Equipping Effect Gems for Status Effects

Equipping into the Offhand

Effect Gems only provide benefits when placed directly into your offhand slot. They do not activate while sitting in your main inventory or selected in the hotbar.

1. Open your player inventory screen.

2. Pick up the Effect Gem you want to use.

3. Place the gem into the shield slot located to the left of your armor slots.

4. Alternatively, with the gem held in your main hand on your hotbar, press the Swap Item key (default F) to immediately transfer it into your offhand.

Using the Active Effects

Once an Effect Gem is resting in the offhand, its beneficial status effect activates automatically. There are 12 different gems available from Gem Zombies, and each specific gem provides a different beneficial status effect.

Because gems must occupy the offhand to function, you must balance their use against offhand utility items such as shields, torches, or totems. If you need to switch effects during exploration or combat, keep a few different gems on your hotbar and use the swap key to cycle between them depending on the situation.