Gem

Gems
Precious goods
Mass: 10 kg	Volume: 1 L
Obtained from: Foraging, pillaging and markets
Used by: Gem running
End products: none

Gems are a fairly low-risk, but high-profit commodities intended for traders and found on all oceans. There is one type of gem per archipelago, where the gems may be sold for profit, and only one island in that archipelago will purchase gems. Event gems are the exception to this, but are rarely seen.

Obtaining gems

Gems are foraged from uncolonized islands, pillaged from brigands and other players, and purchased from markets throughout the ocean. Foraged gems are found five at a time, though gems have been pillaged 1–30 at a time. ^[1] Foraged and pillaged gems are rare.

Market gems are spawned randomly at islands with a palace and islands buying gems outside their respective archipelago (see Gem Price Guide below for details). These gems appear for sale at the commodities market in lots of various sizes. Only one type of gem will spawn per day (Pirate Time), and the daily gem types rotate in alphabetical order (this restriction does not apply to foraged gems).

Initially when gems spawn, they will have a price as high as 1,000 PoE, with that price declining through the day to as low as 100 PoE -- see Gem Price guide below for the lowest price each may reach based on the spawning island. The gems may be purchased at any time when available, and a new lot of gems of that type will not spawn until the existing gems have been purchased. Waiting longer for the price to decline results in a larger profit, but equally waiting for the price to decline to 100 PoE may result in a lost opportunity for a trader.

Foraged gems follow the same archipelago restriction as market gems: pirates will never receive gems from foraging which can be sold in that same archipelago. For example, if a pirate is foraging on an island in the Garnet Archipelago on Meridian, that pirate will never forage Jasper gems.

Trading gems

Traders may buy the gems and sail them to the purchasing island, but there are risks. Abandoning ship for over fifteen minutes with gems in the hold will cause the gems to be stolen by mysterious forces, never to be seen again. If there are 25 or more gems aboard, gem thieves will come aboard and take off with some of them. Transporting gems across the ocean is also risky; gems are stolen at twice the rate of other contents when a ship is defeated in battle.

Gems may not be sold to shoppes.

Event gems

Gems without home archipelagos are sometimes used for special event purposes. Event gems can rarely be sold after the conclusion of the event, and they disappear from the hold like any other.

• For the Endurance Scavenger Hunt, Tedv bought amethysts from players.
• A jade gem was used to claim a special prize in a Christmastime event on Midnight.
• Jasper gems were used to track racers during a race around Midnight.

Gem price guide

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These tables show the lowest expected sale prices for the various gems at each ocean's islands' marketplaces.

BUY	= This market buys this gem type for 1000 PoE per piece
XXX	= Gem type will not spawn at this market
???	= Data unknown

Cerulean

Island	Coral	Diamond	Emerald	Jade	Jasper	Jet	Opal	Pearl	Ruby	Sapphire
Alpha Island	650	BUY	650	100	100	490	240	420	560	680
Beta Island	520	680	350	100	100	240	100	210	510	BUY
Byrne Island	630	XXX	540	???	???	420	140	350	560	790
Carmine Island	100	100	100	240	XXX	490	100	100	100	100
Charcoal Island	100	100	100	280	330	BUY	???	100	100	100
Cleopatra's Pearls	100	350	490	???	100	120	370	XXX	580	160
Cnossos Island	580	XXX	720	100	100	510	310	510	610	610
Cochineal Island	100	100	???	330	XXX	190	100	???	100	100
Cormorant Island	???	100	230	470	230	720	540	310	???	100
Cranberry Island	210	560	380	100	100	100	100	520	XXX	540
Crimson Island	???	100	100	210	BUY	330	100	100	???	100
Delta Island	BUY	650	450	100	100	610	140	120	230	520
Dragon's Nest	???	100	230	XXX	240	420	380	510	???	100
Emperor Island	520	660	XXX	100	100	680	560	510	400	370
Endurance Island	230	310	660	230	100	520	XXX	450	160	100
Epsilon Island	450	650	BUY	???	100	610	590	590	440	350
Eta Island	240	560	440	???	100	140	120	590	BUY	510
Fintan Island	100	???	???	520	170	???	590	380	100	100
Frond Island	160	420	650	510	100	280	540	XXX	510	170
Gaea Island	370	590	XXX	280	???	520	610	700	490	310
Garden Cradle	100	100	100	230	230	800	???	100	100	100
Guava Island	510	750	XXX	???	???	540	470	610	560	470
Harmattan Island	100	100	100	XXX	450	160	100	???	100	100
Hephaestus' Forge	520	510	700	100	100	800	560	310	190	230
Islay of Luthien	210	560	510	260	100	170	210	700	XXX	440
Jorvik Island	350	560	520	120	100	240	170	580	XXX	590
Jubilee Island	100	100	100	300	XXX	630	100	100	???	100
Kirin Island	100	100	100	XXX	370	100	100	???	100	???
Labyrinth Moors	???	100	210	260	100	???	610	190	???	100
Lagniappe Island	540	400	560	100	???	???	450	170	100	160
Lima Island	100	100	100	XXX	190	100	100	230	100	100
Namath Island	470	400	610	100	100	800	560	230	100	120
Napi Peak	100	???	100	420	XXX	280	100	100	100	100
Nu Island	140	240	590	260	100	440	BUY	440	120	100
Olive Island	100	100	170	BUY	210	280	???	510	170	100
Ostreum Island	210	490	660	440	100	300	470	XXX	610	260
Oyster Island	720	XXX	590	???	100	510	190	330	490	720
Papaya Island	560	XXX	560	???	100	380	170	420	630	750
Park Island	XXX	730	490	100	???	560	120	190	310	630
Pranayama Island	100	100	???	230	XXX	400	100	100	100	???
Prolix Purlieu	???	100	100	XXX	240	100	100	???	100	100
Sakejima Island	100	100	100	XXX	100	100	100	470	317	100
Spring Island	490	580	XXX	???	100	720	630	490	330	280
Terra Island	100	100	100	XXX	170	100	100	???	100	100
Tigerleaf Mountain	???	100	380	540	100	???	660	490	100	100
Tinga Island	370	520	XXX	230	100	590	720	580	350	230
Turtle Island	490	XXX	590	100	100	370	210	510	720	680
Vernal Equinox	590	590	240	100	100	240	100	???	310	XXX
Waterberry	100	140	490	280	100	350	XXX	380	100	100
Winter Solstice	680	XXX	700	100	100	580	310	440	510	610
Wrasse Island	350	610	XXX	310	100	440	520	750	580	350
Xi Island	610	490	610	100	100	BUY	440	230	140	240
Zeta Island	120	420	590	510	100	230	440	BUY	590	210
Island	Coral	Diamond	Emerald	Jade	Jasper	Jet	Opal	Pearl	Ruby	Sapphire

Emerald

Emerald Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Amber gems	Alkaid Island Ursa Archipelago
Amethyst gems	Kasidim Island Ibis Archipelago
Coral gems	Scurvy Reef Osprey Archipelago
Jade gems	Greenwich Island Pelican Archipelago
Lapis lazuli gems	Wensleydale Gull Archipelago
Moonstones	Maia Island Pleiades Archipelago
Quartz gems	Sirius Island Canis Archipelago
Rubies	Wissahickon Island Stork Archipelago

Island	Amber	Amethyst	Coral	Jade	Lapis	Moonstones	Quartz	Ruby
Admiral Island	420	100	790	280	XXX	100	100	610
Aimuari Island	100	240	100	100	100	590	300	100
Alkaid Island	BUY	240	540	160	350	230	100	680
Arakoua Island	100	XXX	210	630	100	100	100	100
Armstrong Island	240	100	100	100	100	???	XXX	100
Barbary Island	420	XXX	420	540	170	190	100	210
Blackthorpe Island	100	520	210	XXX	100	???	100	100
Bowditch Island	630	160	800	280	700	100	100	XXX
Caravanserai Island	100	XXX	140	520	100	100	100	100
Chachapoya Island	100	120	100	100	100	660	440	100
Descartes Isle	100	380	420	XXX	330	100	100	100
Doyle Island	XXX	420	190	100	100	630	230	210
Greenwich Island	160	520	420	BUY	280	100	100	100
Hubble's Eye	200	660	100	230	100	470	100	???
Ilha da Aguia	260	520	100	100	100	580	170	100
Isle of Kent	380	100	800	380	XXX	100	100	540
Kasidim Island	240	BUY	240	520	100	140	100	100
Lincoln Island	280	170	720	510	XXX	100	100	380
Maia Island	230	140	???	???	100	BUY	560	???
Pukru Island	100	280	100	100	100	560	260	100
Quetzal Island	100	170	100	100	100	470	240	100
Sayers Rock	XXX	440	280	140	100	540	160	300
Scrimshaw Island	520	100	770	210	770	100	100	XXX
Scurvy Reef	540	240	BUY	420	730	100	100	630
Sirius Island	100	???	100	100	100	560	BUY	100
Spaniel Island	260	660	450	XXX	260	100	100	140
The Lowland Hundred	100	???	100	100	100	310	450	100
Wensleydale	350	100	730	280	BUY	100	100	540
Wissahickon Island	680	100	630	100	540	100	100	BUY
Island	Amber	Amethyst	Coral	Jade	Lapis	Moonstones	Quartz	Ruby

Ice

Ice Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Beryl gems	Cold Spring Island Vilya Archipelago
Lapis lazuli gems	Fort Royal Narya Archipelago
Quartz gems	Shatterstone Island Nenya Archipelago

Island	Beryl	Lapis	Quartz
Cold Spring Island	BUY	770	790
Diablo Island	XXX	660	680
Eieio Island	680	730	XXX
Fort Royal	770	BUY	800
Kings Island	630	590	XXX
Shatterstone Island	790	800	BUY
Island	Beryl	Lapis	Quartz

Meridian

Meridian Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Jade gems	Olive Island Jade Archipelago
Jasper gems	Crimson Island Garnet Archipelago
	Morgan Island Lacerta Archipelago
Jet gems	Charcoal Island Onyx Archipelago
Lapis lazuli gems	Alicorn Island Draco Archipelago
Moonstones	Marmara Odonata Basilisk Archipelago
Tigereye gems	Mu Tambu Gila Archipelago
Topaz gems	Flyaway Island Komodo Archipelago

Island	Jade	Jasper	Jet	Lapis	Moonstones	Tigereye	Topaz
Acanthaster Spits	100	310	100	350	730	XXX	100
Alicorn Island	100	420	100	BUY	440	230	330
Barracuda Island	100	800	100	260	140	300	660
Carmine Island	240	800	490	380	100	100	370
Celesta Isle	100	630	280	440	140	190	XXX
Charcoal Island	280	330	BUY	100	100	100	380
Chelydra Cove	100	800	100	190	170	380	510
Chrysalis Island	100	770	100	330	350	520	490
Cochineal Island	330	720	190	190	100	100	100
Crimson Island	210	BUY	330	420	100	100	240
Dragon's Nest	XXX	240	420	100	100	100	100
Drogeo Island	100	590	240	520	210	240	XXX
Fintan Island	520	170	XXX	100	100	100	100
Flyaway Island	100	580	380	330	100	100	BUY
Fugu Island	100	540	100	350	540	XXX	300
Garden Cradle	230	230	XXX	100	100	100	350
Hadrian Island	230	380	XXX	100	100	100	470
Harmattan Island	XXX	450	160	100	100	100	100
Jubilee Island	300	680	630	280	100	100	420
Kirin Island	XXX	370	100	100	100	100	100
Labyrinth Moors	260	100	XXX	100	100	100	160
Lima Island	XXX	190	100	100	100	100	100
Marmara Odonata	100	120	100	440	BUY	630	100
Morgan Island	100	BUY	100	190	120	310	580
Mu Tambu	100	310	100	230	630	BUY	100
Napi Peak	420	730	280	170	100	100	100
Nightshade Island	100	490	100	260	510	XXX	210
Olive Island	BUY	210	280	100	100	100	100
Prolix Purlieu	XXX	240	100	100	100	100	100
Sakejima Island	XXX	100	100	100	100	100	100
Saltstraum Rock	100	770	100	380	350	490	540
Stormy Fell	100	800	310	580	100	100	380
Swampfen Island	XXX	310	370	100	100	100	100
Terra Island	XXX	170	100	100	100	100	100
Tigerleaf Mountain	540	100	XXX	100	100	100	100
Windward Vale	350	800	470	280	100	100	240
Island	Jade	Jasper	Jet	Lapis	Moonstones	Tigereye	Topaz

Obsidian

Obsidian Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
? gems	Darkling Seas Archipelago
? gems	Greywaters Archipelago
? gems	Straits o' Defiance Archipelago
? gems	Wild Eastern Seas Archipelago
? gems	Wild Western Seas Archipelago
? gems	Ye Bloody Bounding Main Archipelago

Island	?	?	?	?	?	?
Anole Garden	???	???	???	???	???	???
Bogong Cove	???	???	???	???	???	???
Cavum Ridge	???	???	???	???	???	???
Devil's Heart	???	???	???	???	???	???
Dingwall Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Ember Eye	???	???	???	???	???	???
Flatback Rift	???	???	???	???	???	???
Green Oasis	???	???	???	???	???	???
Hawksbill Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Holloway Isle	???	???	???	???	???	???
Huracan Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Kingfisher Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Krakentoa Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Kreis Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Leatherback Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Lionhaven	???	???	???	???	???	???
Loggerhead Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Magpie Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Melanaster Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Mitjana Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Moonlight Cove	???	???	???	???	???	???
Nevermore Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Night Harbour	???	???	???	???	???	???
Pele Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Picklepine Ridge	???	???	???	???	???	???
Point Petrify	???	???	???	???	???	???
Port Venture	???	???	???	???	???	???
Pride Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Ridley's Valor	???	???	???	???	???	???
Traveler's Rest	???	???	???	???	???	???
Triplet's Treasure	???	???	???	???	???	???
Triumph Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Whisper Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Wind Combs Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Woodtick Island	???	???	???	???	???	???
Island	?	?	?	?	?	?

Key

BUY	= This market buys this gem type for 1000 PoE per piece
XXX	= Gem type will not spawn at this market
???	= Data unknown

Historical notes

The introduction of the foraging puzzle with release 2008-08-27 meant that gems became a little more challenging to obtain. This release also brought with it gem thieves, in an attempt to prevent pirates from having too many gems aboard a single ship. The buy prices for gems were adjusted to start off high and gradually decrease.

Gems were added to the Cobalt and Viridian oceans in bugfix release 2007-05-29, and to Sage shortly afterwards the next day. Originally, markets on "capital islands" (named after Greek letters, on Midnight) would purchase gems. On newer oceans, without capital islands and with less consistent naming schemes, purchasing islands were chosen more or less centrally located, with an easy to remember name. On Viridian and Cobalt, the type and color of the gem match with the island and archipelago names, i.e olive and jade are shades of green; charcoal, onyx and jet all black; and crimson, garnet and jasper are red. ^[2]

Gems were made a forageable commodity with release 2004-12-15.

Gems were introduced to the game with Beta release 2003-11-14.

Certain gems not available on a particular ocean have occasionally been used as special event commodities. Because of this, it is possible (but very rare) to win an unusable gem from brigands.

Note also that on the Midnight Ocean, amethyst gems can still be sold to the Endurance Island market, for 100 PoE per unit, up to a maximum of 10 units. Although this is not the intended behavior, those that pillage an amethyst gem on Midnight can still sell them.

There once was an opal in the hold of Hercuweaves on Cnossos Island, but it had to be removed due to a bug.

See also

• German article: Edelstein

• Gem running
• Gem Prices & Trading Thread (Midnight Ocean)
• Foraging