Gems

All gems 29

Gem	Effect and values (base level)
Gem of Bloodlust Rare	Grants a 5% base chance to spawn a health orb when defeating an enemy. Collecting a health orb grants 4 additional cutting damage to attacks and increases the chance for health orbs by 10% for 10 s. Chance to Spawn A Health Orb While Buffed 10% · Chance to Spawn a Health Orb 5% · Buff Duration 10 s · Additional Cutting Weapon Damage 4
Gem of Bleeding Common	Critical Strikes with Cutting damage cause bleeding on the enemy, dealing 8 damage per second for 6 s. Cutting Damage per Second 8 · Debuff Duration 6 s
Gem of Puncturing Common	Dealing piercing damage applies puncturing to enemies. Punctured enemies receive 3 bonus pierce damage from ANY pierce damage source for 3 s. Additional Weapon Damage 3 · Debuff Duration 3 s
Gem of Cold Composure Legendary	Blocking or aiming for a short time grants 20 physical and 20 magical resistance, but slows the movement by -30%. Getting hit or attacking while buffed creates an ice explosion that deals 10 ice damage and slows enemies, after which the buff gets removed. Movement Speed -30% · Physical Armor Points 20 · Magical Armor Points 20 · Ice Explosion Damage 10
Gem of Agility Rare	After performing an evade action, the next hit deals 3 additional cutting damage and replenishes 15 stamina on the next hit. Additional Cutting Weapon Damage 3 · Stamina On Hit 15
Gem of Hyperspecialization Legendary	After triggering the weapons Special Ability, any kill within 3 s will return 10 Focus. Buff Duration 3 s · Focus On Kill 10
Gem of Fracturing Rare	Killing an enemy with blunt damage has a 33.3% chance to create homing bone shards that deal 8 blunt damage, with a chance of spawning up to 4 projectiles. Trigger Chance on Kill 33% · Blunt Projectile Damage 8 · Chance for Additional Projectiles 50%
Gem of Corruption Epic	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 3 or if the enemy dies. The explosion deals 5 Shroud damage in a 1m radius. Each stack adds 0,5m and 50% of the base damage to the explosion. Base Shroud Damage 5
Gem of Focused Light Legendary	Targeting an enemy for a few seconds while aiming or blocking puts a mark on the enemy. Attacking the marked enemy deals 10 additional fire damage. The mark can stack up to 3 times by continued targeting, increasing the bonus damage by 225% at 2 stacks and 450% at 3 stacks. of Base Damage at 3 Stacks 450% · of Base Damage at 1 Stack 100% · Damage 10 · of Base Damage at 2 Stacks 225%
Gem of Lycanthropy Legendary	Defeating an enemy at night has a 16.7% chance to spawn a Lunar Orb. Collecting a Lunar Orb grants 10 Health and 10 Mana aswell as a special food buff that grants 25 max Health, 27 max Mana, 27 max Stamina and 1% melee damage for 1 min. Max Mana 27 · Melee Damage 1% · Health on Orb Pickup 10 · Buff Duration 1 min · Max Health 25 · Mana on Orb Pickup 10 · Trigger Chance on Kill 17% · Max Stamina 27
Gem of Necromancy Rare	Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to spawn an allied Hollow Damned at level 1. You can only have 2 active Damned from this gem at a time. Spawning more will delete the oldest one. Hollow Damned decay when out of combat for too long. Trigger Chance on Kill 10% · Hollow Soldier Ally Level 1
Gem of Armoring Legendary	Killing an enemy spawns an orb at the enemy's location. Collecting the orb allows you to resist all damage for 1 s. Buff Duration 1 s
Gem of Cleansing Epic	Dealing damage removes the enemy's Shroud Damage Resistance for 3 s. Debuff Duration 3 s
Gem of Swiftness Uncommon	After sprinting for a short time, attacks deal 4 bonus cutting damage for 5 s. The duration refreshes every time damage is dealt. Additional Cutting Weapon Damage 4 · Buff Duration 5 s
Gem of Skulls Uncommon	Killing an enemy with a Sneak Attack or Merciless Attack has a 30% chance to spawn a level 1 companion skull. Skull Companion Level 1 · Trigger Chance on Kill 30%
Gem of Soul Reaping Epic	Damaging an enemy puts a mark on them for 62 s. Marked enemies spawn a soul phial on death that can be destroyed to heal you and your allies for 5 Health points in a 5m radius and also counts as an enemy kill for other effects. Debuff Duration 62 s · Health 5
Gem of Currents Rare	While Wet or Soaked, damaging enemies will apply Soaked to them for 6 s sec. Damaging soaked enemies has a chance of 33% to deal 8 bonus Shock Damage. Wet Reduces Stamina and Stamina Regeneration by 30% for 15 minutes. Warmth reduces the remaining duration. Soaked Reduces Stamina and Stamina Regeneration by 30% for 30 seconds. Also reduces Ice and Shock Resistances by 30% but increases Fire Resistance by 30%. Soaked can be applied to enemies. Soaked duration can not be reduced by warmth, and transitions into the Wet debuff once it ends. Additional Weapon Shock Damage 8 · Debuff Duration 6 s · Trigger Chance on Hitting a Soaked Enemy 33%
Gem of Burning Common	Dealing fire damage applies burning for 3 s which deals 6 per second. After a successful trigger, it has a cooldown of 5 s. Debuff Duration 3 s · Fire Damage per Second 6 · Cooldown Duration 5 s
Gem of Retaliation Common	Blocking damage has a 33% chance to add 15 bonus blunt damage to the next attack within the next few seconds and increases the pushback. Trigger Chance on Blocked Hit 33% · Additional Blunt Weapon Damage 15
Gem of Greater Necromancy Rare	Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to spawn an allied Hollow Reaper at level 1. You can only have 1 active Reaper from this gem at a time. Spawning more will delete the existing one. Reapers decay when out of combat for too long. Trigger Chance on Kill 10% · Hollow Soldier Ally Level 1
Gem of Lesser Necromancy Uncommon	Killing an enemy has a 10% chance to spawn an allied Hollow Wretch at level 1. You can only have 4 active Wretches from this gem at a time. Spawning more will delete the oldest one. Hollow Wretches decay when out of combat for too long. Trigger Chance on Kill 10% · Hollow Skeleton Ally Level 1
Gem of Hopeful Embers Rare	When the remaining time in the Shroud is below 2 min, defeated enemies drop time replenishing Orbs. Replenished Time in the Shroud 20 s · Remaining Time in the Shroud Threshold 2 min
Gem of Overpowering Uncommon	Attacking a blocking enemy deals 10 additional stamina damage and increased pushback. Stamina Damage 10
Gem of Toxic Betrayal Uncommon	Landing a backstab on an enemy applies poison for 6 s that deals 3 poison damage per second. Poison Damage Over Time 3 · Poison Duration 6 s
Gem of Battle Mania Rare	While the Elixir buff is active, dealing damage activates the Satisfied Battle Mania buff, granting 25 Health, 15 Mana and 10 Stamina regeneration for 3 s. 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 10 s. Health Regeneration 25 · Mana Regeneration 15 · Stamina Regeneration 10 · Buff Duration 3 s · Debuff Duration 10 s
Gem of Aerobatics Epic	Attacking while in the air spawns 1 projectiles that home towards your target and deal 2 piercing damage. Projectile Piercing Damage 2
Gem of Meteoric Impact Epic	Landing after gliding creates an explosion that deals 7 fire damage and leaves behind a trail of fire that applies burning to enemies, dealing 3 damage per second for 3 s. After the initial impact, attacks deal 3 additional fire damage for 5 s. Burning Damage per Second 3 · Debuff Duration 3 s · Impact Fire Damage 7 · Additional Fire Weapon Damage 3 · Buff Duration 5 s
Gem of Destiny Epic	Mark one random enemy within 25m as Marked by Destiny for 20 s. Defeating the marked enemy spawns an orb that grants either 10 health, 10 mana, or 15 stamina depending on which resource is most depleted. Debuff Duration 20 s · Health on Orb Pickup 10 · Mana on Orb Pickup 10 · Stamina on Orb Pickup 15
Gem of Storm's Eye Uncommon	Hitting an enemy puts a mark on them for 5. Hitting a marked enemy sends a lightning bolt to another marked enemy, dealing 4 damage. The attack can chain to more marked enemies. After lightning triggers, the effect has a 1 cooldown before it can retrigger from the same enemy. After the cooldown, the mark is refreshed. Lightning Damage on Chain Lightning 4

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Values grow as the gem is upgraded.

Gem Forge

You have discovered a Gem Forge! You can use its power to infuse gems with energy (Archaic Essence I) or extract it from them. These gems can be inserted into weapons to unlock powerful effects! You can upgrade gems to improve the strength of their effects. Insert a gem into a fully upgraded weapon to use its effect. You can also remove gems from weapons, so your choice is not set in stone! Lastly, you can recycle unused gems to receive Archaic Essence I. Archaic Essence I is used for upgrading and inserting gems. Each Gem Forge requires a unique resource for upgrading and inserting gems. The level gems can be upgraded to is limited for each Forge. Seek out Forges in more dangerous areas to unlock higher levels.

Inserting and extracting

Insert (base cost)	60
Extract (base cost)	60
Increase per gem level	+3 %
Maximum cost	100
Salvaging returns	50 %

The game calculates the exact cost per level from these base values.

Upgrading gear (perks)

Each perk costs Runes. Gather Runes by salvaging weapons and other equipment. Enhancing an item unlocks new perks. Each upgrade costs Runes, from level 4 also Legendary Runes. Costs rise by 15 % per level; armor costs 0.75×, rings 0.50× as much as weapons and shields.

Upgrade currency

Runes

Legendary Runes