If you put a wealth gem on your ring it has the ability to give dominated orcs a few extra levels when you recruit an orc,(reply>), @Jack D thanks, you're right! not sure why i thought it worked the way i thought it did... must have misremembered an occasion where i tried to recruit an orc that was already above talion's level (even without the wealth gem),(reply>), @Ticmi Jr the different steps of wealth gem correlate to the level bonus you get on recruitment (between +1 for plain, up to +5 for perfect). so any wealth gem works, but better wealth gems work "more".,(reply>), Do you need a carved one or a normal one?,(reply>), @soupalex it doesn’t overshoot it, it just makes it the same level as Talion,(reply>), yeah, i try to keep at least one of every level of wealth gem available to switch in so i can maximise the recruitment level of any good captains i happen to find (without overshooting and making them unrecruitable at my level… a <i>perfect</i> wealth gem isn't going to help if talion is level 30 and the target is level 26, for example)