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Gems are a type of item that either grants a skill (skill gem) or modifies a skill (support gem) when placed into a gem socket.

There are currently 201 different skill gems and 455 support gems in the game, for a total of 668.

Skill gems

Skill gems can be socketed in the skill panel to gain an active skill which can be assigned on the player's keybinds. Up to 9 skill gems can be bound simultaneously by default; items or passive skills may also grant additional skills.

Characters need to meet the skill gem's level and attribute requirements to be able to use it. Level and attribute requirements increase as a skill gem is leveled up.

When creating a skill gem using an Uncut Skill GemUncut Skill GemCreates a Skill Gem or Level an existing gem to level #Right Click to engrave a Skill Gem., it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an Uncut Skill GemUncut Skill GemCreates a Skill Gem or Level an existing gem to level #Right Click to engrave a Skill Gem. up to level 20 (21 if corrupted).

Spirit gems

Spirit gems, or persistent buff skill gems, are special skill gems which can only be created using an Uncut Spirit GemUncut Spirit GemCreates a Persistent Buff Skill Gem or Level an existing gem to Level #Right Click to engrave a Persistent Buff Skill Gem.. They can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant persistent buffs, trigger other skills, or to summon permanent minions. These gems have require the reservation of spirit in order to gain their effect.

Spirit gems can be supported by support gems, but this will often increase the reservation based on the support gem's cost multiplier. Other support gems may incur a flat spirit reservation instead which does not scale.

Similar to skill gems, characters need to meet the spirit gem's level and attribute requirements and sometimes weapon requirements to be able to use them.

Skills granted by spirit gems can be activated in the skill panel by right-clicking the desired spirit gem. They may also have a skill component which can be used directly.

Support gems

Support gems can be socketed into individual skills; these modify the effects of the supported skill. Each gem is limited to two support slots at start, with up to three additional supports available via the use of Jeweller's Orbs. Skills granted by items and Ascendancy skills can also have sockets; their number of sockets is based on the item's item level or your character level, respectively.

You cannot have multiple support gems that share the same category socketed to the same skill. Additionally, only one copy per rank of support gems that add a spirit reservation is allowed across all your skills; for example, you cannot socket more than one copy of Herbalism IHerbalism ISupport, Buff, Persistent
Category: Herbalism
Tier: 2
Additional Reservation: 15 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.30% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill., but you can socket Herbalism IIHerbalism IISupport, Buff, Persistent
Category: Herbalism
Tier: 4
Additional Reservation: 30 SpiritSupport Requirements: +5 StrSupports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Life recovery from Flasks while the Skill is active.50% Increased Recovery from Life Flasks while a Supported Skill is activePlace into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill. in another skill.^[1]

The total number of support gems of each color are limited by the corresponding stat totals of the character, with 5 points of the stat allowing one support of that color.

Strength - Red
Dexterity - Green
Intelligence - Blue

For example, a character with 20 Strength, 40 Dexterity and 30 Intelligence would be able to use a total of 4 red, 8 green and 6 blue support gems.

Lineage support gems

Lineage support gems are special types of support gems. These cannot be crafted using Uncut Support Gems and can only be found as drops from the core drop pool or specific bosses.

Only one copy of each Lineage support gem can be socketed across all your skills. Solus IpseSolus Ipse
Grand VisageArmour: 88
Evasion: 80
Energy Shield: 30Requires Level 65, 46 Str, 46 Dex, 46 Int+(60-100) to Maximum Mana
25% increased Light Radius
(100-150)% increased Armour, Evasion and Energy Shield
Equipment and Skill Gems have 25% increased Attribute Requirements
You can Socket an additional copy of each Lineage Support Gem, in different SkillsOne warrior alone survived to face the Arbiter. allows you to socket two copies of the same Lineage support gem on different skills.

Gemcutting

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	You can no longer socket multiple copies of the same Skill Gem into your main skill sockets. Skills not granted by gems and skills socketed into Persistent Buff Skill Gems do not count towards this limit. You can still have multiple copies of Spectres or Tamed Beasts, but only one of each kind of monster. Attribute Requirements on Skill Gems have been lowered, particularly at endgame. Endgame Skill Gems on average have around ~20-25% less Attribute Requirements. Removed the restriction of having one of each support gem per character. You can use as many copies as you like. Many Supports now have multiple tiers as you progress through the game, providing different stat values, additional stats, or perhaps working a bit different to their lower-tier counterparts. Due to these changes, many existing support gems (which will now be tier 1 for cases where multiple tiers now exist) have received small numerical balance changes, and the effects of some support gems have been combined into a single gem. We've added 11 new Support Gems with 0.3.0. We've also introduced 40 Lineage Supports, much more powerful Supports that are only available in Endgame. Having a Skill with socketed Support Gems you do not meet the attribute requirements for now disables just those Supports instead of disabling the entire Skill. Skill and Persistent Buff Gems now sell to vendors for gold based on their level and quality.
0.2.0	Added over 25 new Skills, primarily Spear Skills. Added over 100 new Supports.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.

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 Characters need to meet the skill gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements to be able to use it. Level and attribute requirements increase as a skill gem is leveled up.
-When creating a skill gem using an [[uncut gem]], it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}} up to its maximum level, typically Level 20.
+When creating a skill gem using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}}, it will be engraved at a gem level matching that of the uncut gem. Skill gems can be levelled up further using an {{il|page=Uncut Skill Gem}} up to level 20 (21 if [[Corrupted#Gems|corrupted]]).
 ==Spirit gems==
 {{Main|List of spirit gems}}
-Spirit gems can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant buffs, trigger other skills in some way or to summon permanent minions. These gems have a [[spirit]] cost which need to be reserved to gain their effect.
+Spirit gems, or persistent buff skill gems, are special skill gems which can only be created using an {{il|Uncut Spirit Gem}}. They can be socketed to gain access to skills that grant persistent [[buff]]s, [[trigger]] other skills, or to summon [[permanent minion]]s. These gems have require the [[reservation]] of [[spirit]] in order to gain their effect.
-Spirit gems can be supported by support gems but this will cause the reservation cost to go up proportional to the support gems cost multiplier.
+Spirit gems can be supported by support gems, but this will often increase the reservation based on the support gem's cost multiplier. Other support gems may incur a flat spirit reservation instead which does not scale.
-Similar to skill gems Characters need to meet the spirit gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements and sometimes weapon requirement to be able to use them.
+Similar to skill gems, characters need to meet the spirit gem's [[level]] and [[attribute]] requirements and sometimes weapon requirements to be able to use them.
-Skills granted by spirit gems can be activated in the skill panel by right clicking the desired spirit gem.
+Skills granted by spirit gems can be activated in the skill panel by right-clicking the desired spirit gem. They may also have a skill component which can be used directly.
-===Meta gems===
-[[Meta (gem tag)|Meta]] gems are skill or spirit gems with the meta tag which often have a support component and require other skill gems to be linked to it to function. These will often [[trigger]] other gems.<br>
-You can use multiple of them if you have enough [[spirit]] to satisfy their reservation costs.
-[[Energy]] cost is another consideration for using multiple of these gems with multiple skills. Current Energy and Maximum Energy are separate for each Meta Gem <ref>https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1118165205025828884/1312973498678775809</ref>, with each Cast On or Invocation Meta Gem having their own separate energy.
-Cast On Meta Gems, like [[Cast On Shock]], will trigger all socketed spells once maximum energy is reached, with the maximum energy determined by the base cast rate of all socketed spells.
-Invocation Meta Gems, like [[Elemental Invocation]], store energy to cast socketed spells multiple times based on the total energy stored. The amount of energy required to cast a spell once is based on the base cast rate of the socketed spell.
 ==Support gems==
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 Support gems can be socketed into individual skills; these modify the effects of the supported skill. Each gem is limited to two support slots at start, with up to three additional supports available via the use of [[Jeweller's Orb|Jeweller's Orbs]]. Skills granted by items and Ascendancy skills can also have sockets; their number of sockets is based on the item's item level or your character level, respectively.
-Only one copy of a support gem can be socketed across all your skills. The [[Gemling Legionnaire]]'s [[Gem Studded]] passive or {{il|Solus Ipse}} allows you to have a second copy of a support gem socketed on different skills.
+You cannot have multiple support gems that share the same category socketed to the same skill. Additionally, only one copy per rank of support gems that add a [[spirit]] reservation is allowed across all your skills; for example, you cannot socket more than one copy of {{il|Herbalism I}}, but you can socket {{il|Herbalism II}} in another skill.<ref>https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3834300/page/1#p26307611</ref>
 The total number of support gems of each color are limited by the corresponding stat totals of the character, with 5 points of the stat allowing one support of that color.
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 For example, a character with 20 Strength, 40 Dexterity and 30 Intelligence would be able to use a total of 4 red, 8 green and 6 blue support gems.
+===Lineage support gems===
+{{Main|List of lineage support gems}}
+[[Lineage support gem]]s are special types of support gems. These cannot be crafted using Uncut Support Gems and can only be found as drops from the core drop pool or specific bosses.
+Only one copy of each Lineage support gem can be socketed across all your skills. {{il|Solus Ipse}} allows you to socket two copies of the same Lineage support gem on different skills.
 ==Gemcutting==
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 ==Version history==
 {{Version history table header}}
+{{Version history table row|0.3.0|
+* You can no longer socket multiple copies of the same Skill Gem into your main skill sockets. Skills not granted by gems and skills socketed into Persistent Buff Skill Gems do not count towards this limit. You can still have multiple copies of Spectres or Tamed Beasts, but only one of each kind of monster.
+* Attribute Requirements on Skill Gems have been lowered, particularly at endgame. Endgame Skill Gems on average have around ~20-25% less Attribute Requirements.
+* Removed the restriction of having one of each support gem per character. You can use as many copies as you like.
+* Many Supports now have multiple tiers as you progress through the game, providing different stat values, additional stats, or perhaps working a bit different to their lower-tier counterparts. Due to these changes, many existing support gems (which will now be tier 1 for cases where multiple tiers now exist) have received small numerical balance changes, and the effects of some support gems have been combined into a single gem.
+* We've added 11 new [[Support Gem]]s with 0.3.0.
+* We've also introduced 40 [[Lineage Support]]s, much more powerful Supports that are only available in Endgame.
+* Having a Skill with socketed Support Gems you do not meet the attribute requirements for now disables just those Supports instead of disabling the entire Skill.
+* Skill and Persistent Buff Gems now sell to vendors for gold based on their level and quality.
+}}
+{{Version history table row|0.2.0|
+* Added over 25 new Skills, primarily [[Spear]] Skills.
+* Added over 100 new Supports.
+}}
 {{Version history table row|0.1.0|
 * Introduced to the game.
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+{{sister|poewiki}}
 [[Category:Skills]]

v t e Skills

Skills	Skill gem Support gem Meta gem Spirit gem Granted skill Gem socket Cost Reservation Uncut gem Gemcutting

Primary gem tags	Attack Banner Buff Minion Spell

Secondary gem tags	Ammunition AoE Aura Barrageable Chaining Channelling Command Conditional Curse Detonator Duration Grenade Hazard Herald Lineage Mark Melee Meta Nova Orb Payoff Persistent Projectile Remnant Shapeshift Slam Staged Strike Sustained Totem Travel Trigger Warcry

Damage Types	Physical Cold Fire Lightning Chaos

Lists	List of skill gems List of support gems List of lineage support gems List of meta gems List of spirit gems List of uncut gems List of items granting inherent weapon skills List of items granting existing skills List of passive skills granting skills