diff --git a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
index 04a7a542..a29e64f6 100644
--- a/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
+++ b/src/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank/MossTankPanel.cs
@@ -552,9 +552,20 @@ internal sealed partial class MossTankPanel
                 enabledMask |= VtankOptionCatalog.CategoryBits[i];
 
         return VtankOptionCatalog.Names.Where(name =>
-            !VtankDefaultSettingsDatabase.SettingCategoryBitmasks.TryGetValue(name, out int mask)
-            || mask == 0
-            || (mask & enabledMask) != 0).ToArray();
+            // Round F item 2 (owner's second live look: "Buff_Profile
+            // banes and prots got duplicated. Only the one with ALL
+            // works as intended."): VTank's own Advanced Options list
+            // has NO case for tString at all (KB 01, db.cs:132-166,
+            // :201-203 — "Not exposed"), so a tString row (the hyphen
+            // BuffProfile-Prots/-Banes, BlacklistedSpellComps) never
+            // belonged in this list — that mismatched twin next to the
+            // real tEnum row (BuffProfile_Prots/_Banes) is what read as
+            // a duplicate. tString settings stay real and settable via
+            // `/vt opt set`; they just never render here.
+            VtankOptionCatalog.DeclaredType(name) != VtankSettingValueType.String
+            && (!VtankDefaultSettingsDatabase.SettingCategoryBitmasks.TryGetValue(name, out int mask)
+                || mask == 0
+                || (mask & enabledMask) != 0)).ToArray();
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
index 2edb95e2..ec5bd067 100644
--- a/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
+++ b/tests/AcDream.Plugins.MossTank.Tests/MossTankPanelTests.cs
@@ -1332,6 +1332,31 @@ public sealed class MossTankPanelTests
         Assert.Contains("EnableNav", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void AdvancedOptionListHidesTStringSettingsButKeepsTheirEnumCounterparts()
+    {
+        // Owner's second live look (2026-09-07): "Buff_Profile banes and
+        // prots got duplicated. Only the one with ALL works as intended."
+        // BuffProfile-Prots/BuffProfile-Banes are tString rows
+        // (VtankSettingValueType.String); VTank's own Advanced Options
+        // list has NO case for tString at all (KB 01,
+        // db.cs:132-166/:201-203 — "Not exposed"), so they never
+        // belonged in the list to begin with — that is the "duplicate"
+        // the owner saw, not a real second setting. Every tString row
+        // in the catalog (BuffProfile-Prots, BuffProfile-Banes,
+        // BlacklistedSpellComps) follows the same rule; the enum
+        // counterparts (BuffProfile_Prots/_Banes) stay listed and
+        // clickable exactly as before.
+        var panel = new MossTankPanel(new FakeHost(new FakeAutomation()));
+
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("BuffProfile-Prots", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("BuffProfile-Banes", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
+        Assert.DoesNotContain("BlacklistedSpellComps", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
+
+        Assert.Contains("BuffProfile_Prots", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
+        Assert.Contains("BuffProfile_Banes", panel.AdvancedOptionNames);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void AdvancedOptionCategoryEnabledIsNotTheMutableBackingArray()
     {