Desecrated ground

Desecrated Ground

Debuff

You are taking Chaos Damage while standing on Desecrated Ground

Desecrated ground

Desecrated Ground is a detrimental ground effect that deals chaos damage over time. The amount of damage per second inflicted by desecrated ground depends on its source. It is similar to caustic ground, which both deal Chaos DOT.

Sources

• (also these bosses use it: Alpha Paradisae, The Brittle Emperor, Fleshrend, Grand Inquisitor and Maligaro, The Inquisitor, etc.)
• The skill used by Beheader Ataguchu and Q'ura

Related modifiers

Map and vaal side area mods

Desecrated ground is one of the map mods that can be rolled on maps and vaal side area (known as "secret_area" in spawn weight table):

The magnitude of the chaos damage varies depending on the map tier:

Name	tag	Damage per minute
of Desecration	secret_area	12,000
of Desecration	low_tier_map	10,000
of Desecration	mid_tier_map	12,000
of Desecration	top_tier_map	14,000

Legacy map mods

The following map mods can only be find in legacy map item in permanent leagues: The magnitude of the chaos damage varies depending on the map tier and which legacy mods:

Name	tag	Damage per minute
of Desecration	old_map	10,000
of Desecration	low_tier_map	10,000
of Desecration	mid_tier_map	12,000
of Desecration	top_tier_map	14,000

Delve area mods

The magnitude of the chaos damage varies depending on depth:

required level	Damage per minute
1	10,000
52	12,000
173	14,000

Synthesis area mods

Synthesis map mods can only appear in Synthesis-related areas

Version history

Version	Changes
2.1.0	We've made performance improvements to ground effects. They now use considerably less bandwidth and server resources. Disconnections or lockstep stuttering near ground effects should occur far less often.
1.0.6	Desecrated Ground, created by the unique Lightbane Raiment and the new skill Desecrate, now deals flat chaos damage per minute rather than a percentage of life as chaos damage.
0.10.8c	Added buff icons for Consecrated and Desecrated ground effects.
0.10.8	Added four new Unique items, three of which were designed by our Diamond supporters. There are new general mechanics that first appear on these items: Desecrated Ground is a ground effect that does chaos damage to enemies.