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The Chat Gem is a gem that appeared between the game and chat windows on Diablo II Battle.net. Players soon discovered that this gem could be clicked on and would change. The color would change, and when it changed a message would pop up into the chat, stating: "Gem Activated." When clicked once more, it would say: "Gem Deactivated".

On rare occasions, a message would appear (mind you after a LOT of clicking) "Perfect Gem Activated", and other times: "Moooo."

Chatgem deactivated

Deactivated (blue) chat gem

Chatgem activated

Activated (magenta) chat gem

Players soon began to speculate that when the perfect gem was activated, all gems in the current player's inventory would be upgraded to perfect gems. Others said that when activated, all it did was ensure a gem shrine would be placed in the game. When asked, Blizzard replied: "The chat gem is working as intended."

The Chat Gem has made its appearance on Diablo III's web page, although when clicked, it appears to do nothing but turn purple. However, when clicked whilst on the Skill Calculator page, it will create a random build for your currently selected hero. The gem can also be found on Warcraft III's World Map Editor. When clicked, the green gem turns purple with the following message "Gem Activated". Any units deleted after the gem has been activated will display their "death animation" upon deletion. Occasionally, it will also play certain voice lines from the Archmage hero.

In an interview at Gamescom 2011 by GameTrailers, Jay Wilson stated that "the chat gem is not coming back" to Diablo III. He also said, "I will definitively say, the chat gem did nothing" in regards to its functionality in Diablo II.

Nevertheless, a gem called the Gibbering Gemstone which seems to be a reference to the chat gem appeared in Diablo III, and is used to access Diablo III's Secret Cow Level, Whimsyshire.

Diablo II: Resurrected[]

The Chat Gem returned in Diablo II: Resurrected, with no apparent changes to its behavior. However, a new setting can be found in the options menu labeled "Chat Gem Mode." It switches between two settings, Automatic and Manual, and the tooltip reads, "Working as intended." It is unknown what, if any, effect this has on the chat gem, as it does not change its initial state when you enter the lobby nor seem to have any other effect. Because the battle.net lobby is only accessible on PC, console versions of the game do not have the chat gem nor the options menu setting.

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