

The Horadric Cube can be used to upgrade gems if you find yourself needing better quality.


Chipped gems actually become extremely rare outside of Normal difficulty, so keep a good stash as you will need them throughout the game. The final five and rarest of the rune recipes require flawless gems as part of the upgrade:Ĭhipped gems begin dropping in Act 1 Normal, moving all the way up to perfect gems as you progress through the game. Once you need to craft Mal, you will need plain gems: The recipes for crafting the following runes are:įrom Lum and above, flawed gems are required for upgrades: This changes at the point you which to create Amn and anything higher, which requires a chipped gem in order to upgrade to the next rune.
