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 high-risk, high-profit commodities intended for traders and found on all oceans except the Crimson and 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.

Obtaining Gems

Gems are foraged from uncolonized islands, pillaged from brigands, 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 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 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.
• Jasper gems were used to track racers during a race around Midnight.
• A 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.

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

Cobalt

Cobalt Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Jade gems	Olive Island Jade Archipelago
Jasper gems	Crimson Island Garnet Archipelago
Jet gems	Charcoal Island Onyx Archipelago

Island	File:Chart star jade.pngJade	File:Chart star garnet.pngJasper	File:Chart star onyx.pngJet
Carmine Island	240	XXX	490
Charcoal Island	280	330	BUY
Cochineal Island	330	XXX	190
Cormorant Island	470	230	XXX
Crimson Island	210	BUY	330
Dragon's Nest	XXX	240	420
Fintan Island	520	170	XXX
Garden Cradle	230	230	XXX
Harmattan Island	XXX	450	160
Kirin Island	XXX	370	100
Labyrinth Moors	260	100	XXX
Lima Island	XXX	190	100
Napi Peak	420	XXX	280
Olive Island	BUY	210	280
Pranayama Island	230	XXX	400
Prolix Purlieu	XXX	240	100
Sakejima Island	XXX	100	100
Terra Island	XXX	170	100
Tigerleaf Mountain	540	100	XXX
Island	File:Chart star jade.pngJade	File:Chart star garnet.pngJasper	File:Chart star onyx.pngJet

Hunter

Hunter Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Amber gems	Alkaid Island Ursa Archipelago
Moonstones	Maia Island Pleiades Archipelago
Quartz gems	Sirius Island Canis Archipelago

Island	File:Chart star ursa.pngAmber gems	File:Chart star pleiades.pngMoonstones	File:Chart star canis.pngQuartz gems
Aimuari Island	100	590	300
Alkaid Island	BUY	230	100
Armstrong Island	240	???	XXX
Chachapoya Island	100	660	440
Doyle Island	XXX	630	230
The Lowland Hundred	100	310	450
Maia Island	230	BUY	560
Pukru Island	100	560	260
Quetzal Island	100	470	240
Sayers Rock	XXX	540	160
Sirius Island	100	560	BUY
Island	File:Chart star ursa.pngAmber gems	File:Chart star pleiades.pngMoonstones	File:Chart star canis.pngQuartz gems

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	File:Chart star vilya.pngBeryl	File:Chart star narya.pngLapis	File:Chart star nenya.pngQuartz
Cold Spring Island	BUY	770	790
Eieio Island	680	730	XXX
Fort Royal	770	BUY	800
Kings Island	630	590	XXX
Shatterstone Island	790	800	BUY
Island	File:Chart star vilya.pngBeryl	File:Chart star narya.pngLapis	File:Chart star nenya.pngQuartz

Malachite

Malachite Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Jasper gems	Morgan Island Lacerta 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	File:Chart star lacerta.pngJasper	File:Chart star draco.pngLapis lazuli	File:Chart star basilisk.pngMoonstones	File:Chart star gila.pngTigereye	File:Chart star komodo.pngTopaz
Alicorn Island	190	BUY	440	230	330
Barracuda Island	XXX	260	140	300	660
Celesta Isle	630	440	140	190	XXX
Chelydra Cove	XXX	190	170	380	510
Chrysalis Island	XXX	330	350	520	490
Flyaway Island	580	330	100	100	BUY
Fugu Island	540	350	540	XXX	300
Marmara Odonata	120	440	BUY	630	100
Morgan Island	BUY	190	120	310	580
Mu Tambu	310	230	630	BUY	100
Nightshade Island	???	260	510	XXX	???
Saltstraum Rock	XXX	380	350	490	540
Island	File:Chart star lacerta.pngJasper	File:Chart star draco.pngLapis lazuli	File:Chart star basilisk.pngMoonstones	File:Chart star gila.pngTigereye	File:Chart star komodo.pngTopaz

Midnight

Midnight Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Coral gems	Delta Island Coral Archipelago
Diamonds	Alpha Island Diamond Archipelago
Emeralds	Epsilon Island Emerald Archipelago
Jet gems	Xi Island Jet Archipelago
Opals	Nu Island Opal Archipelago
Pearls	Zeta Island Pearl Archipelago
Rubies	Eta Island Ruby Archipelago
Sapphires	Beta Island Sapphire Archipelago

Island	Coral	File:Chart star diamond.png Diamond	File:Chart star emerald.png Emerald	File:Chart star jet.png Jet	File:Chart star opal.png Opal	File:Chart star pearl.png Pearl	File:Chart star ruby.png Ruby	File:Chart star sapphire.png Sapphire
Alpha Island	650	BUY	650	490	240	420	560	680
Beta Island	520	680	350	240	100	210	510	BUY
Byrne Island	630	XXX	560	420	140	350	560	790
Cleopatra's Pearls	100	350	490	120	370	XXX	580	160
Cnossos Island	580	XXX	720	510	310	510	610	610
Cranberry Island	210	560	380	100	100	520	XXX	540
Delta Island	BUY	650	450	610	140	120	230	540
Emperor Island	520	660	XXX	680	560	510	400	370
Endurance Island	230	310	660	550	XXX	450	160	100
Epsilon Island	450	650	BUY	610	590	590	440	350
Eta Island	240	560	440	140	120	590	BUY	510
Frond Island	160	420	650	280	540	XXX	510	170
Gaea Island	370	590	XXX	520	610	700	490	310
Guava Island	510	750	XXX	540	470	610	560	470
Hephaestus' Forge	520	510	700	XXX	560	310	190	230
Islay of Luthien	210	560	510	170	210	700	XXX	440
Jorvik Island	350	560	520	240	170	580	XXX	590
Lagniappe Island	540	400	560	XXX	450	170	100	160
Namath Island	470	400	610	XXX	560	230	100	190
Nu Island	140	240	590	440	BUY	440	120	100
Ostreum Island	210	490	660	300	470	XXX	610	260
Oyster Island	720	XXX	590	510	190	330	490	720
Papaya Island	560	XXX	560	380	170	420	630	750
Park Island	XXX	730	490	560	120	190	310	630
Spring Island	490	580	XXX	720	630	490	330	280
Tinga Island	370	520	XXX	590	720	580	350	230
Turtle Island	490	XXX	590	370	210	510	720	680
Vernal Equinox	590	590	240	240	100	100	310	XXX
Waterberry	100	140	490	350	XXX	380	100	100
Winter Solstice	680	XXX	700	580	310	440	510	610
Wrasse Island	350	610	XXX	440	520	750	580	350
Xi Island	610	490	610	BUY	440	230	140	240
Zeta Island	120	420	590	230	440	BUY	590	210
Island	Coral	File:Chart star diamond.png Diamond	File:Chart star emerald.png Emerald	File:Chart star jet.png Jet	File:Chart star opal.png Opal	File:Chart star pearl.png Pearl	File:Chart star ruby.png Ruby	File:Chart star sapphire.png Sapphire

Sage

Sage Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Amethyst gems	Kasidim Island Ibis Archipelago
Coral gems	Scurvy Reef Osprey Archipelago
Jade gems	Greenwich Island Pelican Archipelago
Lapis lazuli gems	Wensleydale Gull Archipelago
Rubies	Wissahickon Island Stork Archipelago

Island	File:Chart star ibis.pngAmethyst	File:Chart star osprey.pngCoral	File:Chart star pelican.pngJade	File:Chart star gull.pngLapis Lazuli	File:Chart star stork.pngRuby
Admiral Island	100	790	280	XXX	610
Arakoua Island	XXX	?	?	?	?
Barbary Island	XXX	250?	540	170	150?
Blackthorpe Island	520	210	XXX	100	100
Bowditch Island	160	800	280	700	XXX
Caravanserai Island	XXX	140	520	100	100
Descartes Isle	380	420	XXX	330	100
Greenwich Island	520	420	BUY	280	100
Kasidim Island	BUY	240	520	100	100
Isle of Kent	100	800	380	XXX	540
Lincoln Island	170	720	510	XXX	380
Scurvy Reef	240	BUY	420	730	630
Scrimshaw Island	100	770	210	770	XXX
Spaniel Island	660	450	XXX	260	140
Wensleydale	100	730	280	BUY	540
Wissahickon Island	100	630	100	540	BUY
Island	File:Chart star ibis.pngAmethyst	File:Chart star osprey.pngCoral	File:Chart star pelican.pngJade	File:Chart star gull.pngLapis Lazuli	File:Chart star stork.pngRuby

Viridian

Viridian Ocean Gems
Gem	Capital Destination
Jade gems	Olive Island Jade Archipelago
Jasper gems	Crimson Island Garnet Archipelago
Jet gems	Charcoal Island Onyx Archipelago

Island	File:Chart star jade.pngJade	File:Chart star garnet.pngJasper	File:Chart star onyx.pngJet
Carmine Island	240	XXX	490
Charcoal Island	280	330	BUY
Cochineal Island	330	XXX	190
Crimson Island	210	BUY	330
Dragon's Nest	XXX	240	420
Fintan Island	520	170	XXX
Harmattan Island	XXX	450	160
Jubilee Island	300	XXX	630
Kirin Island	XXX	370	100
Labyrinth Moors	260	100	XXX
Lima Island	XXX	190	100
Napi Peak	420	XXX	280
Olive Island	BUY	210	280
Prolix Purlieu	XXX	240	100
Sakejima Island	XXX	100	100
Swampfen Island	XXX	310	370
Terra Island	XXX	170	100
Tigerleaf Mountain	540	100	XXX
Windward Vale	350	XXX	470
Island	File:Chart star jade.pngJade	File:Chart star garnet.pngJasper	File:Chart star onyx.pngJet

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