Gems (also known by some as Jewels) are items that fit inside of sockets that are located within some of the higher level gear (generally level 61+). They all contain a little magical power that bolsters your statistics in some way or another. If you want to know all about gems then view our Jewelcrafting guide which goes into detail on how to craft and socket these powerful items.
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Multi Colored Gems
The following are multi-colored gems that fit the description of either red, blue, and/or yellow. These gems right now have iffy locations and the majority of them (especially the epic ones) shouldn't be placed in a good quantity of gear that players currently have access too (majority of these should be saved for Tier 4 gear or at the VERY least Heroic purples).
The locations of most of these gems are drops in heroic dungeons, with a few crafted and even fewer for sale with Dealer Senzik. Assume that any uncommon colored gems is available through jewelcrafting, the majority of the rare gems through jewelcrafting, and all of the epic gems are heroic dungeon drops.
A lot of your uncommon jewels can be found on Dealer Senzik. Rest are quested, crafted, or droped. Unlike the single color ones these are much more powerful and are more difficult to obtain generally.
Remember, gems can go into ANY socket except the meta socket. This means that a "Yellow or Red socket" gem will qualify for a yellow or red socket bonus, but will go into any socket. For qualifying for a meta gem the multi-colored gems will count as both of their base colors, so one that fits into a "Yellow or Red socket" will count as a Yellow AND Red gem.
Yellow or Red
Name
Effect
Location
Inscribed Flame Spessarite
+3 Strength
+3 Critical Strike Rating
Vendor
Hellfire Peninsula Inns
Inscribed Noble Topaz
+4 Strength
+4 Criticle Strike Rating
World Drop
Inscribed Ornate Topaz
+10 Attack Power
+5 Critical Strike Rating
PvP Reward
Glinting Flame Spessarite
+3 Agility
+3 Hit Rating
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Glinting Noble Topaz
+4 Agility
+4 Hit Rating
World Drop
Glinting Fire Opal
+5 Agility
+4 Hit Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Inscribed Pyrestone
+5 Critical Rating
+5 Strength
Mount Hyjal Boss Drop
Luminous Flame Spessarite
+7 Intellect
+3 Healing
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Luminous Noble Topaz
+9 Intellect
+4 Healing
World Drop
Iridescent Fire Opal
+4 Spell Critical Rating
+11 Healing
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Potent Flame Spessarite
+3 Spell Critical Rating
+4 Spell Damage
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Potent Noble Topaz
+4 Spell Critical Rating
+5 Spell Damage
World Drop
Unstable Citrine
+8 Attack Power
+4 Critical Strike Rating
Ogri'la 15 Apexis Shards
Unstable Topaz
+5 Spell Damage
+4 Intellect
Ogri'la 15 Apexis Shards
Veiled Pyrestone
+5 Spell Hit Rating
+6 Spell Damage
Vendor
Scales of the Sands Reward
Wicked Pyrestone
+5 Critical Strike Rating
+10 Attack Power
Vendor
Scales of the Sands Reward
Potent Fire Opal
+6 Spell Damage
+4 Spell Critical
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Potent Ornate Topaz
+5 Spell Critical
+6 Spell Damage
PvP Reward
Glistening Fire Opal
+4 Agility
+5 Defense Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Assassin's Fire Opal
+6 Critical Rating
+5 Dodge Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Beaming Fire Opal
+5 Dodge Rating
+4 Resilience Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Nimble Fire Opal
+5 Dodge Rating
+4 Hit Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Stalwart Fire Opal
+4 Dodge Rating
+5 Defense Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Glimmering Fire Opal
+5 Parry Rating
+4 Defense Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Splendid Fire Opal
+5 Parting Rating
+4 Resilience Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Empowered Fire Opal
+8 Attack Power
+5 Resilience Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Deadly Fire Opal
+8 Attack Power
+5 Critical Strike Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Inscriped Ornate Topaz
+10 Attack Power
+5 Critical Strike Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Pristine Fire Opal
+10 Attack Power
+4 Hit Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Champion's Fire Opal
+5 Strength
+4 Defense
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Etched Fire Opal
+5 Strength
+4 Hit Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Resplendant Fire Opal
+5 Strength
+4 Resilience Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Yellow or Blue
Name
Effect
Location
Enduring Deep Peridot
+3 Defense Rating
+4 Stamina
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Enduring Talasite
+4 Defense Rating
+6 Stamina
World Drop
Enduring Chrysoprase
+5 Defense Rating
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Jagged Deep Peridot
+3 Critical Strike Rating
+4 Stamina
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Barbed Deep Peridot
+4 Critical Strike Rating
+3 Stamina
World Drop
Jagged Talasite
+4 Critical Strike Rating
+6 Stamina
World Drop
Jagged Chrysoprase
+5 Critical Strike Rating
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Notched Deep Peridot
+4 Spell Critical Rating
+3 Stamina
World Drop
Dazzling Deep Peridot
+3 Intellect
+1 MP5
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Dazzling Talasite
+4 Intellect
+2 MP5
World Drop
Dazzling Chrysoprase
+5 Intellect
+2 MP5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Effulgent Chrysoprase
+5 Defense Rating
+2 MP5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Steady Chrsoprase
+6 Stamina
+5 Resilience Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Radiant Deep Peridot
+4 Spell Penetration
+3 Spell Critical Rating
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Radiant Talasite
+5 Spell Peneration
+4 Spell Critical Rating
World Drop
Notched Deep Peridot
+5 Spell Peneration
+4 Spell Critical Rating
World Drop
Polished Chrysoprase
+6 Stamina
+5 Spell Critical
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Radiant Chrysoprase
+5 Spell Critical
+5 Spell Penetration
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Rune Covered Chrysoprase
+5 Spell Critical
2 mp/5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Lambent Chrysoprase
+5 Spell Hit Rating
2 mp/5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Vivid Chrysoprase
+5 Spell Hit Rating
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Seer's Chrysoprase
+4 Intellect
+5 Spirit
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Timeless Chrysoprase
+5 Intellect
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Sundered Chrsoprase
+5 Critical Strike
2 mp/5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Red or Blue
Name
Effect
Location
Shifting Shadow Draenite
+3 Agility
+4 Stamina
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Shifting Nightseye
+4 Agility
+6 Stamina
World Drop
Shifting Tanzanite
+4 Agility
+5 Strength
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Royal Shadow Draenite
+7 Healing
+1 MP5
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Royal Nightseye
+9 Healing
+2 MP5
World Drop
Royal Tanzanite
+11 Healing
+2 MP5
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Glowing Shadow Draenite
+4 Stamina
+4 Spell Damage
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Glowing Nightseye
+5 Stamina
+6 Spell Damage
World Drop
Glowing Tanzanite
+6 Stamina
+6 Spell Damage
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Infused Amethyst
+6 Spell Damage
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Sovereign Shadow Draenite
+3 Strength
+4 Stamina
Vendor
Dealer Senzik (Netherstorm)
Sovereign Nightseye
+4 Strength
+6 Stamina
World Drop
Sovereign Tanzanite
+5 Strength
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Brutal Tanzanite
+10 Attack Power
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Pulsing Amethyst
+10 Attack Power
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Regal Tanazanite
+6 Stamina
+5 Dodge Rating
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Defender's Tanzanite
+5 Parry Rating
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Soothing Amethyst
+11 Healing
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Blessed Tanzanite
+11 Healing
+6 Stamina
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Imperial Tanzanite
+9 Healing
+5 Spirit
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Fluorescent Tanzanite
+6 Spell Damage
+4 Spirit
Heroic Dungeon Drop
Spheres
Spheres are created by Enchanters are qualify as either a red, blue, or yellow socket.
Name
Effect
Location
Prismatic Sphere
+3 All Resists
Trainer
Void Sphere
+4 All Resists
Trainer
Meta Gems
Where the multi-colored gems shine, meta gems glow. Not only is a massive amount of stats generally applied to a meta gem but you get the added bonus of additional effects. For instance, a Swift Skyfire Diamond will grant you +24 attack power AND minor run speed boost!
The only drawback is that the meta socket is a very rare socket and the gems themselves aren't exactly easy to obtain. On top of that, each gem has it's own requirment before it can activate. The requirement is usually a min/max of other colored gems. For this requirement, multi-colored gems are counted as having both of each color.
All known meta gems generally require a Jewelcrafting of high skill to create them. They each have a cooldown of 60 minutes, so they are not easily mass produced.
Name
Effect
Requirement
Destructive Skyfire Diamond
+14 Spell Critical Rating
+1% Spell Reflect
Requires 5 Red gems
Enigmatic Skyfire Diamond
+12 Critical Rating
+5% snare and root resist
More Red than Yellow gems
Mystical Skyfire Diamond
+2% on spellcast- next spell instant cast
More Blue gems than Yellow gems
Swift Skyfire Diamond
+24 Attack Power
Minor Run Speed Increase
2 Yellow & 1 Red gem
Swift Windfire Diamond
+20 Attack Power
Minor Run Speed Increase
2 Yellow & 1 Red gem
Swift Starfire Diamond
+12 Spell Damage
Minor Run Speed Increase
2 Yellow & 1 Red gem
Tenacious Earthstorm Diamond
+12 Defense Rating
Chance to Restore HP on hit
5 Red Gems, 5 Blue gems, and 5 Yellow gems
Brutal Earthstorm Diamond
+3 Melee Damage
Chance to Stun target
5 Red Gems, 5 Blue gems, and 5 Yellow gems
Insightful Earthstorm Diamond
+12 Intellect
Chance to restore mana on spellcast
5 Red Gems, 5 Blue gems, and 5 Yellow gems
Powerful Earthstorm Diamond
+18 Stamina
5% Stun Resist
5 Blue Gems
Bracing Earthstorm Diamond
+26 Healing Spells
2% Reduced Threat
More Yellow & Red gems than Blue gems
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