Which Gems should I keep ?

Hi

I'm pretty new to PoE and I'm wondering which Gems I should keep or how to determine how much they are worth. I'm talking about 0% quality Gems only here.

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Keep 2 of every gem. You never know what gem you will need in the future when trying out some new build.
Unless the gem has 10+% quality or is drop only (http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Drop_Only_Gems) it will get traded for 1 alch max if at all. Drop only usually go in the 2-4 chaos range (though knockback, punishment, devouring totem are hardly used and therefore in the 1 alch class; multistrike may get you a bit more than 2-4 chaos as it is sought after)
Rule of thumb: Keep those that you can't get from quest rewards.
Exceptions
  • Added Fire Damage
  • Blood Magic
  • Item Quantity
  • Item Rarity
  • Life Gain on Hit
  • Life Leech
  • Mana Leech
  • Melee Physical Damage
  • Melee Splash
  • Reduced Mana
  • Weapon Elemental Damage
But keeping atleast one of each gem won't hurt if you can spare the space.
For reference:

http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Drop_Only_Gems

Obscurin's list of recommended keep-quest-gems plus list of drop only gems
Added Chaos Damage
Chain
Concentrated Effect
Devouring Totem
Elemental Hit
Elemental Proliferation
Elemental Weakness
Greater Multiple Projectiles
Knockback
Multistrike
Punishment
Temporal Chains
Portal
Added Fire Damage
Blood Magic
Item Quantity
Item Rarity
Life Gain on Hit
Life Leech
Mana Leech
Melee Physical Damage
Melee Splash
Reduced Mana
Weapon Elemental Damage


More tips: If a gem is very easy to get from quest rewards (i.e. killing Hillock), then it is unlikely you well be able to sell it for 1 alc as quest gems usually are sold for. Use http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Quest_Rewards and your own discretion to help you decide which gems to keep.
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Last edited by adghar#1824 on Aug 29, 2013, 9:49:12 PM
Also add faster cast and faster attacks to that list. You want a lot of those gems if you're levelling up new chars, and often want more than one per character.

Other good ones to keep (because they're useful with so many different skills/builds) include:

Increased AoE
Spell Totem
Ranged Attack Totem
Critical Weakness
Faster Projectiles
Lesser Multiple Projectiles
Movement skills you like
Face it, all of your suggestions are worse than this idea:
http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/657756
thx a lot :) I'm gonna keep 2 of every gem and the gems you listed.

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