Gems are the real money currency for Idle Skilling and are used to buy various different items, services, and permanent bonuses.
Image | Package | Gems Purchased | USD Cost |
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Pile of Gems | 200 | $2 | |
Sack of Gems | 600 | $5 | |
Chest of Gems | 1500 | $10 | |
Mountain of Gems | 4000 | $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.
For Android users, the same opportunities are available with the additional option to rate the game for an extra 20 gems.
Raids
Once you've unlocked the second Contract shop, it's possible to buy +2% chance per level (up to 20%) for a gem to drop in any Raid encounter. With 12 tickets earned daily, this averages out to 2.4 gems per day, or 4.8 gems with a maxxed out Counterfeit Tickets AP perk.
Events
Seasonal events award some amount of Gems after spending event currency gained from farming monsters. The Christmas event has a chance to earn 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 an special Rift in Summoning that can be activated once for 500 Gems. While not exactly "free", the Gem Portal acts as an investment which returns a net gain of 1,000 Gems.
Gem Shop Items
Cards
Card packs are opened on the Cards screen. It is possible for card packs to award duplicates to cards already owned, but if the card is of a higher rarity, it will replace the existing card.
Image | Name | Description | Gem Cost | Max. Amount |
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Extra Card Slot | Opens up another slot for you to put cards into | 100 | 7 | |
Star Cards | Gain 12 gray, 3 green, and 1 blue star cards | 100 | ∞ | |
Star Cards+ | Gain 7 green, 2 blue, and 1 purple cards with a chance for 1 orange card | 250 | ∞ | |
Starter Pack | Gain 5 cards from Grasslands or Desert, up to blue rarity | 75 | ∞ | |
Journeyman Pack |
Gain 5 Cards from Desert, Mounains, 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 | ∞ | |
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, ???, ???, and ??? Crusades, up to orange rarity
Includes a good chance for a Crusade boss card |
750 | ∞ |
Skill Boosters
Skill boosters grant permanent bonuses to their respective skills. Gem costs are always constant, no matter how many boosters are purchased.
Image | Name | Description | Gem Cost | Max. Amount |
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Overlord Mining Kits | Gives one miner double speed and ore mined per swing | 75 | 6 | |
Infinity Forge | Grants infinite forge charges and doubles EXP in Smithing | 150 | 1 | |
Funny Hat | Gives the fisherman double fishing speed and fishing EXP | 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 | ∞ | |
Double Spirit EXP | Gain +100% Spiriting EXP | 125 | ∞ | |
Double Summon EXP | Gain +100% Summoning EXP | 125 | ∞ |
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.
Image | Candy | Flavortext | Roll | % |
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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% |
Miscellaneous
Image | Name | Description | Gem Cost | Max. Amount |
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Raid Tickets | Gain 3 Raid tickets | 25 | ∞ | |
Random Time Candy | Gain 1 random Time Candy used for instant progression in any area | 50 | ∞ | |
Gem Portal | Gain 150 gems every day for 10 days (1500 gems total) | 500 | 1 | |
Vault Pass | Instantly refresh the timer on the Vault | 20 | ∞ |
Crusades
Image | Name | Description | Gem Cost | Max. Amount |
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Second Necklace Slot | Unlocks the second necklace slot | 350 | 1 | |
Boosters 1 | Gain 20 Booster II, 8 Booster III, and 4 Booster IV | 200 | ∞ | |
Boosters 2 | Gain 25 Booster II, 16 Booster IV, and 5 Booster V | 250 | ∞ | |
Boosters 3 | Gain 5 Booster V | 300 | ∞ | |
Mutators 1 | Gain 20 Mutator II, 8 Mutator III, and 4 Mutator IV | 150 | ∞ | |
Mutators 2 | Gain 25 Mutator III, 16 Mutator IV, and 5 Mutator V | 200 | ∞ | |
Mutators 3 | Gain 15 Mutator V | 250 | ∞ | |
Misc Bundle | Gain 3 of every special mutator for a discounted gem cost | 600 | ∞ | |
Safety Charms | Gain 5 Safety Charms, which protects from booster failures | 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+ multipler | 200 | ∞ |