Blue Gem

“It sparkles with cold energy.”

–Wilson

“Ugh. This one is ugly.”

–Willow

“Pretty rock.”

–Wolfgang

“Blue like... er... a sad bird?”

–Wendy

“IT IS SLIGHTLY COLD”

–WX-78

“It is cold.”

–Wickerbottom

“It's very cold.”

–Woodie

“Blue brings ice.”

–Maxwell

“Its geometrical shape concentrates endothermic energy.”

–Wagstaff

“An icy blue sapphire.”

–Wigfrid

“Glittering and cool.”

–Webber

“The color of the ocean!”

–Walani

“Such a cool blue.”

–Warly

“It gleams true blue!”

–Woodlegs

“ALL THAT GLITTERS 'TIS COLD”

–Wilba

“Cold shiny”

–Wormwood

“Ohh. Sparkly. I like sparkly.”

–Wheeler

“It's a gem. A gem that's blue.”

–Winona

“Somber blue from seabeds grew.”

–Wortox

“Pretty rock.”

–Wurt

The Blue Gem is an item used to craft several Magical Items. It can be used to craft the Ice Staff, Chilled Amulet, and Purple Gem.

Blue Gems can be used to turn Chester into Snow Chester by placing at least one in each of his inventory slots on a Full Moon, granting him slower food spoilage like a mobile Ice Box.

Downloadable ContentEdit

In the Reign of Giants DLC, Blue Gems have a 0.04% chance to be dropped by Tumbleweeds.

In Shipwrecked, fishing with a Trawl Net in deep Ocean has a small chance to catch a Blue Gem. The chance is higher during Hurricane Season and Dry Season. Magma Piles found in Magma Fields also have a chance to drop Blue Gems when dug.

In the Hamlet DLC, Blue Gems can be obtained by Hammering A Smashing Pot and atop pedestals in Ancient Pig Ruins.

Don't Starve Together Edit

In Don't Starve Together, the Dragonfly and the Malbatross drop Blue Gems upon death. Blue Gem Deer also have a chance to drop them. Blue Gems can be used to craft a Salt Box and inserted into Cratered Moonrocks to acquire a Blue Moonlens.

UsageEdit

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Obtained by inserting the Gem into the Cratered Moonrock.

Items and Structures dropped by Mobs view
Edible Items	Batilisk Wing • Butter • Butterfly Wings • Deerclops Eyeball • Drumstick • Fish • Frog Legs • Guardian's Horn • Glow Berry • Honey • Leafy Meat • Light Bulb • Mandrake • Meat • Monster Meat • Morsel • Phlegm (Electric Milk • Glommer's Goop ) (Banana • Blubber • Dead Dogfish • Dead Jellyfish • Dead Rainbow Jellyfish • Dead Swordfish • Dead Wobster • Dragoon Heart • Eye of the Tiger Shark • Fish Morsel • Raw Fish • Tropical Fish • Shark Fin ) (Coconut ) (Flytrap Stalk • Nectar • Poison Dartfrog Legs ) (Carrot Seeds • Dragon Fruit • Ice • Moon Moth Wings • Royal Jelly )
Crafting Resources	Ashes • Azure Feather • Beard Hair • Beefalo Horn • Beefalo Wool • Blue Gem • Bunny Puff • Charcoal • Crimson Feather • Flint • Gears • Hound's Tooth • Jet Feather • Living Log • Mosquito Sack • Nightmare Fuel • Pig Skin • Purple Gem • Red Gem • Rocks • Silk • Slurtle Slime • Slurper Pelt • Spider Gland • Steel Wool • Stinger • Tentacle Spots • Thulecite Fragments • Walrus Tusk (Cat Tail • Down Feather • Glommer's Wings • Scales • Thick Fur • Volt Goat Horn ) (Dorsal Fin • Doydoy Feather • Dubloons • Empty Bottle • Horn • Magic Seal • Obsidian • Quacken Beak • Shark Gills • Turbine Blades ) (Snakeskin • Venom Gland ) (Chitin • Dark Tatters • Hippopotamoose Antler • Infused Iron • Iron Ore • Peagawk Plume • Platapine Quill • Pig Skin? • Pugalisk Skull • Thunder Feather • Rope • Vine • Weevole Carapace ) (Cookie Cutter Shell • Cut Grass • Desert Stone • Fur Tuft • Honeycomb • Malbatross Feather • Saffron Feather • Shroom Skin )
Loot	Blow Dart • Blueprint • Fleshy Bulb • Krampus Sack • Ornate Chest • Spider Eggs • Shelmet • Snurtle Shell Armor • Spiderhat • Tam o' Shanter • Tentacle Spike (Webber's Skull ) (Booty Bag • Chest of the Depths • Eyeshot • Harpoon • Iron Key • Tarnished Crown • Yellow Mosquito Sack ) (Snake Oil ) (Bandit Stash Map • Halberd • Petrifying Bones • Royal Crown • Snake Bone • Spoiled Fish • Swashy Hat • Torch ) (Bee Queen Crown • Bone Helm • Bone Armor • Chilled Lavae • Deer Antler • Fossil Fragments • Gnarwail Horn • Lavae Egg • Malbatross Bill • Rose • Shadow Atrium • Shadow Thurible • Sketch • Stag Antler )
Indirect	Bee • Beefalo Wool • Butterfly • Crow • Fireflies • Guano • Manure • Redbird • Seeds • Snowbird • Rabbit • Mosquito (Glommer's Goop ) (Moleworm ) (Bile-Covered Slop • Bioluminescence • Cormorant • Crabbit • Jellyfish • Parrot Pirate • Rainbow Jellyfish • Roe • Seagull • Toucan • Wobster ) (Parrot • Toucan ) (Gold Nugget • Glowfly • Kingfisher • Orange Piko • Parrot (Blue) • Pigeon • Piko ) (Canary • Cut Grass • Puffin )

Resources view
Pickable without tools	Cut Grass • Twigs • Cut Reeds • Petals • (Seashell • Dubloons )
Obtained using	Log • Living Log • Charcoal • (Palm Leaf ) (Cork )
Obtained using	Rocks • Flint • Gold Nugget • Nitre • Gems • Marble • (Charcoal • Coral ) (Moon Rock )
Obtained using	(Rocks • Flint • Gold Nugget • Nitre • Gems • Sand )
Obtained using	(Vine • Bamboo ) (Grass • Tuber (Blooming Tuber) )
Obtained by trading	Gold Nugget • Gems • (Dubloons ) (Oinc (Tenpiece Oinc) • Royal Gallery Key )
Obtained by other methods	(Obsidian • Tar )