Where to get gems in wow

For purposes of activating a meta gem's bonus, a hybrid colored gem counts as one gem of each of the two colors. A prismatic gem counts as one gem of each of the three colors.

Cogwheel gems fit into cogwheel sockets, which are found on the Bio-Optic Killshades epic engineering-crafted goggles.

When first manufactured, these goggles have very poor stats, but the cogwheel gems are quite powerful in order to compensate. This allows the engineer to customize the goggles for any class specialization. It allows the goggles to be used by any class without the need for a large number of goggle schematics. Tinker's Gear gems are the Mists of Pandaria upgrade to Cogwheels and are no longer engineer-only as non-engineers can now equip some items that have cogwheel sockets.

Gem bonuses are activated when they are placed in equipment sockets and the equipment is worn. To begin socketing an item, hold down shift and right-click the item. A dialogue window will open which allows the gems to be placed in the sockets. Gems cannot be removed from sockets once finally placed. However, they can be replaced by placing new gems in the same socket.

The old gem will be destroyed once the new gem's socketing is finalized. These pages concern the gems new to Cataclysm. These pages concern the gems new to Wrath of the Lich King. Northrend epic gems can be purchased with [ Justice Points ] from vendors in Dalaran :. These pages concern the gems specific to the Burning Crusade era.

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Some of them are very good, actually. Post by Kaaosa Just grab green gems off the Auction House. Shouldn't run you more than g each. Don't worry about getting blue gems until you're 70 and have a piece that you're going to have for a long time. Post by Zmobie Thanks for the info guys. Post by This post was from a user who has deleted their account. Post by Kaaosa For some of the lower gems, if you do a certain amount of Consortium Quests you get a gem 'paycheck'.