Torchlight/Gems

Gems are pieces of precious material (typically ember ore) that can be inserted into slots in weapons, armor or trinkets, to produce a specific effect when the host item is equipped. Often, a given gem will have an offensive effect when placed in a weapon's slot, and a defensive effect when placed in an armor or trinket slot.

Gems can be bought and sold from the female gem merchant in town. They can also be transmuted.

Gem types

 * Flow ember (effect ...)
 * Fire ember
 * Pure ember
 * Deep ember
 * Core ember
 * Life ember
 * Cold ember
 * Eyeball (...)
 * Chaos gem
 * Skull

Gem grades
Each type of gem occurs in several grades. The higher the grade, the more powerful its effect. Two or more gems of identical type and grade can be transmuted together into the same type of gem, of higher grade. These grades are only for for Skull, Eyeball and any type of Ember.


 * Cracked
 * Dull
 * Discolored
 * Gem
 * Cut
 * Polished
 * Star
 * Flawless
 * Perfect