History Main / GemstoneAssault

** The Black Stone Dragon in the [[AbandonedLaboratory Dragonkin Laboratory]] is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a gemstone dragon infused]] with [[ToxicPhlebotinum black stone]]. To say that [[GoneHorriblyWrong she did not meet expectations]] after her creation is [[{{understatement}} putting it mildly]]: the black stone implants drove her insane as they allowed [[EldritchAbomination Xau-Tak]] to influence her, and by the time the player fights her [[MercyKill they effectively do her a kindness by killing her]].

* ''Franchise/MegaMan'':
** Both Crystal Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' and Jewel Man from ''VideoGame/MegaMan9'' use gem-based attacks. The Crystal Joe from the former's stage also does this.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX2'': Crystal Snail's Crystal Hunter, although it's more of a CrystalPrison type weapon.
** ''VideoGame/MegaManX8'' has Earthrock Trilobyte's Crystal Wall weapon.
%%* The Gem/Diamond Missile spell from the ''VideoGame/WorldOfMana'' series. %%Hmm? What about it?

* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
** The series has several weapons made out of gemstones, up to including the Diamond Sword.
** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', the first boss of [[CrystalLandscape Lake Bresha]] is a second encounter with the Manasvin Warmech, a scorpion-like mecha. The Warmech's most dangerous attack in this battle is to use its tail to fling chunks of crystal from its surroundings at the party.
* The Jewel Bag from ''VideoGame/DragonQuest''.

* ''VideoGame/HyperLightDrifter'': The sharp spires of the western CrystalLandscape do not merely gleam, they grow ''explosively'' fast. At a touch, tiny shards turn into SpikesOfDoom.
** Those that do not impale the Drifter can engulf them in a temporary CrystalPrison.
* Many high level clubs in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' are made of glowing crystals -- sometimes the weapon consists of a handle with crystals floating around it. Somehow they are very efficient.
** A few rock giants are actually made of crystal and may throw pieces at you or [[CrystalPrison trap you inside gemstones.]]
* ''VideoGame/DeadRising'' lets you throw a bunch of diamonds at zombies. It's mainly just for stunning them, though.
** With a high enough level (and some skill books in tow) gems become a [[FantasyGunControl a faster-to-find replacement for the shotgun.]]
** In ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'' you can combine gems with a leaf-blower to make an effective shotgun or with a flashlight to make a LaserBlade
* Diamonds are one of the most common bullet types in ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
* The [[CharacterCustomization Power Customization]] in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'' allows you to change [[DishingOutDirt Earth-based Powers]] into Crystal-based Powers. It's [[AndYourRewardIsClothes purely cosmetic]], however.
* Within ''VideoGame/{{Nethack}}'', gems can be thrown, but make bad improvised weapons. The main benefit is that [[spoiler:valuable gems can be identified from glass by throwing them at unicorns, which also increases your LuckStat]].
* In ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'' Adventure Mode, gems can be thrown with deadly effect up to and including severed limbs. Much like anything else in the game.

* Rarity in the fangame ''VideoGame/MyLittlePonyFightingIsMagic'' can delay gems, straight up launch them, cause them to erupt beneath her opponent, or just summon a massive storm below them.
** Rarity (rechristened Generous Mare) also uses gems to fight in the fangame ''VideoGame/MegaPony''. She can use gems as explosive mines, launch them at the opponent, or surround herself with a shield of them. After beating her, Mega Pony gains the ability to similarly use gems as a shield and launch them at his foes.
* ''VideoGame/{{Temtem}}'' has the Crystal type. Most of its Temtem have GemTissue or are {{Crystalline Creature}}s, and its techniques involve pelting the target with summoned gemstones, or using them as shields.
* ''VideoGame/{{Tyrian}}'' has the SecretLevel GEM WAR, where you fight a bunch of ships that shoot destructible (and sometimes homing) gems at you.
* Before he was reworked, Taric the Gem Knight from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' wore armour made out of gems, carried a large gem-studded shield and [[CarryABigStick wielded]] a ''massive'' hammer studded with sharp gems. His gems were the source of his magic and he could both stun enemies with a dazzling blast of light from his shield and cause his crystalline aura to shatter explosively, shredding nearby enemies, as well as buff up nearby allies with the power of his radiance. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.[[note]]Post-rework as Taric the Shield of Valoran the gem theme was downplayed considerably, as his gem-studded armour and shield were removed and the crystal-studded hammer was replaced with a sort of three-flanged mace with a single gem floating in the space between the flanges. However he still has a number of gems that float above his shoulder which he uses as a focus for his starlight powers.[[/note]]
* Diamond swords are high-tier weapons in ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'', second only to netherite swords, which are crafted from them. Other diamond tools (axes, picks, etc.) can also be used as weapons, with varying degrees of effectiveness.
* [[SiliconBasedLife Crystalisks]] in ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}}'' can launch a FlechetteStorm of crystal shards at the player, or a timed, explosive crystal that acts like a sticky bomb.
* ''VideoGame/FTLFasterThanLight''
** There are extremely rare weapons that fire human-sized chunks of crystal at enemy ships. These crystals can pass through low-level shields and will generally wreck ships like no one's business.
** The {{Crystal|lineCreature}} race (obtained from a long sidequest) throw crystals as a ranged attack when facing non-adjacent foes. They can also coat doors in crystals to keep anyone from getting in or out of the room.
** In fact, a ship made out of crystals is the reward for a [[GuideDangIt ridiculously convoluted]] and [[RandomNumberGod RNG dominated]] sidequest, starting out the game with it will [[GameBreaker tear everything apart well into the late game]].
* In ''VideoGame/FallenLondon'', a particularly expensive Diamond Ring ups your fighting capability as well as your persuasiveness. Anyone who's ever gotten punched by someone who didn't take off their jewelry can attest to why.
-->''[[DoubleMeaning A huge diamond always leaves an impression]]''
* ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' has De La Fille, who fights with seven gems which, depending on her version and uncap level, appear as regular gems, fruit-shaped, or turned into weapons. Her charge attacks involve using all of her gems for various kind of attacks.
* ''VideoGame/MonsterSanctuary'' has three attacks themed around gemstones, all of which are classed as magical and part of the [[DishingOutDirt Earth]] element.
* Oddly, ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'''s Daisy forgoes the GreenThumb she usually has in sports games for the power to cause crystals to rise from the ground and punch the ball with [[BodyToJewel a crystal fist]] in ''VideoGame/MarioStrikersCharged''.
* Both ''VideoGame/SecretOfMana'' and ''VideoGame/TrialsOfMana'' have the spells Gem Missle and Diamond Shards (respectively), which first causes a large diamond to pop out of the ground and burst into smaller spinning gem fragments, finally shooting straight at the target one after the other. In the latter's case, when targeting enough enemies, the assault is so much, '''it causes slowdown'''.
* ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'':
** VideoGame/KirbySuperStarUltra introduces Wham Bam Jewel. They use their gem hands similar to Wham Bam Rock from The Great Cave Offensive.
** In ''VideoGame/KirbyPlanetRobobot'', the four abilities present in the Team Kirby Clash mode get a fantasy makeover, with the Doctor ability resembling an alchemist and substituting gemstones for its usual pills in all of its attacks.
* SSI (Creator/StrategicSimulationsInc)'s ''VideoGame/GalacticAdventures''. One of the available weapons was the Gemstone, which is fired as a missile. It moves toward its target (sometimes moving a space in the wrong direction) and detonates after moving six spaces, whether it has reached the target or not.
* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSun'' has a critter known as "tiberian fiend", a horse-sized quadruped that attacks by throwing chunks of Tiberium crystals at its targets.
** ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRenegade'' has the Tiberium Flechette Gun, a small nailgun-like weapon that launches shards of Tiberium. It's good against everything except [[ReviveKillsZombie mutants, who it heals]], which makes it a shame that it only appears after mutants take over for most basic enemies.
* The Crystallix armor in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters'' allows Ratchet to deal crystal based strikes with his Omniwrench.
* In ''VideoGame/GemCraft'' series, you put your gems in towers and traps to shoot at monsters, put gems in amplifiers to increase the power of the gems in towers and traps, sacrificing gems to shrines for a massive attack, or just using them as a bomb to deal direct damage.
* In ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', Crystal Sorcery is the trademark of the Paledrake Seath the Scaleless. Some of the most powerful offensive Sorceries in the games include a spell that launches homing crystals at your foes and one that hurls an enormous crystal spear at them. Seath himself unleashes Crystal breath in battle that inflicts the extremely dangerous Curse status effect. In the first game, a skilled sorcerer drives himself insane studying Seath's secrets and manages to reverse engineer the Crystal breath (albeit without the Curse properties), creating the White Dragon Breath Sorcery. Said sorcery returns in the third game, though this time it requires transposing the soul of a man who delved too deep into Seath's archives and became a pale draconic abomination himself. A player who wants to use a Sorcerer build would do well to pick up Crystal Sorceries when they become available.
* ''VideoGame/EldenRing'': The mysterious Crystalians are golems made out of bluish crystal and make their weapons out of the same material. The ones with staves also wield magic that tosses shards of crystal at enemies.
* In ''VideoGame/AmidEvil'', the Star of Torment is a crystal mace that fires nail-like crystal shards when swung. A killing blow will launch the target into the nearest wall and pin them there. With [[SuperMode Soul Mode]] active, you can repeatedly make entire head fly off to blast enemies with crystal shards. The Crystal Masters of the Arcane expanse fight using an EvilCounterpart to the Star and a few ride a PowerUpMount that lets them use their maces' Soul Mode attack making them some of the most dangerous enemies in the game.

%%* The ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats'' episode "Chaos in Crystal" had an escaped convict named Rex Shard use a BodyToJewel variant of this after becoming a crystal himself. %%Variant of what?

* Both the heroes and villains of ''WesternAnimation/LoliRock'' have the power to summon crystals as their main methods of attack, with both a ProjectileSpell variety and the ability to summon it out of the ground.
* Diamondhead in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'' can naturally shoot out crystalline projectiles, create structures made out of diamond to protect him from attacks that surpass his [[SuperToughness insane durability]] and can shapeshift his limbs into weapons. Later shows give him the ability to make his [[StuffBlowingUp projectiles volatile]], create larger structures and the ability to telekinetically move them and the ability to [[CrystalPrison encase his enemies in crystal]].
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Controlling crystals is an extention of [[DishingOutDirt earthbending.]] The Earth Kingdom's capital has a cavern beneath it with several crystals, where they see much use in combat in the Book 2 finale. Aang even makes a protective shell of armor out of them.

* ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': Scrooge McDuck has a private bathroom behind a SecretDoor where the showerhead sprays cut jewels instead of water. Presumably the same [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ability]] that lets him dive into heaps of money unscathed turns being pelted with sharp rocks into a relaxing shower. His nephews attempt to use it to keep the Beagle Boys at bay, but it's not quite painful enough to work.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica villainess (and [[DatingCatwoman sometimes girlfriend]]) Diamondback uses diamonds as throwing weapons... ''fake ones'', of course.
* ComicBook/TheFlash villainess Golden Glider uses gemstones as weapons, ranging from fast-growing crystals to heavy leaden pearls.
* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2020:'' Star-Lord uses his Element Gun set to the element of earth to imprison a goddess with diamonds. Rocket asks why he never did that before, especially with the Guardians' cash-flow problems, and Quill admits he'd honestly never thought about it (though it does drain the gun's power-supply).
* ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Kole Weathers has the ability to create and shape independent masses of silicon crystal, a power she gained due to her father's experiments on her.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'': Atlee has [[DishingOutDirt power over earth]] and can control any type of mineral. She once created a crystalline sphere for instance.
* ComicBook/ScroogeMcDuck has a private bathroom behind a SecretDoor where the showerhead sprays cut jewels instead of water. Presumably the same [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower ability]] that lets him dive into heaps of money unscathed turns being pelted with sharp rocks into a relaxing shower. His nephews attempt to use it to keep the Beagle Boys at bay, but it's not quite painful enough to work.
* ''Franchise/XMen'':
** ''X-Men [[ComicBook/{{Marvel 2099}} 2099]]'' gives us Krystalin, a mutant capable of growing beautiful crystals out of airborne mineral content. When in a good mood, she just grows them around enemies to trap them but she is fully capable of projecting them as a torrent of razor-sharp shards.

** In early editions, minerals are considered to be a "quasilement" -- that is, [[ElementalFusion a secondary element created from the fusion of a elements with positive or negative energy]]. In this case, minerals are created by the meeting of earth and positive energy to create a "pure" version of the original element, with an associated plane between the elemental plane of Earth and the pole of positive energy, alongside an associated menagerie of mineral quasilementals, mineral mephits, and assorted {{Crystalline Creature}}s.

* Before he was reworked, Taric the Gem Knight from ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' wore armour made out of gems, carried a large gem-studded shield and wielded a ''massive'' [[DropTheHammer hammer]] studded with sharp gems. His gems were the source of his magic and he could both stun enemies with a dazzling blast of light from his shield and cause his crystalline aura to shatter explosively, shredding nearby enemies, as well as buff up nearby allies with the power of his radiance. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.[[note]]Post-rework as Taric the Shield of Valoran the gem theme was downplayed considerably, as his gem-studded armour and shield were removed and the crystal-studded hammer was replaced with a sort of three-flanged mace with a single gem floating in the space between the flanges. However he still has a number of gems that float above his shoulder which he uses as a focus for his starlight powers.[[/note]]

* As one of the D-Link abilities in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'', Literature/SnowWhite uses jewels as weapons.

* SSI (Strategic Simulations Incorporated)'s ''VideoGame/GalacticAdventures''. One of the available weapons was the Gemstone, which is fired as a missile. It moves toward its target (sometimes moving a space in the wrong direction) and detonates after moving six spaces, whether it has reached the target or not.

* [[EvilSorceror King Sombra]], the [[BigBad villain]] of the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "The Crystal Empire", seems to have for his main power to grow huge, spiky crystals out of the ground. [[TheHero Twilight Sparkle]] has technically learned that magic, but it works by manipulating the crystals of the Empire, making it of limited utility elsewhere.