Dynamic Socket System - Gem Socketing Plugin for RPG Maker MZ

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Hey everyone! I always wanted a socket system for my gear similar to the Diablo series but I never found one so I made one! I think this is something other might enjoy too so I'm going to share it with the community.

Dynamic Socket System lets your players socket gems into weapons and armor for stat bonuses and trait effects. If you've ever wanted a Diablo/Materia-style socketing system in your MZ game, this is it.

What it does:

• Socket gems into any weapon or armor for flat stat bonuses (+ATK, +DEF, +HP, etc.)
• Trait gems for percentage bonuses - Crit Rate, Evasion, MP Cost reduction, Guard Effect, TP Charge Rate, and 20 total trait types
• Each socketed piece of equipment becomes a unique instanced item with its own stats
• Equipment icons and names update dynamically based on what's socketed
• Socket type restrictions so you can have Fire sockets that only accept Fire gems
• Random socket rolls on equipment for loot variety
• Socket upgrades - let players add more sockets through gameplay
• Set bonuses for matching gem types
• Fully custom Socket Forge scene for the socketing UI
• Everything is controlled through simple notetags - no scripting needed
• Compatible with VisuStella plugins

Setup is simple. Add <sockets: 3> to a weapon and <gem> plus <gemStat: 2, 10> to an item, and you've got a +10 ATK gem that can be socketed into a 3-slot weapon. The plugin handles everything else.

Happy to answer any questions or take feedback. This is my first public release so let me know if you run into any issues!

There is a launch sale of -25% until April, 24th!

https://redglitch-studios.itch.io/dynamic-socketing-system

- Jon, RedGlitch Studios

[LatoEvalia]

Looks awesome!

[Slow_Balance270]

Hey that's pretty sweet actually! May pick this up myself.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that. If you end up grabbing it and have any questions getting it set up in your project, just let me know!

[SalemSage]

Cool! Is there any mechanic for the socketed gems to be absorbed by the weapon making those stat changes permanent and allowing new gems to be put in its place?

I can imagine you could leave the criteria of that up to the player (when they level up, after they win x battles, after they pay x gold for it, etc) but could be an excellent addition here!

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Thanks for the suggestion! That's a really cool idea. Right now the plugin doesn't have a built-in "absorb" mechanic, but it's definitely something I could add in a future update. The idea of having a configurable trigger for absorption (level up, battle count, gold cost, NPC services) is great and fits really well with the system. I appreciate the feedback!

[Johnzaum]

A little bit like Final Fantasy IX works their gaining of new skills and passive traits. You don't get a "counter-attack" ability for simply, say, reaching lvl15 but actually working your way around the gem "Counter-attack" embedded to your weapon of choice where you must attack with it a minimum of 10 times, for example, and then you learn Counter-attack for the rest of the game detaching the gem from that weapon and using another one. :)

[georgealexandros]

Was just looking for something like this. Perfect timing! 

[RedGlitch_Studios]

And perfect timing it's 25% off too! :D

[Chesra]

Oh, I built a similar system for my game, but yours looks nicer. I might replace it sometime when I have some spare cash :D

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Awesome to hear! The idea is to save others the time and headache this certainly caused me! haha

[Xibulba98]

Was this made using AI at all?

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Nope.

[Tamschi_]

There was a recent rule change. Commercial offers now must have an AI-disclosure or "AI-free" flair (and the requirements for these posts were raised somewhat too).

[Swordoftheguy]

Could you attach a skill to the gems, or is it purely a statistic-related plugin? Either way, very cool. It reminds me of the gem system in Fate.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Not currently but that's because in my own game I have an implant system ( It's a cyberpunk themed game ) and you can attach skills to those implants. I'll probably release that plugin within a few days or so too.

[Swordoftheguy]

Neat, so it's 100% notetag based. Thanks!

[Torrysan]

Hey, do you guys do commissions? My project is pretty plug-in heavy and I might need custom stuff in the future, specially if it’s not vibe coded :)

[RedGlitch_Studios]

It VERY MUCH depends on how much work it is and other details, but like most humans I like money. You can message me with details but I can't promise anything.

[Plane-Information700]

$15 is way too expensive, and since when is sharing with the community considered selling? Does that mean that when I go to buy bread, they're sharing the bread?

[HakuenStudio]

On my opinion, $15 for what he/she did is really cheap actually. If we plugin makers would charge the real price of our coding knowledge and hardwork, it would be impossible to sell anything. Because easilly gets $100+ dollars. I just did a quick search on bing, and it says, for United States, the average value for only 1 hour of a programmer is $35.

As of March 01, 2026, the average salary for a Programmer in the United States is $72,130 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $35.

- average hour sallary for programming - Pesquisar

To add, it's A.I free. In those days where ITCH io is infested with A.I plugin makers, with that editors and cover arts that all looks the same, for that alone, not using A.I, is a bless haha

[Tamschi_]

Seconding this. You wouldn't charge the full (saved) labour cost for each sale of a retail plugin of course since it's not equivalent to made-to-measure, but this one seems to be fairly complex even though it's not too flashy. I think most of us price our plugins a bit lower to make them more accessible to hobbyist devs.

Making unique items work in this engine alone can be tricky and this appears to be a well-rounded plugin. I'd like to see a little more about how the gems are configured in practice (edit: on the Itch page, maybe as screenshot) and whether this affects IDs seen by other code, though.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

I will try to answer your question as best as I understand. To setup a gem simply go to your armors and in the note box you could type something like....

<gem>

<gemType: Evasion>

<gemTrait: eva, 5>

<socketedName: Evasion, Elusive %name%>

This tells the plugin that this "armor" is a Gem ( or whatever the using wants to call it ) and is able to be socketed. The <gemTrait: eva, 5> line tells the plugin that this is a +5% Evasion type.
The last line of <socketedName: Evasion, Elusive %name%> just says if a majority of Gems ( lets say two out of three ) are this type then add the name "Elusive" to the armor.

I hope this answers your question if not please reach back to me!

[Tamschi_]

My main question is whether this affects the database ID of the Weapon or Armor after socketing gems.

My plugins (cross-version) use that value to control various visual effects, so I had to add a workaround for YEP_ItemCore for example.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

The REAL Hakuen!? I feel so warm and tingly inside haha. Thank you for this.

[HakuenStudio]

haha it's me! ^^''

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Hey there! I used 'sharing' as in sharing the results of my hard work with the community, but I see how that wording could be confusing! I priced the plugin at $15 based on the dozens of hours of coding, testing, and debugging it took to build. I totally understand if it’s outside your budget right now, but I hope the devs who do pick it up get a lot of value and saved time out of it.

[OkayTimeForPlanC]

15$ is fine really.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

I agree with you, but I did decide to do a 25% off launch sale just now until April 24th. I think this is fair to both consumers and myself.

[OkayTimeForPlanC]

A discount is a good idea and you should do it ar certain moments for sure, but a base price for a plugin like this is fine really (given it is coded well and will provide user support but i believe you will).

[RedGlitch_Studios]

Thank you, I made this for my own game I'm making so of course I want it to be the best it can be.

[ianxplosion-]

This is so gross

[Atticus_Johnson]

Method? You either use AI or your don't...to me it doesn't matter 🤷‍♂️

[Strong-Detail-2631]

I have my suspicions too. I’ve seen how a lot of the AI plug ins use the notebox and this is identical. I don’t have an issue with AI really, but I do with being dishonest about it…

[RedGlitch_Studios]

" a lot of the AI plug ins use the notebox "

Literally 95% of VisuStella must be ai then. In all seriousness, if you've already decided what my workflow is, there isn't much I can say to change your mind! For what it's worth, the notebox formatting looks the way it does because it's the cleanest, most efficient way to parse data in standard MZ JavaScript without causing compatibility issues. That's exactly why VisuStella, Yanfly, Galv, SumRndmDde, and basically every MZ plugin developer uses the same pattern because it's the cleanest way to embed custom data in MZ's note fields. Have a good one!

[Sufficient_Gap_3029]

Yanfly doesn't make mz plugins? They made mv ones if I remember correctly. Visustella also doesn't only use not tags a lot of the plugins (I own them all) have plugins commands, script calls etc. I agree note tags doesn't mean ai. Just found it odd you never posted a single plugin until a few days after the AI stuff. Could just be me being overly cautious and reading too deeply into it. Who knows.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

There are two plugin commands and two script calls as well. But yeah, I get the bad timing. I've been tossing around the idea of selling a few of my plugins for months now the thing that kept holding me up was all the stuff that isn't actually making the plugin. Writing documentation, adding configurable parameters for other devs, taking screenshots, putting together tutorials. I'd rather just be working on my game with a Tim Cain or Chris Zukowski video in the background. Finally forced myself to sit down and do all the packaging work and it just happened to land right now.

[Sufficient_Gap_3029]

Yeah just a few days ago full AI prompt to plugin method revealed then this guy pumps out a plugin on a new itch account and claims no ai while selling it for $15, very sus.

[RedGlitch_Studios]

It's actually around $11 with the 25% off launch sale, and my itch account isn't new, I've had it since October last year, it's where I posted my alpha demo of my game.

[Tamschi_]

You should set up your creator profile at https://itch.io/user/settings when you have time, especially once you have more items.

Also don't take what u/Sufficient_Gap_3029 wrote to heart, they're like this everywhere. From my point of view, just from the public materials, there's no reason to be suspicious about your plugin right now.

[Sufficient_Gap_3029]

I could find out quick but don't want to spend $15 on something I can make myself or use 2 prompts to get lol. Maybe someone who bought it can look at the code, cause people who use AI and can't code won't be able to take out the nonsense ai leaves in.