Do perfect skulls count as perfect gems?

Hi I was not sure if Perfect Skulls also count as Perfect Gems when doing trades. am fairly new player so would love for someone to answer this for me. tysm <3

Yes and no.

Primarily, Perfect Gems are desired either for cubing over and over (magic + 3 p. gems) or for crafting (specific gems).
(Some more specific recipes exist and are used but they account for realistically only a fraction of the gem trading...things like upgrading uniques/sets)

In the first case, skulls work just fine and are equivalent to Perfect Gems. In the case of crafting however, the requirements are gem-specific and generally don't involve skulls. Though not all crafting recipes are created equal/of interest to many.

As a result, certain gems (especially amethysts and to a lesser extent rubies) are more valuable than others but as you get to the "bottom value gems", they're effectively the same as skulls as they, too are mostly only used for cubing.

Hi! Since d2r I never met anyone who didn't accept skulls. If I remember correctly with legacy there sometimes was an issue - now there isn't.

yes they do. they belong to gem family. recipes with "any gem" ingridient prove that.

They sure do. Also note that Perfect Amethyst and Perfect Ruby are worth more than other Perfect Gems since they're used for crafting. You'd want to hold on to those as currency or to use in crafting yourself.

For instance, currently about 15 Perfect Amethyst are worth Ist and 25-30 Perfect Ruby are worth Ist, which is typically considered the "baseline" rune currency. Ist is kind of like "1 dollar". About 40 Perfect Gems are worth the same.


Edit: You can check the trade history for each gem or rune from its item page to get an idea of the approximate current market value. Make sure to filter for hardcore/softcore and ladder/non-ladder, as the values are different for different game modes (and especially can vary for Ladder considering the falloff from the time when a new season starts).

Thank you very much for the replies, I appreciate it everyone!