Awakening is a gameplay feature in Diablo Immortal. It can be done at the Master Jeweler.
It costs one Dawning Echo per gear slot and requires a rank 4 or higher Legendary Gem to be embedded in the gear. After awakening, the Legendary attribute of the item is strengthened. Awakened items are shown with a purple background. Removing the Legendary Gem will keep the awakened status of the item, but the benefits will be inactive.
Awakening also opens up Gem Resonance slots. Resonance slots can be filled with other Legendary Gems that match the star rating of the slot. Embedded gems provide 1 resonance per rank (for 1-star Legendary Gems), 2 (for 2-star Legendary Gems), or 10 (for 5-star Legendary Gems) (11 if the main gem is 5/5 stars). Each Legendary Gem additionally has specific other Legendary Gems that when put into specific slots, will contribute towards Resonance set bonuses (e.g. Bloody Reach requires Everlasting Torment, Lightning Core and Power & Command to activate the bonuses).
1-star gems have 2 slots, unlocked at rank 4 and 8 respectively. They require 1-star Legendary Gems. When embedded with the specific gems for the main gem, the Resonance set bonuses are:
- 10: Primary Attack damage increased by 3%
- 20: Skill damage increased by 2%
2-star gems have 3 slots, unlocked at ranks 4, 6 and 8 respectively. They require 1-star, 2-star and 2-star Legendary Gems. When embedded with the specific gems for the main gem, the Resonance set bonuses are:
- 10: Primary Attack damage increased by 3%
- 30: Skill damage increased by 2%
- 50: Damage done increased by 1% per party member
5-star gems have 5 slots, unlocked at ranks 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 respectively. They require 2-star (for the first 3 slots) or 5-star (for the last 2 slots) Legendary Gems. When embedded with the specific gems for the main gem, the Resonance set bonuses are:
- 20: Primary Attack damage increased by 3%
- 40: Skill damage increased by 2%
- 60: Damage done increased by 1% per party member
- 160: Damage to full Life enemies increased by 5%
- 260: Damage increased 4% to enemies below 30% Life
History
Originally a rank 10 Legendary Gem was required. In the Nightmare Manifest update, the requirement was lowered to rank 5, although some of the slots do not unlock until specific gem ranks are reached.
In the December 13, 2024 update, the minimum rank for awakening was lowered from 5 to 4. The rank requirements for opening the Resonance slots were lowered:
- 1-star Legendary Gems: 5/9 to 4/8
- 2-star Legendary Gems: 5/7/9 to 4/6/8
- 5-star Legendary Gems: 5/5/7/7/9 to 4/5/6/7/8
Originally only the designated Resonance gems could be embedded at all. In the December 13, 2024 update, this was changed such that any gem that matches the star rating of the slot can be embedded, but still only the designated Resonance gems will contribute towards the Resonance set bonuses.