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Gems
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Jump to navigationJump to searchGems are a product (or by-product) of Mining. There are six known types -- diamond, emerald, quartz, ruby, sapphire, and topaz -- with quartz being by far the most common. An individual Mine produces one type of gem, but the gems can be of any size.
Sizes
- Small (common)
- Medium
- Large
- Huge (Rare)
Types
- Quartz (common)
- Ruby
- Topaz
- Emerald
- Sapphire
- Diamond (rare)
Uses
Quartz
- Small
- Research: 100 for Basic Chemistry
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Thought
- 40 used to build a Fleet Furnace
- Medium
- Used to build a Cut Stone Obelisk for the Test of the Obelisk
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Art and Music
- Tuition: 7 for Ore Extraction4 at School of Architecture
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Thought
- Tuition: 1 for Ore Extraction5 at School of Architecture
Ruby
- Small
- 2 used to build a beetle statue
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Leadership
- Medium
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration at the School of Art & Music
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Body
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Worship
Topaz
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Harmony
- 10 used to build a Reactory
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Medium
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Harmony
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Desiccation at the School of Art and Music
Emerald
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Body
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Large
- Tuition: 1 for Camp Decoration (Second Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Tuition: 1 for Camp Decoration (Third Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Thought
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
Sapphire
- Small
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Art and Music
- Tuition: 1 for Structure Repair at the University of Worship
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Leadership
- Huge
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
Diamond
- Small
- Research : 100 for Basic Chemistry
- Research: 700 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Architecture
- 1 Needed for the Ritual of Initiation in the Principles of Worship
- 40 used to build a Fleet Furnace
- Medium
- Tuition: 7 for Camp Decoration (First Degree) at a School of Art & Music
- 2 Needed for Test of Marriage
- Tuition: 1 for Mechanics at a School of Worship
- Large
- Research: 70 for Pyramid Construction at the University of Worship
- Huge