List of All Gems

This guide lists a complete overview of all the gem types available in Path of Exile 2 (POE 2). Read on to see the full list of the gem types, how do they work, and much more.

List of All Gems

Skill Gem

Skill	Description
Arc	An arc of Lightning stretches from the caster to a targeted enemy and Chains on to other nearby enemies.
Armour Breaker	Attack with a forceful blow, knocking enemies back and weakening their Armour.
Armour Piercing Rounds	Load your Crossbow with a clip of bolts that can be fired rapidly and Break enemy Armour. Using this skill again reloads the clip.
Attrition	While active, causes you to deal more Hit damage to Rare and Unique enemis the longer you've been fighting them, and gain Culling Strike against them once you've been fighting them for long enough.
Ball Lightning	Fires a slow-moving projectile that repeatedly shoots bolts of lightning at nearby enemies.
Barrage	Ready a volley of arrows, Empowering your next Bow Attack to repeat multiple times. Consumes your Frenzy Charges on use to add additional repeats.
Bone Cage	Raises a ring of bone spikes around you. The spikes are destroyed when enemies touch them, damaging and Pinning those enemies.
Bone Offering	Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike to shield your Minions while the spike remains. The shield absorbs all damage from the next hit each Minion takes, then explodes. The bone spike itself is a Minion, and shields itself. If it dies, shields on your other Minions disappear.
Boneshatter	Attacks enemies with a melee Strike. The Strike will cause a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.
Boneshatterer	Attack enemies with a melee Strike. The Strike will cause a Heavy Stun on enemies that are Primed for Stun. Upon causing a Heavy Stun it will also create a Shockwave, dealing a large amount of damage in an area.
Bonestorm	Channel to conjure a swarm of bone spikes in the air, then release to fire at the enemies and explode.
Chaos Bolt	Fires a burst of chaos energy at the target.
Charged Staff	Consume all Power Charges to infuse your Quarterstaff with electricity, adding Lightning damage and a Lightning shockwave to your Quarterstaff Attacks. Reusing this skill while the Buff is active adds to the Buff's duration and damage.
Cold Snap	Shatters the frost on a Frozen enemy, Consuming the freese to deal a large amount of Cold Damage to enemies caught in the blast. Can also be cast on a Frostbolt to cause it to explode immediately. Any Frozen enemies hit by the Frostbolt's explosion will be dealt Cold Snap's damage and have their freeze consumed.
Combat Frenzy	While active, grants you a Frenzy Charge when you Freeze, Electrocute, or Pin an enemy. This can only occuer once every few seconds.
Comet	Calls down a mass of ice from the sky, dealing high damage at the targeted location. Targeting close to you will cause you to jump back as you cast.
Conductivity	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Lightning Resistance.
Contagion	Afflicts a single enemy with a Debuff that deals Chaos Damage over time. If the enemy dies while affected by contagion, it and all other Chaos Damage over time Debuffs spread to other enemies and refresh their durations. Reanimating or detonating a corpse affected by contagion will cause the Minion or explosion to spread Contagion on hit.
Dark Effigy	Raises a Totem that bombards enemies afflicted by Chaos damage over time Debuffs.
Despair	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Chaos Resistance.
Detonate Dead	Causes a Corpse to violently explode, damaging surrounding enemies.
Detonating Arrow	Channel to build up power before firing off a burning arrow. At maximum charge, the arrow will detonate at the end of its flight, causing an explosion in an area around it.
Earthquake	Smashes the ground, dealing damage in an area and leaving behind Jagged Ground that slow enemies. The Jagged Ground erupts in a powerful Aftershock after a duration. Cannot create Jagged Ground on top of an existing patch, or if you already have the maximum number of active patches.
Electrocuting Arrow	Leap forward into the air and fire downward. Hitting an enemy will attach an Electrocuting Rod to them, causing all incoming Lightning damage to build up Electrocution. This rod is removed when the enemy is next Electrocuted.
Ember Fusillade	Conjures a blazing Ember that hovers around you. After a short duration, the Ember launches at the enemy, dealing fire damage in an area on impact. Recasting the spess resets the duration for all active Embers. Multiple Embers fired in the same Fusillade will attempt to target different enemies.
Enfeeble	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making them deal less damage.
Escape Shot	Leap backwards and fire an arrow which can Chill or Freeze enemies around the location you escaped from.
Essence Drain	Fires a Projectile that applies a powerful Chaos damage over time debuff to enemy hits.
Explosive Grenade	Fires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a devastating fiery blast when its fuse expires.
Eye of Winter	Fires a single Eye Projectile which does not hit enemies. The Eye constantly releases damaging shard Projectiles in a spiral as it flies, plus an extra burst of Shards at the end of its flight. If the Eye passes over an Elemental ground surface, it will take on that surface effect, applying it to nearby enemies and causing shards to deal more damage of the corresponding type.
Falling Thunder	Infuses your Quarter staff with electrical energies, then slams the ground to deal damage in a large cone in front of you. Consumes your Power Charges to fire Lightning Projectiles forwards from the impact.
Fireball	Launches a large ball of Fire which explodes on impact, creating a nova of smaller firebolts.
Firestorm	Rains flaming bolts over the targeted area. Ignites on enemies in front of you are Consumed to fuel the Firestorm, causing one bolt to be improved for each Ignite Consumed.
Flame Wall	Creates a wall of fire in front of the character, which ignites everything within its area. Any projectiles fired through the wall by you and allies deal added fire damage and inflict ignite on hit.
Flameblast	Channels to build destructive energy around you or a targeted Solar Orb. Releasing the energy causes a devastating explosion that is larger and more intense the longer you channelled for.
Flammability	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Fire Resistance.
Flash Grenade	Fires a bouncing Grenade that unleashes a Blinding, Stunning explosion when its fuse expires. This explosion can Blind both Allies and Enemies.
Fragmentation Rounds	Loads your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that fragment in flight. Bolts that hit a frozen enemy consume the Freeze and cause an explosion of Shrapnel. Bolts that hit an Ice Crystal cause it to explode.
Freezing Salvo	Passively coalesces icy missiles from the air over time. Using the skill fires a missile, firing an additional missile for each that has been accumulated.
Frost Bomb	Creates a pulsing Orb of Frost. Each pulse inflicts Cold Exposure on nearby Enemies. When the Orb's duration ends, it explodes, dealing Cold damage to surrounding Enemies.
Frost Wall	Creates a Wall of Ice Crystals which holds back enemies. The Crystals explode if sufficiently damaged, orif pushed hard enough, damaging nearby enemies..
Frostbolt	Fires a slow-moving projectile that leaves a wake of Chilled Ground, deals Cold Damage and explodes on colliding with terrain.
Frozen Locus	Leap backward and crack the ground with your staff to call forth an Ice Crystal, which creates Chilled Ground around it and can be damaged by you and enemies. If the Crystal is destroyed it causes an icy explosion that deals Attack Damage but does not use your weapon's damage.
Gas Arrow	Fires a noxious arrow at the ground, creating a cloud of flammable poisonous gas at the end of its flight. The cloud will detonate if hit by a Detonator skill or if an Ignited enemy touches it, creating a fiery explosion.
Gas Grenade	Fires a bouncing Grenade that causes a burst of Poison gas when its fuse expires, damaging enemies and leaving behind a growing Poison cloud. Burning effects or Detonator skills will cause the cloud to explode in a fiery blast.
Glacial Bolt	Loads your Crossbow with icy bolts that create two walls of Ice Crystals at the end of their flight.
Glacial Cascade	Sweep your Quarterstaff upwards, releasing an icy fissure which deals damage in a series of bursts culminating in a large spike. Frozen enemies hit by the final spike are dealt heavy damage but tthe Freeze is Consumed. Ice Crystals hit by the final spike explode.
Herald of Plague	While active, killing a Poisoned enemy spreads its Poison to other nearby enemies, and has a chance to also Hinder them.
Hexblast	Detonates Curses on enemies in an area, causing explosions of Chaos damage but removing the Curse.
High Velocity Rounds	Loads your Crossbow with Piercing bolts that can consume Fully Broken Armour on enemies to deal extra damage.
Hypothermia	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, lowering their Cold Resistance.
Ice Nova	A nova of ice expands from you, Knocking Back enemies based on how close they are to you. Casting Ice Nova targeting near a Frostbolt Projectile will cause it to originate from the Frostbolt insead of you, and cause more Freeze buildup.
Ice Shot	Fires an icy arrow that sprays a cone of ice shards when it hits a target.
Ice Strike	Perform a fast icy Strike, Using this Attack three times in quick succession causes a final strike that is slower and more powerful.
Incendiary Shot	Loads your Crossbow with flaming bolts that fragment in flight, damaging and igniting enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target.
Incinirate	Conjures a torrent of flames from your hand, Igniting enemies in front of you. The flames grow stronger the longer you Channel for, and at maximum strength also apply stacking Fire Exposure and creating Ignited Ground.
Infernal Cry	Performs a warcry, Empowering subsequent Attacks. Consumes all Endurance Charges to Empower additional attacks. Enemies in the warcry's area are destabilised and will Combust on death.
Killing Palm	Dash to an enemy and Strike them with an unarmed Attack, Culling enemies if their life is low enough. Each enemy killed by this strike grants a Power Charge. Enemies around you that can be Culled will be highlighted. This skill always Strikes with your bare fist, even if you have a Quarterstaff equipped.
Leap Slam	Jump into the air, damaging and Knocking Back enemies with your mace where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way.
Lightning Arrow	Fires a charged arrow at the target. On hitting an enemy or wall, the arrow will fire Chaining Lightning beams at nearby enemies.
Lightning Conduit	Calls down lightning to strike all enemies in a cone in front of you. Deals significantly more damage to Shocked enemies but consumes shock from them after damaging them. Targeting close to you will cause you to jump back as you cast.
Lightning Rod	Fire an arrow that drops from above, creating a Lightning burst. The arrow remains in the ground, and any Chaining Lightning beams can Chain to it. When Chained to, the arrows release another Lightning burst.
Lightning Warp	Teleports you inside the target's body, causing it to violently explode. Highlights enemies that can be culled, and can only be used on these enemies or Ball Lightning projectiles. The target is destroyed, and the explosion deals Lightning Damage to surrounding enemies and creates Shocked Ground.
Magnetic Salvo	Aims skyward and fires energy missiles at lingering arrows or bolts created by other Lightning Attacks in front of you. The missiles explode if they land close to a lingering bolt or arrow, dealing more damage in a larger area but destroying that bolt or arrow in the process.
Mana Tempest	Creates a storm of arcane energies that Empowers your Mana-costing Spells while you remain inside it. Maintaining the Storm constantly drains your Mana, and each spell you cast causes it to drain faster. The storm will dissipate when you exit it or run out of mana.
Molten Blast	Gouges molten rock from the ground and flings it at the target. The Projectile explodes on collision, damaging enemies and scattering shrapnel in a cone behind it.
Orb of Storms	Creates an Orb of electricity that fires Chaining Lightning bolts at nearby enemies.
Pain Offering	Impales a Skeleton on bone spike to send nearby Minions into a frenzy as long as the spike remains. The bone spike itself is a minion. If it dies, effect ends immediately.
Perfect Strike	Charge up your weapon while channelling. Releasing the moment you ECT STRIKE fully charge will release a wave of Fire.
Permafrost Bolts	Loads your Crossbow with icy bolts that fragment in flight, damaging enemies on hit and in a small cone behind their final target. The icy coating on the bolts make them extremely potent at Freezing enemies.
Poisonburst Arrow	Fires a virulent arrow that creates a burst of Poison on hit, affecting all enemies in an area.
Profane Ritual	Marks a Corpse with a profane rune, dealing Chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. When the ritual is complete the corpse is consumed and you gain a power charge.
Rain of Arrows	Fire arrows into the air, causing them to rain from above. Consumes your Frenzy Charges to fire more arrows.
Raise Zombie	Consumes a Corpse or Power Charge to create a short-lived zombie. Zombies created from Power Charges are empowered.
Rolling Slam	Slam the ground to Stun enemies and knock them away, then continue forward and perform a devastating second Slam. holding down the skill input allows you to change direction as you move.
Shockchain Arrow	ires a Lightning-infused arrow that homes in on Shocked enemies. Hitting a Shocked enemy will Consume the Shock to charge the arrow, causing it to release a damaging shockwave and split beams towards up to two nearby targets, prioritising ones which are Shocked. If the beam hits a Shocked target, it will release another damaging shockwave and can continue to Chain.
Shockwave Totem	Raises a Totem that Slams the ground around it, repeatedly damaging nearby enemies. Jagged Ground erupts when hit by this Slam, damaging enemies standing on it.
Skeletal Arsonist	Summons bomb-throwing, reviving Skeletal Arsonists that can detonate other minions on command.
Skeletal Brute	Summons hard-hitting, Reviving Skeletal Brutes that can Stun Primed enemies.
Skeletal Cleric	Summons Reviving Skeletal Clerics that heal other minions and revive fallen Skeletons.
Skeletal Frost Mage	Summons reviving Skeletal Frost Mages that can be commanded to cast Icy Explosions
Skeletal Reaver	TBD
Skeletal Sniper	Summons long-ranged, Reviving Skeletal Snipers that can fire a gas arrow on Command.
Skeletal Storm Mage	Summons Reviving Skeletal Storm Mages that can call down a lightning storm on dead Skeletons on Command.
Skeletal Warrior	Summons reviving Skeletal Warriors.
Snipe	Channel to charge up your bow before releasing a powerful shot. Releasing the moment you fully charge causes the arrow to epxlode on impact for a guaranteed Critical Hit.
Sniper's Mark	Marks a target. The next Critical Hit the target receives consumes the Mark to deal extra damage and grant you a Frenzy Charge.
Solar Orb	Creates a fiery Orb that periodically releases fiery pulses. Enemies that are very close to the Orb are Ignited.
Soul Offering	Impales a Skeleton on a bone spike, graanting you a powerful Spell Damage Buff as long as the spike remains. Does not affect your minions. The bone spike itself is a Minion. If it dies, the effect ends immediately.
Spark	Launches a spray of sparking projectiles that travel erratically along the ground until they hit an enemy or expire.
Spiral Volley	Loads your Bow with a volley of enchanted arrows and fires them in a circle as you spin forward, firing directly at targets if possible. Consumes Frenzy Charges to cause the arrows to deal more damage and Chain to other targets. Each target can only be Hit once.
Staggering Palm	Dash to an enemy and Strike them with an Unarmed Strike, Heavy Stunning an enemy with this Skill grants you a Buff, that causes your Quarterstaff and Unarmed attacks to also fire Projectiles for a short duration. Enemies which are Primed for Stun will instantly be Heavily Stunned. This skill always Strikes with your bare fist, even if you have a Quarterstaff equipped.
Storm Wave	Sweep your Quarterstaff, projecting a bolt of Lightning through the ground in a long wave ahead of you.
Stormcaller Arrow	Fires an arrow that embeds where it lands for a short duration. At the end of the duration, a Lightning bolt strikes the arrow, disintegrating it and damaging enemies with a high chance to Shock.
Tempest Bell	Buiild Combo by successfully Striking Enemies with other skills. After reaching maximum Combo, use this skill to cause the Bell on your stafff to grow to massive size as you drop it on the ground. The Bell damages enemies on impact and can be Hit by your skills, creating a damaging shockwave. Elemental Ailments applied to the Bell cause its shockwaves to deal extra damage of the corresponding type, and Hits which would have caused Knockback increase the area of effect of the shockwaves.
Tempest Flurry	Perform a series of aggressive Strikes. When used in quick succession, the third use Strikes three times, and the fourth performs a Final strike that calls down a powerful Shocking bolt.
Temporal Chains	Curses all enemies in an area, Slowing them and making other effects on them expire more slowly.
Tornado Shot	Fires a skyward shot that whips up a Tornado where it lands, dealing Physical damage over time and Hindering enemies standing in it. Arrows and Crossbow bolts fired at the Tornado are sucked into it, causing the Tornado to spit out a nova of copied Projectiles. Copied Projectiles cannot be copied again, even by further Tornados.
Toxic Growth	Leap into the air and fire a volley of arrows which cause toxic pustules to sprout from the ground on impact. The pustules explode after a delay and can be Poisoned, causing them to explode faster and more violently.
Unearth	Raises spikes of bone from the earth in front of you. The bones of Corpses in the area are ripped out and reassembled into short-lived Bone Construct Minions that fight for you.
Vine Arrow	Fire an arrow into the air that lands after a short delay, causing a plant to spring up at the impact location. The plants sprouts vines that latch onto nearby enemies, Slowing their movement speed and dealing Chaos Damage over time. The plant can be Poisoned, causing it to deal more damage.
Voltaic Mark	Marks a target, making them more susceptible to being Shocked. When the Marked target dies, a Lightning nova erupts from their corpse. This nova does not use your Weapon Damage, and instead uses its own base Attack Damage.
Vulnerability	Curses all targets in an area after a short delay, making Hits against them ignore a portion of their Armour.
Wave of Frost	Flips backwards and sends forth a Freezing wave in front of you.
Wind Dancer	Grants a buff that gives you more Evasion per stage. Being Hit by a Melee Attack while you have this buff consumes all stages to damage and Knock Back enemies around you.

Skill Gems are socketable gems that provide active skill when equipped. These skills are tied to the different weapon types found in the game.

List of Skill Gems

Support Gem

Skill	Description
Ablation	Supports Offering Skills. Supported Skills Sacrifice a portion of your life on use, but deal much more damage and have more powerful Buffs in return.
Acceleration	Supports Projectile skills, making those projectiles travel faster.
Ambush	Supports skills that Hits enemies, making it more likely to Critically Hit enemies on full life.
Ammo Conservation	Supports Crossbow Ammunition Skills, granting a chance to not consume a Bolt when firing.
Arcane Surge	Supports spells you cast yourself, tracking the mana you spend to cast them. Spending enough mana grants a burst of Mana Regeneration and Cast Speed.
Arcane Tempo	Supports spells, causing them to cast faster
Behead	Supports Strike skills, causing them to steal modifiers from Rare monsters they kill.
Blind	Support any skill that Hits enemies, causing them to Blind on hit.
Bloodlust	Supports Melee Attacks, causing them to deal more damage against Bleeding enemies, but preventing them from inflicting bleeding.
Break Endurance	Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to gain an Endurance Charge when it fully breaks an enemy's armour.
Brutality	Supports any skill that deals damage, boosting its physical damage at the expense of all other damage types.
Bursting Plague	Supports skills that can Poison enemies, causing poisoned enemies to gain Plague over time and explode in a Plague Burst on death. Cannot support the skills of minions.
Chain	Supports Projectile skills and any other skill that Chain, causing them to chain additional times.
Clarity	Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased mana Regeneration while the skill is active.
Close Combat	Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage to enemies based on how close they are to you.
Cold Infusion	Supports attacks, causing them to gain Cold Damage but deal less Fire and Lightning Damage.
Combo Finisher	Supports melee attacks you use yourself. Supported skills cannot be used until enough combo has been built up, but deal massively more damage. Cannot support skills which already combo or triggered skills.
Comorbidity	Supports any skill that hits enemies, allowing it to inflict an extra poison on enemies but shortening the duration of those poisons.
Concentrated Effect	Supports any skill with an area of effect, causing that area to be smaller but any area damage it deals to be higher.
Conduction	Supports any skill that hits enemies, making it more likely to Shock.
Controlled Destruction	Supports spells that hit enemies, boosting their damage but preventing them from dealing Critical hits.
Corrosion	Supports ay skill that hits enemies, causing Poison it applies to also break any armour. Cannot support skills that consume Fully
Corrupting Cry	Supports Warcries, causing them to inflict Corrupted Blood on enemies in their area of effect.
Crescendo	Supports Strikes that perform a Final Strike at the end of a combination of attacks, allowing you to use the Final Strike twice in succession.
Deadly Poison	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict more potent Poison.
Decaying Hex	Supports Curse skills. Cursed enemies' bodies decay, taking chaos damage over time.
Deceleration	Supports Projectile skills, making those projectiles travel more slowly.
Deep Cuts	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict more potent Bleeding.
Deep Freeze	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing Freeze it inflicts to last longer.
Demolisher	Supports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger.
Double Barrel	Supports Crossbow Ammunition skills, causing them to load an extra bolt at the cosy of reload speed.
Elemental Army	Supports skills which create Minions, bolstering the Elemental Resistance of those Minions.
Encumbrance	Supports any skill, causing inflicted slows to be more powerful
Energy Barrier	Supports any skill that you can use, causing Energy Shield recharge to begin immediately if you are stunned while using it.
Envenom	Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to Poison enemies.
Eternal Flame	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing its ignites to be inflicted less often but last longer.
Execute	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal more damage against enemies on low life.
Expanse	Supports any skill that you use yourself, granting it significantly higher Area of Effect but causing it to gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown.
Fast Forward	Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration shorter.
Feeding Frenzy	Supports skills which create Minions, making them deal and take more damage.
Fiery Death	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing explosions on killing Ignited enemies.
Fire Infusion	Supports Attacks, causing them to Gain Fire Damage but deal less Cold and Lightning Damage.
Fist of War	Supports Slams you use yourself, providing a powerful Ancestral Boost every few seconds.
Focused Curse	Supports Curse skills, causing them to Curse enemies more quickly after being cast.
Fortress	Supports skills that create walls in a line, causing them to be created in a circle instead but deal less hit damage.
Frost Nexus	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing it to create patches of Chilled Ground around Frozen enemies.
Glaciation	Supports any skill that hits enemies, makit it more effective at Freezing enemies.
Heavy Swing	Supports Melee Attacks, boosting their Physical damage at the cost of Attack Speed.
Heft	Supports Skills which deal damage, increasing the maximum Physical Damage of their Hits.
Heightened Curse	Supports curse skills, magnifying their power.
Hinder	Supports Spells that deal non-Ailment Chaos damage over time, causing damage over time they inflict to also Hinder enemies.
Hourglass	Supports any damaging skill that you use yourself, causing it to deal significantly more damage but gain a long cooldown. Cannot support skills which already have a cooldown.
Ice Bite	Supports attacks you use yourself. Freezing an enemy with supported skills infuses all of your attacks with Cold damage for a short time.
Icicle	Supports any Skill which creates Ice Crystals, causing them to be created with lower life.
Ignition	Supports any skills that Hits enemies, making it more likeyl to Ignite.
Immolate	Supports Attacks, granting them extra Fire damage against Ignited enemies but making them unable to Ignite enemies themselves.
Impact Shockwave	Supports Melee Strike skills, causing them to create an Aftershock that damages enemies around the target when they Heavy Stun an enemy.
Impending Doom	Supports Curse skills you cast yourself, causing them to trigger Doom Blast on Cursed enemies when the Curse expires.
Impetus	Support Meta skills. Supported Skills generate Energy significantly faster.
Inevitable Critical	Supports any skill you use yourself that Hits enemies, causing it to accumulate Critical hit chance over time.
Ingenuity	Supports skills with Cooldowns, increasing the rate at which those Cooldowns recover.
Innervate	Supports attacks you use yourself. Killing a Shocked enemy with supported skills infuses all of your attacks with Lightning damage for a short time.
Inspiration	Supports any skill, making it cost less to use. Cannot support skills which reserve Spirit.
Jagged Ground	Supports Slam skills, granting them a chance to create patches of Jagged Ground.
Lacerate	Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to inflict Bleeding.
Last Gasp	Supports skills which create Minions, granting them more life but making them deal less damage.
Lasting Shock	Supports any skill that hits enemies or inflicts Shock, causing its Shocks to be inflicted less often but last longer.
Leverage	Supports skills which hit enemies. supported skills gain increased chance to Critically Hit against immobilised enemies.
Life Drain	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, causing you to recover Life when it Culls an enemy
LifeTap	Supports any skill, turning a portion of its Mana cost into a Life cost. Does not support skills which reserve spirit.
Lightning Exposure	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing it to deal less damage but inflict Lightning Exposure when it shocks and enemy.
Lightning Infusion	Supports attacks, causing them to gain Lightning Damage but deal less Cold and Fire Damage.
Lockdown	Supports any skill that hits enemies, causing any Pin buildup it inflicts to be stronger the closer the enemy is to you.
Longshot	Supports Attacks, causing them to deal more damage from farther away.
Magnified Effect	Supports any skill with an area of effect, making it larger.
Martial Tempo	Supports Attacks, causing them to Attack faster.
Meat Shield	TBD
Minion Instability	Supports skills which create Minions, causing them to violently explode when reduced to low life.
Minion Pact	Supports damaging skills you use yourself, draining the life from one of your Minions on use in order to boost the sill's damage. Only takes effect if you have a Minion with enough life to drain the full amount.
Murderous Intent	Supports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to Cull enemies.
Overabundance	Supports skills which can have a Limited number of effects active at once, increasing that Limit at the cost of their duration. Only applies to restrictions that use the word “Limit”.
Overpower	Supports any skill that hits enemeis, causing it to build up Stun more quickly.
Perpetual Charge	Supports skills that consume Power, Frenzy, or Endurance Charges on use, giving them a chance not to remove each Charge while still gaining the benefits of Consuming them.
Persistence	Supports any skill that has a duration, making that duration longer.
Pierce	Supports Projectile skills, making their Projectiles Pierce an enemy but deal less damage after doing so.
Pin	Supports any skill that hits enemies, allowing its Physical damage to Pin enemies but making it unable to Stun.
Precision	Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain increased Accuracy while the skill is active.
Premeditation	Supports skills that can Empower skills other than themselves, causing skills they Empower to deal more damage.
Primal Armament	Supports Attacks that use a weapon, causing them to deal more weapon Elemental Damage.
Profusion	Supports skills that can generate Charges, giving them a chance to generate and additional Charge when they do so.
Rage	Supports Melee Attacks, causing them to grant Rage on Hit.
Rising Tempest	Supports Skills which deal Damage, raising Elemental Damage dealt for each Skill used Recently of a different Elemental type. Cannot support Minion Skills
Ruthless	Supports Attacks, causing repeated uses to be more effective at Stunning enemies.
Scattershot	Supports Projectile skills, making them fire extra Projectiles. Also lowers Attack and Cast speed of supported skills, as well as lessening their damage.
Second Wind	Supports skills with cooldowns, giving them extra uses of that cooldown. Cannot support instant or triggered skills.
Spell Cascade	Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location, causing those spells to also target additional areas on either side of the target area, along a randomly chosen axis. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills.
Spell Echo	Supports Spells that affect an area around you or a target location. Supported Spells echo, causing their effects to happen again after a short delay. Cannot support Channelling skills or Remote skills.
Splinter	Supports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt.
Strip Away	Supports Skills which apply Exposure to Enemies, increasing the effect of applied Exposure.
Swift Affliction	Supports any skill that deals damage, causing it to deal more damage over time but have a shorter duration.
Unbreakable	Supports any skill that you can use, making you harder to Stun while using it.
Unleash	Supports Spells you cast yourself, making their effect reoccur when cast. Cannot support Channelling Skills or Skills with a Cooldown.
Vitality	Supports Persistent Buff Skills, causing you to gain Life Regeneration while the skill is active.
Wildfire	Supports any skill that Hits enemies, Spreading Ignites it inflicts to nearby enemies after a delay.
Wind Wave	Supports any skill that you can use, triggering a blast of wind that Knocks Back enemies if you are Stunned while using it.
Window of Opportunity	Supports Channelling skills that have special effects if released with Perfect Timing, causing them to deal much more damage if released with Perfect Timing but reducing the Perfect Timing window.
Withering Touch	Supports any skill that hits enemies, giving it a chance to Wither enemies on hit.

Support Gems are supplementary gems primarily used to provide additional unique effects to Skill Gems. You can equip a total of 5 support gem per skill.

List of Support Gems

Spirit Gem

Skill	Description
Arctic Armour	Conjures an icy barrier that gains stages overtime. While the barrier has stages, Melee Attacks that hit you will remove a stage to cause a burst of ice that deals Cold Spell damage to the attacker.
Ghost Dance	Periodically Gain Ghost Shrouds. If you are Hit while you have a Ghost Shroud, it is immediately consumed to recover Energy Shield based on your Evasion.
Grim Feast	Feeds on corpses to bolster your Energy Shield. While active, enemies and Reviving Minions that die in your Presence have a chance to drop Grim Remnants. Picking up a Grim Remnant grants you Energy Shield which can Overflow maximum Energy Shield.
Herald of Ash	While active, enemies you sufficiently Overkill with attacks will cause an explosion that ignites nearby enemies based on the Overkill damage dealt.
Herald of Ice	While active, Shattering an enemy with an Attack Hit will cause an icy explosion that deals Attack damage to surrounding enemies.
Herald of Thunder	While active, killing Shocked enemies with Attack damage, will cause subsequent Attack hits to release lightning bolts which deals Attack damage to all surrounding enemies.
Lingering Illusion	Creates a short-lived illusory copy of yourself whenever you dodge roll. The copy can be damaged by enemies, and copites that are destroyed by an enemy will grant you a Power Charge.
Magma Barrier	When you raise your Shield it is infused with magma for a short time. Blocking during this time will spray magma at the attacker and grant you an Endurance Charge.
Mana Remnants	Conjures surging lightning to restore your Mana. While active, Shocked enemies you kill have a chance to spawn a Mana Remnant, and Critically Hitting a Shocked target spawns a Mana Remnant every few seconds. Picking up a Mana Remnant grants you Mana which can Overflow maximum Mana.
Overwhelming Presence	While active, enemies in your Presence are easier to Stun and inflict Elemental Ailments upon.
Plague Bearer	Stores all Poison Damage you deal. Using the Plague Nova skill unleashes the stored Poison.
Raging Spirits	While active, your Fire Spells will also summon Raging Spirits, which are short-lived flaming skulls that rush at nearby enemies and rapidly Attack them. Enemies will not directly engage these Minions, and can pass through them.
Scavenged Plating	Uses fragments of armour scavenged from enemies to bolster your own. Fully Breaking an enemy's Armour grants you a stack of Scavenged Plating for a duration, and you gain Armour and Thorns per stack.

Spirit Gems provide class-related buffs and skills in exchange for spending Spirit. These skills can be equipped regardless of class, as long as you reach the stat requirement to do so.

List of Spirit Gems

Meta Gem

Skill	Description
Ancestral Warrior Totem	Raises a Totem that uses socketed Mace skills.
Blasphemy	Turns socketed Curse skills into vile Auras, applying their effects to all nearby enemies.
Cast on Freeze	While active, gaines Energy when you Freeze enemies and triggeres socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Cast on Ignite	While active, gaines Energy when you Ignite enemies and triggeres socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.
Cast on Shock	While active, gains Energy when you Shock enemies and triggers socketed spells on reaching maximum Energy.

Meta Gems are special gems that grant new skills and effects. They can be used as standalone skills or combine them into other gems to add unique enhancements to your skills.

List of Meta Gems

How Do Gems Work?

Socket to Unlock New Skills

Gems are items that can be socketed in the skills menu to unlock new abilities and passive effects, making you stronger and helping you progress in the game. These gems are divided into 3 categories, (Skill, Support, and Spirit) each with its own distinct effects on your character.

The gems you equip can be further enhanced by modifying or upgrading them with other gems to change their effects. Since each gem has multiple possible effects, make sure you socket the right gem for your build.

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Path of Exile 2 Wiki Contents
Builds	Classes
Tips and Tricks	Bosses
Walkthrough	Quests
Gems	Items
Weapons	Armors
Accessories	Passives
Skills	Ascension Trials
Glossary	Atlas of Worlds
Leagues	Characters
Cosmetics	Microtransactions
News and Updates	-

Best Class Tier List	Best Stash Tabs to Buy
Which Class Should You Play?	List of Unique Equipment
Best Minions to Summon	How to Use Loot Filters