Skill gems¶

Skill gems go on the skill board in the equipment window (tab Skills). Each one's text is the game's own; a number shown as a range grows from rank 1 to rank 5. Capacity is how much of the board's capacity it takes, price what it costs while it works.

Triggers (6)¶

React to an event and start the effects beside them. Each effect they start raises the stamina cost of every attack or block.

	Name	Effect	Capacity	Price	Cut from
	On Hit	When an attack hits an enemy: 25% chance to trigger the connected effects. Once per attack, at most every 0.6 s.	2	Attack stamina cost: +6% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem
	On Critical Hit	When an attack hits an enemy critically: 50% chance to trigger the connected effects. Once per attack, at most every 0.4 s.	2	Attack stamina cost: +6% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem
	On Block	When a block stops a hit: triggers the connected effects. At most every 1 s.	2	Block stamina cost: +8% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem
	On Parry	When a parry stops a hit: triggers the connected effects. An ordinary block does not. At most every 0.5 s.	2	Block stamina cost: +8% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem
	On Killing a Burning Enemy	When an attack kills a burning enemy: 35% chance to trigger the connected effects at the corpse.	2	Attack stamina cost: +4% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem After Fader is defeated
	On Killing a Bleeding Enemy	When an attack kills a bleeding enemy: 35% chance to trigger the connected effects at the corpse.	2	Attack stamina cost: +4% per effect	Uncut Trigger Gem After The Queen is defeated

Effects (11)¶

Do something when a trigger beside them fires.

	Name	Effect	Capacity	Price	Cut from
	Eikthyr's Spark	Chain lightning strikes up to 3 enemies, each for 50–70% of the weapon's base damage as lightning damage.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem After Eikthyr is defeated
	Night Brood	Summons 2 bats that fight for 12 s. Up to 4 bats live at once; the brood rests 8 s between summons.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem After Moder is defeated
	Frost Wave	A wave of cold around the bearer: 40–56% of the weapon's base damage as frost damage to enemies within 5 m.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Victor's Blood	Heals the bearer for 8–11.2% of maximum health.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Shard of Retribution	Returns 40–56% of the stopped hit's damage to the attacker, as the same kinds of damage. Only from an incoming hit.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Bowstring Echo	Looses a spectral echo of the triggering shot at the struck enemy for 50–70% of its damage. The echo leaves no ammunition and does not echo again.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Ice Shards	3 ice shards burst from the target at the nearest other enemies within 10 m, each dealing 35–49% of the weapon's base damage as frost damage.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Fire Burst	A burst of fire at the target: 50–70% of the weapon's base damage as fire damage to enemies within 2.5 m.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Flame of the Fallen	The corpse explodes for 6–8.4% of its maximum health as fire damage to enemies within 5 m. Bosses explode for 25% of that.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem After Fader is defeated
	Blood Legacy	The corpse bursts: 50–70% of its remaining bleeding damage strikes enemies within 5 m as physical damage. No bleed left, no burst.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem After The Queen is defeated
	Flesh Rend	Deals extra damage equal to 2–2.8% of the target's maximum health, as the kinds of damage of the triggering hit. Bosses take 20% of it.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem After Yagluth is defeated

Curses (8)¶

Effects that curse the target. One player keeps one curse on each enemy.

	Name	Effect	Capacity	Price	Cut from
	Broken Seals	Curses the target: -(15–21)% fire, frost and lightning resistance for 6 s.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Rotten Blood	Curses the target: -(20–28)% poison resistance for 6 s.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Bared Soul	Curses the target: -(20–28)% spirit resistance for 6 s.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Broken Will	Curses the target: it deals 20–28% less damage for 6 s. Bosses: 50% of the effect.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Norns' Fetters	Curses the target: 20–28% less movement and attack speed for 6 s. Bosses: 50% of the effect.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Bared Steel	Curses the target: 25–35% less armour against hits for 6 s.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Trembling Bones	Curses the target: it takes 30–42% more stagger build-up for 6 s. Does not stagger by itself.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem
	Shattered Mail	Curses the target: it takes 30–42% more armour break build-up for 6 s.	3	—	Uncut Effect Gem

Supports (14)¶

Change the effects and auras beside them, with a drawback. They take capacity for each gem they support.

	Name	Effect	Capacity	Price	Cut from
	Branching	Supported projectiles: 2 more, each dealing 30% less damage.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Leap	Supported chains strike 2 more enemies; each strike after the first deals 15% less damage.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Through the Ranks	Supported projectiles pierce 2 more enemies and deal 10% less damage.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Wide Echo	Supported areas: 40–56% increased area, 20% less damage or effect.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Long Seal	Supported effects last 40–56% longer and cost 20% more.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Deep Wound	Supported hits: 50–70% more ailment build-up and chance, 20% less damage. A kind of damage never gains another kind's ailment.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Thrifty Facet	Supported gems cost 25–35% less stamina or eitr; their triggers rest 25% longer between activations.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Sturdy Shell	Supported minions: 50–70% increased maximum health, 15% less damage.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Heavy Impulse	Supported hits push 100% harder; their triggers rest 10% longer between activations.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Inner Circle	A supported buff aura affects only its bearer, with 30–42% more effect.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Shrapnel Burst	A supported projectile bursts where its flight ends: 40–56% of its damage to enemies within 3 m.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Storm Saturation	Supported hits: 50–70% more shock chance.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Blazing Heart	Supported hits add fire damage equal to 4–5.6% of the bearer's maximum health. The bearer takes 20% of the damage they deal as fire damage.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem
	Heavy Word	Supported curses: 25–35% more effect, 30% shorter duration. On an aura: more reserved eitr instead.	1 per supported gem	—	Uncut Support Gem

Auras (9)¶

Work by themselves while switched on, and reserve eitr.

	Name	Effect	Capacity	Price	Cut from
	Rune Veil	The bearer and allies within 8 m have +30–42 maximum rune shield. Entering the aura raises the maximum, it does not fill it.	3	Eitr reserve: 20	Uncut Effect Gem
	Plague Breath	Enemies within 6 m take 6–8.4 poison damage per second. The bearer breathes it too: 15% of it per second.	3	Eitr reserve: 20	Uncut Effect Gem
	Warm Hearth	The bearer and allies within 8 m regenerate 2–2.8 health per second.	3	Eitr reserve: 20	Uncut Effect Gem
	Steadfast Circle	The bearer and allies within 8 m have 30–42% increased endurance.	3	Eitr reserve: 20	Uncut Effect Gem
	Circle of Gifts	Turns the supports next to it into their aura forms and grants them, with their drawbacks, to the bearer and allies within 8 m. Takes no effects or curses.	4	Eitr reserve: 15	Uncut Effect Gem
	Storm Crown	While the bearer is airborne, every 1.2 s a bolt strikes a random enemy within 30 m for 40–56% of the weapon's base damage as lightning damage. On the ground the crown is quiet; its eitr stays reserved.	3	Eitr reserve: 25	Uncut Effect Gem After Eikthyr is defeated
	Answering Heat	Incoming fire feeds a burning ring: for 1 s enemies within 4 m take 50–70% of the fire damage incoming in the last second, per second. Incoming fire is counted before any reduction. No incoming fire, no damage.	3	Eitr reserve: 20	Uncut Effect Gem After Yagluth is defeated
	Rain Underfoot	A rain cloud follows the bearer: everything within 3 m beneath it gets wet, as in rain. No levitation, no damage.	3	Eitr reserve: 12	Uncut Effect Gem After The Queen is defeated
	Circle of Malice	Keeps the curses next to it on enemies within 8 m while they stay inside. Every curse counts against the curse limit on each enemy.	4	Eitr reserve: 15	Uncut Effect Gem

Uncut gems and the chisel¶

Gems are cut from uncut gems of three kinds; the Awakening Chisel opens a locked cell of the board.

	Name	Effect	How to get
	Uncut Trigger Gem	Right-click to cut it into a trigger of its rank.	drops from the Meadows
	Uncut Effect Gem	Right-click to cut it into an effect, a curse or an aura of its rank.	drops from the Meadows
	Uncut Support Gem	Right-click to cut it into a support of its rank.	drops from the Meadows
	Awakening Chisel	Right-click, then left-click a locked cell of the skill board: the cell opens. Escape cancels; nothing is spent until a cell opens.	drops from the Meadows

How ranks, capacity and prices work: skill board.

Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.