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Corrupted
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 Orb 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
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 all of items prefixes or suffixes.
- Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.
- 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 Orb), then applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x. - Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.
- 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.[confirmation needed]
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.
- Adds an explicit modifier - this outcome ignores normal limit of 2 prefixes and 2 suffixes
- Removes an explicit modifier
Waystones
- No change.
- Increase or lower the Waystone's Tier by 1, randomizing its modifiers.
- Note: this is the only way to obtain a
Waystone (Tier 16), by corrupting a 
Waystone (Tier 15).
- Note: this is the only way to obtain a
- Reroll up to half of the item's explicit modifiers.
- Turn it into rare with 6 affixes.
Special outcomes
It is currently unknown if certain unique items can be obtained as a result of corrupting certain item types.
Version history
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