Gems

Gems customize high-end gear: a cut gem slots into a socket for a fixed stat bonus. Every edition that has sockets carries a gem market that moves with its raid tiers.

Browse Gems subcategories

9 subcategories

Items in Gems

172 items

Showing 1–50 of 172 items

		Subclass
Aquamarine uncommon qualitySimple	45	Simple
Arcane Crystal uncommon qualitySimple	60	Simple
Azerothian Diamond uncommon qualitySimple	60	Simple
Azure Moonstone uncommon qualityBlue	65	Blue
Balanced Nightseye rare qualityPurple	70	Purple
Balanced Shadow Draenite uncommon qualityPurple	60	Purple
Balanced Shadowsong Amethyst epic qualityPurple	100	Purple
Black Pearl uncommon qualitySimple	40	Simple
Blood Garnet uncommon qualityRed	65	Red
Blood of the Mountain uncommon qualitySimple	50	Simple
Blue Sapphire uncommon qualitySimple	55	Simple
Bold Blood Garnet uncommon qualityRed	60	Red
Bold Crimson Spinel epic qualityRed	100	Red
Bold Living Ruby rare qualityRed	70	Red
Bold Tourmaline common qualityRed	55	Red
Bracing Earthstorm Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Bright Blood Garnet uncommon qualityRed	60	Red
Bright Crimson Spinel epic qualityRed	100	Red
Bright Living Ruby rare qualityRed	70	Red
Bright Tourmaline common qualityRed	55	Red
Brilliant Amber common qualityYellow	55	Yellow
Brilliant Dawnstone rare qualityYellow	70	Yellow
Brilliant Golden Draenite uncommon qualityYellow	60	Yellow
Brilliant Lionseye epic qualityYellow	100	Yellow
Brutal Earthstorm Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Chaotic Skyfire Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Citrine uncommon qualitySimple	40	Simple
Crimson Spinel epic qualityRed	100	Red
Dawnstone rare qualityYellow	70	Yellow
Dazzling Deep Peridot uncommon qualityGreen	60	Green
Dazzling Seaspray Emerald epic qualityGreen	100	Green
Dazzling Talasite rare qualityGreen	70	Green
Deep Peridot uncommon qualityGreen	65	Green
Delicate Blood Garnet uncommon qualityRed	60	Red
Delicate Crimson Spinel epic qualityRed	100	Red
Delicate Living Ruby rare qualityRed	70	Red
Delicate Tourmaline common qualityRed	55	Red
Destructive Skyfire Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Earthstorm Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Empyrean Sapphire epic qualityBlue	100	Blue
Enduring Deep Peridot uncommon qualityGreen	60	Green
Enduring Seaspray Emerald epic qualityGreen	100	Green
Enduring Talasite rare qualityGreen	70	Green
Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond rare qualityMeta	70	Meta
Eye of the Sea rare qualityBlue	70	Blue
Flame Spessarite uncommon qualityOrange	65	Orange
Flashing Crimson Spinel epic qualityRed	100	Red
Flashing Living Ruby rare qualityRed	70	Red
Gleaming Amber common qualityYellow	55	Yellow
Gleaming Dawnstone rare qualityYellow	70	Yellow

About Gems

Gem prices follow the raid calendar. Multi-stat cuts serve the widest audience and clear fastest, while niche cuts trade thin and swing hard. When a new tier of content lands, the previous tier's gems lose their audience almost overnight and fall to their floor as the replacements establish a range.

Cutting margins, and which editions have sockets, 2 paragraphs

The spread between an uncut stone and its finished cut is the jewelcrafter's margin. When the spread collapses, cutting stops paying and cut supply thins until it reopens. Where an era throttled top-end stones behind prospecting odds or daily transmutes, the throttle shows as a floor that refuses to sink.

Sockets arrived with The Burning Crusade, so the gem shelf is richest on Retail, MoP Classic, and TBC Classic. Season of Discovery is built on the original game, which predates sockets, and carries almost no gem market.

How these figures are measured

Where these prices come from

TBC Anniversary: TSM, hourly