Coalesced Corruption

Coalesced Corruption

Tooltip

Monsters slain close together have a chance to merge together and manifest powerful Monsters.

Corruption

Tooltip

Contains Corruption, which may add an additional modifier to the area. Additionally, the Area has +1 to Monster Level.

Corrupted Areas cause slain monsters to Coalesce Corruption to manifest powerful monsters.

Coalesced Corruption, also known as simply Corruption or Beyond, is a type of map encounter that appears in areas affected by corruption. Monsters slain close together in these areas have a chance to merge together and manifest more powerful monsters.

Mechanics

Corrupted areas are more likely to have modifiers. These modifiers are removed if the corruption encounter is removed from a map, such as through failing a map.

Defeating Beyond monsters has a chance to spawn stronger and higher rarity monsters. Each map can have one of three specific Beyond factions.

Corrupted Nexus

Several maps with Coalesced Corruption will surround a map indicated as a Corrupted Nexus. The Corrupted Nexus will always contain a Beyond boss. In order to access a Corrupted Nexus, a waystone with at least 4 modifiers must be used.

Completing the Corrupted Nexus map will cause all nearby maps with Coalesced Corruption to become cleansed maps instead, causing different monsters to appear.

After completing a Corrupted Nexus of an appropriate waystone tier, Doryani will provide you a Crystalline Core which can be used to gain points for the Atlas Passive Tree as part of the endgame progression system.

Related unique items

Item	Stats	Additional drop restrictions
Bursting DecayBursting Decay Unset RingRequires Level 60Grants 1 additional Skill Slot(15-25)% increased Rarity of Items found +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Attacks have added Physical damage equal to 3% of maximum Life"All Beidat desires is a foothold, a grip on your flesh, on the world... he will offer you anything to get it..." - Rantings of a Templar prisoner, page thirty	Grants 1 additional Skill Slot(15-25)% increased Rarity of Items found +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Attacks have added Physical damage equal to 3% of maximum Life	Drops from The Pale Angel at a Corrupted Nexus.
Death ArticulatedDeath Articulated Ornate GauntletsArmour: 67 Evasion: 61Requires Level 65, 57 Str, 57 Dex(100–150)% increased Armour and Evasion (5–10)% increased Attack Speed +(17–23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Regenerate 5 Rage per second No Inherent loss of Rage"The mind at the center of the swarm... K'Tash does the thinking... but it has only one thought... hate." - Rantings of a Templar prisoner, page ninety-four	(100–150)% increased Armour and Evasion (5–10)% increased Attack Speed +(17–23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Regenerate 5 Rage per second No Inherent loss of Rage	Drops from The Skittermind at a Corrupted Nexus.
The Gnashing SashThe Gnashing Sash Wide BeltRequires Level 60(20-30)% increased Flask Charges Gained Has (1-3) Charm Slots(15-35)% increased Flask Life Recovery rate +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Life Recovery from Flasks can Overflow Maximum Life"Ghorr knows only hunger, only ravenous feasting. It will consume all that lives, and more!" - Rantings of a Templar prisoner, page fourteen	(20-30)% increased Flask Charges Gained Has (1-3) Charm Slots(15-35)% increased Flask Life Recovery rate +(17-23)% to Chaos Resistance Lose 5% of maximum Life per second Life Recovery from Flasks can Overflow Maximum Life	Drops from The Eater of Flesh at a Corrupted Nexus.

Beyond monsters

• The Skittermind
• Demon Beast
• Demon Ghast
• Demon Harpy
• Demon Herder
• Demon Imp
• The Pale Angel
• Pale Angel
• Pale Cherubim
• Pale Seraphim
• Pale Servitor
• Pale Virtue
• The Eater of Flesh
• Ravenous Bloodshaper
• Ravenous Brute
• Ravenous Digester
• Ravenous Homunculus
• Ravenous Macerator
• Ravenous Misshapen

List of map corruption modifiers

This section needs to be updated.

Reason: The table below is based on datamined information and may not be fully accurate.

Please update this article to reflect newly available information.

List of map corruption modifiers

Modifier type	Stats
Default	—
+1 Level	+1 to Monster Level of Area
Beyond Chance	Slaying Enemies has a (20-60)% increased chance to spawn Coalesced Corruption
Beyond Radius	Coalesced Corruption in your Maps have (30-70)% increased Merging Radius
Beyond Stronger	Amalgamations of Corruption always spawn with stronger varieties
Beyond Difficulty	Amalgamations of Corruption become more difficult and rewarding each time Corruption Coalesces (Gains monster IIR and 100% increased Toughness per portal merge)
Obelisk	Area contains Obelisks of Corruption (An Obelisk of Corruption is an object that activates once a player gets close enough, granting a 10 second buff that makes enemies killed by you explode for 10% of the maximum life as Physical Damage)
Deadly Atlas	Monsters in your Maps deal (20-30)% more Damage Monsters in your Maps have (20-30)% less Life
Vital Atlas	Monsters in your Maps deal (20-30)% less Damage Monsters in your Maps have (40-60)% more Life
+EXP/-IIQ	(100-150)% increased Experience gain (40-60)% reduced Quantity of Items found in this Area
+EXP/-IIR	(100-150)% increased Experience gain (40-60)% reduced Rarity of Items found in this Area
+IIR/-IIQ	(50-80)% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area (20-40)% reduced Quantity of Items found in this Area
Shrine	Area contains an additional Shrine Shrines grant a random additional Shrine Effect
Essence	Area contains an additional Essence Imprisoned Monsters in your Maps have (13-17)% chance to have 2 additional Essences
Strongbox	Area contains an additional Strongbox Strongboxes in Area are Corrupted Strongboxes in Area are at least Rare

Trivia

Coalesced Corruption, as a game mechanic, functions similarly to Beyond in Path of Exile.

Version history

Version	Changes
0.2.0g	Reduced the number of Corrupted Nexus' you need to complete your Atlas Passive Tree. Each Corrupted Nexus now grants 5 skill points allowing you to complete this task much faster. Increased the visibility of Corrupted Nexus' so that you can see them from further away.
0.2.0	Areas of Corruption on the Atlas now have a central Corrupted Nexus that is the source of the affliction. In the areas leading to the Nexus, Corruption will spill out from slain enemies and amalgamate into powerful monsters. Upon reaching the Nexus you will begin the task of cleansing the source of Corruption. Complete this task and receive Crystalline Shards that you can use to obtain Atlas Passive Skill points. A Boss for each faction has been added, these appear in the Corrupted Nexus. Additional Corruption Monster factions have also been introduced. Corruption Monsters have had their visuals and animations improved, and their skills have been rebalanced. Corruption areas no longer implicitly have +1 to Area Level but now are much more likely to have modifiers, and the modifiers can be more powerful. Some new Corruption modifiers have also been added. Cleansing a Nexus will cause surrounding Maps to become Cleansed Maps which have their own set of Monsters and rewards, including the newly introduced Fracturing Orb. In order to open a Corrupted Nexus Map, the Waystone placed in the Map Device will need to have at least 4 modifiers. The modifier that spawned an Obelisk of Corruption now spawns multiple Obelisks.[Undocumented]
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.