3 Tips For Farming Gems In New World

In New World, gems are beyond being shiny and valuable, and they are used to add powerful bonuses to player equipment. These bonuses will differ depending on the kind of gear on which the player equips the gem. For example, placing a Cut Ruby in an armor piece's socket can add a percentage of Fire Damage Absorption. On the other hand, using the same ruby on a weapon in New World will convert some of the weapon's attack power to fire damage. Also, you can sell them to earn many New World Coins. So gems are essentials players need.

But getting more gems is a long and difficult process. Fortunately, there are a few basic tips that the player can follow in order to gather this precious resource more quickly, cutting down on the time required to improve their equipment. So in this article, let's dive into some of the most important things about farming gems.

Know What To Look For

To get Gems, you will first have to mine various Veins. All you have to do is head over to any Ore Veins. You can locate the same by looking for the Resource Locations Icon on the map. Make sure you keep a lookout for any dark-looking rock in your surroundings. If this rock is actually an Ore Vein in New World, you will be able to see an interactive pop-up with the name of the resource. Equip the pickaxe and long-press the E key and you will be able to break the rock. After this, you will get Gems as a resource in New World.

All ore--whether it's Iron, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Starmetal, or Orichalcum--has a chance of dropping gems when mined. The higher the rarity of the Ore Vein, the higher the probability of getting a rare gem. Also, the rarer your pickaxe, the better your chances of getting gems.

Increase Mining Level And Mining Luck

The biggest factor affecting one's probability of gem drops is the player's skill level. Leveling up the Mining skill is the first and most important step for gem farming since the faster the player can farm mining nodes, the less time it will take to amass a stockpile of gems.

The second is Mining Luck which can increase the chances you'll get a special drop outside of the standard ore you'll get from nodes. There are two ways to increase your mining luck - craft pickaxes with the mining luck Perk or eating food that increases your mining luck for a period of time.

Get Strength And Stonecutting

Improving a character's Strength attribute grants bonuses to mining, such as a 10% buff to mining speed when the character reaches 50 points of Strength. This is particularly convenient for characters who already happen to be using strength-scaling weapons.

Leveling up the Stonecutting skill is also useful since Stonecutting is necessary to refine gems later. With this, raw Gemstones are turned into Cut gemstones, and then you can socket them into the Armor and Weapons with gem sockets. So the sooner a character can learn Stonecutting, the faster they can put the gems they've mined to use.

This is everything that you will need to know about how to get gems easy and fast in New World. Was this article helpful? Last, while you are here, you can have a look at more guides.