Two lookups decide how a build comes together. One is the character level ladder that raises your gem level and adds sockets. The other is what an Uncut Skill Gem can give you.
20 gem levels · 56 cutting rows · 8 weapon families
Character level to gem level
Gem level rises with your character level, but support sockets only change on a handful of those levels. Those rows are marked below, so you can see at a glance when a level is worth more than the number suggests.
| Character level | Gem level | Support sockets |
|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | — |
| 6 | 3 | — |
| 10 | 4 | — |
| 14 | 5 | — |
| 18 | 6 | — |
| 22 | 7 | — |
| 26 | 8 | — |
| 31 | 9 | — |
| 36 | 10 | 3 |
| 41 | 11 | — |
| 46 | 12 | — |
| 52 | 13 | — |
| 58 | 14 | — |
| 64 | 15 | 4 |
| 66 | 16 | — |
| 72 | 17 | — |
| 78 | 18 | — |
| 84 | 19 | — |
| 90 | 20 | 5 |
Uncut Skill Gems by tier and weapon family
Each row is one uncut gem tier inside a weapon family. Cutting it can give you any of the active gems listed. Filter to your weapon to see what your tier can roll.
Bow
Tier 1- Lightning Arrow
- Escape Shot
- Poisonburst Arrow
- Lightning Rod
Bow
Tier 3- Freezing Salvo
- Stormcaller Arrow
- Snipe
- Vine Arrow
Bow
Tier 5- Ice-Tipped Arrows
- Barrage
- Toxic Growth
- Electrocuting Arrow
Bow
Tier 7- Gas Arrow
- Voltaic Mark
- Freezing Mark
- Sniper's Mark
Bow
Tier 9- Ice Shot
- Detonating Arrow
- Rain of Arrows
Bow
Tier 11- Shockchain Arrow
- Tornado Shot
Bow
Tier 13- Magnetic Salvo
- Spiral Volley
- Toxic Domain
Crossbow
Tier 1- Explosive Grenade
- Permafrost Bolts
- Fragmentation Rounds
- Armour Piercing Rounds
Crossbow
Tier 3- Flash Grenade
- High Velocity Rounds
- Incendiary Shot
Crossbow
Tier 5- Galvanic Shards
- Ice Shards
- Gas Grenade
- Rapid Shot
Crossbow
Tier 7- Artillery Ballista
- Glacial Bolt
- Explosive Shot
- Voltaic Grenade
Crossbow
Tier 9- Oil Grenade
- Siege Ballista
- Stormblast Bolts
Crossbow
Tier 11- Hailstorm Rounds
- Shockburst Rounds
- Emergency Reload
- Mortar Cannon
Crossbow
Tier 13- Siege Cascade
- Plasma Blast
- Cluster Grenade
Elemental
Tier 1- Spark
- Ice Nova
- Flame Wall
- Frost Bomb
Elemental
Tier 3- Frost Darts
- Living Bomb
- Fireball
- Orb of Storms
Elemental
Tier 5- Arc
- Frostbolt
- Snap
- Ember Fusillade
Elemental
Tier 7- Elemental Weakness
- Mana Tempest
- Temporal Chains
Elemental
Tier 9- Incinerate
- Lightning Warp
- Frost Wall
Elemental
Tier 11- Ball Lightning
- Firestorm
- Comet
Elemental
Tier 13- Flameblast
- Eye of Winter
- Lightning Conduit
Mace
Tier 1- Rolling Slam
- Boneshatter
- Earthquake
Mace
Tier 3- Shield Charge
- Shockwave Totem
- Armour Breaker
- Infernal Cry
Mace
Tier 5- Molten Blast
- Perfect Strike
- Resonating Shield
Mace
Tier 7- Shield Wall
- Earthshatter
- Volcanic Fissure
- Leap Slam
Mace
Tier 9- Fortifying Cry
- Forge Hammer
- Sunder
Mace
Tier 11- Supercharged Slam
- Seismic Cry
- Stampede
Mace
Tier 13- Ancestral Cry
- Hammer of the Gods
- Ancestral Warrior Totem
Occult
Tier 1- Unearth
- Contagion
- Skeletal Sniper
Occult
Tier 3- Enfeeble
- Bone Cage
- Essence Drain
- Skeletal Arsonist
Occult
Tier 5- Raise Zombie
- Bonestorm
- Pain Offering
- Skeletal Frost Mage
Occult
Tier 7- Vulnerability
- Bind Spectre
- Detonate Dead
- Profane Ritual
Occult
Tier 9- Skeletal Reaver
- Despair
- Dark Effigy
Occult
Tier 11- Skeletal Storm Mage
- Hexblast
- Bone Offering
Occult
Tier 13- Skeletal Brute
- Skeletal Cleric
- Soul Offering
Primal
Tier 1- Lunar Assault
- Entangle
- Volcano
- Furious Slam
Primal
Tier 3- Rolling Magma
- Shockwave Totem
- Wing Blast
- Pounce
Primal
Tier 5- Thunderstorm
- Devour
- Arctic Howl
- Fury of the Mountain
Primal
Tier 7- Ferocious Roar
- Spell Totem
- Cross Slash
Primal
Tier 9- Thrashing Vines
- Oil Barrage
Primal
Tier 11- Rampage
- Tornado
Primal
Tier 13- Flame Breath
- Lunar Blessing
- Walking Calamity
Quarterstaff
Tier 1- Falling Thunder
- Frozen Locus
- Killing Palm
- Glacial Cascade
Quarterstaff
Tier 3- Staggering Palm
- Tempest Bell
- Wind Blast
Quarterstaff
Tier 5- Ice Strike
- Tempest Flurry
- Vaulting Impact
Quarterstaff
Tier 7- Wave of Frost
- Siphoning Strike
- Storm Wave
- Freezing Mark
Quarterstaff
Tier 9- Charged Staff
- Mantra of Destruction
- Hand of Chayula
Quarterstaff
Tier 11- Shattering Palm
- Whirling Assault
Quarterstaff
Tier 13- Flicker Strike
- Gathering Storm
Spear
Tier 1- Disengage
- Whirling Slash
- Twister
- Explosive Spear
Spear
Tier 3- Rake
- Fangs of Frost
- Lightning Spear
- Cull The Weak
Spear
Tier 5- Rapid Assault
- Storm Lance
- Barrage
- Spearfield
Spear
Tier 7- Glacial Lance
- Blood Hunt
- Tame Beast
Spear
Tier 9- Thunderous Leap
- Primal Strikes
- Bloodhound's Mark
Spear
Tier 11- Elemental Sundering
- Whirlwind Lance
Spear
Tier 13- Spear of Solaris
- Wind Serpent's Fury
Gem level and uncut gem questions
What character level do I need for a level 20 gem?
The source table lists level 90 as the requirement for gem level 20. The chart below is the full ladder from gem level 1 to 20.
When do I get more support sockets?
Socket increases appear at character levels , 36, 64, 90. Between those levels the gem level rises but the socket count stays put.
How do Uncut Skill Gems work?
An uncut gem has a tier and a weapon family. Cutting it gives you one of the active gems that family and tier can roll, so a higher tier uncut gem is worth waiting for if you want a specific late skill.
Which weapon family covers which gem?
The source groups cuttable gems into 8 families: Bow, Crossbow, Elemental, Mace, Occult, Primal, Quarterstaff, Spear. Find the family that matches your weapon and read the row for your tier.
Are these numbers from the game files or estimated?
Both tables are copied from PoE2DB, which reads them from the game data. Values are reproduced as published and blank cells are left blank.