Degeneration aura

This page is about monster aura. For degeneration in general, see damage over time.

Degeneration Aura

Debuff

Enemies take Chaos Damage over time

Degeneration Aura

Debuff

Enemies take Physical Damage over time

Degeneration Aura

Debuff

Enemies take Lightning Damage over time

Oozeback Bloom and its Degeneration Aura effect

Degeneration Aura is a monster aura that deals chaos damage over time to nearby enemies. It can be found on monsters with the mod Enemies take Chaos Damage over time that displayed under their nameplate, or monster that use the skill id ChaosDegenAura (it will not display in the nameplate). Monster with any one variant, will have a visual aura-effect under it.

The Degeneration aura also has physical damage and lightning damage variants, but they are more rarely found.

Sources

Chaos

• Any unique monster with the modifier MonsterAuraEnemyLifeDegen1 (4% of Maximum Life taken per second as Chaos Damage ), for example:
  • Oozeback Bloom and its map variants: Drought-Maddened Rhoa, Skullbeak
  • Abaxoth, the End of All That Is
  • Rancor

• Any monster that use the skill ChaosDegenAura (Deals 1.3 Base Chaos Damage per second according to datamine, without the in-game scaling), for example:
  • Shaggy Monstrosity (can be a raised spectre)
  • Kalria, The Risen (a Warband member and the second form of Kalria, The Fallen)
  • Unthinking (prophecy monster)

Physical

Tormented Charlatan

Lightning

The laser beam of The Eradicator applies a debuff known as "Degeneration Aura"

Note that Scientist's Beam, Piety Beam and Lightning Beam also use the same graphic, but different names and in-game descriptions.

See also

There are other monster auras that also deal damage over time:

• Modifier:MonsterAuraEnemyLifeDegenCold - from Locust Swarm, a monster possessed by Talisman. (Cold damage over time)
• Modifier:MonsterAuraEnemyLifeDegenFire - from Locust Swarm, a monster possessed by Talisman (Fire damage over time)
• Modifier:MonsterAuraEnemyLifeDegenLightning - from Locust Swarm, a monster possessed by Talisman. (Lightning damage over time)
• Modifier:MonsterAuraEssenceEnemyLifeDegen1 - from monster possessed by Essence (Chaos damage over time)

The following active skill grant chaos damage over time aura:

• Death Aura

Version history

Version	Changes
1.0.0	Rare degeneration bears that generate with an aura from a mod now cast their degeneration aura properly as well.
0.11.1e	The monster life degeneration aura now shows on affected targets.
0.9.9	The unique Rhoa in the Mud Flats, Oozeback Bloom, now has a life degeneration aura and can charge at you again.