WoW ClassicSep 20, 2022 7:00 am CT

Every gem available in Burning Crusade Classic

By Andrew Powers

Gems were a new addition to WoW in the original Burning Crusade, and The Burning Crusade Classic players can learn Jewelcrafting to cut gems for their gear. Each gem provides a specific type of bonus, depending on its color, and gearing up with good gems can make a big difference in your gameplay.

Those that have played WoW for a while now will think, “Pfft, gems are old news.” But BCC gems aren’t quite like the gems you’ll find in today’s retail WoW. In Burning Crusade Classic, each gem and gem socket will have a specific color, and by matching the correctly colored gems to correctly colored sockets will give you bonus stats. Gems came in six different colors — red, yellow, blue, orange, purple, and green — which indicate the kinds of stats they gave and the kind of sockets they fit into. Then there were Meta gems and Prismatic gems. In short, gems in Burning Crusade Classic can get pretty complicated.

Looking for new gems in Wrath of the Lich King Classic? You can find a list of Wrath Classic gems here.

But if you’re looking for Burning Crusade Classic gems, you’re in the right place. These are all of the gems in BCC.

Every single-color gem in Burning Crusade Classic

These gems go in the socket of their exact color — red gems in red sockets, etc.

Red gems

Bold — Strength

Delicate — Agility

Flashing — Parry

Subtle — Dodge

Teardrop — Spellpower (Healing and Spell damage)

Runed — Spell damage

Bright and Mighty — Attack Power

Yellow gems

Brilliant — Intellect

Mystic — Resilience

Quick — Spell Haste

Smooth — Critical Strike Rating

Gleaming — Spell Critical Strike

Thick — Defense Rating

Great — Spell Hit Rating

Rigid — Hit Rating

Blue gems

Solid, and other special gems — Stamina

Solid Zircon
Solid Azure Moonstone
Solid Star of Elune
Solid Empyrean Sapphire
Eye of the Sea — comes from fishing
Falling Star
Charmed Amani Jewel — not available until Zul’Aman launches in phase 4

Sparkling — Spirit

Stormy — Spell Penetration

Lustrous — Mana regeneration

Every multi-color gem in Burning Crusade Classic

These gems offer a combination of stats and can be placed in two sockets, based on the colors they’re comprised of:

Orange gems go in red or yellow sockets
Purple gems can go in blue or red sockets
Green gems can go in blue and yellow sockets

They count towards color requirements for bonuses, including those for Meta gems. Using these gems lets you customize your stats a bit more without abandoning your bonuses.

Orange gems

Deadly and Wicked — Attack Power and Critical Strike Rating

Inscribed — Strength and Critical Strike Rating

Potent — Spell Power and Spell Critical Strike Rating

Reckless — Spell Power and Intellect

Glinting — Agility and Hit Rating

Veiled — Spell Power and Spell Hit Rating

Luminous — Spell Power and Intellect

Various Fire Opals of different stats:

Champion’s Fire Opal — Strength and Defense
Glistening Fire Opal — Agility and Defense Rating
Resplendent Fire Opal — Strength and Resilience
Splendid Fire Opal — Parry and Resilience
Stalwart Fire Opal — Dodge and Defense
Shining Fire Opal — Spell Damage and Spell Hit Rating
Infused Fire Opal — Spell Damage and Intellect
Mysterious Fire Opal — Spell Power and Spell Penetration
Durable Fire Opal — Spell Power and Resilience
Iridescent Fire Opal — Spell Power and Crit
Beaming Fire Opal — Dodge and Resilience
Nimble Fire Opal — Dodge and Hit
Assassin’s Fire Opal — Dodge and Crit
Pristine Fire Opal — Attack Power and Hit
Empowered Fire Opal — Attack Power and Resilience
Glimmering Fire Opal — Parry and Defense
Etched Fire Opal — Strength and Hit

Green gems

Forceful — Haste and Stamina

Jagged and Barbed — Critical Strike Rating and Stamina

Enduring — Defense Rating and Stamina

Dazzling — Intellect and Mana regeneration

Radiant — Crit and Spell Penetration

Steady — Resilience and Stamina

Various green gems without consistent naming

Notched Deep Peridot — Spell Critical Strike Rating and Stamina
Polished Chrysoprase — Spell Crit Rating and Stamina
Unstable Peridot — Intellect and Stamina
Unstable Talasite — Stamina and Spell Critical Strike Rating
Timeless Chrysoprase — Intellect and Stamina
Seer’s Chrysoprase — Intellect and Spirit
Vivid Chrysoprase — Spell Hit and Stamina
Lambent Chrysoprase — Spell Hit and Mana regeneration
Rune Covered Chrysoprase — Spell Critical Rating and Mana regeneration
Effulgent Chrysoprase — Defense Rating and Mana regeneration
Sundered Chrysoprase — Critical Strike Rating and Mana regeneration

Purple gems

Glowing — Spell Damage and Stamina

Royal — Spell Power and Mana regeneration

Purified — Spell Power and Spirit

Shifting — Agility and Stamina

Balanced — Attack Power and Stamina

Infused — Attack Power and Mana regeneration

Regal — Dodge Rating and Stamina

Sovereign — Strength and Stamina

Various Tanzanite and Amethyst from dungeons

Defender’s Tanzanite — Parry and Stamina
Fluorescent Tanzanite — Spell Damage and Spirit
Blessed Tanzanite — Spell Power and Stamina
Soothing Amethyst — Spell Power and Stamina
Imperial Tanzanite — Spirit and Spell Power

Every special gem in Burning Crusade Classic

There are two more kinds of gems that don’t have a color: Prismatic gems and Meta gems. Prismatic gems are made by Enchanters, and they’re essentially any color. Meta gems are altogether different. Instead of giving stats, they provide a special bonus — and to activate them, you need to meet certain conditions, such as having at least three blue gems socketed. Usually top end helms, from end game content, had Meta sockets.

Prismatic gems – +3 or +4 Resistance to all forms of magic damage

Meta gems

These vary greatly, each providing two bonuses when their conditions are met.

How do I make my own gems?

Most of these come from the Jewelcrafting profession, which prospects gemstones from ore and cuts them so they can be socketed in our gear. Most of the gems we’ve listed come from the profession directly and cuts are available from Jewelcrafting trainers — and as soon as players manage to level high enough to learn them. (Note that the Draenei race have +5 bonus to Jewelcrafting, so they’ll get higher recipes a tiny bit faster than everyone else.)

Originally published March 27, 2021; updated September 20, 2022

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