The Fellowship gems system is a powerful way to customize and strengthen your character. Specifically, it offers unique bonuses and paths depending on your hero’s needs and your playstyle. Once you reach Contender 7 and higher, you will have a chance to earn gems as end-of-dungeon rewards. Additionally, when you enter Adept League, you can earn loot with gem sockets. These gems provide flat, passive bonuses from simple stat boosts to powerful conditional effects. The power of these effects scales in power the further you invest in each color track.
Gems have a cap of 81, which includes all gems obtained from all dungeons rewards and the Star Map. This total applies regardless of gem tier, something to keep in mind when experimenting with builds. Gems are also character specific and not shared account-wide, so you’ll need to gather them on each hero individually. However, the developers have mentioned they want this to change in the future.
Confused? Don’t worry, we’ll walk you through every detail of the gem progression.
Fellowship Gems Tiers
Gems have four different tiers that range from Small to Flawless, with each tier providing additional gem power at every increase.
| Gems | Tier | Gem Power |
|---|---|---|
 | Small | 120 |
 | Large | 240 |
 | Splendid | 360 |
 | Flawless | 480 |
You will only be able to obtain Small gems from dungeon drops, however you can combine three gems of the same color and tier to create a gem of a higher tier.
Gem Jeweler
This is where you’ll go to upgrade your gems into higher tiers, as well as split high tier gems into their lesser tier counterparts. Additionally, you’ll be able to do several transmutations to make getting the gems you want easier.
- Rough Aether: Transmute a gem into a random other color.
- Imbued Aether: Transmute a gem into a choice of three random colors.
- Pure Aether: Transmute a gem into a choice of five random colors.
Gem Dungeon Drops
As mentioned earlier, gems begin dropping in Contender 7, however you’ll quickly notice that you’re only getting Small Gems. This is intentional. As you progress, you’ll want to upgrade your gems to higher tiers. Your chance of gaining a gem from end-of-dungeon rewards will increase with the difficulty of the dungeons you’re doing, maxing out at Eternal 2.
Gem Sockets
Gem sockets start appearing on equipment once you’re in Adept league. Placing a gem into a socket will provide your hero with Gem Power equal to the amount that tier of gem provides. Sockets can only appear on equipment items that do not have a set bonus attached. This means players will need to choose between a powerful set bonus or powerful gem effects.
Additionally, gem sockets can drop with a modifier that applies 35% Bonus Gem Power. This means any gem you place in that particular socket will be increased by that amount. For instance, a Small Gem normally provides 120 gem power, but this modifier boosts it to 162. Legendary equipment automatically drops with both a socket and a 100% Bonus Gem Power modifier.
Gem Power and Effects
When you open your character sheet, you’ll see three tabs at the bottom. The default tab is Hero, and shows your character sheet and inventory. The Talents tab, as the name suggests, is where you can choose and edit your talent setup. The last tab, Gem Power, is where you check how much Gem Power you have, how many gems you have in total, and most importantly what gem abilities you have unlocked.
Each gem color has its own column and theme, which creates more opportunities for choice and build diversity. The cost of each effect increases in stages, with each stage having a larger cost increment than the last. The track consists of two ranks of five effects. The first five effects are Rank 1, and the second five are Rank 2, which replace and significantly upgrade the previous ones. The first set of five effects are quite weaker than their higher rank counterparts to incentivize going deeper into a particular color. With that in mind, you can distribute your gems however you’d like as you can see in the above image. To help you plan your build, here is a breakdown of the unique effects provided by each gem color.
Ruby Gems
Ruby effects focus on boosting your primary stat, stamina, and your performance while in boss combat. You’ll want to keep yourself healthy to take advantage of the Might of the Minotaur effects.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Might Of The Minotaur | 120 | +3% primary stat while you are above 80% health. |
 | Champion’s Heart | 240 | +140 Stamina +8 Strength / Intellect / Agility |
 | Unyielding Vitality | 480 | You heal for 0.7% of your Maximum Health every 2 seconds while in combat. |
 | Titan’s Blood | 720 | +4% Stamina |
 | Essence Of The Conqueror | 960 | While in combat with a boss your Damage, Healing, and Absorbtion is increased by 5%. |
| Might Of The Minotaur – II | 1200 | +9% primary stat while you are above 80% health.
(Replaces Might of the Minotaur) |
| Champion’s Heart – II | 1560 | +420 Stamina +24 Strength / Intellect / Agility (Replaces Champion’s Heart) |
| Unyielding Vitality – II | 1920 | You heal for 2.1% of your Maximum Health every 2 seconds while in combat. (Replaces Unyielding Vitality) |
| Titan’s Blood – II | 2280 | +12% Stamina
(Replaces Titan’s Blood) |
| Essence Of The Conqueror – II | 2640 | While in combat with a boss your Damage, Healing, and Absorbtion is increased by 15%.
(Replaces Essence of the Conqueror) |
Amethyst Gems
Amethyst is dedicated to supporting your critical strike chance, critical strike damage, and boosting this increase when enemies are above 80% health.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sealed Fate | 120 | Your Damage and Healing effects on characters with more than 80% health have +7% critical strike chance. |
 | Berserker’s Zeal | 240 | +100 Stamina +100 Critical Strike |
 | Reaper’s Reprieve | 480 | Each time an enemy that you dealt damage to dies, you gain Reaper’s Reprieve, healing you for 7% of your Maximum Health over 12 seconds. |
 | Killer Instinct | 720 | +3% Critical Strike chance |
 | Essence Of The Deathdealer | 960 | Your critical strikes do 3% more damage and healing. |
| Sealed Fate – II | 1200 | Your Damage and Healing effects on characters with more than 80% health have +21% critical strike chance. (Replaces Sealed Fate) |
| Berserker’s Zeal – II | 1560 | +300 Stamina +300 Critical Strike (Replaces Berserker’s Zeal) |
| Reaper’s Reprieve – II | 1920 | Each time an enemy that you dealt damage to dies, you gain Reaper’s Reprieve, healing you for 21% of your Maximum Health over 12 seconds. (Replaces Reaper’s Reprieve) |
| Killer Instinct – II | 2280 | +9% Critical Strike chance (Replaces Killer Instinct) |
| Essence Of The Deathdealer – II | 2640 | Your critical strikes do 9% more damage and healing. (Replaces Essence of the Deathdealer) |
Topaz Gems
This gem increases the amount of haste you gain at several different points in combat. You’ll be gaining haste benefits passively, during your Spirit of Heroism, and after damaging or healing targets below 30% health.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Adrenaline Rush | 120 | +3% Haste for 10 seconds each time you deal damage to or heal a character that has 30% or less health. |
 | Thief’s Alacrity | 240 | +100 Stamina +100 Haste |
 | Rogue’s Resurgence | 480 | When you are below 50% health you are instantly healed for 8% of your maximum health. This effect can only occur once every 20 seconds. |
 | Feline’s Grace | 720 | +3% Haste |
 | Essence Of The Virtuoso | 960 | You retain +3% Haste from ‘Spirit of Heroism’ while it is not active. |
| Adrenaline Rush – II | 1200 | +9% Haste for 10 seconds each time you deal damage to or heal a character that has 30% or less health. (Replaces Adrenaline Rush) |
| Thief’s Alacrity – II | 1560 | +300 Stamina +300 Haste (Replaces Thief’s Alacrity) |
| Rogue’s Resurgence – II | 1920 | When you are below 50% health you are instantly healed for 24% of your maximum health. This effect can only occur once every 20 seconds. (Replaces Rogue’s Resurgence) |
| Feline Grace – II | 2280 | +9% Haste (Replaces Feline Grace) |
| Essence Of The Virtuoso – II | 2640 | You retain +9% Haste from ‘Spirit of Heroism’ while it is not active. (Replaces Essence of the Virtuoso) |
Emerald Gems
Emerald focuses on increasing your damage and healing through expertise bonuses and reducing the cooldown of your hero’s abilities.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | First Strike | 120 | +5% Expertise for 15 seconds when dealing damage to any enemy for the first time. |
 | Vanguard’s Resolve | 240 | +100 Stamina +100 Expertise |
 | Sentinel’s Bastion | 480 | Every 60 seconds you gain a shield that absorbs damage equal to 10% of your maximum health. The shield lasts for 60 seconds. |
 | Tactician’s Acumen | 720 | +3% Expertise |
 | Essence Of The Commander | 960 | Your ability Cooldowns are reduced by 4%. |
| First Strike – II | 1200 | +15% Expertise for 15 seconds when dealing damage to any enemy for the first time. (Replaces First Strike) |
| Vanguard’s Resolve – II | 1560 | +300 Stamina +300 Expertise (Replaces Vanguard’s Resolve) |
| Sentinel’s Bastion – II | 1920 | Every 60 seconds you gain a shield that absorbs damage equal to 30% of your maximum health. The shield lasts for 60 seconds. (Replaces Sentinel’s Bastion) |
| Tactician’s Acumen – II | 2280 | +9% Expertise (Replaces Tactician’s Acumen) |
| Essence Of The Commander – II | 2640 | +12% Ability Cooldown Reduction (Replaces Essence of the Commander) |
Sapphire Gems
Sapphire gem effects boost the effects of your spirit ability, how quickly you generate it, and adds an additional primary stat bonus to it.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ancestral Surge | 120 | While Spirit of Heroism is active, your Strength / Agility / Intellect is increased by 8%. |
 | Mystic’s Intuition | 240 | +100 Stamina +100 Spirit |
 | Resonating Soul | 480 | For every 10% Health you are missing, all damage you take is reduced by 1%. |
 | Oracle’s Foresight | 720 | +3% Spirit |
 | Essence Of The Prophet | 960 | The duration of your Spirit of Heroism is increased by 6 seconds. |
| Ancestral Surge – II | 1200 | While Spirit of Heroism is active, your Strength / Agility / Intellect is increased by 24%. (Replaces Ancestral Surge) |
| Mystic’s Intuition – II | 1560 | +300 Stamina +300 Spirit (Replaces Mystic’s Intuition) |
| Resonating Soul – II | 1920 | For every 10% Health you are missing, all damage you take is reduced by 3%. (Replaces Resonating Soul) |
| Oracle’s Foresight – II | 2280 | +9% Spirit (Replaces Oracle’s Foresight) |
| Essence Of The Prophet – II | 2640 | The duration of your Spirit of Heroism is increased by 18 seconds. (Replaces Essence of the Prophet) |
Diamond Gems
Diamond is the most versatile of the colors: providing secondary stats, primary stats, stamina, and cooldown reduction for your relics.
| Icon | Name | Required Power | Description (Effect) |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Harmonious Soul | 120 | +0.5% Critical Strike +0.5% Haste +0.5% Expertise +0.5% Spirit |
 | Stoic’s Teachings | 240 | +60 Stamina +15 Strength / Intellect / Agility |
 | Tranquil Resolve | 480 | When you take Magic Damage you gain ‘Tranquil Resolve’, reducing all Magic Damage you take by 8% for 6 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 20 seconds. |
 | Ancient’s Wisdom | 720 | +2% Strength / Intellect / Agility |
 | Essence Of The Artisan | 960 | Your Relic cooldowns are reduced by 8%. |
| Harmonious Soul – II | 1200 | +1.5% Critical Strike +1.5% Haste +1.5% Expertise +1.5% Spirit (Replaces Harmonious Soul) |
| Stoic’s Teachings – II | 1560 | +180 Stamina +45 Strength / Intellect / Agility (Replaces Stoic’s Teachings) |
| Tranquil Resolve – II | 1920 | When you take Magic Damage you gain ‘Tranquil Resolve’, reducing all Magic Damage you take by 24% for 6 seconds. This effect cannot occur more than once every 20 seconds. (Replaces Tranquil Resolve) |
| Ancient’s Wisdom | 2280 | +6% Strength / Intellect / Agility (Replaces Anient’s Wisdom) |
| Essence Of The Artisan – II | 2640 | Your Relic cooldowns are reduced by 24%. (Replaces Essence of the Artisan) |
Gem Power Over-capping
The final node on each gem track provides a stacking bonus beyond the standard 2640 points. For every point applied above a threshold of 3360, you will gain an additional 0.01% to your primary stat and stamina. We believe the 3360 threshold is a developer oversight, as it matches the previous cost of the final node.
Additional Information
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