Gem (XC3)

This article is about gems in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. For Gems in Xenoblade Chronicles and Future Connected, see Gem (XC1).

The gem crafting UI

Gems are items in Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Future Redeemed that can be equipped to characters to provide certain advantages in battle, such as raising the user's stats.

Gems come in four different categories: Defender, Attacker, Healer, and Specialty. These categories have no mechanical effect, merely denoting the gem's color and which role it is most recommended for. Each gem comes in ten different ranks.

Crafting

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Gems are craftable at most Rest Spots that are not canteens. Gems are made by combining various materials together. In addition to various other Collectible requirements, each gem requires at least one gemstone to act as its base, and all levels above the first require Ether Cylinders as well.

If the player wishes, they can pay Gold Nopon Coins to receive a gem instead of crafting it. The resulting gem is the same.

Level	Gemstone	Ether Cylinders	Coin Cost
I	Gemstone	0	1
II	Gemstone	1	4
III	Gemstone	1	8
IV	Pure Gemstone	1	14
V	Pure Gemstone	2	20
VI	Pure Gemstone	2	28
VII	Ultra Pure Gemstone	2	40
VIII	Ultra Pure Gemstone x2	3	55
IX	Ultra Pure Gemstone x3	3	75
X	Ultra Pure Gemstone x5	3	99

Crafting a gem is instant, with no additional mechanics beyond providing the necessary materials. After crafting gems and closing the interface, the player is shown a cutscene of Riku and a randomly-chosen party member crafting the gem, with dialogue between that party member and the currently-controlled character.

In Future Redeemed, gem crafting becomes available after collecting the Happy Camper Gear at the end of Elevator Repairs. Gems can initially only be crafted up to level III; completing The Derelict Ether Furnace allows for them to be crafted to level V. Gems can be crafted either at Rest Spots or at the ether furnace after its restoration.

Usage

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Gems can be equipped to characters via the Characters menu. At first, characters can only equip one gem, but extra slots are unlocked as they level up - the second slot unlocks at level 20, while the third unlocks at level 40.

While they are obtained as inventory items, gems behave more like unlockables. Once a gem is obtained, the player is not allowed to make a second copy of that gem of equal type and rank, nor a gem of the same type but lower rank. In addition, crafting a gem allows all characters to equip it at once, though each character can only equip it in one slot at a time.

Heroes are automatically equipped with gems that cannot be changed by the player. Their gems increase in rank as they level up, and they can equip gems the player has not crafted yet.

List of Gems

Name	Type	Effect
Tailwind	Defender	Increases Agility
Steel Protection	Defender	Increases Block Rate.
Ultimate Counter	Defender	Deals damage when you take damage.
Brimming Spirit	Defender	Boosts aggro generated when using Arts.
Perilous Presence	Defender	Start each battle with aggro.
Steelcleaver	Attacker	Increases Attack.
Accurate Grace	Attacker	Increases Dexterity.
Analyze Weakness	Attacker	Increases critical hit damage bonus.
Swelling Scourge	Attacker	Boosts power of debuffs applied to enemies.
Refined Incantation	Attacker	Extends duration timers of debuffs applied to enemies.
Lifebearer	Healer	Increases Healing.
Soothing Breath	Healer	When helping an incapacitated ally, revives them with more HP; also raises Healing.
Lifesaving Expertise	Healer	Boosts speed of ally revival and raises Healing.
Swelling Blessing	Healer	Boosts power of buff effects issued by self.
Refined Blessing	Healer	Extends duration of buff effects issued by self.
Ironclad	Specialist	Increases maximum HP.
Steady Striker	Specialist	Shortens auto-attack interval.
Doublestrike	Specialist	Adds a chance to strike twice per auto-attack.
Empowered Combo	Specialist	When canceling, boosts damage dealt.
Disperse Bloodlust	Specialist	Reduces aggro generated when using Arts.
Flowing Form	Specialist	Increases the performance speed of auto-attacks and shortens their interval.

Trivia

• A number of unused key items exist within the game's code: "Gemcrafting 101", "Fine Attack Gems", "Adept Attack Gems", "Master Attack Gems", "Elder Attack Gems", and equivalents for Defense Gems/Healing Gems/Assorted Gems. The item captions suggest that they are formulae for creating gems; it is possible that higher-rank gems of the various types would have been unlocked with these.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Gem	—
Japanese	ジェム	Gem
French	Gemme
German	Juwel
Spanish	Gema
Italian	Gemma
Chinese (simplified)	宝珠	Gem
Chinese (traditional)	寶珠	Gem
Korean	젬	Gem

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  Lanz's gem-crafting cutscene