Rubies in armor or helms provide useful hit point bonuses, and are commonly socketed in merc equipment.
Diablo III Rubies
This gem type returns in Diablo III, but with very different bonuses.
Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
These are the bonuses provided by a Ruby in D2X:
Quality
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Weapon
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Helm or Armor
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Shield
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Clvl Req
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Chipped
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+3-4 Fire Damage
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+10 to Maximum Life
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+12% fire resistance
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1
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Flawed
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+5-8 to Fire Damage
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+17 to Maximum Life
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+16% to Fire Resistance
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5
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Normal
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+8-12 to Fire Damage
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+24 to Maximum Life
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+22% fire resistance
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12
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Flawless
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+10-16 to Fire Damage
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+31 to Maximum Life
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+28% fire resistance
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15
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Perfect
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+15-20 Fire Damage
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+38 to Maximum Life
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+40% fire resistance
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18
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D2C Ruby Stats
Rubies have slightly different stats in D2 Classic.
Ruby
Quality
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Weapon
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Helm or Armor
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Shield
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Sell Price
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Clvl Req
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Chipped
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+3 fire damage
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+6-8 to maximum life
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+11% fire resistance
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125
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1
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Flawed
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+4 to fire damage
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+10 to maximum life
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+15% to Fire Resistance
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375
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5
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Normal
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+4 to fire damage
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+14 to maximum life
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+19% fire resistance
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1250
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12
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Flawless
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+5 to fire damage
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+19 to maximum life
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+24% fire resistance
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3750
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15
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Perfect
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+6-7, 6-8, or 6-9 fire damage
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+24 to maximum life
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+29% fire resistance
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7500
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18
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Maces [e]
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Swords
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All Unique Maces
Normal, 1H:
• Felloak
• Stoutnail
• Crushflange
• Bloodrise
• The General's Tan Do Li Ga
• Ironstone
Normal, 2H:
• Bonesnap
• Steeldriver
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Exceptional, 1H:
• Dark Clan Crusher
• Fleshrender
• Sureshrill Frost
• Moonfall
• Baezil's Vortex
• Earthshaker
Exceptional, 2H:
• Bloodtree Stump
• The Gavel of Pain
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Elite, 1H:
• Nord's Tenderizer
• Baranar's Star
• Demon Limb
• Stormlash
• Horizon's Tornado
• Stone Crusher
• Schaefer's Hammer
Elite, 2H:
• Windhammer
• Earth Shifter
• The Cranium Basher
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All Unique Swords
Normal, 1H:
• Rixot's Keen
• Blood Crescent
• Skewer of Krintiz
• Gleamscythe
• Griswold's Edge
• Hellplague
• Culwen's Point
Normal, 2H:
• Shadowfang
• Soulflay
• Kinemil's Awl
• Blacktongue
• Ripsaw
• The Patriarch
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Exceptional, 1H:
• Bloodletter
• Coldsteel Eye
• Hexfire
• Blade of Ali Baba
• Ginther's Rift
• Headstriker
• Plague Bearer
• The Atlantean
Exceptional, 2H:
• Crainte Vomir
• Bing Sz Wang
• The Vile Husk
• Cloudcrack
• Todesfaelle Flamme
• Swordguard
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Elite, 1H:
• Azurewrath
• Bloodmoon
• Djinn Slayer (L)
• Frostwind
• Lightsabre
Elite, 2H:
• Flamebellow
• Doombringer
• The Grandfather
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(L): These Uniques can only be found by B.net Realm Ladder characters. They can also be found in single player.
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