The Chipped Emerald is one gem in Diablo 4 that can be put into your equipment to give various bonuses. This is the second lowest type of Emerald, higher than Crude Emerald. Different types of equipment will give your character different benefits from Chipped Emerald. The effects of Chipped Emerald and how to go about upgrading and socketing it are examined in this guide.

Chipped Emerald Effects

Here are some bonuses for chipped emerald based on where it is put in:

Weapons: +[7.5-1%] Critical Strike Damage to Vulnerable Enemies

Once you insert chipped emerald into a weapon, your critical strike damage on vulnerable enemies increase. This can be an important benefit especially when you are up against stubborn opponents or bosses

Armor: +[0.075] Thorns

And when it’s socketed into armor, the game applies a thorns effect to the character who owns the latter. As a defensive perk, Thorn damage reflects back some percentage of attacks made by attackers.

Jewelry: [14.3-1%] Poison Resistance

In jewelry like rings and amulets, putting Chipped Emerald has poison resistance for the character. This might be valuable for instance if you are dealing with enemies that have poison damage or if you are traveling through poisons.

Upgrading Chipped Emerald

You can choose to upgrade it to another gem of a higher tier as a means of increasing its effectiveness but this will cost you three gems and gold at hand. It will make any gem that has been upgraded have more power (especially on your gear).

Some specific items required when upgrading chipped emerald include:

3 Crude Emeralds

4,500 Gold

Crafting the Chipped Emerald into a higher-tier gem such as an Emerald can provide even greater benefits for your character. These offer better buffs than their lower level counterparts; which means they are good at leveling up your character.

Socketing Chipped Emerald

The socket of any socketed equipment can take a Chipped Emerald. The new Diablo 4 Jeweler will help you switch your gems without breaking them, so that you can try out different gem combinations based on your play style or gear setup.

Additionally, in Diablo 4, the Jeweler at Blacksmith can enhance resistances and add more stats to rings and amulets. This further personalizes the character and enables one to customize their gear to match certain challenges or playstyles.