Isn't the ED and min/max damage going to cause issues in anything but a wep?
I understand that an item with native ed (like al dur meph) would have it's own ed still work, but wouldn't the additional ed on the Prot Stone still mess with it's own min/max?

Looking for answers to this as well. Will the ed min max bug affect only it's own ed or in the case mephistos, affect both the item and jewel ed? Meaning if have to choose between socketing protector jewel in a helm or mephistos, I'm better of choosing the helm over the book? Or is it the same?

That's a big question, I also was wondering.

The way I understand it, it should be bugged. It means that the %ed would only apply to the 10-30 damage anywhere outside of Weapons. Is that correct?

This post was edited by Kaltrato on Mar 18 2026 06:25am

I believe only the ED on the jewel becomes bugged (basically ignored).
Check my profile, which includes a link to the old original research.

if the stone only messes up itself, and doesn't affect any base ed on the item, then I'm fine.
i mean, i'd love if having pre-existing ed on the item would stop the bug entirely, but doesn't look like it.
just wanna make sure that if i socket it into an item (helm, shield, w/e) that it wont mess up any pre-existing ED the item already has on it.

This post was edited by pasteycracker on Mar 19 2026 02:33pm

Very interested in this as well. I thought that the new bonus doesn’t apply but that is me half remembering some chart from who knows how long ago.