Corrupted

This page is about item corruption. For other uses, see Corruption.

Corrupted

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Certain items can be found Corrupted or made Corrupted using a Vaal Orb, changing their properties unpredictably. Most methods of item crafting and modification cannot be used on Corrupted items. There is no penalty for using Corrupted items.

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Examples of corruption outcomes such as a corruption enchantment modifier or an additional item socket.

Corrupted is a special modifier and item tag. Items and craftable objects with the Corrupted tag cannot be altered further through regular crafting methods, and cannot be reversed. The process of making something corrupted is referred to as corruption.

Sources of corrupted items

• Using a Vaal OrbVaal OrbStack Size: 20Modifies an item unpredictably and Corrupts itRight click this item then left click an item to corrupt it. Corrupted items cannot be modified again. on items, strongboxes, or other eligible objects will cause them to become corrupted and may also result in one of several unpredictable outcomes, dependent on base type or item class and item level.
• In Jiquani's Sanctum in Act 3, there's a Corruption Altar ("Paquate's Mechanism") that lets you apply a Vaal Orb effect on an item, once per character.
• Corrupted strongboxes may contain corrupted items.
• Item rewards offered in the Trial of Chaos are typically corrupted.

Corruption enchantment modifiers

Main page: List of item corruption enchantment modifiers

Corruption enchantments or Vaal enchantments are special enchantment modifiers from a pool dependent on the item's item class and item level. They are displayed in red, visually distinct from other enchantments. They do not replace existing enchantments. Similarly, adding enchantments such as by socketing runes or soul cores will not replace existing corruption enchantments.

Corruption outcomes

When an item is corrupted, or drops corrupted, one of the following outcomes will apply at random. The specific effect within each outcome may use a weight system dependent on item level and item class/base type.

Non-unique equipment

• No change.
• Reroll up to half of the item's explicit modifiers.
• Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item, highlighted in red.
• Adds an item socket to martial weapons and armour, ignoring socket limits.

Unique equipment

• No change.
• Randomises the numerical values of explicit modifiers (like a Divine OrbDivine OrbStack Size: 10Randomises the numeric values of modifiers on an itemRight click this item then left click an item to apply it.), then applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x.
• Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item, highlighted in red.
• Adds a item socket to martial weapons and armour, ignoring socket limits.

Gems

• No change.
• Add or subtract one level. Max level gems can exceed their normal maximum this way.
• Add or remove a socket.
• Add or subtract ?% quality.

Corrupted gems can still be leveled using Uncut Gems of a higher base level.

Charms

• Adds Quality
• ?

Jewels

• No change.
• Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item, highlighted in red.
• Adds an explicit modifier - this outcome ignores normal limit of 2 prefixes and 2 suffixes
• Removes an explicit modifier

Waystones

• No change.
• Increase the Waystone's Tier by 1, randomizing its modifiers.
  • Note: this is the only way to obtain a Waystone (Tier 16)Waystone (Tier 16)Area Level: 80
    Waystone Tier: 16CorruptedCan be used in a Map Device, allowing you to enter a Map. Waystones can only be used once., by corrupting a Waystone (Tier 15)Waystone (Tier 15)Area Level: 79
    Waystone Tier: 15Can be used in a Map Device, allowing you to enter a Map. Waystones can only be used once..
• Reroll up to half of the item's explicit modifiers.
• ?

Special outcomes

It is currently unknown if certain unique items can be obtained as a result of corrupting certain item types.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.

See also

• Mirrored