The Topaz gem is a valuable resource in Diablo 4 that can provide various bonuses when socketed into equipment. This guide will provide you with information on how to craft and upgrade Topaz, as well as its effects on different types of gear.

Crafting Topaz

A Topaz gem takes 3 Chipped Topaz gems and costs 12,500 Gold to make. In game, Chipped Topazes may be salvaged or looted for. Once you have acquired all the materials required you can meet a Jeweler in Diablo 4 to make the Topaz gem. The towns or settlements in certain locations across the game world are home to these Jewelers.

Effects of Topaz

The effects of the Topaz gem vary depending on the type of equipment it is socketed into:

Weapons: When you put it on a weapon, the gem adds a bonus of Basic Skill Damage. Gem boosts vary from +20% to +1% and get better as the player upgrades it.

Armor: Socketing armor with Topaz grants Damage Reduction while Control Impaired. This makes your character more resistant against incoming damage during control impairing events such as stuns or freezes. The amount of Damage Reduction ranges from 9.8% to 1% and improves with gem upgrades.

Jewelry: By being slotted into rings and amulets, this jewel gives Lightning Resistance to your character. It means that one will have an increased likelihood towards lightning related attacks. The amount of Lightning Resistance provided by Topaz ranges from 16.9% to 1% and improves with gem upgrades.

Upgrading Topaz

To enhance your topaz gem’s efficiency, we need to take it up another tier level through upgrading it. For upgrading topazes, three gems of similar type plus some gold are required. This process enables not just increasing power but also improving effects in cases where one wants to socket it into gear.

For instance, upgrading a standard Topaz to a Flawless Topaz takes 3 Topaz gems of any quality and Gold. The amount of gold can change with the current level of the gem and its upgrade tier.

Socketing Topaz

To attach a topaz gem on your equipment, you must get gear that has vacant sockets. Weapons, armors, rings, and amulets can have these sockets. After you have socketed gear, you may interact with the Jeweler who lets you add or remove gems from your items. His services allow one to unsocket gems without damaging them thereby enabling reuse for different types of gears.