Difference between jewel levels

[Boboscus]

Some jewel level 1 does the same as level 4,so why should I equip 4 over 1? Some do increase the skill by more than 1 point, but majority don't. Only the multiple skill ones seem useful.

[Suzaku]

Level 1, 2, and 3 decorations all give 1 rank to their listed skill. Level 4 decorations give a pair of skills, or 2 points in a single skill, or 3 points if it's a "hard" decoration.

[Sekaro]

??? But they do though. I haven't seen a single Lvl 4 deco that didn't give either multiple points for 1 skill or 1 point for 2 separate skills.

[JebKerman]

Because a level 4 jewel provides 2 skill points either towards a single skill, or 2 different skills, sometimes more if it's a 'Hard X Jewel' which can give 3 or, in the case of Botany, 4 points on a single jewel.

[AfLIcTeD]

All level 4 jewels give 2 or 3 skill points, either in the same skill or 2 different skills. You pretty much answered your own question in the op.

[Boboscus]

Was it lower levels then that don't increase more? I know I've seen some that are apparently higher level than 1, but do what level 1 does anyway.

[Sekaro]

Originally posted by Boboscus:

Was it lower levels then that don't increase more? I know I've seen some that are apparently higher level than 1, but do what level 1 does anyway.

All decos below lvl 4 only give 1 skill point to the respective skill. The good thing about lvl 1 decos is that they can be fit into any deco slot regardless of lvl.

[Nerevar]

it depends entirely on the SLOTS on your armor tc. these are FIXED. you cannot change them. and depending on this slot you can only insert a lvl 1 lvl 2 lvl 3 OR lvl 4 decoration into it. while you can slot the lower levels into the higher slots example you could slot a lvl 2 deco into a lvl 4 slot that would be considered wasted slot potential as a level 4 deco would grant you 1 extra skill for free if you got the correct one for example.

most armor sets only have 5 level 4 slots. the other slots are not able to hold level 4 decorations so lower tier decorations still have massive usefulness even in master rank.

in the endgame you want as many slots as possible with a good setbonus on top basically. and the better your decoration collection is the more options you have to reach certain skill maxes.

for example for most raw sets critboost/vitality level 4 decos are REALLY useful. unless the armor you use already brings one of these 2 skills with it.