Gemcutting Guide For Non-Gemcutters

Crafted gear at it's upper levels will grant you three slots to customize to your hearts content. On cruising the gem database it's easy for the non-Gemcutter and even other Gemcutter's to get confused with what works, what doesn't, and where to exactly put what gem. I'm going to break it down into easy steps: 1. Get cash, and get a lot of it; those in your 20's-30's there is currently a good market for rough leather, which drops off of leathery type mob's your level. Currently it is going for about 1.5s a pop. 40-50's silk is your best friend; the market is at almost 5s a shot. After 60's it is difficult, but the AVG mob's drop isn't too bad, you're on your own from here. 2. After getting cash, pick out your weakest crap pieces of armor and check it out what the cost is to replace them with crafted gear is. Leveling in AoC comes pretty fast, so I wouldn't sink 20g into making a good lvl 50 set, but a few pieces can be fun if you want to dip your feet in. After you've decided which piece or pieces you want to have crafted, and then talk to a crafter in your guild or someone you know. 3. You now got your crafted piece and those empty holes are staring at you. What gem to put... LOOK AT THE PREFIXES! Cabochon or Oblique = These are the good ones, they will fit in any armor, ring, cloak, necklace slot; of course they are the most pricey. Trillion or Rhombic = These go in ONE handed slots on weapons. They have their use but it's limited. Teardrop or Oval = These go in TWO handed slots on weapons. They have nice big numbers, but remember there isn't a lot craftable two handed stuff out there. This stuff is subject to change of course - currently a guy can "twink" a low set of armor with high end gems - Funcom tried to stop this and it turned out they buggered up more than they can handle and promptly reversed it. It's on their radar though. A good challenge for us as a guild would be to twink a tank with crazy resists. There's around 36 slots to play with and some of the immune gems at 1.2% can generate over 40% resists in either physical or magical. That's a lot. Gem Types: Class 1 Gems (Black): Provides bonuses to: Unholy and Poison Damage, Hiding, and Holy Immunity. Tier 1 - Obsidian Tier 2 - Onyx Tier 3 - Jet Tier 4 - Black Jasper Tier 5 - Nightstar Tier 6 - Black Diamond Class 2 Gems (Blue): Provides bonuses to: Cold Damage, Mana Modifiers, Intelligence, Wisdom, Attribute Taps from spells, Fire Immunity, and Magic Evasion. Tier 1 - Azurite Tier 2 - Lapis Lazuli Tier 3 - Turquoise Tier 4 - Aquamarine Tier 5 - Sapphire Tier 6 - Star Sapphire Class 3 Gems (Green): Provides bonuses to: Ranged Weapon, General Physical, and Dagger Damage, Dexterity, Fatality Chance, Off-Hand Chance, Stamina Modifiers, and Evasion. Tier 1 - Chrysoprase Tier 2 - Malachite Tier 3 - Peridot Tier 4 - Sphene Tier 5 - Jade Tier 6 - Emerald Class 4 Gems (Orange): Provides bonuses to: Fire Damage, and Cold Immunity. Tier 1 - Carnelian Tier 2 - Tiger Eye Tier 3 - Chalcedony Tier 4 - Sunstone Tier 5 - Fire Agate Tier 6 - Padpaasahsa Class 5 Gems (Violet): Provides bonuses to: Hate Generation, and Magic Invulnerabilities. Tier 1 - Rose Quartz Tier 2 - Iolite Tier 3 - Amethyst Tier 4 - Duskstone Tier 5 - Royal Azel Tier 6 - Tyrian Sapphire Class 6 Gems (Red): Provides Bonuses to: Melee Weapon Damage, Health Modifiers, Strength, and Melee Invulnerabilities. Tier 1 - Spinel Tier 2 - Jasper Tier 3 - Garnet Tier 4 - Blood Opal Tier 5 - Ruby Tier 6 - Star Ruby Class 7 Gems (White): Provides bonuses to: Electrical Damage, Perception, and Electrical Invulnerability. Tier 1 - Quartz Tier 2 - Zircon Tier 3 - Moonstone Tier 4 - Achronite Tier 5 - White Opal Tier 6 - Diamond Class 8 Gems (Yellow): Provides Bonuses to: Holy and General Spell Damage, Casting Concentration, Unholy and Poison Invulnerability, and Hate Reduction. Tier 1 - Citrine Tier 2 - Chrysoberyl Tier 3 - Sagenite Tier 4 - Topaz Tier 5 - Heliodor Tier 6 - Golden Beryl Gemcutting Kit required: Tier 1 (40) - Novice's Tier 2 (50) - Apprentice's Tier 3 (60) - Adept's Tier 4 (70) - Artisan's Tier 5 (75) - Expert's Tier 6 (75/75+/80) - Master's