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Are you suffering in your bid to acquire precious gems inRunescape: Dragonwilds? You’re not alone. Mining is hard work - as anyone remotely familiar with the practice surely knows - and finding those beloved commodities like opal and jade can be a backbreaking endeavor in the best of times.
What if we told you there’s a way to get Runescape: Dragonwilds' gems with relative ease? If that sounds too good to be true, itpartlyis; a measure of luck is indeed mandatory here. But there are ways to increase the odds in your favor, and we’ll discuss how to achieve just that.

Runescape: Dragonwilds is in Early Access, so there’s a chance you’ll be reading this a bit later, when there are more gems available than what we have listed below. As of now, this is the complete list!
All Runescape: Dragonwilds Gems And What They’re Used For
There are presentlyfour types of gemsin the game:Opal, Jade, Sapphire, and Red Topaz. They’re all tied to theSmithing Anvil, abuildable deviceused for, well, smithing.
At the Smithing Anvil,you can add gems as recipe ingredients in order to enhance your gear, especially weapons. If you’re just starting out in Runescape: Dragonwilds, don’t worry about this just yet, but you’ll hit a point at which these upgrades are available, and they’re very good, indeed.
You will need to reachlevel 16 in miningbefore you’ll learn the perk entitledGem Prospector, which will allow you to occasionally find these gems. But seeing asobtaining gems is exceedingly rareregardless, you’ll not exactly be missing many golden opportunities therein between level 1 and 15.
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Gem-Finding Tips
There’s not a ton that can be done to hasten this process, but there are still a handful of tips we can provide.
Since Runescape: Dragonwilds is so new, we’ll likely be updating this guide a handful of times in the weeks and months to come. Stay tuned, and good luck!