Gem

Much gems!

Much blue!

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Much green!

Much red!

Much purple!

Much yellow? They look more yellow than orange.

Gems are items that appear in throughout the dungeon in the form of colorful cut gemstones. Unless identified, their particular use or value remain hidden.

Gems Types

Unidentified gems will have a specified color. Each gem colour has 3 different types:

1. A magical gem, identified when dropped;
2. A precious gem, which may be sold at a high price; and
3. A worthless gem.

• Blue gem
  • Blue portal stone;
  • Sapphire;
  • Worthless piece of blue glass.
• Clear gem
  • Diamond;
  • Frost stone;
  • Worthless piece of clear glass.
• Green gem:
  • Emerald
  • Gas stone
  • Worthless piece of green glass.
• Orange gem
  • Amber;
  • Orange portal stone;
  • Worthless piece of orange glass.
• Red gem
  • Firestone
  • Ruby
  • Worthless piece of red glass.
• Violet gem
  • Amethyst;
  • Power stone;
  • Worthless piece of violet glass.

Identifying

There are several ways to identify a gem:

• All gems can be identified by a spell of identify or reading a scroll of identify;
• All gems can be identified by the jeweller in the Gnome mines or by shopkeeper with two stalls;
• Magical gems can be identified simply by dropping (or throwing) them;
• Magical gems can also be identified by binding them to a staff and using said staff, though results may be quite surprising;
• Worthless pieces of glass can be identified by binding them to a staff and using said staff, though results may be quite damaging.

Binding a Gem

Binding a gem to a staff increases the number of charges a staff can hold (up to 8). All staves can bind a gem, with the exception of the wooden staff.

• Amber - 2 charges;
• Emerald - 4 charges;
• Amethyst - 5 charges;
• Sapphire - 6 charges;
• Ruby - 7 charges;
• Diamond - 8 charges.

Notes

• Once a gem is bound to a staff, it can only bind one spell. To change the spell, the gem must be removed from the staff and is destroyed in the process.
• Binding magical gems to a staff may have interesting results.
• Binding worthless pieces of glass to a staff will shatter it when used and damage the player.

Tips

• Identified precious gems will fetch a high price at the jeweller or shopkeeper;
• Useless pieces of glass has no value, but may be sold as long as they remain unidentified. Having a level 3 Commerce skill will render useless pieces of glass as unsellable. Though selling identified gems are by far more profitable than selling unidentified gems, hence selling unidentified gems is a useless strategem;
• Useless pieces of glass can be fed as food to non-carnivore and non-herbivore pets;
• Throwing gems at creatures does not result in damage.

Unidentified	Identified	Value	Effect
Blue gem	Blue portal stone	Varies	Teleports to saved location.
	Sapphire	130	Can be bound to staff.
	Worthless piece of blue glass	0	Food for certain pets.
Clear gem	Diamond	400	Can be bound to staff.
	Frost stone	Varies	Cold damage when set.
	Worthless piece of clear glass	0	Food for certain pets.
Green gem	Emerald	80	Can be bound to staff.
	Gas stone	Varies	Poison damage when set.
	Worthless piece of green glass	0	Food for certain pets.
Orange gem	Amber	50	Can be bound to staff.
	Orange portal stone	Varies	Teleports to saved location.
	Worthless piece of orange glass	0	Food for certain pets.
Red gem	Firestone	Varies	Delayed explosion.
	Ruby	200	Can be bound to staff.
	Worthless piece of red glass	0	Food for certain pets.
Violet gem	Amethyst	100	Can be bound to staff.
	Power stone	Varies	Shock damage when set.
	Worthless piece of violet glass	0	Food for certain pets.