Emerald	+5 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds	26 – 30% Resist Poison	+9 – 10 to Dexterity

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Ruby		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds Fire Damage	Adds Resistance to Fire	Adds to Maximum Life
	Chipped Ruby	3 – 4 Fire Damage	10 – 12% Resist Fire	+6 – 8 to Max. Hit Points
	Flawed Ruby	3 – 5 Fire Damage	13 – 16% Resist Fire	+9 – 11 to Max. Hit Points
	Ruby	4 – 5 Fire Damage	17 – 20% Resist Fire	+12 – 15 to Max. Hit Points
	Flawless Ruby	5 – 6 Fire Damage	21 – 25% Resist Fire	+16 – 20 to Max. Hit Points
	Perfect Ruby	6 – (7 – 10) Fire Damage	26 – 30% Resist Fire	+21 – 25 to Max. Hit Points

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Sapphire		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds Cold Damage / Chill Effect	Adds Resistance to Cold	Adds to Maximum Mana
	Chipped Sapphire	1 – 3 Cold Damage / 1.0 second duration	10 – 12% Resist Cold	+6 – 8 Max. Mana
	Flawed Sapphire	2 – 3 Cold Damage / 1.4 seconds duration	13 – 16% Resist Cold	+9 – 11 Max Mana
	Sapphire	2 – 4 Cold Damage / 2.0 seconds duration	17 – 20% Resist Cold	+12 – 15 Max. Mana
	Flawless Sapphire	3 – 5 Cold Damage / 2.4 seconds duration	21 – 25% Resist Cold	+16 – 20 Max. Mana
	Perfect Sapphire	3 – (6 – 7) Cold Damage / 3.0 seconds duration	26 – 30% Resist Cold	+21 – 25 Max. Mana

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Skull		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds Mana & Life Steal to Attack	Adds Attacker takes Damage	Adds Mana & Life Regeneration
	Chipped Skull	Steals 2% Life, 1% Mana	Attacker Takes 2 Damage	Replenish Life +2, Regenerate Mana 8%
	Flawed Skull	Steals 2% Life, 2% Mana	Attacker Takes 3 Damage	Replenish Life +3, Regenerate Mana 8%
	Skull	Steals 3% Life, 2% Mana	Attacker Takes 4 Damage	Replenish Life +3, Regenerate Mana 12%
	Flawless Skull	Steals 3% Life, 3% Mana	Attacker Takes 5 Damage	Replenish Life +4, Regenerate Mana 12%
	Perfect Skull	Steals 4% Life, 3% Mana	Attacker Takes 6 – 7 Damage	Replenish Life +4 – 5, Regenerate Mana 16 – 20%

	Gems : Socketed Items | Gems Amethyst | Diamond | Emerald | Ruby | Sapphire | Skull | Topaz

Topaz		Weapon	Shield	Helm
		Adds Lightning Damage	Adds Resistance to Lightning	Adds Chance to Find Magic Items
	Chipped Topaz	1 – 6 Lightning Damage	10 – 12% Resist Lightning	+7 – 9% Chance to Find Magic Items
	Flawed Topaz	1 – 7 Lightning Damage	13 – 16% Resist Lightning	+11 – 13% Chance to Find Magic Items
	Topaz	1 – 8 Lightning Damage	17 – 20% Resist Lightning	+14 – 17% Chance to Find Magic Items
	Flawless Topaz	1 – 10 Lightning Damage	21 – 25% Resist Lightning	+18 – 20% Chance to Find Magic Items
	Perfect Topaz	1 – (12 – 15) Lightning Damage	26 – 30% Resist Lightning	+21 – 25% Chance to Find Magic Items