Sockets

Enhance your equipment with various Gemstones

Some pieces of Equipment come with Sockets, where Gemstones can be inserted to award additional boosts.

Gemstones

Each Gemstone boosts one of a Hero's core Stats. Every Gemstone comes in three qualities: Chipped (+1), regular (+2) and Perfect (+3).

Gemstone	Stat
Topaz	Agility
Sapphire	Intelligence
Ruby	Strength
Emerald	Vitality
Amethyst	Dexterity

Unlocking Sockets

Sockets need to be unlocked once to be used, changing the state from "locked" to "empty". If a Gemstone is put into a Socket, the value will change from "empty" to the respective Gemstone.

Clicking on an empty Socket will show a selection of available Gemstones from the Backpack. Adding a Gemstone into a socket is an important decision, as removing it later will be a risky operation.

Removing a Gemstone without a Lapidary Kit equipped will always affect it: regular and Perfect Gemstones are downgraded by one quality, while Chipped Gemstones are destroyed. A Jeweler can perform a safe removal for a TATO fee, and a higher-Tier Lapidary Kit lowers the risk of downgrade/destruction.

If Equipment is traded or transfered, Sockets will stay attached.

When an Equipment is created, Sockets are added randomly up to a maximum amount possible for this type of equipment. For a 2-Hand Weapon from Tribal Conflicts the outcome could be either of:

• None | None | None (worst)

• Locked | None | None

• None | Locked | None

• Locked | Locked | None (best)

Maximum Sockets on Tribal Conflict Equipment:

• Helmet: 0

• Armor: 2

• 1-Hand Weapon: 1

• 2-Hand Weapon: 2

• Offhand: 1

Reforging resets Sockets

Using an Orb of Reforging in the Craftsman's Modification tab rerolls everything on the item at once — including its Sockets. Each Socket is rolled fresh, using the same None / Locked roll as when the item is first created. This means any Socket you had unlocked (empty) reverts to Locked (or None), so you will need to spend an Iron Socket again to re-unlock it.

Because of this, reforging an item with Sockets is a multi-step operation:

1. Remove any inserted Gemstones first — the game will not let you reforge while Gems are socketed, and removing a Gem is a risky operation (see the warning above). Consider a Lapidary Kit or a Jeweler for a safer removal.

2. Reforge the item. Its Sockets are re-rolled along with its stats, so previously unlocked Sockets become Locked again.

3. Re-unlock the Socket with an Iron Socket and insert a Gemstone again.

Reforging does not preserve unlocked Sockets — the Iron Socket you spent to unlock a slot is lost when you reforge. Only reforge Socketed gear when you are ready to re-unlock and re-Gem it.

An Orb of Refinement (single-stat reroll) does not touch Sockets — only a full Orb of Reforging rerolls them.