WoW The War Within Sockets Guide

War Within expansion adds a way for you to add gem sockets to some of your gear. In this War Within sockets guide, we’ll talk about how you can add more sockets to your PvE and PvP gear so that you can slot even more gems!

For those of you who might not know the first thing about sockets and gems, sockets are slots that appear on some gear at random and allow you to insert gems into them. There are different types of sockets and gems, but the bottom line is the gems that insert into gear add more bonuses on top of the item’s original bonuses. This is done through the Item Socketing window. You can replace the gems you used by placing the new ones in the same socket as the old ones, and yet now you’re going to be able to add more sockets to your gear, which is amazing! Now, let’s learn how to do it.

How To Add Sockets in  The War Within

You’ll be able to add War Within gem sockets by using one of two newly added items, whose purpose is to change the item they’re used on by creating new sockets on them. For PvE gear, you’re going to need to use something called Magnificent Jeweler’s Setting. This item makes it possible to add sockets to certain types of equipment, namely the Rings and Amulets. As you know, you can equip a total of two rings on your character plus one Amulet, which means you can potentially add six new gems!

This amount of gems will significantly enhance your gear set making it more viable in PvE. You’ll have more freedom to make task-specific sets by increasing primary stats, critical hit chance, movement speed, etc. BLOG20

PvP players might have even struck the gold with this addition. You see, the second item for adding War Within PvP sockets is capable of doing that for more types of items than Magnificent Jeweler’s Setting. Vicious Jeweler's Setting can add sockets to:

• Helms
• Amulets
• Rings
• Belts
• Bracers

So, if you count all the sockets that you could potentially have, it’d be nine! Can you imagine having a total of nine new gems on your character? Just think about how you could improve your PvP build with WoW new sockets. While this addition might seem insignificant compared to something like choosing the right talents for your build and executing the rotation, you can’t deny the appeal of having improved primary stats and some extra bonuses to secondary stats.

So, if you wanna know how to add sockets War Within, all you need to do is obtain one of these Setting items and then use it on any item from your gear that needs more gem sockets.

The War Within New Gems

The two Jeweler’s Settings are one of the new consumables created by Jewelcrafting. They’re not something you’d use mid-fight like some potions. Instead, they add more options for you to prepare your character for the kind of content you want to do next. Even though it would seem that PvE Settings are far more limited in what they can offer, they’re still very valuable for something like raids or high-level delves.

This expansion also adds some new War Within gem types, which you can slot into your gear. They operate in a very particular way, upgrading two things:

1. Increase the primary stat
2. Increasing one of the effects

You’ll see what we mean once we get to these gems. Just like the Jeweler’s Settings, these new gems are also divided into PvE and PvP-related types. Each of them increases the primary stat and provides an additional bonus. Check out these War Within gem stats:

There are also new regular gems introduced in War Within that follow a dual-stat pattern similar to gems from the previous expansion. BLOG20

1. Ruby: Enhances Critical Rating alongside a specific primary stat, available in variations such as Quick Ruby, Masterful Ruby, Versatile Ruby, and Deadly Ruby.
2. Sapphire: Augments Versatility Rating and pairs it with a designated primary stat, offering options like Deadly Sapphire, Quick Sapphire, Masterful Sapphire, and Versatile Sapphire.
3. Emerald: Boosts Haste Rating while enhancing a chosen primary stat, with choices including Deadly Emerald, Masterful Emerald, Versatile Emerald, and Quick Emerald.
4. Onyx: Amplifies Mastery Rating alongside improvements to a specific secondary stat, featuring variations like Deadly Onyx, Quick Onyx, Versatile Onyx, and Masterful Onyx.
5. Amber: Increases Stamina Rating coupled with enhancements to a designated primary stat, available in forms such as Deadly Amber, Quick Amber, Masterful Amber, Versatile Amber, and Solid Amber.

The dual-stat nature of these gems allows for strategic customization of character attributes. You can finally strategically select gem combinations to complement your character's strengths, compensate for weaknesses, or optimize specific abilities.

Conclusion

The introduction of WoW new jewelry sockets adds even more depth to character customization. There’s no doubt about that. We don’t yet know how hard it's going to be to make these Jeweler Settings, but there’s no denying that they’ll come in handy when you’re getting ready for another raid or a ranked PvP match.

It feels like this is not the last time we receive such an addition, and the developers will add ways to add sockets to other types of gear as well. Meanwhile, the tandem War Within gem bonuses are already something that can easily make it into top-5 things to get in the new expansion. That means it's time to start looking into Jewelcrafting as one of your new primary professions!

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