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Purple brings great power.

Maxwell

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.

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In the Reign of Giants DLC, the Purple Gem has a 0.01% chance to be dropped by Tumbleweeds.

In the Shipwrecked DLC, fishing with a Trawl Net in Deep Ocean has a small chance to catch a Purple Gem. The chance is higher during Hurricane Season and Dry Season. X Marks the Spot treasure chests occasionally contain a Purple Gem. Additionally, the Slot Machine has a small chance to yield 3 Purple Gems as a possible reward. Purple Gems are used to craft the Howling Conch.

In the Hamlet DLC, there is a very low chance for Purple Gems to drop from Hammering A Smashing Pot. They can also be acquired from the End's Well. Purple Gems, unlike other gems, cannot be sold to Bankers.

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

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"

Icon Tools Usage[]

Purple Gem
Living Log
3×
Nightmare Fuel
7×
Prestihatitator
Shadow Manipulator
Batilisk Wing
Living Log
2×
Purple Gem
Shadow Manipulator
Bat Bat
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Batilisk Wing
Living Log
2×
Purple Gem
Shadow Manipulator
Bat Bat
DST icon
Purple Gem
Living Log
2×
Nightmare Fuel
4×
Shadow Manipulator
Telelocator Staff
Purple Gem
Nightmare Fuel
4×
Gold Nugget
6×
Shadow Manipulator
Nightmare Amulet
Purple Gem
Obsidian
4×
Magic Seal
Obsidian Workbench
Howling Conch
Shipwrecked icon
Purple Gem
Cratered Moonrock
Interface arrow right
Purple Moonlens
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Obtained by inserting the Gem into the Cratered Moonrock.
Purple Gem
Moon Rock
Celestial Orb
Moon Rock Idol
Don't Starve Together icon
Purple Gem
Moon Rock
Shadow Manipulator
Slow-Down Rounds
10×
Don't Starve Together icon
Walter Portrait
Purple Gem
Papyrus
Feather Pencil
Interface arrow right
Startling Soliloquy
Don't Starve Together icon
Wigfrid Portrait
Purple Gem
Gardeneer Hat
1×
Thulecite Fragments
4×
Broken Pseudoscience Station
Premier Gardeneer Hat
Don't Starve Together icon
Purple Gem
Thulecite
2×
Twigs
1×
Interface arrow right
Gembell
DST icon
Wolfgang Portrait
Purple Gem
Backtrek Watch
Prestihatitator
Rift Watch
DST icon
Wanda Portrait

Prototype 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.

Placeholder 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.

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