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In the Elder-influenced map, Madness Propagators drop temporarily eldritch decay on death.
In the Elder-influenced map, Madness Propagators drop temporarily eldritch decay on death.


However, only when they lives long enough in the Elder's arena (the [[Absence of Value and Meaning]]), Madness Propagators drop eldritch decay, and the ground effect is permanent. Player need to kill the Madness Propagators fast enough after they spawn to prevent the arena are full of unwalkable ground effects,<ref name=buildguide/> or achieve certain [[List of bestiary league challenges|league challenge]].<ref name=challenge/>
However, only when they lives long enough in the Elder's arena (the [[Absence of Value and Meaning]]), Madness Propagators drop eldritch decay, and the ground effect is permanent. Player need to kill the Madness Propagators fast enough after they spawn to prevent the arena is full of unwalkable ground effects,<ref name=buildguide/> or achieve certain [[List of bestiary league challenges|league challenge]].<ref name=challenge/>


The tentacle whip skill of the Elder will create temporarily eldritch decay in the Absence of Value and Meaning. While in Elder-influenced map, the tentacle whip will create a visual-only ground effect, but did not deal damage over time nor have a status icon.
The tentacle whip skill of the Elder will create temporarily eldritch decay in the Absence of Value and Meaning. While in Elder-influenced map, the tentacle whip will create a visual-only ground effect, but did not deal damage over time nor have a status icon.

Revision as of 17:51, 1 March 2020

For the divination card, see the Eldritch Decay.
For the removed quest, see the Eldritch Decay (quest).
Eldritch Decay
Debuff
Eldritch Decay status icon.png
You are taking Physical Damage while standing in Eldritch Decay

Eldritch Decay is detrimental ground effect that deals physical damage over time.

Sources

The effect is caused by killing the Madness Propagators as an on death effect, or the tentacle whip skill of the Elder.

In the Elder-influenced map, Madness Propagators drop temporarily eldritch decay on death.

However, only when they lives long enough in the Elder's arena (the Absence of Value and Meaning), Madness Propagators drop eldritch decay, and the ground effect is permanent. Player need to kill the Madness Propagators fast enough after they spawn to prevent the arena is full of unwalkable ground effects,[1] or achieve certain league challenge.[2]

The tentacle whip skill of the Elder will create temporarily eldritch decay in the Absence of Value and Meaning. While in Elder-influenced map, the tentacle whip will create a visual-only ground effect, but did not deal damage over time nor have a status icon.

Trivia

The status icon of Eldritch Decay is called "ElderGroundEffects.dds" in the game file.

Version history

Version Changes
3.2.2c
  • Fixed a bug where Madness Propagators in the Elder encounter could create Eldritch Decay while you were dead.
3.1.0
  • Introduced to the game.

References

  1. TybbberLol (October 14, 2018). "Re: [3.5]Tybbber's Champion Chin Sol full fire Blast Rain/RoA | Uber Elder farmer/all content viable". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  2. viperesque (April 17, 2018). "Re: How to complete, defeat elder without drop eldritch decay". Official Path of Exile Forums. Retrieved March 1, 2020.