The Chipped Skull, a Diablo 4 gem, is part of the Skull family. It is the second-lowest tier above Crude Skull. This gem only applies to socketed equipment and the effects it gives depend on the equipment that it is put on. Upgrading it increases its effectiveness when equipped into gear. This is how you can maximize your use of Chipped Skull in Diablo 4.

Chipped Skull Effects

The Chipped Skull gem has different effects depending on which kind of equipment it is applied to:

Weapons: Life on Kill [0.025-~]

This bonus restores a certain percentage of your maximum life as healing whenever you kill an enemy. Within the range provided above, the number of lives restored from each kill may vary.

Armor: Healing Received [5-1%]

This buff increases the amount of healing you get from sources such as potions and skills. It may be a percentage increase in healed amounts.

Jewelry: +[170] Armor

When you place this gem into amulets or rings, your character gains some amount of armor that directly corresponds to his defense rating.

Upgrading Chipped Skull

To upgrade this gem to a higher tier, one requires three gems and some gold. Upgrading improves its quality and increases its effectiveness when socketed into gear. The following are steps for upgrading the Chipped Skull gem:

Craft Chipped Skull: To craft Chipped skull you require 3 crude skulls gems and 4500 Gold combine them together at any crafting station for crafting chipped skull gems.

Upgrade to skull: With a chipped skull gem I can upgrade it to skull which is next level.The upgrading process requires additional gems and gold.

Socketing Chipped Skull

Once you have a chipped skull gem or better (improved) version, you can insert them into certain pieces of equipment that have empty slots, such as weapons, armors, rings and amulets. Look for gear with sockets that you can insert the Chipped Skull gem into. This activates the gem's bonuses depending on the kind of gear you have.

Using the Jeweler

In Diablo 4, your equipment can be enhanced by visiting the jeweler. They also help in unsocketing gems from your equipment without damaging them so that you can use them again on other pieces. Moreover, he upgrades the extra stats and bonus resistances of your rings and amulets that make them more powerful. Make sure to visit him frequently to unsocket gems, upgrade jewelry and optimize your gears according to how you want to play or synergize with your build.