Type Gems are items that can be used as both held items and as an ingredient in TM production.
Natural Generation
A mature Ground Gem formation found in a Deepslate cave.
Type Gems generate underground as exposed crystal formations in air-exposed Deepslate caves throughout the Overworld.
Each crystal formation generates as a randomly selected gem type that grows from a Deepslate Crystal Core.
Obtaining
Mining
Type Gem Crystal Growth
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| Stack Limit |
64 |
| Tool |
Pickaxe |
| Hardness |
3 |
| Blast Resistance |
3 |
| Flammable |
No |
Type Gems can be obtained by mining Type Gem Blocks and Type Gem Clusters using an Iron Pickaxe or better.
Each stage of growth of a cluster yields a differing amount of gems:
| Stage
|
Yield
|
| Stage 0 Cluster
|
1
|
| Stage 1 Cluster
|
1
|
| Stage 2 Cluster
|
1
|
| Stage 3 Cluster
|
2-3
|
| Block
|
1-2
|
Exploration
Type Gems can be found in any ruin structure both in gilded chests as well as in suspicious blocks.
Usage
Cultivation
- For more information, see Deepslate Crystal Core
Type Gems can be used on a Deepslate Crystal Core to plant crystal formations that mature into Type Gem Clusters and eventually Type Gem Blocks.
Battling
When held by a Pokémon as a Held Item a Type Gem will boost the damage of the next move of that corresponding type by 10%, consuming the gem in the process.
Crafting
Storage Blocks
Held Items
TM Production
Type gems are a primary ingredient in creating TM's.