Purple Gem/DST

Don't Starve

DST

Purple Gem
"By your colors combined!" "Transmute Blue and Red Gems into Purple Gems."
	5
	10
	0
	(Can't be eaten by survival)
	Elemental
	x1 x1 x1 x1 (only )
Filters
	(for )
Tier	(for non skill craft)
Dropped by	( ) () (0.01% x3)
Perk	Used for dark magic.
	40 items
	"purplegem"

“It contains the mysteries of the universe.”

–Wilson

“Weird!”

–Willow

“Prettier rock.”

–Wolfgang

“Purple like a... purple thing.”

–Wendy

“IT IS STRANGE”

–WX-78

“It gives off a strange aura.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's nothing a good chopping wouldn't fix.”

–Woodie

“Purple brings great power.”

–Maxwell

“Amazingly adept at focusing the dark fuel.”

–Wagstaff

“It is clöudy with a mysteriöus energy.”

–Wigfrid

“I can see knowledge swimming inside.”

–Webber

“Shiny!”

–Walani

“It holds deep secrets.”

–Warly

“Shiny and valuable!”

–Woodlegs

“ALL THAT GLITTERS 'TIS GOLD”

–Wilba

“Shiny”

–Wormwood

“Shiny. Purple. Ready for evil.”

–Wheeler

“A little snooty gem.”

–Winona

“Dark amethyst wrenched from shadows' midst.”

–Wortox

“It pretty...”

–Wurt

“Purple's usually a friendly colour.”

–Walter

“This could be useful.”

–Wanda

A Purple Gem is a Refined item used to craft several Magic items. It requires a Prestihatitator to prototype, and costs 1 Red Gem and 1 Blue Gem to craft.

Outside of crafting, Purple Gems can also be obtained by mining Ancient Statues, destroying Broken Clockworks, opening Ornate Chests, or as a drop from both variants of the Clockwork Bishop. Maxwell also starts out with a Purple Gem in his inventory in singleplayer Don't Starve.

Purple Gems are used to craft the Shadow Manipulator, Bat Bat, Telelocator Staff, and Nightmare Amulet. Three Purple Gems must be installed in a Telelocator Focus before it will function, and they will be consumed when the Telelocator Focus is used.

Purple Gem has a 0.01% chance to be dropped by Tumbleweeds.

In Don't Starve Together, a number of additional ways were introduced to acquire Purple Gems, including:

• Dragonfly drops 1 - 2 Purple Gems upon death.
• Purple Gems can be gathered in the Ruins from Cave Holes by using The Lazy Forager. The Ruins can be regenerated by killing the Ancient Fuelweaver, so every time the Ancient Fuelweaver is killed, the player can regenerate new gems.
• Sunken Chests have a chance of dropping Purple Gems when hammered.
• Tumbleweeds have a roughly 0.01% chance to drop Purple Gems when harvested.

Purple Gems are required in large quantities to craft Moon Rock Idols, charge Telelocators, and power Winona's G.E.M.erator (though it is more efficient to use Blue or Red Gems for this purpose since they can be easily acquired on the surface, although killing the Ancient Fuelweaver and clearing the Ruins repeatedly tends to produce an excess of Purple Gems). They're also used for several other character-specific recipes and useful gear such as Nightmare Amulets. See below for a full list.

Also, a Purple Gem can be crafted by Wilson without the use of a Prestihatitator if he has "Transmute Gems Ⅰ"

Usage

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×4

×4

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Obtained by inserting the Gem into the Cratered Moonrock.

×10

×4

Tips

• Thanks to periodic Hound waves, purple gems are renewable, even in the base game, as both Red Hounds and Blue Hounds drop Red and Blue Gems, respectively.
  • Since the July 30th, 2015 update, they are also renewable by fishing up Sea Worthers, Toy Boats, and Sextants from Flotsam and trading them to Wolly for Purple, Blue, and Red Gems, respectively.

Trivia

• The Purple Gem was added in A Little Rain Must Fall update.
• The Purple Gem's crafting description is a reference to Captain Planet.
• Purple Gems can be deconstructed using the Deconstruction Staff. However, since they're made using only gems, nothing will be dropped, wasting a Purple Gem.

Gallery

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  Gems emoji from official Klei Discord server.