Diablo Immortal players fret over 40-week wait for free legendary gem
A new currency has some Diablo Immortal players worrying about a potential 40-week wait to get their hands on a free legendary gem of their choosing in the Blizzard RPG game. Others, meanwhile, say the new resource is a step in the right direction for players who want to play the free PC game without feeling forced into buying microtransactions. Getting your hands on the best Diablo Immortal legendary gems is a key part of the endgame, and finding the right ones is an instrumental process in creating the best Diablo Immortal builds, so having a chance to choose which to craft is a potentially potent addition.
Telluric Pearls are a new resource added in the Diablo Immortal Halloween update. Blizzard says that these can be bought with Hilts at the Hilt trader, earned “through participating in limited-time events,” or purchased with real money in certain in-game shop bundles such as Seeker’s Supplies and Rift-Runner’s Supplies. Once you have 40 Telluric Pearls to hand, you can spend them to craft one five-star legendary gem from a selection of different types.
Given that these highest-rated legendary gems are so rare that one Diablo Immortal streamer spent $15,000 in the game’s Elder Rifts before coming across one five-star rated gem, the ability to not only directly craft one, but one of your choosing, is actually a pretty powerful ability. However, there is a fairly hefty restriction on the process.
As previously mentioned, in order to craft a gem with your Telluric Pearls, you will need 40 of them. However, the main free way to obtain these – by trading for them with Hilts – can only be done once per week. This realisation has left players worried it could be deep into 2023 before they ever see their gem. Not only that,
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