11-23-2005, 08:40 PM
Magic Find percentage of partied players is never added together.
Your character's Magic Find percentage is used when an item drops from a monster on which you landed the killing blow, or from a chest or other item-spawning object, or from a successful use of the Find Item skill.
When any minion of yours -- including but not limited to your mercenary -- kills a monster, that minion's MF percentage is added to your character's. Many things are minions: of course the summonables like skeletons and wolves, but also assassin traps and Hydra. (Basically, if the +mana-per-kill affix doesn't work with it, it's a minion.) Most minions other than mercenaries won't ever have any magic-find percentage of their own, but a few can: Valkyries and Shadows can spawn with items with magic-find affixes, and Iron Golem can be created from an item with MF%.
Your character's Magic Find percentage is used when an item drops from a monster on which you landed the killing blow, or from a chest or other item-spawning object, or from a successful use of the Find Item skill.
When any minion of yours -- including but not limited to your mercenary -- kills a monster, that minion's MF percentage is added to your character's. Many things are minions: of course the summonables like skeletons and wolves, but also assassin traps and Hydra. (Basically, if the +mana-per-kill affix doesn't work with it, it's a minion.) Most minions other than mercenaries won't ever have any magic-find percentage of their own, but a few can: Valkyries and Shadows can spawn with items with magic-find affixes, and Iron Golem can be created from an item with MF%.