Purple Gem

Purple Gem
"By your colors combined!"
Crafting	× 1 × 1
Tab
Tier
Perk	Used for dark magic
Dropped by	() () (15%) x1 (0.01%) (0.1%) () used in Ocean () ()
Stacks up to	40
DebugSpawn	`"purplegem"`

“It contains the mysteries of the universe.”

–Wilson

“Weird!”

–Willow

“Prettier rock.”

–Wolfgang

“Purple like a... purple thing.”

–Wendy

“IT IS STRANGE”

–WX-78

“It gives off a strange aura.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's nothing a good chopping wouldn't fix.”

–Woodie

“Purple brings great power.”

–Maxwell

“It is clöudy with a mysteriöus energy.”

–Wigfrid

“I can see knowledge swimming inside.”

–Webber

“Shiny!”

–Walani

“It holds deep secrets.”

–Warly

“Shiny and valuable!”

–Woodlegs

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.

Purple Gems can be obtained by mining Ancient Statues, destroying Broken Clockworks, opening Ornate Chests, or as a drop from both variants of the Clockwork Bishop. Maxwell starts out with a Purple Gem in his inventory.

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.

Downloadable Content

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.

Don't Starve Together

In Don't Starve Together, the Dragonfly has a chance to drop Purple Gems upon death. Purple Gems can also be inserted into Cratered Moonrocks to acquire a Purple Moonlens.

Usage

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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.

Trivia

The Purple Gem was added in the A Little Rain Must Fall update.
The Purple Gem's description is a reference to Captain Planet.
The Purple Gem's element is darkness and its opposite is the Yellow Gem.

v · d · eItems and Structures dropped by Mobs

Loot	Ashes • Azure Feather • Batilisk Wing • Beard Hair • Beefalo Horn • Blow Dart • Blue Gem • Bunny Puff • Butter • Butterfly Wings • Charcoal • Crimson Feather • Deerclops Eyeball • Drumstick • Fleshy Bulb • Flint • Frog Legs • Gears • Guardian's Horn • Glow Berry • Honey • Hound's Tooth • Jet Feather • Krampus Sack • Light Bulb • Living Log • Mandrake • Meat • Monster Meat • Morsel • Mosquito Sack • Nightmare Fuel • Ornate Chest • Pig Skin • Purple Gem • Red Gem • Rocks • Silk • Slurtle Slime • Slurper Pelt • Spider Eggs • Spider Gland • Shelmet • Snurtle Shell Armor • Spiderhat • Stinger • Tam o' Shanter • Tentacle Spike • Tentacle Spots • Thulecite Fragments • Walrus Tusk (Cat Tail • Down Feather • Electric Milk • Glommer's Goop • Glommer's Wings • Scales • Thick Fur • Volt Goat Horn ) (Bee Queen Crown • Blueprint • Chilled Lavae • Cut Grass • Deer Antler • Desert Stone • Fur Tuft • Lavae Egg • Leafy Meat • Phlegm • Royal Jelly • Saffron Feather • Shadow Atrium • Shadow Thurible • Shroom Skin • Stag Antler • Steel Wool ) (Banana • Blubber • Booty Bag • Coconut • Chest of the Depths • Dead Dogfish • Dead Jellyfish • Dead Swordfish • Dead Wobster • Doydoy Feather • Dragoon Heart • Dubloons • Empty Bottle • Eye of the Tiger Shark • Eyeshot • Fish Morsel • Harpoon • Horn • Iron Key • Magic Seal • Obsidian • Quacken Beak • Raw Fish • Tropical Fish • Shark Fin • Shark Gills • Snakeskin • Snake Oil • Turbine Blades • Venom Gland • Yellow Mosquito Sack )

Indirect	Bee • Beefalo Wool • Butterfly • Crow • Fireflies • Guano • Manure • Redbird • Seeds • Snowbird • Rabbit • Mosquito (Glommer's Goop • Moleworm ) (Canary • Cut Grass ) (Bile-Covered Slop • Bioluminescence • Crabbit • Jellyfish • Parrot • Parrot Pirate • Seagull • Toucan • Wobster )

v · d · eCraftable Items and Structures

Tools	Axe (Luxury Axe) • Pickaxe (Opulent Pickaxe) • Shovel (Regal Shovel) • Pitchfork • Hammer • Razor (Feather Pencil • Saddle • War Saddle • Glossamer Saddle • Brush • Saddlehorn • Salt Lick ) (Machete (Luxury Machete) )

Light	Campfire • Fire Pit • Torch • Miner Hat • Pumpkin Lantern • Lantern (Endothermic Fire • Endothermic Fire Pit • Moggles ) (Glowcap • Mushlight • Willow's Lighter ) (Chiminea • Bottle Lantern • Obsidian Fire Pit • Boat Torch • Boat Lantern )

Nautical	Lucky Hat • The 'Sea Legs' • Surfboard • Log Raft • Raft • Row Boat • Cargo Boat • Armored Boat • Encrusted Boat • Boat Repair Kit • Thatch Sail • Cloth Sail • Snakeskin Sail • Feather Lite Sail • Iron Wind • Boat Cannon • Sea Trap • Trawl Net • Spyglass • Super Spyglass • Captain Hat • Pirate Hat • Life Jacket • Buoy • Quackering Ram • Tar Extractor • Sea Yard

Survival	Trap • Bird Trap • Compass • Backpack • Piggyback • Thermal Stone • Healing Salve • Honey Poultice • Straw Roll • Fur Roll • Tent • Umbrella • Bug Net • Fishing Rod (Pretty Parasol • Luxury Fan • Insulated Pack • Siesta Lean-to ) (Telltale Heart • Booster Shot • Water Balloon • Whirly Fan • Bernie • Pile o' Balloons • Bundling Wrap • Candy Bag • Gift Wrap ) (Chef Pouch • Silly Monkey Ball • Tropical Parasol • Anti Venom • Thatch Pack • Palm Leaf Hut • Tropical Fan • Sea Sack • Doydoy Nest )

Food	Basic Farm • Improved Farm • Bee Box • Drying Rack • Crock Pot • Ice Box (Bucket-o-poop ) (Mushroom Planter ) (Mussel Stick • Fish Farm )

Science	Science Machine • Alchemy Engine • Divining Rod • Thermal Measurer • Rainometer • Gunpowder • Lightning Rod (Ice Flingomatic • Electrical Doodad ) (Cartographer's Desk • Potter's Wheel ) (Ice Maker 3000 • Quacken Drill )

Fight	Spear • Ham Bat • Grass Suit • Log Suit • Marble Suit • Football Helmet • Sleep Dart • Fire Dart • Blow Dart • Boomerang • Bee Mine • Tooth Trap (Battle Helm • Battle Spear • Morning Star • Weather Pain • Scalemail ) (Electric Dart • Tail o' Three Cats ) (Poison Spear • Seashell Suit • Limestone Suit • Cactus Armor • Horned Helmet • Poison Dart • Coconade • Spear Gun • Cutlass Supreme )

Structures	Chest • Sign • Hay Wall • Wood Wall • Stone Wall • Pig House • Rabbit Hutch • Birdcage • Flooring (Cobblestones • Wooden Flooring • Checkerboard Flooring • Carpeted Flooring) • Potted Fern (Scaled Chest • Spider Eggs ) (Directional Sign • Mini Sign • End Table • Friendly Scarecrow • Moon Rock Wall • Scaled Flooring • Scaled Furnace • Wardrobe • Wood Fence • Wood Gate • Potted Succulent • Festive Tree Planter • Gobbler Shrine ) (Limestone Wall • Sea Wall • Snakeskin Rug • Wildbore House • Prime Ape Hut • Sand Bag • Sand Castle • Dragoon Den • Snakeskin Rug )

Refine	Rope • Boards • Cut Stone • Papyrus • Nightmare Fuel • Purple Gem (Cratered Moonrock • Marble Bean • Thick Fur • Beeswax • Wax Paper ) (Cloth • Coral Nubbin • Limestone • Gold Nugget • Ice • Empty Bottle )

Magic	Meat Effigy • Prestihatitator • Shadow Manipulator • Pan Flute • One-man Band • Night Light • Night Armor • Dark Sword • Bat Bat • Life Giving Amulet • Chilled Amulet • Nightmare Amulet • Fire Staff • Ice Staff • Telelocator Staff • Telelocator Focus • Belt of Hunger (Old Bell ) (Ocuvigil • Abigail's Flower • Moondial • The Lazy Deserter ) (Piratihatitator • Dripple Pipes • Seaworthy )

Dress	Sewing Kit • Garland • Rabbit Earmuffs • Straw Hat • Beefalo Hat • Beekeeper Hat • Feather Hat • Bush Hat • Winter Hat • Top Hat • Walking Cane • Dapper Vest • Breezy Vest • Puffy Vest (Fashion Melon • Ice Cube • Summer Frest • Floral Shirt • Cat Cap • Rain Coat • Hibearnation Vest • Rain Hat • Eyebrella ) (Fashion Goggles • Desert Goggles • Blue Funcap • Green Funcap • Red Funcap ) (Brain of Thought • Shark Tooth Crown • Snakeskin Hat • Snakeskin Jacket • Dumbrella • Blubber Suit • Tar Suit • Windbreaker • Particulate Purifier • Sleek Hat )

Books	Birds of the World • Applied Horticulture • Sleepytime Stories • The End is Nigh • On Tentacles (Joy of Volcanology )

Ancient	Thulecite • Thulecite Wall • Thulecite Medallion • The Lazy Forager • Magiluminescence • Construction Amulet • The Lazy Explorer • Star Caller's Staff • Deconstruction Staff • Pick/Axe • Thulecite Crown • Thulecite Suit • Thulecite Club • Houndius Shootius

Volcanic	Obsidian Machete • Obsidian Axe • Obsidian Spear • Volcano Staff • Obsidian Armor • Obsidian Coconade • Howling Conch • Sail Stick

Shadow	Codex Umbra • Shadow Logger • Shadow Miner • Shadow Digger • Shadow Duelist

Cartography	Map Scroll

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