How to socket gems in Dreadmyst

Dreadmyst has different ways of upgrading your gear, and one of them involves socketing various gems that you find on your adventures.

You’ll find gems of different categories throughout the course of your adventures. Once you find them, you’ll be able to socket them on your gear to provide different stat boosts. This guide will explain the complete process so that you can get your gear score to the highest level possible.

All gem tiers in Dreadmyst

Gems can be categorized into three different tiers in Dreadmyst. Every gem will provide a bonus to one of your five core skills depending on their rarity (or quality).

Low Tier Gems (+1 Bonus)

• Rough Ruby (Strength)
• Rough Emerald (Agility)
• Rough Sapphire (Willpower)
• Rough Amethyst (Intelligence)
• Rough Topaz (Courage)

Mid Tier Gems (+2 Bonus)

• Ruby (Strength)
• Emerald (Agility)
• Sapphire (Willpower)
• Amethyst (Intelligence)
• Topaz (Courage)

High Tier Gems (+3 Bonus)

• Refined Ruby (Strength)
• Refined Emerald (Agility)
• Refined Sapphire (Willpower)
• Refined Amethyst (Intelligence)

How to equip and remove gems in Dreadmyst

The process of equipping gems into gear is pretty simple. You can add them as long as there’s an empty slot. However, you can also make an error in the process. You can accidentally equip a gem in the wrong slot. For example, equipping a Refined Ruby in a slot meant for Courage won’t provide you with any boost.

If that happens, you’ll need to remove the gem using the Shatter Gems item. This item can be obtained by completing The Arena quest. You can complete this quest multiple times by playing in PvP. Once activated, the Shatter Gems item will automatically remove all socketed gems. Removal of a gem also destroys it permanently.

Additionally, there’s an element of failure associated with the socketing process. The exact odds are a secret, but attempting to socket a gem won’t be guaranteed. The odds of failure also go up when you’re trying to equip higher-tier gems.

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A new Resident Evil Showcase just closed out with a fun announcement that has implications for gamers just about everywhere…but it’s not the demo that everyone was hoping for.

With today’s showcase, gamers everywhere were hoping that Resident Evil Requiem would follow a trend of recent RE games, including Resident Evil 7, Resident Evil Village, and Resident Evil 4 Remake all having playable demos ahead of launch. And with the quality presented in each demo, I’d say that they probably helped generate even more sales for the franchise. I expected RE9 to do the same, but alas, nothing. Not yet, anyway.

During today’s showcase, though, Capcom did show off the first look at gameplay from Leon Kennedy’s action gameplay segments, played in third-person, with a similar vibe to the Resident Evil 4 remake’s gameplay. Leon’s focus is on shooting enemies, but he also has a hatchet he can use to parry melee attacks, and he can even pick up weapons like the enemy’s chainsaw to fight back.

This sort of gameplay is the foil to Grace Ashcroft’s more horror-oriented gameplay in close-quarters, cramped areas, creating a back-and-forth to keep players on their toes. Grace isn’t defenseless, however, as the stream showed off a massive hand cannon she can use to fight back. Both segments can be played in either first-person or third-person, and either character can have a dedicated perspective either way.

Capcom also showed off the return of Ink Ribbons for game saves, some new crafting mechanics, and a new enemy type in the game: zombies that retain some minor characteristics of their past lives. The humanity is lingering within the undead this time, and it makes for some unsettling behaviors.

While the rest of the showcase was full of ads for things like collabs with Porsche and Hamilton watches, many left disappointed that there were no real big reveals or a demo shadowdrop like people were hoping for, myself included.

Still, RE9 is one of my most anticipated titles of 2026. It drops in just over a month on Feb. 27, and I can’t wait to get my grubby hands on it, so check out the showcase from today to tide you over.

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