Gem Shop

Gems are the real money currency for Idle Skilling and are used to buy various different items, services, and permanent bonuses.

Package		Gems Purchased	USD Cost
	Pile of Gems	200	20 Kreds ($2)
	Sack of Gems	600	50 Kreds ($5)
	Chest of Gems	1500	100 Kreds ($10)
	Mountain of Gems	4000	200 Kreds ($20)

Free Gems

Media

The quickest and easiest way to earn up to 60 gems is by clicking on lavaflame2's Youtube, Discord, and Twitter links on the "Buy Gems" page.

Raids/Asylum

Once you've unlocked the second Contract shop, it's possible to buy a +2% chance per level (up to 20%) for a gem to drop in any Raid/Asylum encounter. With 12 tickets earned daily, this averages out to 2.4 gems per day, or 4.8 gems with a maxed out Counterfeit Tickets AP perk.

Events

Seasonal events award some amount of Gems after spending event currency gained by farming monsters. The Lunar and Christmas event has a chance to earn both small and large sums of gems, whereas the Spooktober and Thxgiving events had stores that sold small guaranteed amounts of gems.

Gem Portal

The Gem Portal is a special Rift in Summoning that can be activated once for 500 Gems. While not exactly "free", the Gem Portal acts as an investment that returns a net gain of 1,000 Gems.

Pachinko Arcade

One can earn free Gems through the Arcade rewards, earning small amounts of Gems. If one is lucky to get the Gem Jackpot from the Arcade, they instantly get 2000 gems and the procession of balls can get you more gems.

[3.10] You also can get playing cards in Pachinko to boost gem count. Suits are Stars, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades. Getting a 5-card Poker hand can get you at least 5 gems for a High Card hand (called trash in-game), but getting a Royal Straight Flush gets you 50 thousand. This has a cooldown of 22 hours.

Hoop Challenge

Through the Hoop Challenge Secret recently added to the game, a person can earn Gems according to their performance up to a maximum of 50 per day.

Crypt

This zone may be accessed anytime after you unlock Bog for a duration of 60 seconds but is locked afterward and reopens after a one day cooldown period. You can get rewards such as gem and other stuff.

Rebirth

Your First 3 rebirths give you 150, 100, and 50 gems for your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd rebirth respectively.

Research

The second Yellow Tank's first perk sometimes gives gems when it levels up.

Purchase Guide

This is simply a rough idea of what's best, it does not mean you have to get the best things first and none of the other things until the best things are maxed out.

 

Here are the priorities for gem purchases:

0 - Godly potions - Ignore this if you don’t have a crazy amount of gems to spend. If you are p2w, godly potion coupons are the best way to get strong fast, giving crazy boosts that are completely beyond reach for a new player, with the downside of being RNG reliant. Press the odds button in the gem menu for odds.

1 - Infinity forge - Best gem purchase straight up, not having to worry about forge recharge time is amazing.
2 - Gem rift - Invest 500 gems to get 1500 gems, 1000 gem profit, easy buy.
3 - Shiny vat - Research is really good, and shiny vat's initial bonuses are really good. Can be upgraded further, but gets less efficient the higher you upgrade it, I would recommend not upgrading it much at all unless you have most other gem purchases.
4 - Star card slots - Cards are amazingly versatile and provide huge boosts to almost every part of the game.
5 - Double AP - AP is always super good. Get 2-4 of them if possible, but one or two will be just fine.
6 - Golden nest - Getting new pets gets very hard, this makes it easier.
7 - Arcance carpet - Trekking genes and combos are really good, and this double dips on value and number.
8 - Eternity cauldron - When you reach farming, you will want at least one of these for the 30% chance to double brew, and for the x4 speed to discover new potions and brew ones you have.
9 - Double BP - Obviously only once you have access to rebirth. Get one or two, after that it gets less efficient.
10 - Crystals - Crystals are really good, but getting the optimal setup with crystals costs thousands of gems, so with a budget purchase one set of Supreme crystals, then Premium crystals, then 3 slots for apothecary. Repeat this order until you have 6 of each crystal purchase and all apothecary/mining slots and you’ll have the optimal setup. For a more budget option just buy a few of everything.
11 - Mystical tiller - Pretty simple, more crops, and crops are the biggest hurdle for potion-making.
12 - Friendly mushrooms - Flowers aren't that hard to obtain compared to crops, so I don't recommend getting more than a couple of these.
13 - Scavenger’s Wit - Asylum shrines are really good, so boosting your trace gain is also really good.
14 - Hyper spiriting - More souls, more rift levels, more goodness. It can help you get over the initial hurdle of getting enough blue/purple/white to unlock new rifts.
15 - Overclocked glyphs - Very cheap for a decent boost, pretty gem efficient.
16 - Overlord miners - Ore gain is really good, the reason this is so low on the list is that compared to the highest mining kit, overlord miners are only about a 30% increase, for 420 gems. That's not very gem efficient.
17 - Second necklace slot - Only good once you get crusading/tinkering high enough to have two good necklaces.

QOL

1. Card decks - Cards are really powerful, but swapping out cards before visiting a screen is incredibly tedious, so this is integral QOL.
2. Deck linking - Swapping card decks before visiting a screen is a bit annoying.
3. Pet slots - you need a lotta pets get em good
4. Tinkering decks - Same as card decks, but you don’t need as many tinkering decks, you can make do with 2-3.

Anything not on this list is probably not worth getting unless you have an obscene amount of gems

Gem Shop Items

General

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Random Time Candy	Get one random time candy time candy is used to gain instant progress in a single area of   your choice Some candies are rarer than others	50	∞
	Vault Pass	Instantly refresh the timer on the Vault (not available during Events)	25	∞
	Raid Tickets	Gain 3 Raid tickets (not available during Events)	25	∞
	Overlord Mining Kits	Overlord miners are x2 faster and mine x2 amount  This purchase gives you a single overlord miner	75	6
	Infinity Forge	Grants infinite forge charges and doubles EXP in Smithing	200	1
	Funny Hat	Gives the fisherman  double fishing speed and fishing Exp	100	∞

Time Candy

Time candy is used to gain instant progress in any single area. When buying candy, there's a chance to receive 5 different flavors: 2 hours, 4 hours, 8 hours, 24 hours, and 72 hours. It always costs 50 Gems to buy candy, but if you've earned Candy Coupons from Raid drops or the Candy Freebies AP Perk, then candy can be purchased freely without gems.

Candy		Flavortext	Roll	Chance
	2 Hour	-	1 - 44	44%
	4 Hour	Not too shabby	45 - 70	26%
	8 Hour	Hey that's pretty good	71 - 88	18%
	24 Hour	I don't quite believe it	89 - 96	8%
	72 Hour	Ladies and gentlemen we have a winner	97 - 100	4%

Limbo

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Double Spirit Exp	Gain +100% Spiriting EXP	125	∞
	Double Summon Exp	Gain +100% Summoning EXP	125	∞
	Double Ap	Permanently gain x2 AP every ascention Each additional purchase gives +100% more ap	100	∞
	Hyper Spiriting	Gives one Cultist and one Acolyte double soul gain and double soul chance	70	8
	Overclocked Glyphs	Grants all Rifts +50% more EXP to Rift levels per cycle	40	1000
	Gem Portal	Gives you 150 gems per day for 10 days That is a total of 1500 gems	500	1

Cards

Card packs are opened from the "Packs" button on the Cards screen. It is possible for card packs to award duplicate cards of an equal or lower rarity to those already owned and will automatically convert them to star cards. However, if a monster card is awarded then it means it replaced the one you already had with a higher rarity.

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Extra Card Slot	Opens up another slot for you to put cards into	100	10
	Star Cards	Gain 12 gray, 3 green, and 1 blue star cards	100	∞
	Star Cards+	Gain 7 green, 2 blue, and 1 purple card with a chance for 1 orange card (if not, it is blue)	250	∞
	Starter Pack	Gain 5 cards from Grasslands or Desert, up to blue rarity	75	∞
	Journeyman Pack	Gain 5 Cards from Desert, Mountains, or the Mist, up to purple rarity Includes a chance for a random boss card	400	∞
	Legend Pack	Gain 5 cards from Mountains, the Mist, or Dungeon, up to orange rarity Includes a guaranteed random boss card	1000	∞

Farming

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Mystical Tiller	Mystical Tillers works x2 as fast harvest x2 the crops and give a +25% crop bonus to all other tillers	150	8
	Friendly Mushrooms	These mushrooms will triple your flower growth speed	125	14
	Eternity Cauldron	Eternal Cauldrons brew potion x4 as fast and also have +50% chance to triple lvl up a potion when brewing	175	6
	Beginner Potions	3 Coupons witch give a level 10 potion randomly selected from red to yellow rarity Gives +10 Lvs if the potion is a duplicate	150	∞
	Sovereign Potions	3 Coupons witch give a level 15 potion randomly selected from yellow to cyan rarity Gives +15Lvs if the potion is duplicate	375	∞
	Godly Potions	3 Coupons witch give a level 20 potion randomly selected from cyan to godly rarity Gives +20 Lvs if the potion is a duplicate	750	∞

Crusades

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Misc Bundle	Gain 3 of every special mutator for a discounted gem cost	600	∞
	Safety Charms	Gain 5 Safety Charms, which prevents booster failures costing upgrade slots	300	∞
	Lucky Donuts	Gain 5 Lucky Donuts, which gives boosters +15% chance to succeed	250	∞
	Crystal Genesis	Gain 5 Crystal Genesis, which have a 50% to double applied booster's bonus	250	∞
	Chaotic Mutators	Gain 5 Chaotic Mutators, which doubles mutator multiplier but cuts booster success chance by half	200	∞
	Benign Mutators	Gain 5 Benign Mutators, which guarantees mutators with a 1.0+ multiplier	200	∞

Crusades

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Second Necklace Slot	Unlocks the second necklace slot	350	1
	Pillager Pack	Gain 5 cards from Bruiser, Toxic Sludge, Killer Rabbit, Desert Giant, Pincermin, and Tremor Wurm Crusades, up to blue rarity Includes a small chance for a Crusade boss card	350	∞
	Deus Vult Pack	Gain 5 cards from Desert Giant, Pincermin, Tremor Wurm, Faust, Arachneon, Gheist, and Basilisk Crusades, up to orange rarity Includes a good chance for a Crusade boss card	750	∞
	Extra Card Deck	Adds an additional deck slot for card sets, tinker sets and 5 additional slots for Pets	150	∞
	Double Crusade EXP	Gain +100% more Crusade EXP	150	∞
	Double Tinkering EXP	Gain +100% more Tinkering EXP	150	∞

Rebirth

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Crystal Slots	Unlocks all 3 slots for one thing Choose between cauldron or rock You can buy 6 of them for each one	250	6 / 6
	Premium Crystals	1 Green Crystal 1 Orange Crystal Green gives: +100% Exp, +100% Production, +50% Double Chance Orange gives: +20% Boost to all other crystals	175	∞
	Supreme Crystals	1 Pink Crystal 1 Black Crystal These affects all adjacent cauldrons Pink gives: +200% Cauldron Speed , +200% Mining Exp Black gives: -40% Potion Cost, +200% Mining Ores	275	∞
	Double BP	Permanently gain twice as much BP Each additional purchase gives +100% More BP	350	5
	Extra Crystals	Includes 1 Yellow, 1 Red, 1 Purple, 1 Blue CrystalYou can earn these for free by playing.	100	∞
	Rebirth Scrools	3 Coupons that give all unearned BP without needing to rebirth Includes 1 bonus AP Coupon "Rebirth Required to buy again"	450	2/∞

Asylum

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Asylum Keys	5 Asylum keys used to be fight asylum bosses	55	∞
	Scavengers Kit	Permanently gain twice as many shrine items Each additional purchase gives another +100% bonus	325	7
	Pachinko Balls	100 Balls to use in the pachi arcade	275	∞
	Trauma Pack	Gives 5 cards Cards from zone 6 or 7 and can be up to blue rarity Good chance for an asylum card up to low quality	300	∞
	Insanity Pack	Gives 5 cards Cards from zone 7 or 8 and can be up to purple rarity Great chance for an asylum card up to high quality	750	∞
	Phycosis Pack	Gives 5 cards You can get several asylum boss cards in a single pack up to orange rarity Guaranteed at least one asylum card up to best quality	1500	∞

Pets

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Golden Nest	Gives : 4x Faster Hatching speed 3x Chance to create rarer Eggs 3x Bonus to Hatching  new pets	375	6
	Arcane Carpet	Used by support pets. Gives x2 Effect for Pets genetic on this carpet, and count for 2 in Trekking combos	525	4
	Diamond Piping	Make you able to change Research Tank pipe into Diamond pipe. Gives x4 RP Gain , 200% for double level , x3 RP Effect	225	∞ (but only amount of 135 are make sense, since there is only 135 tanks for 3.00 - 4.10 versions)
	Hyper Egg Coupon	Have a chance to hatch an Exquisite Boss Pet  Otherwise you get a 30% chance to hatch new pet	300	∞
	Double Vessels	Each additional purchase gives +100% more Vessel	450	6
	Shiny Lab Vat	Unlocks The Shiny Lab Vat. Gives: x2 RP Gain Bonus  +50% x2 Level Chance +100% Research Exp	675	1

Tunnels

Item		Description	Gem Cost	Max. Amount
	Desolator	Gives individual spelunkers to: x5 Speed, x4 Dig down amount, +2 Additional treasure bags every extraction	375	8
	Sentinel Canary	Each bird gives one spelunker: x4 Learning rate Double absorb powers (You can absorb twice instead of just once)	350	8
	Iodized Builder	These builder's have: x3 Building speed,+10% speed every construction level instead of +2% Also gives immediate acces to the builder	325	10
	6-Star Pack	Gives 5 star cards all of 6 star rarity These cards can be from anywhere in the game. (Tunnel cards are more likely to be gotten) 33% Chance per pack to get a Raid / Asylum Boss	550	∞
	Fabled Potions	3 Coupons witch give a level 15 potion randomly selected from first 24 darkmode potions Gives +15 Lvs if the potion is a duplicate	525	∞
	Timeless Potions	3 Coupons witch give a level 20 potion randomly selected from last 24 darkmode potions Gives +20 Lvs if the potion is a duplicate	900	∞