Gem Pit

[peck_ed]

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Description
The Gem Pit produces Gems. This building cannot be upgraded or buffed. When purchased it contains 40,000 gems. You can buy a maximum of 10 of these from the Merchant, when all 10 have run out of Gems, you cannot buy another.

Building Costs
20,000 Gems

Building Licence Used
No

Tradable
No

Produce
Gems

Production Time
13 Minutes 09 Seconds

Used Resource
Gem deposit

Building Class
Gem Building

Production For
Merchant

Consumption For
Gem deposit

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Updates

2013-09-05 - Changed total limit to 10 from 5, added thanks to PSYKODK - peck_ed
2013-03-09 - Added 5 as maximum limit from Merchant - peck_ed
2013-03-06 - Create Guide - peck_ed

[Dragavon]

Maybe add to this and other buildings with a limit on them how many you can buy? For this it is max 3 I think?

[peck_ed]

It's 5, good point, will get that added in, maybe that's one for a Merchant guide though?

[K0sh1]

Can you add amount it mines per 12h or 24h please? If I got everything right it's just a bit over 110 per 24h.

[peck_ed]

It's 13 Minutes 09 Seconds plus travel to storehouse. So 110 per 24h seems about right! It'd change depending on where you have it positioned though, the overview doesn't display gems though

[fishslice]

Shame you cant rebuy them when they have all expired ;-(

[Jamdoggy]

Shame you cant rebuy them when they have all expired ;-(
True, but if they hold 40,000 gems, then at 110 per day, it will take about a year to empty one...

[fishslice]

True Jamdoggy but I expect to empty my 5 soon(ish) and then they are gone forever ;-(

[K0sh1]

You can always leave 1 gem and stop it :)

[Gorsey]

ok, so it costs 20k gems to buy. So you have to use 20k of the 40k to 'get your money back' then the other 20k to buy the next one. So what's the point of it? Sorry, am I missing something here?

[Thrade]

Well, the point is to get 40,000 gems for the price of 20,000.
You could reinvest the full 40,000 into getting 2 pits, which will produce 80,000.
Then, spend 40,000 of that on the final 2 pits, to end up with 120,000 gems after purchases (100,000 profit if you don't want to count the initial price).

This will of course take some time, but if you felt confident that this is the game for you, then it could well seem worth it.
3 years, +100,000 gems.

[arual001]

This will of course take some time, but if you felt confident that this is the game for you, then it could well seem worth it.
3 years, +100,000 gems.

If you reinvest the Gems a.s.a.p. into more Gem Pits it should 'only' take 2 years to get the full 100k profit from the 5 you are allowed. The only problem is that you then can't actually spend any Gems on anything else until you've built the 5th mine after about 383 days.

Once the last mine is up and running you'll be getting 440 Gems per day for ~162 days and this will tail off as your mines deplete until your last mine collapses after a total of ~750 days (since you built the first mine).

[PSYKODK]

And the max number you can buy has been raised to 10 now ;)

It can be read here: http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/22645-Change-Logs?p=236966&viewfull=1#post236966

[peck_ed]

And the max number you can buy has been raised to 10 now ;)

It can be read here: http://forum.thesettlersonline.com/threads/22645-Change-Logs?p=236966&viewfull=1#post236966

Thanks! Updated

[topgearfan]

If anyone is curious of how many gems are left exactly 1 year after building the pit then here's an answer for you: 1170. Minimal walking distance.

[Old___Boy]

When will they put it up to 15? *lol* I know, am wishing

[Dragavon]

Can I demolish a gem pit that still has gems in it and rebuild it in another location?

[Vodkat]

no

[Malikiler]

Hi all,

As a result, if we buy this item, it produces gems for us? It will produce gems forever and ever, am I right?

Every 13 min 09 seconds we get a gem... That is, that's all... Anything???

[SmurfAsH]

As a result, if we buy this item, it produces gems for us? It will produce gems forever and ever, am I right?
Nope, til it's emptied.. 40k

Every 13 min 09 seconds we get a gem... That is, that's all... Anything???
+ travel time to&from closest storehouse.