Eldritch decay (ground effect)

For the divination card, see the Eldritch Decay.

For the removed quest, see the Eldritch Decay (quest).

Eldritch Decay

Debuff

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, or the tentacle whip skill of the Elder.

In the Elder-influenced map, Madness Propagators drop temporarily eldritch decay. However, when they lives long enough in the Elder's arena (the Absence of Value and Meaning), Madness Propagators drop permanent eldritch decay. Player need to kill the Madness Propagators fast enough to prevent the arena are full of unwalkable ground effects, or achieve certain league 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.

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.