In New World, you will need to advance a couple of skills to get your hands on gemstones. The harvesting, mining, and stonecutting skills are all crucial for getting gemstones. The most important reason to get gemstones is how they affect your weapons and armor once socketed.
There are different levels of gemstones you can cut that requires a higher level of stonecutting. You will also need motes which is where the harvest and mining skill comes into play. You can find these below and all the gemstones and what effects they bring to socketed gear.
- Flawed Cut Gemstone – Common (0)
- Cut Gemstone – Uncommon (50)
- Cut Brilliant Gemstone – Rare (100)
- Cut Pristine Gemstone – Epic (150)
Related: How to get gems in New World?
| Gem | Armor Effect | Weapon Effect |
| Amber | Nature Ward – Nature damage absorption | Arboreal – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Nature |
| Amethyst | Abyssal Ward – Void damage absorption | Abyssal – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Void |
| Aquamarine | Ice Ward – Ice damage absorption | Frozen – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Ice |
| Carnelian | Calming – Generates less threat | Taunting – Generates more threat |
| Diamond | Wilderness Ward – Increased Physical and slightly increased Elemental damage absorption | Rally – Increased damage when at full health |
| Emerald | Thrust Ward – Increased Thrust damage absorption | Opportunist – Increased damage versus opponents at less than 30-percent health |
| Jasper | Strike Ward – Increased Strike damage absorption | Retaliate – Increased damage after receiving three hits |
| Malachite | Spectral Ward – Increased Elemental and slightly increased Physical damage absorption | Cruel – Increased damage against opponents with an active crowd control effect on them |
| Moonstone | Slash Ward – Increased Slash damage absorption | Exhilarate – Increased damage when you are below 30-percent health |
| Onyx | Physical Ward – Increased Physical damage absorption | Brash – Increased damage against targets who are at full health |
| Opal | Elemental Ward – Increased Elemental damage absorption | Gambit – Increased damage when your stamina is not full |
| Ruby | Fire Ward – Increased Fire damage absorption | Ignited – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Fire |
| Sapphire | Arcane Ward – Increased Arcane damage absorption | Empowered – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Arcane. |
| Topaz | Lightning Ward – Increased Lightning damage absorption | Electrified – Percentage of weapon damage converted to Lightning. |
For more information on New World, check out Where to find Bison in New World? – Best Bison Locations and How to search chests in New World? on Pro Game Guides.
Published: Sep 30, 2021 01:48 pm