Crude Gems sit at the very bottom of V Rising’s gemstone hierarchy, but they are the foundation of one of the game’s most powerful late-game systems: Spell Jewels. If you have ever stared at a stack of Crude Amethyst wondering why you cannot slot it into anything useful, this guide is for you. Below we cover exactly what Crude Gems are, where to mine them, how the Shady Gem Dealer fits in, how the Gem Cutting Table refines four crude stones into one higher-tier gem, and how that feeds the Jewelcrafting Table that produces the jewels modifying your spells. Everything here is current for V Rising 1.1 “Invaders of Oakveil.”
What Are Crude Gems in V Rising?
Crude Gems are the lowest tier of gemstone in V Rising. They come in several colored varieties that map to different in-game effects, and the full set includes Crude Amethyst, Crude Sapphire, Crude Emerald, Crude Topaz, Crude Ruby, and Crude Miststone. Each type is the raw, unrefined version of a finished gem of the same color.
The important thing to understand up front is that Crude Gems are a base material, not a finished product. You cannot drop a Crude Amethyst straight into a Spell Jewel recipe. Instead, crude stones exist purely to be processed: you mine them, then refine them up the chain. Think of them the same way you think of ore versus ingots — the crude gem is the ore, and the refined gem is the ingot you actually build with.
The gem tier ladder works in three steps:
- Crude gem — the raw, mined version (e.g., Crude Amethyst).
- Regular gem — the refined version (e.g., Amethyst).
- Flawless gem — the top tier (e.g., Flawless Amethyst).
Each step up the ladder costs four of the tier below, so the math compounds fast. That is exactly why securing a reliable supply of crude gems early is so valuable — you will burn through a lot of them before you ever produce a single Flawless stone.
How to Get Crude Gems
There are two reliable ways to stockpile crude gems in V Rising: mining gemstone nodes out in the world, and buying them from a traveling merchant. Most players end up doing both, mining for bulk and buying to top off the specific colors they are short on.
Mining Crude Gem Veins
The primary source is the Crude Gem Vein, a gemstone mining node you break with a mace just like copper or iron deposits. The single best place to farm them is Farbane Woods, the starting biome. Node density is highest near the western spawn teleporter, which makes Farbane a convenient farming loop you can run early without needing high-end gear or fast travel deep into dangerous territory.
Crude gem veins do not respect a single color — a vein can yield any of the crude gem types, so a few laps around the Farbane node clusters will leave you with a mixed haul. Because the western Farbane teleporter sits so close to the densest cluster, many players build an early base nearby specifically to shorten the gem-mining loop. If you want help picking the right plot, our guide to the best base locations in V Rising walks through the strongest Farbane spots.
Beyond the veins themselves, Stone Golems are a secondary source. These large constructs drop crude gems on death, so clearing the golems you encounter while exploring is a nice supplement to your mining route rather than a primary farm.
Buying from the Shady Gem Dealer
The second source is the Shady Gem Dealer, a merchant who sells crude gems for Copper Coins. Host and community guides typically cite a price in the region of around 12 Copper Coins per gem, though the exact figure can vary, so treat that number as a ballpark rather than a fixed rate. The dealer is especially handy when you need a specific color — say you have plenty of Crude Sapphire but are short on Crude Ruby for a particular Spell Jewel — because mining gives you a random mix while the merchant lets you buy exactly what you want.
Refining Crude Gems at the Gem Cutting Table
Once you have a pile of crude gems, you need the Gem Cutting Table to turn them into something usable. This station is the heart of the entire gem economy, and unlocking it is a clear progression gate.
Unlocking the Table: Terah the Geomancer
The Gem Cutting Table is unlocked by defeating Terah the Geomancer, a V Blood boss found in Bedrock Pass in the Dunley Farmlands. Like every V Blood target in V Rising, draining Terah after the fight grants the recipes and progression tied to that boss — in this case, the ability to build and use the Gem Cutting Table back at your castle. Until you take Terah down, crude gems are little more than inventory clutter, so prioritize that fight once you push into Dunley.
The 4-to-1 Refining Chain
The Gem Cutting Table refines gems at a flat ratio: four lower-tier gems produce one higher-tier gem. The chain looks like this:
- 4 Crude Amethyst → 1 Amethyst
- 4 Amethyst → 1 Flawless Amethyst
The same 4-to-1 ratio applies to every color, not just Amethyst. The compounding cost is the headline takeaway: a single Flawless gem represents 16 crude gems (four crude into one regular, then four regulars into one flawless). When you scale that across a full set of Spell Jewels, the demand for crude gems balloons quickly — which circles right back to why the dense Farbane mining loop and the Shady Gem Dealer both matter.
| Tier | Example | How to obtain | Crude gems required |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude (lowest) | Crude Amethyst | Mine Crude Gem Veins / Stone Golems / Shady Gem Dealer | 1 (itself) |
| Regular | Amethyst | Gem Cutting Table: 4 crude → 1 | 4 |
| Flawless (highest) | Flawless Amethyst | Gem Cutting Table: 4 regular → 1 | 16 |
From Refined Gems to Spell Jewels
Refined gems are not the final destination — they are the input to the Jewelcrafting Table, which crafts Spell Jewels. Spell Jewels modify all of your non-ultimate spells, altering their effects and scaling so you can tune your build to a particular school or playstyle.
Here is the critical rule that trips up new players: crude gems cannot be used directly in Spell Jewels. The Jewelcrafting Table requires regular or Flawless quality gems. That means the full pipeline always runs through the Gem Cutting Table first:
- Mine / buy crude gems.
- Refine them at the Gem Cutting Table (4 crude → 1 regular, 4 regular → 1 Flawless).
- Craft Spell Jewels at the Jewelcrafting Table using the regular or Flawless gems.
Because each spell school benefits from different jewel effects, it pays to plan which gems you refine around the spells you actually use. If you are still figuring out your loadout, our comprehensive guide to mastering V Rising’s top spells breaks down the six schools — Blood, Chaos, Frost, Illusion, Unholy, and Storm — so you can decide where your refined gems are best spent.
Why Crude Gem Farming Matters on a Dedicated Server
If you run your own V Rising server, the gem economy is one of the systems you can tune directly. Several gameplay multipliers in the server config affect how quickly your players accumulate crude gems and turn them into Spell Jewels — which is great news if you want a faster, more casual progression curve, or a slower, grind-heavy one for a hardcore PvP crew.
V Rising’s dedicated server is installed anonymously through SteamCMD using the dedicated server tool app ID 1829350 (the game client itself is app ID 1604030). No Steam login or game ownership is required to pull the server files:
login anonymous
app_update 1829350 validate
quitNote that the dedicated server is Windows only — Stunlock does not ship an official native Linux build, so Linux hosting relies on community Wine/Proton wrappers rather than a supported Stunlock target. After installing, the folder contains start_server_example.bat; the official advice is to copy it to start_server.bat, run the server once to generate the config files, then edit those configs. The server executable is VRisingServer.exe. For the full walkthrough, see our guide to setting up your V Rising dedicated server.
Config Settings That Affect Gem Farming
V Rising uses two JSON config files: ServerHostSettings.json (network and identity) and ServerGameSettings.json (gameplay rules). The gameplay rules are where the gem-relevant multipliers live. A few that change how fast players accumulate and process crude gems include:
- MaterialYieldModifier_Global — scales how much you harvest from nodes, including Crude Gem Veins.
- CraftRateModifier — scales crafting speed, including refining at the Gem Cutting Table.
- InventoryStacksModifier — affects how many gems you can stack while farming.
The server only reads the active config copies in the persistent-data Settings/ folder, not the template copies in VRisingServer_Data/StreamingAssets/Settings/, which are overwritten on every update. On a default Windows install the active copies live at %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Settings\, and the path can be redirected with the -persistentDataPath launch parameter. Edit the active copy and restart the server to apply changes — settings are read at boot, not hot-reloaded. Our walkthrough on how to configure your V Rising server covers every multiplier in detail.
Here are the relevant default network values worth knowing if you ever open the host settings file:
| Field | Default | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
Port | 9876 | Game traffic |
QueryPort | 9877 | Steam server-list query |
MaxConnectedUsers | 40 | Player slots |
SaveName | “world1” | Active save folder name |
AutoSaveInterval | 600 | Auto-save frequency (seconds) |
RCON Port | 25575 | Remote console (TCP) |
If you want to manage progression-pace tweaks without restarting through a file editor every time, RCON gives you live admin control. You can enable it in ServerHostSettings.json:
"Rcon": {
"Enabled": true,
"Password": "yourStrongPassword",
"Port": 25575
}The password is mandatory — RCON refuses connections without one — and you connect with any standard RCON client. See our guide to enabling RCON on your V Rising server for the full setup. If you would rather skip the Windows-hosting headache entirely, our managed V Rising server hosting handles SteamCMD installs, config files, and RCON for you, and the official V Rising server documentation covers panel-specific steps.
A Word on Server Wipes ⚠️
If your gem economy gets out of balance — or you simply want a fresh season — you may decide to wipe the server. A wipe is permanently destructive: always back up first. Wiping removes all castles and castle hearts, every player’s vampire character and progression (including gear, V Blood unlocks, and research), and the entire world state for that save. Every refined gem and Spell Jewel on the server is gone with it.
The save lives under the persistent-data path in Saves\v4\ — note the current persistence folder is v4 for 1.1.x, not the older v3 you may see in outdated guides. On a default Windows install that is:
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Stunlock Studios\VRisingServer\Saves\v4\\ Before doing anything, copy the entire Saves\v4\ folder somewhere safe. Auto-saves accumulate inside that folder according to your AutoSaveCount and AutoSaveInterval settings, but they are deleted along with the save when you wipe it. Once you have a backup, you can wipe in one of two ways: delete the Saves\v4\ and restart, or change SaveName in ServerHostSettings.json to a new name so the server generates a fresh world while leaving the old save intact on disk. Our guide to wiping your V Rising server covers both methods step by step.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is the best place to farm Crude Gems in V Rising?
Farbane Woods has the highest density of Crude Gem Veins, especially near the western spawn teleporter. Running a loop around that cluster is the fastest early-game farm. Stone Golems also drop crude gems, and the Shady Gem Dealer sells them for Copper Coins if you need a specific color.
Can I use Crude Gems directly to make Spell Jewels?
No. Crude Gems must be refined into regular or Flawless gems at the Gem Cutting Table first. The Jewelcrafting Table only accepts regular or Flawless quality gems when crafting Spell Jewels — crude stones are not a valid input.
How do I unlock the Gem Cutting Table?
Defeat the V Blood boss Terah the Geomancer, located in Bedrock Pass in the Dunley Farmlands. Draining her V Blood grants the recipe for the Gem Cutting Table, which you then build at your castle to refine crude gems.
How many Crude Gems do I need for one Flawless gem?
Sixteen. The Gem Cutting Table refines at a 4-to-1 ratio, so 4 crude gems make 1 regular gem, and 4 regular gems make 1 Flawless gem — a total of 16 crude gems per Flawless stone.
Can I make crude gems easier to farm on my own server?
Yes. In ServerGameSettings.json you can raise multipliers like MaterialYieldModifier_Global (node yield) and CraftRateModifier (refining speed). Edit the active config in the persistent-data Settings/ folder and restart the server to apply the change.
Will wiping my server delete my refined gems and Spell Jewels?
Yes — a wipe deletes everything in the save, including all gems, jewels, castles, and character progression. Always back up the entire Saves\v4\ folder before wiping, because auto-saves live inside it and are removed along with the save.
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