A linear continuous nonzero operator G: X → Y is a Daugavet center if every rank-1 operator T: X → Y satisfies ||G + T|| = ||G|| + ||T||. We study the case when either X or Y is a sum X 1⊕F X 2 of two Banach spaces X 1 and X 2 by some two-dimensional Banach space F. We completely describe the class of those F such that for some spaces X 1 and X 2 there exists a Daugavet center acting from X 1⊕F X 2, and the class of those F such that for some pair of spaces X 1 and X 2 there is a Daugavet center...