Gem quality improves what a skill gem does. Raising quality on your main and support gems boosts your damage.
Why this matters
Quality is a cheap multiplier on your gems, so it adds real power over time.
Step-by-step
- Use Gemcutter’s Prisms to add quality to gems.
- Prioritise quality on your main skill first.
- Add quality to key support gems next.
- Chase quality to 20% on your core gems.
- Use quality that matches your build’s damage.
- Do not waste prisms on gems you will replace.
Key tips
- Quality your main gem first
- Then key supports
- Chase 20% on core gems
- Save prisms for keepers
Common mistakes
- Wasting prisms on temp gems
- Ignoring quality entirely
- Qualitying the wrong gems
Practical notes
Gem quality improves a specific aspect of the skill, so raise it with gemcutter skills or currency that grants quality. Match the quality bonus to your build, because not every bonus helps.
Quality a gem you will keep, since it is permanent on that gem. Prioritize your main skill and its key supports. A quality main gem can add meaningful damage or utility over a plain one.
Quality your main skill and its key supports, and match the quality bonus to your build, because not every bonus helps.
Quality your main skill and its key supports and match the quality bonus to your build, because not every available bonus helps your damage.