

Three are needed for the quest Sealing the Deal.Two flawless amethysts are one of two items needed at a forge to create a gold jeweled necklace.One in Dustman's Cairn ( Whiterun Hold).One at 130 feet north-northwest of Blind Cliff Cave ( The Reach) (map).One at 370 feet south of Swindler's Den ( Whiterun Hold) (map).One at 150 feet south of Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon ( The Pale) (map).

Nine guaranteed gems are found in eight different locations:.One emerald can be used at the imbuing chamber device to create three poison spider scrolls.One emerald is one of two items needed at a forge to create a gold emerald ring.

Can be mined from emerald geodes on Solstheim DB.Two centered 320 feet west of Volskygge ( Haafingar) (map), on the sides of the pillar at the base of the steps to the word wall.Thirteen guaranteed gems are found in twelve different locations.One diamond is one of two items needed at a forge to create a gold diamond ring.Carried by Amaund Motierre in The Bannered Mare ( Whiterun).150 feet southeast of Shrine to Peryite ( The Reach) (map).150 feet south of Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon ( The Pale) (map).One in a nook of a Orichalcum vein under Froki's Shack ( The Rift).Eight guaranteed gems are found in eight different locations:.One amethyst can be used at the imbuing chamber device to create three shock spider scrolls.An amethyst item is also one of three items needed at the Atronach Forge to create a sample of void salts.An amethyst item (either an amethyst, a flawless amethyst, or a silver amethyst ring) is one of two items needed at the Atronach Forge to create a hostile storm atronach.One amethyst is one of two items needed at a forge to create a silver amethyst ring.Can be mined from amethyst geodes on Solstheim DB.Three centered 120 feet south-southeast of Hela's Folly ( Winterhold) (map).Twenty-one guaranteed gems are found in 18 different locations.Note that although many of the gems listed below are guaranteed to occur, they can be difficult or even impossible to find, as gems are particularly prone to being scattered, especially during combat, and may end up coming to rest in a location where they cannot normally be accessed. General goods merchants generally have a 25% chance of stocking two gems, but only standard amethysts, garnets, rubies, and sapphires. Statistically, urns and burial urns are by far the most common source of Prowler's Profit gems it is entirely possible, assuming you loot every urn and burial urn you come across, to collect gems at a much faster rate than you will be capable of selling them. This means that most of the time you will get 2-3 additional (leveled) gems. Possible outcomes for the extra gem roll: 1 gem An assortment of rare or unique containers such as the Confiscated Goods chests outside Riften, Aringoth's Safe, etc.Most treasure-type chests, including urns, burial urns, Thief Caches, and almost all boss chests.All dead draugr (i.e., the ones that never come to life).Specifically, 1-4 additional gems are guaranteed to appear in each of the following locations: Having the Prowler's Profit ability (from completing the quest No Stone Unturned) causes many more gems to appear. Most other sources of random loot (chests, enemy NPCs, etc.) have a small chance (typically 1% or less) of containing a gem.Most boss chests have a 10-25% chance of containing a gem.Each time you mine an ore vein, there is a 10% chance of receiving one gem in addition to the ore(s) that you normally receive.Asgeir Snow-Shod, Bashnag, Bolli, Gulum-Ei, Mercer Frey, and Vex always carry multiple gems.

