How do socket bonuses work

Which is probably why we now just get a triple-helping of mastery instead whether or not we like it. Their stated reason was they thought raiding had become too expensive in terms of consumable use and gear augmentation. Why did socket bonuses stop being a thing? Community General Discussion. At the same point where enchanting every single piece was a thing or meta sockets too.

Man, I really miss having more than a few enchants too. Used in Jewelcrafting. Can also be socketed into armor to augment its power. Cut Brilliant Turquoise. Cut Turquoise. Cut Flawed Turquoise. Pristine Turquoise. Used in Jewelcrafting, but must be cut and polished at a Stonecutting Station first. Brilliant Turquoise. Flawed Turquoise. Cut Pristine Topaz. You can't remove a gem once it's been placed into a socketed piece of gear, but it can be replaced with a new gem—you'll just lose the original gem in the process, so think carefully before adding them.

One of her fondest hopes is to one day play through the ending of Final Fantasy X without breaking down into a sobbing heap. She probably has more wolves in Valheim than you. Sarah James. You can socket the meta gem without meeting the requirements, but the meta gem will remain inactive until you do meet its requirements which can be done either by socketing new gems, or equipping new items containing the required gems.

A meta gem requires you to have currently equipped items socketed with a certain number and color of other gems. These colors can be as either primary or secondary colors see below and secondary gems count for both colors. For example, an item with a meta gem socket that requires 2 blue and 1 red gem in order to become active, could be activated by having 2 purple gems or 2 blue and an orange gem.

This section concerns content exclusive to Cataclysm. Only cogwheels can be put in these cogwheel sockets. So far, all cogwheels require Engineering to use.

As of the end of Cataclysm, cogwheels have been pretty unpopular, but new upgraded cogwheels will appear in Mists of Pandaria. This section concerns content exclusive to Mists of Pandaria. Introduced early in Cataclysm since as of Patch 4. When Mists of Pandaria was released, these sockets were effectively renamed to Sha-touched sockets see below.

As of Patch 5. So far only 3 legendary gems will fit in these sockets: [2].