What should I save my gems for?

[dudeworthington]

I read in the wiki that there aren't enough gems in the game to unlock everything. So what are best hermits/statues/mounts to spend them on? Do you have a preferred optimal "tech route" wrt to the gems?

[Cheeva]

You will get Gems around 34 - 37 Gems in total but a few that really useful
The most and the must that very important to unlock is in the 1st island (Archer Statue)

The Must Spend :
Island 1 : Archer Statue - 4 gems
Island 3 : Baker Hermit - 4 Gems
Island 5 : Unicorn (for free coins drop)- 4 Gems

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Very useful to spend :
Island 2 : Stag
Island 3: Worker Statue - 3 Gems

Island 4:
Bear - 3 Gems
Knight Hermit - 2 Gems

Island 5: Wall Hermit - 3 Gems
Knight Statue - 2 Gems


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Useful for some situation but not really need :
Island 1:
Griffin - 2 gems
Ballista Hermit - 3 gems

Island 2:
Farmer Statue - 1 Gem

Island 4:
Dragon - 3 Gems

For me, My Hermit always missing even your kingdom is very large that the waste of gems

[GM]

From my experience, as long as you have the Archer Statue, the Builder/Worker Statue and the Baker Hermit, you are pretty much set.

[!?!]

You want all the statues asap, especially that archer statue on island 1.
Not sure where it is but the exception to that is the knight upgrade which is a big downgrade so avoid that.

For a mount, you can pretty much stick with the griffin and be set because it doesn't grind you to a halt during winter which we are now forced to sit through.