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Originally posted by andrewas:
Um - five grades of gem, 3 needed to upgrade, surely you need 3^5 or 243 chipped gems? Actualy that seems high, but its more than six at any rate. Anyway i never managed to get more than a few perfect gems. ALthough i never played past normal.
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During Normal Act 1-2, you get a chance to find chipped and flawed gems. Andariel and Duriel give some good gems too, and occasionally a perfect gem each.
During Normal Act 3-4, you get a chance to find flawed and normal gems. Mephisto and Diablo naturally gives better gems. The Hellforge quest gives a lot of good gems too.
Act 5 is where you really start hitting it. You can find flawed, normal and flawless gems here. Eventually, you will be able to get several perfect gems.
I use Perfect Diamonds for shields of course, for the Resists to All modifier.
PEmeralds I use for crafting safety recipes, especially the ring recipe.
PAmethysts I use for crafting caster recipes, usually the mask recipe.
PRubies I use for crafting blood recipes, usually the light plated boots recipe, or the plate mail recipe.
PSapphires I use to socket in my mercernaries' weapons. Just one, for the chill effect and the chance to shatter the target's corpse. Also used for the hit power recipes, just the chain glove recipe.
PTopazes I use for socketing in helms and/or armour for the magic find bonuses.
PSkulls I use for socketing in helms and/or armour for the life/mana regeneration. Sometimes in weapons too, for my melee characters and bowazons.