Gem Weapons

Summoned Gem Weapons
Most Gems are able to summon a personal weapon from their gemstone. However, there are exceptions to this; Lapis Lazuli's weapon is her hydrokinesis rather than a tangible object, such as Pearl's spear.

Each weapon is highly personalized and unique, being specifically tailored after the tastes and personality of the Gem summoning it to the point where they cease being weapons at all: Rose Quartz and Steven's loving and protective nature is reflected by their 'weapon' being a shield mostly infused with defensive powers and abilities. The weapon has a strong bond with its user, who is easily able to summon it by will alone; this will is easily stable enough to allow the Gem to seemingly create multiple copies of their weapon for use in dual-wielding or to be thrown in ranged attacks. The same bond also results in the weapon vanishing if the Gem's physical body is destroyed and they are forced to retreat into their gemstone—an example of this occurrence is when Jasper used a Gem Destabilizer on Garnet in "The Return" and her [Garnet's] gauntlets vanished along with her.

Non-Summoned Gem Weapons
Alongside the magical, summoned weaponry Gems also appear to utilize "regular weapons"—being forged/created by Gems, but are most likely still magical in nature. These weapons do not appear to have a strong bond with a particular Gem; they can be picked up and utilized by anyone nearby. They also appear to exist in a more permanent fashion than the summoned weapons; the Gems who presumably used the weapons scattered across the Gem Battlefield are long gone, indicating that the weapons were simply dropped to the ground instead of vanishing along with their Gem warriors as they fell. Other than the aforementioned weapons at the Gem Battlefield, Rose's Sword (and scabbard) seem to fall under this category as well as they are not summoned by Rose's gemstone like her shield; this indicates that the shield was her personal, summoned weapon while the sword was created for, or even by Rose herself. However, these weapons, when broken, must be fixed or re-crafted. These weapons can still be summoned through the pocket dimension inside the user's gem(s) (as seen when Pearl summoned Lapis' Mirror in "Mirror Gem" and Garnet summoned the Pyramid Temple key in "Serious Steven"). These weapons appear to be much more durable than human weapons, surviving in the open for thousands of years without rusting or losing functionality.

Other than their apparent permanent state, little else is known about this type of Gem weaponry as they haven't seen any use in the series thus far - aside from Rose's Sword being briefly used in "Lion 2: The Movie" and the Gem Destabilizer. Other less flashy-looking weapons appear in Rose's Armory. Pearl recognizes them, and says what they are called, implying that they have legacies in Gem culture (and that non-summoned weapons are still important to Gems other than Rose).

Pearl's Spear
Pearl wields a magic spear that consists of a glowing pearlescent blade with a similarly colored pommel and a white grip. The blade is wrapped around the grip, only opening when she grabs it. The spear changes lengths and locks in different places ranging from full spear form, (being almost as tall as Garnet,) to wand form, being as long as a sword, and every length in between. The lower spiral of her blade does not appear to be sharp, as she holds that section of the blade when in wand form.

Pearl appears to trust in her years (or centuries, taking into consideration Gems' lifespan) of training when summoning her weapon. She closes her eyes, concentrates, puts her hands near her forehead and pulls her weapon from the gem. Pearl's is the most summoned weapon out of the Crystal Gems. In "Together Breakfast", it is destroyed by the Evil Spirit, but in the next battle she is able to summon a new weapon. Pearl is seen dual-wielding her weapon in "Ocean Gem". In "Watermelon Steven", her spear is revealed to have a range attack, which is seen as an energy blast. In addition to these functions, it's also shown that Pearl can throw her spear, as first seen in "Giant Woman".

Amethyst's Whip
Amethyst bears a multi-tailed dark violet whip able to take on one, two, or three tails depending on the task at hand. It has a cross-guard in the form of a white star. The lash is dark purple and is divided into three different segments with gems on the ends. Multiple shards of amethyst are embedded on the main lash, which inflict additional damage and further restrain the target. Her whip has a purple amethyst as the pommel and the handle itself is purplish grey. She is seen using her one-tailed whip for smaller tasks, like swinging across broken bridges ("Cheeseburger Backpack") and collaborating with Pearl ("Giant Woman"). She uses the two-tailed whip for regular combat and is only once seen utilizing the energy current ability. The three-tailed whip is only seen for heavier jobs and she's often seen dual-wielding this type of whip, being able to pull and propel large rocks out of the ground ("Ocean Gem") and provide two times the binding power of her one-tailed whip. It is the least summoned weapon out of the three, only being summoned for tactful purposes. Amethyst is mostly seen spin-dashing, shape-shifting, or using hand-to-hand combat skills to fight.

Amethyst summons her weapon with confident nonchalance by putting her hand close to her chest and simply pulling it from her gem. She can also have her weapons summoned in the palms of her hands and wield two of them at once, as seen in "Together Breakfast" and "Friend Ship". It has the capability to cut through metal and other hard materials. In "Ocean Gem" and "Coach Steven," it is demonstrated that the whip can stretch long distances, is durable enough to lift boulders, and can support Sugilite's Flail. In "On the Run", it is revealed that when the whip is lashed hastily, it triggers a violet energy wave that creates an explosion at its target. It is also seen as a rope in "On the Run" and a mini-ranged weapon throwing the cut version of her whip by Pearl at Steven's legs, tying them together.

Steven's/Rose's Shield

 * This is about the object. For the soundtrack named Steven's Shield, see Steven's Shield (soundtrack).

Steven wields his mother's weapon: a spiraled pink shield. The spiral is decorated with light pink rose thorns, and its center is shaped like a rose. When struck with an attack, it appears to generate a sound wave that negates Gem magic, as it disrupts Lapis Lazuli's control over her water constructs in "Ocean Gem" and Pearl's holograms in "Sworn to the Sword".

In "Bubble Buddies", he accidentally activates his gem and creates a very durable bubble shield. Little is known of the abilities of this weapon (if it is one) or the method to summoning it. The bubble shield also seems to be rather heavy despite its size and thickness, given that while Steven and Connie fall into the ocean they sink rapidly. This might also be due to the combined weight of Steven and Connie added to the weight of the bubble shield itself, though this is up for debate. However, in "Lion 2: The Movie", Steven's bubble shield is destroyed for the first time by a fireball shot from a robot. In "Island Adventure" Steven's bubble pops while running from the monster, suggesting that the durability of the bubble is dependent on Steven's level of concentration. In "The Return", Steven is able to conjure a larger version of the shield, which successfully deflects the Gem Ship's laser. However, summoning the larger shield renders Steven nearly unconscious and forces him to his knees, suggesting that it requires a greater amount of energy to use than the smaller version.

In "Sworn to the Sword", Steven is shown to have greater control over the shield, expanding it to take on multiple attacks without any noticeable fatigue. It was also shown that the shield can act as an offensive weapon, if used correctly. The shield was capable of cutting through the many Holo-Pearls, and even released concussive shock waves to knock several away at a time.

In "Friend Ship", Steven was shown to have gained a degree of mastery with his shield, summoning the larger variant to stop a falling rock from hitting Garnet. He later summoned it again in its smaller variant, throwing it with enough accuracy to hit and momentarily stun Peridot. However, after summoning the larger variant a second time to provide cover for the other gems, Steven began to show signs of fatigue and exhaustion which were previously observed in "The Return".

It is also possible that his desire to protect [his loved ones] and feelings of passion summon his weapon or bubble. For example, Connie's endangerment triggered his bubble shield, and Steven has been shown multiple times defending the Crystal Gems with his (or Rose's, for lack of a better phrase) shield.

Matt Burnett confirmed on Tumblr that Steven wields his mother's shield. It is unknown why the Crystal Gems are so surprised when Steven first activates the shield, although it might have something to do with their possible suspicion that he [Steven] may not have access to his full potential. In "The Test" Pearl states that one of Steven's greatest accomplishments is being able to summon his mother's shield. However, he is usually seen summoning a bubble shield.

Ruby's Gauntlet
In "Keystone Motel", Ruby is shown wielding a small, red-violet gauntlet that has a darker maroon stripe on the shaft's upper half. While similar in design to Garnet's gauntlets, it appears smaller and does not have the same motif, lacking the emphasized fingers and knuckles that Garnet's gauntlets feature. It is unknown if Ruby is able to dual-wield her weapon and increase its size. However, it seemed to add lots of extra force when Ruby summoned it to flip a table with just one punch in "The Best Diner in the World". This event may have been caused by Ruby's sheer anger at the time, which does not necessarily state that her gauntlet is powerful in itself, only that her emotion may have contributed to the force of her hit.

Laser Light Cannon (object)
Rose Quartz have four Laser Light Cannons, one single and the Quartizine Trio.

Rose's Sword
Rose Quartz wielded a longsword similar to a 19th-century cutlass, although straight-bladed. Height-wise, the whole sword is as long as Steven is tall. Taking into consideration Rose's height in comparison to the sword itself, it may have been very close to a shortsword for her. According to Pearl in "Rose's Scabbard", the sword is a "straight-bladed saber that's pink. It has a red handle and vines etched in the guard that connects to a rose-shaped pommel." Rose is shown wielding the sword in a hologram (conjured by Pearl) in "Sworn to the Sword", which was used in the war for Gem control over Earth that occurred 5,000 years before the present. Its scabbard was slightly buried in the Gem Battlefield and found by Lion. ("Rose's Scabbard") The placement of the scabbard could have marked where she stood before she led her army into battle. It is currently unknown how Lion found the scabbard, since Pearl had no memory of a lion being under Rose's care.

Lion currently has the weapon, which lies in the pocket dimension inside of his mane along with her flag, a chest of her keepsakes, and an unknown bubbled gem. Since Steven inherited his mother's gem, he is the new owner of Rose's old sword.

Lion allows Steven to pull the sword from his mane in "Lion 2: The Movie" during a battle with a robot from the training room. Steven does not use the sword often, as he has only used it while fighting the Robot.

In the second opening of the series, Connie is seen holding Rose's sword, foretelling that she will become its future wielder.

Jasper's Crash Helmet
Jasper's weapon is an orange, square helmet with a diamond shaped extension on the front and a visor to protect her eyes and gem. However, Garnet was able to break her visor by smashing her gauntlets on both sides on the helmet. Like Rose, she wields an object of defense, but Jasper uses it primarily for offense. When using her helmet, she often charges or headbutts the opponent. She can also store energy with a spin dash attack and releases it when she charges, creating an orange aura around her for the duration of the attack.

Lapis Lazuli's Hydrokinesis
It has been confirmed by Ian Jones-Quartey that Lapis Lazuli's control over water is her gem weapon, specifically the water conjured from her gem. She appears to have powerful control over this ability, being able to use the entire ocean to her advantage twice: the first time with the space elevator and the most recent when holding down Malachite with its weight. This, along with using the ocean as chains and hands to drag and force down her enemies (which in this case was Jasper) is this the most powerful seen state of her weapon. The water summoned from her gem has mostly been used in its wing form, hinting that this may be her equivalent of a weapon, although she has never been seen utilizing her wings for offense rather than transportation. Her hydrokinesis is also seen being used as hands to drag herself deeper into the Malachite's Realm with Jasper. This indicates that the water from her gem is not always in a solid wing state but is also able to be used to its full capabilities.

Gem Destabilizer
A crafted weapon from Gem Homeworld. A green, thin weapon about the size of a shortsword or large dagger with a green orb as its power source and an electric-like current pulsing through it. Its purpose is to destabilize the physical manifestation of gems, forcing them to retreat to their gems to regenerate. Fusion Gems will regenerate separately. Used like a taser for Gems, it was first seen used on Garnet by Jasper, making it easier to throw them in prison. However, it was likely not used on Amethyst and Pearl because their outfits hadn't changed via regeneration. Peridot was also seen attempting to use it. Nonetheless, it seems to be nearly ineffective on humans or half-humans because it only administered a mild shock to Steven. It seems to be very fragile as it was easily snapped in half by Garnet without the use of her gauntlets.

Peridot's Limb Enhancers
The limb enhancer that Peridot wears over her right arm can transform into an arm cannon. The weapon charges up, generating a ball of electrified green energy and then launching it forward. At low power, it takes about a second to charge, and is powerful enough to blast open a stone ceiling, while charging it to full power takes several seconds, and fires a shot with enough recoil to knock Peridot onto the ground. It can also charge up and fire multiple shots in succession. Both arms are capable of containing objects in a light green energy field and the fingers are not restricted to the rest of the hand portions of her enhancers. It is unknown if Peridot's electricity comes from her Limb Enhancers or is an ability similar to Garnet's.undefined

Opal's Bow and Arrows
Opal's weapon is an opalescent longbow that fires arrows made of a light-based energy. The bow is roughly as tall as Opal herself. Due to Opal being a fusion of Amethyst and Pearl, she can summon both Amethyst's whip and/or Pearl's spear at will, and fuses both weapons together to form her bow. Flashes of light appear when she summons it and a gust of wind that blows Opal's hair back is created upon impact of the weapons fusing. Pearl's weapon forms the limbs of the bow while the lash of Amethyst's whip becomes the string. Her arrows are summoned when the bow is drawn back. These arrows cause a large explosion and emit a bright light on impact, as well as bearing a striking resemblance to the energy blasts emitted by Pearl's spear. The arrows are also capable of splitting into several smaller arrows and attacking multiple targets at once. Targets pierced by these arrows have their remaining gems bubbled.

Garnet's Gauntlet
Garnet is the only Crystal Gem seen that hardly unfuses and wields weapons on both hands and are the only broken weapons to regenerate with a different design, being less elaborate than her previous gauntlet. Her gauntlet cover half of her lower arm at its normal size and her whole lower arm when she increases its size. Before regenerating, her gauntlet had a red and light red spiral design around the entire shaft, red and dark red fingers and finger tips, and contained the same star motif on the tops and bases of the gauntlets. After regenerating, her gauntlet became less elaborate, (although larger and more vivid) having one dark red and one violet-red stripe on the top and bottom halves of the gauntlet. The fingers are a lighter violet red with black finger tips and the base of her gauntlets no longer adorns the star, instead being a solid orange color. The back of her palm however keep the same yellow star motif, albeit more orange-like. Her gauntlet has knuckles embedded with light red garnets, which are strong enough to easily break through rock. Garnet's gauntlet is a combination of Ruby's gauntlet and Sapphire's weapon, which is yet to be seen. Unlike other fusion weapons, it is summoned complete instead of Garnet having to summon both weapons and fuse them. They also appear complete when being made into other weapons.

She summons it by mentally connecting with the energy of the universe and channeling it through her gems. This makes her entire lower arm glow a bright red color and allows her gauntlet to materialize from her gem. They take longer or shorter amounts of time to be summoned depending on how large or small she wants it to be. When her gauntlet disappear, it glows the same bright red color as it does when it materializes. Slowly losing its shape, it turn into a small star that moves back into her gem. She can also launch it as a rocket fist as seen in "Watermelon Steven" (which is proven to make her hand temporarily disappear in "Reformed") and increase its size as shown in "Warp Tour" and "Garnet's Universe".

Sugilite's Flail
Sugilite's weapon is a giant, dark purple flail formed when Garnet and Amethyst fuse their weapons (Garnet's gauntlets and Amethyst's whip). A much longer version of Amethyst's whip acts as the supporting strand of the flail, and a giant fused version of Garnet's gauntlets acts as the mace. The mace is adorned with a silver star-shaped ring that connects the bludgeon to the whip-like part of the flail. There are two sugilites on the handle of the flail, one larger than the other one on the end of the handle and a smaller one connecting the handle to the whip. Sugilite's flail is thrashed around, causing mass destruction and crushing all opposition with its huge force. When used properly, the flail can smash hundreds of pillars into rubble in minutes. She uses its momentum to destroy large objects and utilizes its surface area to disrupt the balance of her opponents.

Sardonyx's War Hammer
Sardonyx's weapon is a giant peach war hammer, formed by fusing Garnet's gauntlets and Pearl's spear together. The head of the hammer is light red-orange, with both sides being shaped like a fist to represent Garnet's gauntlets. They are joined by a dark brown cylinder section with the black handle going through it. At the bottom of the hammer is a conical shape with a spike protruding like that of Pearl's spear. At the top of the hammer is a yellow, five pointed star connected to the hammer through the protruding end of the handle. It is considerably large, as the head of the hammer is taller than Sardonyx. She uses the hammer to hit things in different directions. She can swing it like a bat, from between her legs, or over her head. Her weapon is very flexible so the handle is able to withstand the impacts of the hammer head without breaking. When the weapon disappears, it transforms into a cloud of dragonfly-shaped sparkles that fly away. Sardonyx's hammer can also be used as a drill, spinning rapidly, as seen in "Friend Ship".

Trivia

 * The majority of the Gems' weapons are medievally styled: Garnet's gauntlets, Amethyst's whip, Pearl's spear, Steven's shield, Rose's sword, Opal's longbow, Sugilite's flail, Ruby's gauntlet and Sardonyx's war hammer.
 * Curiously, Jasper's helmet seems to be of a more modern/futuristic design - perhaps to contrast how "outdated" the Crystal Gems are compared to modern Homeworld Gems.
 * Lapis stated that the Homeworld is very different and very advanced, which could mean that the Homeworld weaponry upgraded over the time, whereas the Crystal Gems' weaponry never developed and stayed old-fashioned. This suggests that there are Gems on/in Homeworld that have gained the skill to create new weapons that can most likely do more damage.
 * The fusions' weapons are usually the original weapons fused together to form a new weapon. Opal's longbow is Pearl's spear that deforms to make the limbs and Amethyst's whip becomes the string. Sugilite's flail is Amethyst's whip as the rope and Garnet's gauntlets forming the mace. Sardonyx's hammer has Pearl's spear as the handle and Garnet's gauntlets as the head of the hammer.
 * The Gems can summon more than one of their signature weapons at a time: Garnet is usually portrayed fighting with two gauntlets, Amethyst uses two whips in "Together Breakfast", and Pearl summons an additional spear in "Ocean Gem".
 * Like the Crystal Gems' outfits, their signature weapons have stars on them.
 * Garnet's gauntlets have large stars on the back of the hand and previously had star designs at the hole of the gauntlets near the wrists.
 * Amethyst's whip has a star-shaped cross guard.
 * Opal's bow has two star-shaped cross guards.
 * The bludgeon on Sugilite's flail is adorned with a silver ring shaped like a star.
 * Pearl's spear has a star shape at the end of the grip.
 * Sardonyx's war hammer has a star on the top of the staff supporting the hammer part.
 * Of all the Crystal Gems' weapons introduced so far, Sugilite's flail is by far the largest. Height-wise, the gauntlet-like bludgeon part of the flail is about as tall as the fusion gem Opal.
 * It also has the longest reach of any Gem melee weapon.
 * Each of the Crystal Gems' weapons match the color of their respective gem.
 * Sapphire, Stevonnie, Alexandrite, Malachite, and Rainbow Quartz's weapons are unknown.
 * However, since Connie does not have a weapon.
 * Gems are able to own and master modes of weaponry beyond their gem weapons.
 * Pearl has a collection of swords in "Together Breakfast" that she keeps in her room. She also had a battle axe that was mentioned in "Onion Trade".
 * It is revealed in "Lion 2: The Movie" that Rose Quartz owns a vast collection of flails, battle axes, and armor.
 * When "pulling" a weapon the user puts their hand to their gemstone and literally pulls it from the gem. When "summoning" a weapon, the weapon forms in or around the user's gem. Garnet, Steven, Lapis Lazuli, Ruby, and Jasper do not pull their weapons. Currently, Pearl is the only Gem that has done both "summoning" and "pulling" their weapon.
 * Sapphire and Peridot are the only pure gems whose weapons we haven't seen.
 * In "Marble Madness", when Amethyst broke the power source of Peridot's screen, she formed a flail that appeared to be reminiscent of Sugilite's flail using Peridot's mechanical hand.
 * Garnet, Steven and Pearl have been shown to summon weapons of different sizes.
 * Alternatively, Amethyst has the ability to alter the number of tails at the end of her whip, though the exact form of the Crystal Gems' weapon(s) is not fixed.
 * Lapis Lazuli, instead of having a Gem weapon, uses the ability to control water, or hydrokinesis, as her weapon.
 * Peridot is shown using her fingers to form a plasma gun in "Friend Ship", though these are part of her limb enhancers, and thus not a summoned weapon.