Ruby

• General
• Trading

Ruby
Basic Information
Type	Gem
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes
Occurence
Average Ores per Chunk	2
Found below Y level	32
History
Added in	Public Beta 33

Ruby
Trading
Bought by	Mordor Orc Trader, Uruk Trader, Near Harad Florists, Merchant of Harad, Angmar Orc Trader, Dol Guldur Orc Trader, Half-troll Scavenger, Wood-elf Smith, Morwaith Hutmaker, Iron Hills Merchant, Oddment Collector, Dwarven Smith, Blue Mountains Smith, Dorwinion Merchant, Nomad Merchant, Wicked Dwarf,Easterling Blacksmith, Easterling Goldsmith, Near Harad Goldsmiths, Gundabad Orc Scrounger, most Near Harad Smiths
Sold by	Dwarf Miner, Blue Mountains Miner, Near Harad Miners, Blue Mountains Merchant, Half-troll Scavenger, Dalish Merchant
Price Range
Selling Price	9-15 ( to )
Buying Price	15-25 ( to )

“	As he turned and came towards them Frodo saw that Gandalf now wore openly upon his hand the Third Ring, Narya the Great, and the stone upon it was red as fire.	”
–The Grey Havens, The Return of the King

Rubies are one of the rare types of gems that can be found while mining in Middle-Earth. They are a bright red colour.

Obtaining

Ruby ore.

As with all the gemstones, the best way to obtain gemstones is to mine them yourself. Another option for those of you who don't like mining is to go and buy them from the various traders that sell them.

Use

As with all the gems in the mod, rubies can be turned into a block by combining nine of them. Other than that, they can't be used in any other types of crafting. The best use for them as of now is to sell them to a trader who accepts them, who will pay a decent amount of coins (9 - 15).

Trivia

• Rubies have a Mohs hardness of 9.
• Rubies are a type of corundum, or aluminum oxide. The red color comes from traces of chromium.