Skill Gems Vendor Recipes - Path of Exile

Skill gems include active skill gems and support skill gems. First of all, you need to equip a skill gem into your item socket. Then the skill gem will grant you a certain ability. Your every skill comes from gems. Skill gems have levels and quality and it can increase the effect of the gem. There are many vendor recipes for skill gems.

PoE 20% Quality Gem Recipe

Outcome	Skill Gem Recipes	Notes
20% quality gem(Level: 1)	1x level 20 skill gem (buy from Path of Exile Trade) 1x Gemcutter's Prism (buy from Path of Exile Trade)	The resulting gem will be of the same skill, and will have its level reset to 1. Does not work with Corrupted gems.

PoE 3.23: The vendor recipe for turning a Level 20 Gem into a 20% Quality Level 1 version of that Gem no longer works with Skill Gems, as the benefit Quality provides to damage dealing Skills is now more powerful. The vendor recipe can now only be used with non-Awakened Support Gems.

Recipe Example

Vendor List:

• 1x Gemcutter's Prism
• 1x Divine Ire(Level 20)

Recipe result: 1x Divine Ire(Level 1, 20% Quality).

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PoE 20% Quality Gem Recipe

Ah, the 20% quality gem recipe! This handy little vendor trick was discovered fairly recently in Path of Exile and has been a hot topic among players ever since. Here's the lowdown:

What it does:

• This recipe allows you to trade a level 20 gem for a level 1 gem with 20% quality.
• Essentially, you sacrifice level for quality.
• This can be advantageous for certain gems, particularly support gems:
  • 20% quality can often make a level 15-ish gem outperform a non-quality level 20 gem in terms of utility.
  • It also lets you benefit from the quality bonuses earlier in your leveling process.
• For skill gems, it's generally not as worthwhile unless you're building a specific niche character or have access to very efficient leveling methods.

How to use it:

• Simply trade a level 20 gem and one Gemcutter's Prism to any vendor.
• You'll get back a level 1 gem with 20% quality.

Things to keep in mind:

• **This recipe only works with non-Awakened support gems. It doesn't work with skill gems anymore.
• You should weigh the pros and cons before using this recipe on a valuable level 20 gem.
• Remember that leveling gems doesn't suffer experience penalties like characters, so sometimes leveling a gem normally might be just as efficient.

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Skill Gem Vendor Recipe

Result	Skill Gem Recipes	Notes
Decrease level of skill gem by 1	1x skill gem 1x  Orb of Scouring	Does not work with Corrupted gems, so Vaal also.
Decrease level of skill gem to 1	1x skill gem 1x  Orb of Regret	Does not work with Corrupted gems, so Vaal also.
20% quality skill gem	1x level 20 skill gem 1x  Gemcutter’s Prism	The resulting gem will be of the same skill, and will have its level reset to 1. Does not work with Corrupted gems.
1x Block Chance Reduction Support	1x any dexterity shield with 20% quality 1x  Puncture(gem)
1x  Mirror Arrow	1x  Blink Arrow(gem) 1x  Orb of Alteration
1x  Blink Arrow	1x  Mirror Arrow(gem) 1x  Orb of Alteration
1x  Hypothermia Support 1x  Ice Bite Support 1x  Cold Penetration Support 1x  Mana Leech Support 1x  Added Cold Damage Support 1x  Inspiration Support	1x  Bitterdream	The resulting Added Cold Damage Gem is level 10, all the others are level 1.
Elemental Penetration Support Immolate Support Unbound Ailments Support Ice Bite Support Inspiration Support Innervate Support	1x Replica Bitterdream 1x Lightning Penetration Support level 20 1x Fire Penetration Support level 20 1x Cold Penetration Support level 20

Other Skill Gem Vendor Recipe

Result	Skill Gem Recipes	Notes
Consumed support gems	1x  The Hungry Loop	Resulting gems are at maximum level with 0% Quality.
1x Vaal Orb	7x vaal skill gems 1x Sacrifice vaal fragment	Resulting gems are at maximum level with 0% Quality.
1x Ruby Ring (normal)	1x Iron Ring 1x red skill gem	By swapping in / out multiple skill gems on the vendor's sell screen a 30% resist ring can be guaranteed for only a few wisdom scrolls.
1x Topaz Ring (normal)	1x Iron Ring 1x green skill gem	By swapping in / out multiple skill gems on the vendor's sell screen a 30% resist ring can be guaranteed for only a few wisdom scrolls.
1x Sapphire Ring (normal)	1x Iron Ring 1x blue skill gem	By swapping in / out multiple skill gems on the vendor's sell screen a 30% resist ring can be guaranteed for only a few wisdom scrolls.
1x Onyx Amulet (normal)	1x amulet 1x red skill gem 1x green skill gem 1x blue skill gem	The resulting amulet's attribute (implicit stat) can be altered by switching out the base amulet or skill gems with new ones randomly as long as you can meet the requirements of the recipe.
1x Life Flask with Grants (x)% Of (local flask) Life Recovery To Minions	1x Any rarity Life Flask 1x Orb of Transmutation 1x Any rarity Bone Spirit Shield	Can be used to craft a Helmet with +1 to Level of Minion Gems in this item
1x Helmet with +1 to Level of Minion Gems in this item	1x magic helmet 1x Orb of Alteration 1x Life Flask with the suffix "of Animation"	The helmet must be magic rarity.
Hyrri's Bite	1x white Sharktooth Arrow Quiver 1x rare Onyx Amulet 1x Rain of Arrows gem with at least 1% quality 1x Orb of Chance

PoE Skill Gem Quality

Both active and support skill gems may have quality. Every skill is affected by quality differently, but frequently it somehow improves the damage dealt with the skill. Buffs and curses, obviously, do not have their damage improved. Even those that do have their damage improved will see different rates of improvement for a given amount of quality.

The quality of skill gems may be improved with a Gemcutter's Prism. These upgrades always improve a skill's quality by 1%. Alternatively, a level 20 skill gem and a Gemcutter's Prism can be sold for a level 1 gem with 20% quality.

The effect of quality scales with the base quality effect, however, only whole numbers will be granted (and thus the effect will always be rounded down); for example 3% quality on a gem with 0.5% effect will only grant 1% effect and not 1.5% effect. Effects that have some degree of fractions naturally are rounded to their natural bases (i.e. seconds will be rounded to milliseconds, etc.).

It is possible to get a gem's quality above 20% through corruption, the use of Enhance Support and certain gear.

PoE Gem Quality Recipe

Result	Skill Gem Recipes	Notes
20% quality skill gem (PoE 3.14 Challenge)	1x level 20 skill gem 1x  Gemcutter’s Prism	The resulting gem will be of the same skill, and will have its level reset to 1. Does not work with Corrupted gems.
1x Gemcutter's Prism	1x 20% quality skill gem
1x Gemcutter's Prism	Skill Gems with a total of at least 40% quality

Vendor Recipes Skill Gems Examples

1. Degrade level 1 Recipe for skill gems

1x Skill Gem’s level -1 = 1x Skill Gem + 1x Orb of Scouring

Sell any skill gem with a level plus an Orb of Scouring to any vendor, the skill gem’s level will minus 1. For example, a level of 15 skill gem plus an Orb of Scouring will exchange for a skill gem of level 14.

Since Vaal Gems cannot be modified anymore, this vendor recipe cannot apply for Corrupted gems.

2. Reset a skill gem to level 1

1x level 1 skill gem = 1x skill gem + 1x Orb of Regret

Plus an Orb of Regret to a level skill gem recipe, the level will reset to 1. Be careful, any level will be reset to level 1. Orb of Regret is a PoE currency can also grant a passive skill refund point for a skill tree.

This recipe cannot apply for Corrupted skill gems as well.

3. Quality 20% skill gem Recipe

1x 20% quality skill gem = 1x level 20 skill gem + 1x Gemcutter’s Gem

Gemcutter’s Gem is an expensive PoE currency and improves the quality of a gem. To reach 20% quality, you need 20 Gemcutter’s Gem. This method is useful to save a lot of Gemcutter’s Gem. The return skill gem is the same type of as the old one.

Vaal skill gems cannot use this vendor recipe.

4. Block Chance Reduction Support Recipe

1x Block Chance Reduction Support = 1x Puncture + 1x any dexterity shield with 20% quality

Block Chance Reduction supports any skill that hits enemies. This support gem can be only obtained by the vendor recipe. A Puncture skill gem plus any 20% quality shield with dexterity property can vendor for Block Chance Reduction gem.

5. Blink Arrow & Mirror Arrow Recipe

• 1x Mirror Arrow = 1x Blink Arrow + 1x Orb of Alteration
• 1x Blink Arrow = 1x Mirror Arrow + 1x Orb of Alteration

Blink Arrow is an attack that fires an arrow, upon reaching the destination you are teleported there and a clone is summoned at your previous location. Mirror Arrow is an attack that fires an arrow, dealing damage and summoning a clone when it reaches its destination. The clone is a minion that uses the player’s bow and quiver.

You can purchase these two skill gem from Siosa(The Library, Act 3) or Lilly Roth(Lioneye’s Watch, Act 6).

6. Vendor unique Bitterdream for gems

Bitterdream is a unique shadow Sceptre and 22% increased Elemental Damage. Sell a Bitterdream to any vendor, you will get the following gems:

• 1x Hypothermia Support
• 1x Ice Bite Support
• 1x Cold Penetration Support
• 1x Mana Leech Support
• 1x Added Cold Damage Support(Level 10)
• 1x Reduced Mana Support

7. The Hungry Loop Recipe

Selling The Hungry Loop to a vendor returns any consumed support gems.

The Hungry Loop is a unique Unset Ring. It consumes socketed support gems when they reach maximum level. When a support gem is consumed, the Hungry Loop gains a modifier that supports socketed skill gems with the maximum level of the consumed support. Gem quality is ignored. The Hungry Loop can consume up to four different support gems.

How to get Skill Gems?

There are several methods of obtaining skills and support gems:

• (1) Earned through a quest reward
• (2) Purchased from town vendors once a certain quest is complete
• (3) Vendors in Acts 1-4 sell leveled skill gems. The available gems are based on the character’s class.
• (4) Siosa in Act 3 sells all unleveled skill gems that can be received as quest rewards, across all classes.
• (5) Lilly Roth in Act 6 sells all unleveled skill gems after completing the Act 6 quest “Fallen from Grace”.
• (6) Vendor recipes.
• (7) Random drop from monsters, chests and strongboxes.
• (8) Random offer from a master.
• (9) Vaal skill gems come from Vaal Vessels in corrupted areas.
• (10) As a reward for turning certain sets of divination cards.