WoW Retail, BC Gems Unaffected By Scaling Guide, Very Useful For Timewalking (Patreon)
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Patreon Arektor sent me the following detailed guide on epic Burning Crusade gems that retain their full power in timewalking. This is a very useful guide I have used myself. Timewalking with these gems is a very fast way to level 110-120:
Hey! As I haven't seen any post about it, I figured I could tell you about some epic BC gems that seem unaffected by scaling.
Currently, gem scaling follows a specific pattern for levels 90 and below: a single stat will be +6, while 2 stats will be +3/+3. However, a few epic BC gems that drop from heroic dungeons will NOT be affected by scaling whatsoever, leading to +5 primary stat & +4 secondary stat increases (or +5 primary & +6 stamina for a few).
Here I have an item ID list of gems unaffected by scaling:
Intelligence:
- Stamina: 30555 (drop in The Black Morass), 30552 (Sethekk Halls), 30583 (Mana-Tombs)
- Critical Strike: 30564 (The Mechanar)
- Versatility: 30573 (The Botanica, +5/+5!), 30589 (Old Hillsbrad Foothills), 30600 (The Blood Furnace)
Agility:
- Armor: 30591 (Old Hillsbrad Foothills)
- Critical Strike: 30582 (The Arcatraz)
- Dodge: 30585 (Mana-Tombs, actually +4 Agility +5 Dodge)
Strength:
- Armor: 30604 (The Slave Pens)
- Dodge: 30587 (Auchenai Crypts)
- Critical Strike: 30584 (Mana-Tombs), 30559 (Shadow Labyrinth)
- Stamina: 30546 (The Shattered Halls)
You can check all these gems on wowhead, they will not have the slidebar to scale them down, unlike other gems.
I might have missed a few, but that should cover most.
Honorable mention to Steady Talasite (33782), which used to give 4 resilience and 6 stamina, but got changed recently to 4 armor 6 stamina (had a bunch of these during korrak's vengeance on eu/kirin-tor/Virel, was great :D) These gems can be used during timewalking dungeons for extra stats. Thanks for the great content, keep it up! :)
(Arektor added this final comment later: "forgot to add item 30553 as agility + critical strike (dropping in Sethekk Halls")