Gems are socketable items in Torchlight , most of which are some form of Ember . Socketed items allow players to add gems to items, providing them with additional bonuses such as increased resistance or ability to steal HP on attack. Items can either come pre-socketed, or can randomly have sockets added through the enchanting system.
Gems may be upgraded by Duran the Transmuter , who can combine two gems of the same type and quality into a gem of the next higher level of quality (with the exception of chaos gems, which cannot be transmuted). Gems can also be transmuted with four items of the same quality. Set pieces (purple quality items) may only be transmuted if their icon's color is the same, even if they are all really purple quality. Rings and trinkets may be included in transmuting a gem.
Gems may be removed from sockets by Gorn and Furl , two NPCs in town who can either destroy a piece of equipment to recover gems, or destroy gems to free up sockets in a piece of equipment.
The following is a list of socketable gems.
Cold-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
+3 ice damage
+2 ice resistance
150
Dull
+6 ice damage
+4 ice resistance
190
Discolored
+9 ice damage
+7 ice resistance
230
Normal
+12 ice damage
+10 ice resistance
270
Cut
+16 ice damage
+13 ice resistance
320
Polished
+19 ice damage
+15 ice resistance
350
Star
+22 ice damage
+19 ice resistance
400
Flawless
+25 ice damage
+21 ice resistance
430
Perfect
+29 ice damage
+24 ice resistance
480
The Earthstar
+33 ice damage
+28 ice resistance
530
Core-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
2 health recovery per second
+2 strength attribute bonus
120
Dull
4 health recovery per second
+3 strength attribute bonus
152
Discolored
6 health recovery per second
+4 strength attribute bonus
184
Normal
8 health recovery per second
+5 strength attribute bonus
216
Cut
10 health recovery per second
+6 strength attribute bonus
256
Polished
11 health recovery per second
+7 strength attribute bonus
280
Star
13 health recovery per second
+9 strength attribute bonus
320
Flawless
15 health recovery per second
+10 strength attribute bonus
344
Perfect
17 health recovery per second
+11 strength attribute bonus
384
The Sea King's
19 health recovery per second
+12 strength attribute bonus
424
Deep-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
1 armor degraded per hit
+2 dexterity attribute bonus
150
Dull
3 armor degraded per hit
+3 dexterity attribute bonus
190
Discolored
6 armor degraded per hit
+4 dexterity attribute bonus
230
Normal
10 armor degraded per hit
+5 dexterity attribute bonus
270
Cut
14 armor degraded per hit
+6 dexterity attribute bonus
320
Polished
19 armor degraded per hit
+7 dexterity attribute bonus
350
Star
25 armor degraded per hit
+9 dexterity attribute bonus
400
Flawless
31 armor degraded per hit
+10 dexterity attribute bonus
430
Perfect
39 armor degraded per hit
+11 dexterity attribute bonus
480
The Grand Depths
48 armor degraded per hit
+12 dexterity attribute bonus
530
Fire-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
+3 fire damage
+2 fire resistance
150
Dull
+6 fire damage
+4 fire resistance
190
Discolored
+9 fire damage
+7 fire resistance
230
Normal
+12 fire damage
+10 fire resistance
270
Cut
+16 fire damage
+13 fire resistance
320
Polished
+19 fire damage
+15 fire resistance
350
Star
+22 fire damage
+19 fire resistance
400
Flawless
+25 fire damage
+21 fire resistance
430
Perfect
+29 fire damage
+24 fire resistance
480
The Fire Queen
+33 fire damage
+28 fire resistance
530
Flow-Ember[ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
+3 electric damage
+2 electric resistance
150
Dull
+6 electric damage
+4 electric resistance
190
Discolored
+9 electric damage
+7 electric resistance
230
Normal
+12 electric damage
+10 electric resistance
270
Cut
+16 electric damage
+13 electric resistance
320
Polished
+19 electric damage
+15 electric resistance
350
Star
+22 electric damage
+19 electric resistance
400
Flawless
+25 electric damage
+21 electric resistance
430
Perfect
+29 electric damage
+24 electric resistance
480
The Eternal
+33 electric damage
+28 electric resistance
530
Life-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
+3 poison damage
+2 poison resistance
135
Dull
+6 poison damage
+4 poison resistance
171
Discolored
+9 poison damage
+7 poison resistance
207
Normal
+12 poison damage
+10 poison resistance
243
Cut
+16 poison damage
+13 poison resistance
288
Polished
+19 poison damage
+15 poison resistance
315
Star
+22 poison damage
+19 poison resistance
360
Flawless
+25 poison damage
+21 poison resistance
387
Perfect
+29 poison damage
+24 poison resistance
432
The Spire City
+33 poison damage
+28 poison resistance
530
Pure-Ember [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
+4 damage
+3 armor
165
Dull
+9 damage
+5 armor
209
Discolored
+14 damage
+9 armor
253
Normal
+18 damage
+12 armor
297
Cut
+24 damage
+16 armor
352
Polished
+28 damage
+19 armor
385
Star
+33 damage
+23 armor
440
Flawless
+38 damage
+26 armor
473
Perfect
+43 damage
+30 armor
528
The Infinite
+49 damage
+34 armor
583
Eyeball [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
2 mana stolen on hit
+2 magic attribute bonus
180
Dull
3 mana stolen on hit
+3 magic attribute bonus
228
Discolored
5 mana stolen on hit
+4 magic attribute bonus
276
Normal
6 mana stolen on hit
+5 magic attribute bonus
324
Cut
8 mana stolen on hit
+6 magic attribute bonus
384
Polished
9 mana stolen on hit
+7 magic attribute bonus
420
Star
11 mana stolen on hit
+9 magic attribute bonus
480
Flawless
12 mana stolen on hit
+10 magic attribute bonus
516
Perfect
14 mana stolen on hit
+11 magic attribute bonus
576
Etlich's
15 mana stolen on hit
+12 magic attribute bonus
636
Skull [ ]
Grade
Weapon
Armor/Trinket
Sell Price
Cracked
1 health stolen on hit
195
Dull
5 health stolen on hit
247
Discolored
10 health stolen on hit
299
Normal
14 health stolen on hit
+5 defense attribute bonus
351
Cut
19 health stolen on hit
+6 defense attribute bonus
416
Polished
23 health stolen on hit
+7 defense attribute bonus
455
Star
28 health stolen on hit
+9 defense attribute bonus
520
Flawless
32 health stolen on hit
+10 defense attribute bonus
559
Perfect
37 health stolen on hit
+11 defense attribute bonus
624
The Pirate
42 health stolen on hit
+12 defense attribute bonus
689
Chaos gems[ ]
Chaos gems are relatively rare and have more or less random magical properties. A chaos gem is always rewarded by Vasman 's first quest. Chaos gems cannot be upgraded by Duran the Transmuter .
Other gems [ ]
There are a few rare socketables that can be obtained from fishing . These have only one quality level.