Gems

Gems are a secondary resource generated as you play and cashed in when abdicating. Once cashed-in, these gems increase your production and Faction coin find chance. At each abdication the gems are carried over and added to the previous ones, making your production stronger and letting you progress further.

Gems are also the resource necessary to reincarnate. Each reincarnation will cost a defined minimum and increasing amount of gems. In this process, all your gems will get reset to zero in exchange for powerful reincarnation perks.

The amount of gems you have is also used in many Faction, challenge and Research upgrades.

Gem Gain

The first gem is obtained at 1 T (1_E12) coins, then 2 T (2_E12) more, then 3 T (3_E12) more, etc. The formula for the total number of coins you need to have produced is n*(n+1)*5_E11 (500B), where n is the number of gems you want.

soon the number of gems can be approximated by: $\sqrt{\left ( \frac{x}{5 \times 10^{11}} \right )}$where x is your number of coins.

Coins	Gems
1 T (1E12)	1
5.005 Qi (5.005E18)	1 K
500 Dc (5E35)	1 T (1E12)

To double your gems you will need to gain 4x the "Coins Gained (Max)" number visible in the Stats menu.

Gem tool-tip showing bonus details after several reincarnations.

Gems also increase your Faction Coin find chance. The rate of increase to the Faction Coin find chance steeply decreases the more gems you accrue, with every additional "100*Current Gems" adding only a percent or two extra chance as the gems reach more than 1 Qi (1_E18).

Gem Power

The Gem Power upgrade is rewarded when you get your first gem. This upgrade makes each gem give you a production boost and boosts your faction coin chance. Further upgrades improve this effect. If you don't buy the first Gem Power upgrade, your gems won't do anything. The difference it brings can be clearly felt when aiming for the few secret trophies requiring you to play without using it.

Gem Upgrades
Name		Cost	Unlock Requirements	Alignment	Effect
	Gem Power	1 Coin	1 Gem	Any	Unlocks Gem Power, each of which will Increase your overall production by 2% and slightly improve your chance of obtaining faction coins. Formula: $+(\lfloor (1.25+\frac{y}{4})* \frac{ln(1+x)^{0.9}}{ln(10)} \rfloor)$where x is the amount of gems you own and y the number of Gem Upgrades purchased.
	Gem Potency	10 Sp 1E25	1 M (1E6) Gems	Any	Gem production bonus is Increased by an additional 1%.
	Gem Supremacy	10 Dvg 1E70	1 Dd (1E39) Gems	Any	Gem production bonus is Increased by an additional 1%.
	Gem Sovereignty	10 Qitg 1E109	1 Vg (1E63) Gems	Any	Gem production bonus is Increased by an additional 1%

Gem Cap

The actual gem cap the game supports is 896e148 gems (and 1.797e308 gold coins ($2^{1024}$gold coins). Going over this amount will cause the game to bug. The Ascension soft reset, which can be reached at R39 and 1 Spqag (1_E144) gems, was implemented to overcome this issue, and shifts the numbers to a lower range. (Source)

See Also

• Gem Trophies