Terracotta Soldiers Specter Gem costing 53 spirit instead of 16

Before capturing with the Specter Gem, the associated cost of Terracotta Soldiers is 16 spirit. However, after capturing, the gem shows a cost of 53 spirit.

same issue here

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jplins#0588 wrote:

Before capturing with the Specter Gem, the associated cost of Terracotta Soldiers is 16 spirit. However, after capturing, the gem shows a cost of 53 spirit.

this is the buff

I was about to make a post saying this, but then I saw this. Dont know if theres a way to "up" a post so im commenting here. Took some screenshots, see below.



https://imgur.com/a/HE4ixGI

The issue is that the spectre table has "overrides" in it that the UI is not honoring. Possible causes:

1) The variant on the ground is actually the ambush version with a 20 spirit base cost, but when you bind the gem, the overrides activate and it is remapped to a version with a different spirit base cost. The UI doesn't see this override or doesn't act on it.

2) The variant on the ground is actually the ordinary version with a higher spirit base cost, but has retained some incorrect metadata from when it was a statue, which causes the UI to show the value for the ambush version.

I think 1 is more likely than 2. Probably the monster is the ambush version which has special statue behavior, and it just fights and dies after activating its unique behavior.

I would not be surprised to find other monsters that also have this issue, but we only notice it on this one because the ground variant's low cost is so appealing, or because the overrides have the same cost as the originals.

https://poe2db.tw/us/Terracotta_Soldier#TerracottaSoldierTerracottaGuardianSceptreAmbush__

You can see here that some of the variants have these overrides listed in a "Spectre Override" field. Specifically, the one on the ground is the "TerracottaSoldierTerracottaGuardianSceptreAmbush__" variant, which is overriden to the "TerracottaGuardianSceptre".

https://poe2db.tw/us/Terracotta_Soldier#TerracottaSoldierTerracottaGuardianSceptre

The 20 spirit version has the 88% damage value, but the ~50 spirit version has a 127% damage value. So the good news is you're getting a stronger monster for your extra spirit, even if you didn't expect the value to change.