MENTIS SOUL & SHARD Stack

[Tampia]

Mentis Soul Shard
• 4% Crit Damage
• 5 Damage
• Stacks up to 4 times

Mentis Death Shard
• 2 Damage
• 2.5% Crit Damage
• Not stackable

I want to let everyone know that all Mentis shards count toward the same stack limit. If you use three Mentis Soul Shards and one Mentis Death Shard, that already reaches the maximum stack of four for Mentis.

For example, in my case, I had one Mentis Soul Shard on each of my items: ring🟠, amulet🟠, belt🟠 and bracelet🟠. That was a total of four Soul Shards.

I later added one Mentis Death Shard to my
belt🟠,
which pushed it to a five-stack🟠🟠🟠🟠. Because the stack limit is four, the two (2) Damage from the Death Shard did not apply to my stats. Only the 2.5% Crit Damage was added (which was disappointing cuz it was not detailed that it also counted as the Soul mentis shard’s stack and I didn’t know).

This matters because the Mentis Death Shard is more expensive, and I expected it to increase the Damage on my low-level character. Unfortunately, it didn’t, since it still counts toward the same stack limit as the Soul Shard.

If you plan on using both Soul and Death shards, make sure you do not go over four total. If you already have four Mentis Soul Shards equipped, do not add any additional Mentis shards or you will waste gold like I did.

I hope Spacetime Studios would have explained this more clearly to players before releasing the Mentis Shards.

Just sharing this so others don’t make the same mistake.

[Encryptions]

Could be a bug, I feel if the logic was applied to both jewels then in theory the death shard shouldn't stack with the soul shard since the death shard is not stackable.

[Tampia]

Could be a bug, I feel if the logic was applied to both jewels then in theory the death shard shouldn't stack with the soul shard since the death shard is not stackable.

Yahh I hope it’s a bug too, I slotted it yesterday and I thought it would get fixed after a day but I guess it didn’t. Till now I still have the same Damage with no increase. I was definitely aware that Mentis Death Shard is not stackable but never aware that it falls under same stack with Soul shard (

[Cinco]

Moving to Technical Issues forum.
Thank you for the detailed report. Unfortunately, I cannot make this happen.

I re-tested using your info and with 5 of each stone. Multiple Death shards give me a single Crit Damage increase but +2 Damage for each stone (at Level 86 this is ~15 Damage on my character sheet).

Independent of the Death shard, the Soul shard gives me the damage boost I expect with up to 4 stones. A 5th Soul shard is ignored - but adding another Death shard does give me more damage.

These two jewels do not share stacking rules - so something else must be happening. I would suggest you remove all gear that is not affected by the jewels and re-equip each item to see if the issue persists. If it does, please send me your IGN (privately) so I can take a look at your gear in depth. I would also be interested in knowing where you are testing this - insofar as we could have an issue where damage applied by set bonuses or equipment that gives bonuses in certain zones - and I will redo my testing in that exact context.


Thanks in advance!

[Tampia]

Moving to Technical Issues forum.
Thank you for the detailed report. Unfortunately, I cannot make this happen.

I re-tested using your info and with 5 of each stone. Multiple Death shards give me a single Crit Damage increase but +2 Damage for each stone (at Level 86 this is ~15 Damage on my character sheet).

Independent of the Death shard, the Soul shard gives me the damage boost I expect with up to 4 stones. A 5th Soul shard is ignored - but adding another Death shard does give me more damage.

These two jewels do not share stacking rules - so something else must be happening. I would suggest you remove all gear that is not affected by the jewels and re-equip each item to see if the issue persists. If it does, please send me your IGN (privately) so I can take a look at your gear in depth. I would also be interested in knowing where you are testing this - insofar as we could have an issue where damage applied by set bonuses or equipment that gives bonuses in certain zones - and I will redo my testing in that exact context.


Thanks in advance!

Hi [mention]Cinco [/mention] , thank you for taking the time to reply. I want to provide a bit more detail so everything is clear on my end. My character is a level 2 Rogue, and before I added the Death Shard, I had a Frostfire gem slotted on that slot on my bracelet. The Frostfire gem provides +5 strength, dexterity, and intelligence, so when I removed it and replaced it with the Death Shard, those base stats naturally decreased. Because of this, it is possible that the overall damage contribution from the Frostfire gem and the Death Shard ended up being very similar, which might explain why I did not see any noticeable change in my damage stats during testing.

I want to make sure I fully understand the interaction before assuming anything, especially because I do not want the Death Shard I slotted to end up being wasted. Even though gems can be removed for free, they are permanently destroyed in the process, so
re-slotting and re-testing repeatedly becomes costly as I would need to buy the gems again. For this reason, I have been trying to avoid removing and replacing them multiple times without confirming the situation properly.

I will follow the steps you suggested and test everything again with unaffected gear removed to ensure the results are accurate. To make things easier for you to review as well, I will send you my in-game name privately and you are welcome to open my character and test it yourself on your end. I appreciate your patience and your help in looking into this, and I apologize for any misunderstanding earlier.