Question
I have a Nightstone and a simple grinder, but can't for the life of me figure out how to cut a gem in WoW. What's the right way to do it once you have jewel crafting 300+?
Answer
To cut gems, you open your Skills UI and choose the Professions tab.
Click on the Jewelcrafting icon and it will open a UI containing a list of the gems you can cut. Select one and click on the Create button.
However as Jared says, you can't cut Nightstones until you've reached a skill level of 425.
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