Rumored jewelcrafting abilities
by Elizabeth Harper 
Oct 6th 2006 at 3:00PM
I'm not sure whether I can classify this one as a rumor, since it doesn't come with the requisite blurry screenshot. And while there's no verification to any of these gem abilities, they're certainly interesting if true -- providing a wide range of small buffs that will be interesting to see in different combinations on items. Blizzard's own jewelcrafting information suggests that items will have a a varying number of sockets and that some sockets will be specific to certain types of gems (you'll get a bonus ability for socketing them with the appropriate type of gem). Read on for the specific gem abilities.2% on spellcast - next spell instant cast.
+3 Melee Damage & Chance to Stun Target
+12 Defense Rating & Chance to Restore Health on hit
+12 Intellect & Chance to restore mana on spellcast
+12 Critical Strike Rating & 5% Snare and Root Resist
+14 Spell Crit Rating and 1% Spell Reflect
+18 Stamina & 5% Stun Resist
+24 Attack Power and Minor Run Speed Increase
+26 Healing Spells & 2% Reduced Threat
+4 Strength
+6 Strength
+7 Strength
+8 Strength
+10 Strength
+4 Agility
+6 Agility
+8 Agility
+6 Stamina
+8 Stamina
+9 Stamina
+12 Stamina
+4 Intellect
+6 Intellect
+8 Intellect
+4 Spirit
+6 Spirit
+8 Spirit
+9 Healing
+13 Healing
+18 Healing
+8 Attack Power
+14 Attack Power
+16 Attack Power
+20 Attack Power
+4 Hit Rating
+6 Hit Rating
+8 Hit Rating
+1 Mana every 5 seconds
+2 Mana every 5 seconds
+3 Mana every 5 seconds
+8 Mana every 5 seconds
+5 Spell Damage
+7 Spell Damage
+8 Spell Damage
+9 Spell Damage
+12 Spell Damage
+3 Resist All
+4 Resist All
+4 Critical Strike Rating
+6 Critical Strike Rating
+8 Critical Strike Rating
+10 Critical Strike Rating
+4 Spell Critical Strike Rating
+6 Spell Critical Strike Rating
+8 Spell Critical Strike Rating
+10 Spell Critical Strike Rating
+4 Defense Rating
+6 Defense Rating
+8 Defense Rating
+8 Dodge Rating
+8 Parry Rating
+10 Resilience
+8 Spell Penetration
+10 Spell Penetration
+3 Agility and +4 Stamina
+4 Agility and +6 Stamina
+4 Agility per different colored gem
+3 Strength and +4 Stamina
+4 Strength and +6 Stamina
+5 Strength, +5 Crit Rating
+12 Strength if 4 blue gems equipped
+3 Stamina, +4 Spell Critical Strike Rating
+3 Stamina, +4 Critical Strike Rating
+1 Mana every 5 Sec and 3 Intellect
+2 Mana every 5 seconds and 4 Intellect
+7 Healing Spells and +3 Intellect
+9 Healing Spells and +4 Intellect
+7 Healing Spells & +1 Mana per 5 Seconds
+9 Healing Spells and +2 Mana every 5 seconds
+2 Defense and +4 Stamina
+3 Defense and +6 Stamina
+4 Spell Damage and +4 Stamina
+5 Spell Damage and +6 Stamina
+6 Spell Damage, +5 Spell Crit Rating
+3 Critical Strike Rating and +3 Strength
+4 Critical Strike Rating and +4 Strength
+3 Critical Strike Rating and +4 Stamina
+4 Critical Strike Rating and +6 Stamina
+3 Hit Rating and +3 Agility
+4 Hit Rating and +4 Agility
+3 Spell Critical Rating and +4 Spell Damage
+4 Spell Critical Rating and +5 Spell Damage
+3 Spell Critical Rating and +4 Spell Penetration
+4 Spell Critical Rating and +5 Spell Penetration
+10 Attack Power, +5 Critical Strike Rating
Filed under: Expansions, Jewelcrafting
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Grumbly Oct 8th 2006 9:20PM
Looks like Bliz lawyer'd up and went after Bronx. wowexposed is down.
Shadowsdream Oct 6th 2006 3:34PM
Ah the memories of socketed items in DII, fond memories indeed. Hopefully there will be socketed recipes too, i.e. certain series of jems inserted into item sockets results in something greater than their whole (like the runes in DII).
deviationer Oct 6th 2006 3:48PM
Fuck, wowexposed has been pwnd by blizzard
Mar Oct 6th 2006 4:53PM
LoL.. the jewel crafting picture you posted reminded me of the bejeweled pic on msn games. Maybe that's what jewel crafting will be. You'll have "Slots" that need the right colored jewels to make a combo!
yay!
Lori Oct 6th 2006 5:04PM
What is 'Spell Penetration'?
Argent Oct 6th 2006 5:28PM
spell penetration stuff has been around since ca. the AQ20/40 patch. it's basically the casters 'lets wtfbbqpwn paladin auras' ability.
(if that's not clear enough: if you have 60 fire resit, a strike by a caster with 60 spell pene would cause the resist check to be 0, thus dealing full dmg. it has decent use in raiding, but is just utterly mean in pvp.)