diff --git a/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua b/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua
index cc967ebc0371dc155e1d70df9c7b3ddfaf5e1c30..2c7b22b9e810ffb543b503a0db03aa362f14bc19 100644
--- a/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua
+++ b/game/modules/tome/data/general/objects/world-artifacts.lua
@@ -6260,11 +6260,12 @@ newEntity{ base = "BASE_GREATMAUL",
 					self.act = mod.class.Object.act
 					
 					self.talent_on_spell = nil
-					
-					self.material_level=gem.material_level
-					local scalingFactor = self.material_level
+
+                    local scalingFactor = gem.material_level
                     local combatFactor = math.max(scalingFactor, 2) -- Prevent tier 1 gems from degrading the maul
 
+					self.material_level=combatFactor
+
 					self.combat.dam = 8 + (12 * combatFactor)
 					self.combat.apr = (3 * combatFactor)
 					self.combat.physcrit = 4 + (2 * combatFactor)