Diablo 3 how to level gems
James Sullivan
Published Mar 27, 2026
This video covers how to level legendary gems for augments and how to farm gold fast and efficiently in diablo 3.#diablo3
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80%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank + 8; 70%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank + 7; 60%: Gem’s Rank + 6 ≥ Greater Rift Level ≥ 0; 30%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 1; 15%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 2; 8%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 3; 4%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 4; 2%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 5; 1%: Greater Rift Level = Gem’s Rank – 6; …
I had been running at average lv22 g.rift just for the sake of quick gem levelling. I only start running at lv30 rift above after i reached lv25 gems. Every GRift level above the gem is 10% to the percentage. So if you have a level 8 gem, a level 18 GRift is 100% upgrade chance, level 17 is 90%, etc.
In order to upgrade gems, it is required to provide the Jeweler with 3 gems of lesser quality, a small amount of gold and starting with tier 4 gems also specific Pages of Training. The table below shows the exact costs of upgrading each gems along with the required Jeweler level and way of recipe acquisition.
The usual strategy with augmenting is to level your Gems to whatever GR tier you can speedrun in less than 3 minutes, then use them to augment your speedfarming gear. Later on you can level a new set of Gems and use a 4-Player group to push them higher than speedfarming tiers. These high-rank Gems will be used on your pushing gear.
How to choose the right gems for your characters, save money when removing them, level up Covetous Shen, and unlock new gems for him to craft. You’ll hoover up plenty of gems as you play through …
You need to have a well-geared character, possibly an Ancient weapon, and two level 25+ Gems of Ease. One of the is required to be 25 to be able to use the Work of Cathan Recipe, while the other gives you experience boost, so the higher it is, the better.
Arctorus 5 years ago #8. Level caps will become obvious for the gems with low caps. Not sure what it means that you can level some infinitely (a feature of the website, and not necessarily the game). I could be wrong.
Greater Rifts are the only place you can obtain legendary gems and upgrade them. With a fresh character, every new completed Greater Rift will reward you with one legendary gem, until you fill your entire collection (the only exception to this rule is Boon of the Hoarder — read about it in the regular rifts article). Urshi, the NPC that spawns after killing the Greater Rift …
Yes, this is one of the Jeweler ‘s abilities. It does cost gold, however, with more gold the higher the level of gem involved. If you’re not interested in getting the item back, you can salvage an item for the same result. Show activity on this post. You can use the jeweler to remove gems from sockets.