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{{commodities|status=Precious|commodity=Gems|image=Diamonds.png|mass=10|volume=1|sources=[[Foraging]], [[pillaging]] and [[market]]s|industries=[[Gem running]]|end_products=none}}

'''Gems''' are high-risk, high-profit [[commodities]] intended for traders and found on all oceans except the [[Crimson Ocean|Crimson]] and [[Jade Ocean|Jade]] 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.

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== Obtaining Gems ==

Gems are [[foraging|foraged]] from uncolonized islands, [[pillage]]d from [[brigand]]s, and purchased from [[commodities market|market]]s throughout the ocean. Foraged gems are found five at a time, though gems have been pillaged 1-30 at a time. {{fn|1=http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?p=1070833#1070833}} Foraged and pillaged gems are rare.

Market gems are spawned at random times throughout the day, at randomly chosen islands ''outside'' their respective archipelago. These gems appear for sale at the commodities market in lots of 4-6, and an island may spawn gems multiple times per day, accumulating them at the market if not sold. 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). The cost to purchase gems at a market (the sell price) is related to the market's distance from the purchasing island; the greater the distance that must be sailed, the lower the sell price, thus greater profit on the trade (not accounting for travel expenses such as rum, shot, and loss of goods in battle). Historically, spawned gems were sold at a fixed price; however, as of late August 2008, newly spawned gems have a higher price that gradually declines.

== Trading Gems ==

Traders may buy the gems and sail them to the purchasing island, but there are risks. If you abandon your ship for over fifteen minutes with gems in the hold, the gems are stolen by mysterious forces, never to be seen again. If you have 25 gems or more aboard, [[gem thieves]] will come aboard and take off with some of them. The sea has its risks as well, for gems are stolen at twice the rate of other contents when you lose at sea battle. 

Gems may not be sold to [[shoppe]]s.

== 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 [[amethyst gems|amethysts]] from players.
* [[Jasper gems]] were used to track racers during a race around [[Midnight Ocean|Midnight]].
* A [[Jade gems|jade gem]] was used to claim a special prize in a Christmastime event on Midnight.

== Gem Price Guide ==

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

<small>
<span {{gemstyle_purchase}}>BUY</span> = This market buys this gem type for 1000 PoE per piece<br>
<span {{gemstyle_nospawn}}>XXX</span> = Gem type will not spawn at this market<br>
<span {{gemstyle_unknown}}>---</span> = Data unknown
</small>

=== Cobalt ===
{{template:Cobalt_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Cobalt}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jade.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_garnet.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_onyx.png]]Jet
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Carmine Island}}       || 240 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 490
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Charcoal Island}}      || 280 || 330 || {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Cochineal Island}}     || 330 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 190
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{Cobalt|Cormorant Island}}     || 470 || 230 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Crimson Island}}       || 210 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 330
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Dragon's Nest}}        || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 240 || 420
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Fintan Island}}        || 520 || 170 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Garden Cradle}}        || 230 || 230 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Harmattan Island}}     || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 450 || 160
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Kirin Island}}         || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 370 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Labyrinth Moors}}      || 260 || 100 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Lima Island}}          || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 190 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Napi Peak}}            || 420 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 280
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Olive Island}}         || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 210 || 280
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Prolix Purlieu}}       || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 240 ||100 
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Sakejima Island}}      || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 100 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Terra Island}}         || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 170 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Cobalt|Tigerleaf Mountain}}   || 540 || 100 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="{{Header Cobalt}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jade.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_garnet.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_onyx.png]]Jet
|}

=== Hunter ===
{{Hunter gem list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Hunter}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ursa.png]]Amber gems
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pleiades.png]]Moonstones
!|[[Image:Chart_star_canis.png]]Quartz gems
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Aimuari Island}}       || 100 || 590 || 300
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Alkaid Island}}        || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 230 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Armstrong Island}}     || 240 || {{gemstyle_unknown}} || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Chachapoya Island}}    || 100 || 660 || 440
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Doyle Island}}         || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 630 || 230
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|The Lowland Hundred}}  || 100 || 310 || 450
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Maia Island}}          || 230 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 560
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Pukru Island}}         || 100 || 560 || 260
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Quetzal Island}}       || 100 || 470 || 240
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Sayers Rock}}          || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 540 || 160
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Hunter|Sirius Island}}        || 100  || 560 || {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="{{Header Hunter}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ursa.png]]Amber gems
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pleiades.png]]Moonstones
!|[[Image:Chart_star_canis.png]]Quartz gems
|}

=== Ice ===
{{template:Ice_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Ice}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_vilya.png]]Beryl
!|[[Image:Chart_star_narya.png]]Lapis
!|[[Image:Chart_star_nenya.png]]Quartz
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{ice|Cold Spring Island}}      || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 770 || 790
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{ice|Eieio Island}}            || 680 || 730 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} 
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{ice|Fort Royal}}              || 770 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 800
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{ice|Kings Island}}            || 630 || 590 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} 
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{ice|Shatterstone Island}}     || 790 || 800 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} 
|-style="{{Header Ice}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_vilya.png]]Beryl
!|[[Image:Chart_star_narya.png]]Lapis
!|[[Image:Chart_star_nenya.png]]Quartz
|}
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=== Malachite===
{{template:Malachite_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Malachite}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_lacerta.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_draco.png]]Lapis lazuli
!|[[Image:Chart_star_basilisk.png]]Moonstones
!|[[Image:Chart_star_gila.png]]Tigereye
!|[[Image:Chart_star_komodo.png]]Topaz
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Alicorn Island}}    || 190 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 440 || 230 || 330
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Barracuda Island}}  || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 260 || 140 || 300 || 660
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Celesta Isle}}      || 630 || 440 || 140 || 190 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Chelydra Cove}}     || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 190 || 170 || 380 || 510
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Chrysalis Island}}  || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 330 || 350 || 520 || 490
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Flyaway Island}}    || 580 || 330 || 100 || 100 || {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Marmara Odonata}}   || 120 || 440 ||{{gemstyle_purchase}} || 630 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Morgan Island}}     || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 190 || 120 || 310 || 580
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
|{{malachite|Mu Tambu}}           || 310 || 230 || 630 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{malachite|Saltstraum Rock}}   || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 380 || 350 || 490 || 540
|-style="{{Header Malachite}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_lacerta.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_draco.png]]Lapis lazuli
!|[[Image:Chart_star_basilisk.png]]Moonstones
!|[[Image:Chart_star_gila.png]]Tigereye
!|[[Image:Chart_star_komodo.png]]Topaz
|}
{{clear}}

=== Midnight ===
{{template:Midnight_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Midnight}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_coral.png]] Coral
!|[[Image:Chart_star_diamond.png]] Diamond
!|[[Image:Chart_star_emerald.png]] Emerald
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jet.png]] Jet
!|[[Image:Chart_star_opal.png]] Opal
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pearl.png]] Pearl
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ruby.png]] Ruby
!|[[Image:Chart_star_sapphire.png]] Sapphire

|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{midnight|Alpha Island}}       ||650|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||650||490||240||420||560||680
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Beta Island}}        ||520||680||350||240||100||210||510|| {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Byrne Island}}       ||630|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||560||420||140||350||560||790
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Cleopatra's Pearls}} ||100||350||490||120||370|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||580||160
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Cnossos Island}}     ||580|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||720||510||310||510||610||610
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Cranberry Island}}   ||210||560||380||100||100||520|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||540
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Delta Island}}       || {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||650||450||610||140||120||230||540
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Emperor Island}}     ||520||660|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||680||560||510||400||370
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Endurance Island}}   ||230||310||660||550|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||450||160||100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Epsilon Island}}     ||450||650|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||610||590||590||440||350
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Eta Island}}         ||240||560||440||140||120||590|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||510
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Frond Island}}       ||160||420||650||280||540|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||510||170
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Gaea Island}}        ||370||590|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||520||610||700||490||310
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Guava Island}}       ||510||750|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||540||470||610||560||470
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Hephaestus' Forge}}  ||520||510||700|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||560||310||190||230
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Islay of Luthien}}   ||210||560||510||170||210||700|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||440
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Jorvik Island}}      ||350||560||520||240||170||580|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||590
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Lagniappe Island}}   ||540||400||560|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||450||170||100||160
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Namath Island}}      ||470||400||610|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||560||230||100||190
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Nu Island}}          ||140||240||590||440|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||440||120||100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Ostreum Island}}     ||210||490||660||300||470|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||610||260 
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Oyster Island}}      ||720|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||590||510||190||330||490||720
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Papaya Island}}      ||560|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||560||380||170||420||630||750
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Park Island}}        || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||730||490||560||120||190||310||630
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Spring Island}}      ||490||580|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||720||630||490||330||280
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Tinga Island}}       ||370||520|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||590||720||580||350||230
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Turtle Island}}      ||490|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||590||370||210||510||720||680
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Vernal Equinox}}     ||590||590||240||240||100||100||310|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Waterberry}}         ||100||140||490||350|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||380||100||100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Winter Solstice}}    ||680|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||700||580||310||440||510||610
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Wrasse Island}}      ||350||610|| {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||440||520||750||580||350
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Xi Island}}          ||610||490||610|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||440||230||140||240
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{midnight|Zeta Island}}        ||120||420||590||230||440|| {{gemstyle_purchase}} ||590||210

|-style="{{Header Midnight}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_coral.png]] Coral
!|[[Image:Chart_star_diamond.png]] Diamond
!|[[Image:Chart_star_emerald.png]] Emerald
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jet.png]] Jet
!|[[Image:Chart_star_opal.png]] Opal
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pearl.png]] Pearl
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ruby.png]] Ruby
!|[[Image:Chart_star_sapphire.png]] Sapphire
|}

=== Sage ===
{{template:Sage_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Sage}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ibis.png]]Amethyst
!|[[Image:Chart_star_osprey.png]]Coral
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pelican.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_gull.png]]Lapis Lazuli
!|[[Image:Chart_star_stork.png]]Ruby
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Admiral Island}}         || 100 || 790 || 280 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 610
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Blackthorpe Island}}     || 520 || 210 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 100 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Bowditch Island}}        || 160 || 800 || 280 || 700 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Caravanserai Island}}    || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 140 || 520 || 100 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
|{{sage|Descartes Isle}}          || 380 || 420 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 330 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;"
||{{Sage|Greenwich Island}}       || 520 || 420 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 280 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Kasidim Island}}         || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 240 || 520 || 100 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Isle of Kent}}           || 100 || 800 || 380 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 540
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Lincoln Island}}         || 170 || 720 || 510 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} ||380
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Scurvy Reef}}            || 240 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 420 || 730 ||630
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Scrimshaw Island}}       || 100 || 770 || 210 || 770 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Spaniel Island}}         || 660 || 450 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 260 || 140
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Wensleydale}}            || 100 || 730 || 280 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 540
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Sage|Wissahickon Island}}     || 100 || 630 || 100 || 540 || {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="{{Header Sage}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_ibis.png]]Amethyst
!|[[Image:Chart_star_osprey.png]]Coral
!|[[Image:Chart_star_pelican.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_gull.png]]Lapis Lazuli
!|[[Image:Chart_star_stork.png]]Ruby
|}

=== Viridian ===
{{template:Viridian_gem_list}}
{| class="toccolours" style="text-align:center"
|-style="{{Header Viridian}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jade.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_garnet.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_onyx.png]]Jet
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Carmine Island}}     || 240 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 490
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Charcoal Island}}    || 280 || 330 || {{gemstyle_purchase}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Cochineal Island}}   || 330 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 190
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Crimson Island}}     || 210 || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 330
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Dragon's Nest}}      || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 240 || 420
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Fintan Island}}      || 520 || 170 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Harmattan Island}}   || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 450 || 160
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Jubilee Island}}     || 300 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 630
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Kirin Island}}       || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 370 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Labyrinth Moors}}    || 260 || 100 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Lima Island}}        || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 190 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Napi Peak}}          || 420 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 280
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Olive Island}}       || {{gemstyle_purchase}} || 210 || 280
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Prolix Purlieu}}     || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 240 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Sakejima Island}}    || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 100 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Swampfen Island}}    || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 310 || 370
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Terra Island}}       || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 170 || 100
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Tigerleaf Mountain}} || 540 || 100 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}}
|-style="background-color:#ddd;" 
||{{Viridian|Windward Vale}}      || 350 || {{gemstyle_nospawn}} || 470
|-style="{{Header Viridian}}"
!|Island
!|[[Image:Chart_star_jade.png]]Jade
!|[[Image:Chart_star_garnet.png]]Jasper
!|[[Image:Chart_star_onyx.png]]Jet
|}

=== Key ===
<small>
<span {{gemstyle_purchase}}>BUY</span> = This market buys this gem type for 1000 PoE per piece<br>
<span {{gemstyle_nospawn}}>XXX</span> = Gem type will not spawn at this market<br>
<span {{gemstyle_unknown}}>---</span> = Data unknown
</small>
{{clear}}

== 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 Ocean|Cobalt]] and [[Viridian Ocean|Viridian]] oceans in bugfix {{release|2007-05-29}}, and to [[Sage Ocean|Sage]] shortly afterwards the next day. Originally, markets on "capital islands" (named after Greek letters, on [[Midnight Ocean|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. {{fn|1=http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=64754}}

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

Gems were introduced to the game with {{release-beta|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 [[brigand]]s.

Note also that on the [[Midnight Ocean]], amethyst gems can still be sold to the {{midnight|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 {{midnight|Cnossos Island}}, but it had to be removed due to a bug.

== See Also ==
* [[Gem running]]
* [http://forums.puzzlepirates.com/community/mvnforum/viewthread?thread=13974 Gem Prices & Trading Thread (Midnight Ocean)]
* [[Foraging]]
* {{de|Edelstein}}
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