Socketing

You can socket an item by right clicking on its thumbnail within your armory and selectingOn the socketing page you'll be able to see which gems are already socketed into the item. Items can have up to five sockets at one time. All unusual items will start off with a Prismatic and Ethereal socket, these hold their particle effects and colors. These types of sockets only exist on unusual couriers and certain arcana items, there is no way to create one at this time.To add a general socket you'll need a Artificer's Chisel . You can craft one or purchase one from the Dota 2 store To use an Artificer's Chisel on an item you can right click on it within your armory or click on thebutton located on the socketing window. Each chisel has five uses. At the bottom of the socketing screen you'll see a list of your gems. To add a gem drag it into the empty socket and select. If you replace a gem in an existing socket the gem you replaced will be destroyed, to safely remove it you'll need an Artificer's Hammer Once you've clicked Apply you'll need to confirm the selection.Once applied the item will be socketed with your gem choices. Certain gems will adjust the quality of the item as well, such as Autographs and Ascendant Orbs. Some item qualities will override this, for example Unusual.