Spirit Gem

Spirit Gems
First appearance	The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning (2006)
Latest appearance	The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon (2008)
Location(s)	Throughout the Dragon Realms
Effect	The lifeforce of Dragons Grants health, mana and XP

Spirit Gems are a type of gem cluster that only appeared in The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning that give out red (health), green (mana), blue (experience points) and purple gems (fury energy). They are found repeatedly throughout the game. Spyro first encountered a Spirit Gem within the old confines of the Dragon Temple. After smashing the gem, the young dragon remarked that he felt like he "had to hit it," and when he did, "the power of a thousand suns surged through [his] body," much to the bafflement of Sparx. Ignitus later explained that the Spirit Gems are a gift from the dragon ancestors.

In The Eternal Night, the Chronicler told Spyro how Malefor taught the Apes to artificially harness the power of the Spirit Gems for their evil purposes. Not only were the Spirit Gems a gift from the ancestors, but they serve as the Dragons' lifeforce.

Locations and uses

Spirit Gems are found around the Dragon Temple, Dante's Freezer, Tall Plains, Munitions Forge, Concurrent Skies and the otherwordly realm of Convexity. They are used to replenish Spyro's health, breath energy, fury energy and experience points.

In The Legend of Spyro: The Eternal Night and Dawn of the Dragon, Spirit blue gems appear as a separate gem cluster that only grant Spyro experience points. In the latter game, they serve as collectibles.

Gallery

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  The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
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  The Apes enslaving the Manweersmall population and forcing them to mine for spirit gems on Munitions Forge
• A Spirit Gem as seen in a flashback in The Eternal Night
  A Spirit Gem as seen in a flashback in The Eternal Night

Trivia

• In an early draft of the story, Spyro came across his first Spirit Gem in the Swamp before he met Ignitus for the first time.