Gem Weapons

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.

Pearl's Spear
Pearl wields a magic spear that consists of a glowing pearl blade with a white grip, and a turquoise, gold, and white colored pommel. The head of the blade starts with a single sharp blade that spirals down the upper shaft. The spear changes lengths either being regular spear form, (being as tall as the top of garnet's'forehead) to wand form, being as long as her Training Swords. The lower spiral of her blade is smooth when in wand form.

Pearl appears to trust in her years 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 lavender 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 "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.

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".

Matt Burnett confirmed on Tumblr that Steven wields his mother's shield. 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 knuckles that Garnet's gauntlets feature. Ruby's gauntlet has mitten shaped finger placements Ruby is capable of putting a great deal of force behind it when swung, enough to completely smash a table in "The Best Diner in the World" when angry.

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. Like Rose, she wields an object of defense, but Jasper uses it primarily for offense. When using her helmet, she often charges or headbutts her opponent.

Lapis Lazuli's Hydrokinesis
Ian Jones-Quartey has confirmed that Lapis Lazuli's Hydrokinesis is her weapon. As of yet there is no known limit to this ability, from giant hands and shackles to Lapis being able to control an entire ocean to create a huge water tower In "Ocean gem", and currently keeping Malachite trapped at the bottom of the ocean.

Lapis can also summon water from her Gemstone to form functional wings. Whether this water is previously stored in her gemstone's pocket dimension or generated by her is unknown. Her wings have also been seen taking the form of hands in "Chille Tid."

Opal's Energy Bow
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 Gauntlets
Garnet usuals duel 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 gauntlets 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, the latter of which have 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 out of 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 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. The flail is enormous, capable of causing mass destruction when swung. 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. Sardonyx can swing it like a bat and the handle is extremely flexible, being 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 Crystal Gems' weapons are based of of human weapons from the European medieval era. For example: Garnet's gauntlets, Amethyst's whip, Pearl's spear, Steven/Rose's  shield, Rose's sword, Opal's longbow, Sugilite's flail, Ruby's gauntlet and Sardonyx's war hammer.
 * 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 has improved over the time, whereas the Crystal Gems' weaponry never developed and stayed archaic.
 * The fusions' weapons are usually the original weapons fused together to form a new weapon.
 * Opal's longbow is comprised of Pearl's spear that shape-shifts to make the limbs and Amethyst's whip is the string.
 * Sugilite's flail is Amethyst's whip as the Grip and tether and Garnet's gauntlets clasping fingers to form the flail's head.
 * 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 paired 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 flexible lilac star-shaped cross guard.
 * Opal's bow has two yellow flexible star-shaped cross guards that are identical to Amethyst's whip.
 * The bludgeon on Sugilite's flail is adorned with a silver ring shaped like half of a star.
 * Pearl's spear has a star shape Pommel.
 * 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 flail's head` is nearly as tall as the fusion gem Opal.
 * It also has the longest reach of any Gem melee weapon (excluding Opal's Arrows).
 * Each of the Crystal Gems' weapons match the color palette of their respective owner.
 * Peridot, Sapphire, Stevonnie, Malachite, Rainbow Quartz, and Yellow Diamond's weapons are unknown.
 * However, since Connie does not have a weapon, Stevonnie's weapon could be Steven's shield.
 * Gems can and will use weapons beyond their summoned weapons.Gem_weapons.png
 * 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.
 * Sapphire and Peridot are the only pure gems whose weapons that have not been specified.
 * 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.
 * 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.