The Rotting Core

The Rotting Core

area

Id	2_9_10_2
Act	9
Area level	64
Bosses	Doedre, Darksoul Maligaro, The Broken Shavronne, Unbound The Depraved Trinity
Area type tags	sewers
Tags	indoors_area, act_boss_area, belly_area, otherworldly_story_area, harvest_area, vile_areas, doedre_area, shavronne_area, maligaro_area, unholy_trio_area
Connections	The Belly of the Beast Oriath Docks

The putrid interior oozes and spoils.

File:The Rotting Core area screenshot.jpg

The Rotting Core is an area in Act 9. It is connected to The Belly of the Beast. Vaal side area has a chance to spawn.

The area has a subarea The Black Core, which in turn connects to Doedre's Despair, Maligaro's Misery, Shavronne's Sorrow and finally The Black Heart.

NPCs

• Sin (in the Black Heart)

Quests

• Recurring Nightmare

Monsters

The Rotting Core:

• Stygian Revenant
• Bloodstained Warrior
• Bloodstained Archer
• Gut Flayer
• Gut Spiker
• Noisome Ophidian

In Doedre's Despair:

• Doedre, Darksoul
  • Accursed Monolith (found in boss room. Area of effect debuffs, stacks up to 5 times: Doedre's Torment, Doedre's Withering or Doedre's Suffering)
• Doedre's Loyal
• Doedre's Ichor
• Doedre's Monolith (found in the road led to boss room. Cast curse auras: Vulnerability, Temporal Chains or Enfeeble)
• Doedre's Loyal
• Doedre's Suffering
• Doedre's Torment
• Bonewarped Warrior
• Bonewarped Archer

In Maligaro's Misery:

• Maligaro, The Broken
• Maligaro's Cruelty
• Maligaro's Passion
• Maligaro's Inspiration
• Maligaro's Muse
• Bonewarped Warrior
• Bonewarped Archer

In Shavronne's Sorrow:

• Shavronne, Unbound
• Shavronne's Greed
• Shavronne's Envy
• Shavronne's Legacy
• Shavronne's Vision
• Lightning Orb
• Bonewarped Warrior
• Bonewarped Archer

The Black Heart after killing; Doedre, Darksoul, Maligaro, The Broken, Shavronne, Unbound:

• The Depraved Trinity (Effluent debuffs and other skills)
  • Unholy Aberration

Item	Drop Level	Drop Monsters
Doedre's MadnessDoedre's Madness9Doedre Item"Hold your tongue before I claim it." - Doedre Darktongue	23	Doedre Darktongue Prodigy of Hexes Erythrophagia Doedre the Vile Portentia, the Foul Doedre, Darksoul Doedre, Darksoul Doedre the Defiler Doedre the Defiler Headmistress Braeta
The AestheteThe Aesthete8Shavronne Item"Some see our mortal flesh as a limitation. I see it as an opportunity for vast, miraculous improvements." - Shavronne of Umbra	23	Reassembled Brutus Bazur Shavronne of Umbra Prodigy of Darkness Gisale, Thought Thief Shavronne, Unbound Shavronne the Sickening
The OfferingThe Offering8Shavronne's WrappingsEternal beauty has a cost, one which Shavronne was happy to pay with the lives of others.	47	Reassembled Brutus Bazur Prodigy of Darkness Gisale, Thought Thief Shavronne, Unbound Shavronne the Sickening
The SoulThe Soul9Soul Taker"Most people only have one. I'm a bit of a hoarder."	68	The Depraved Trinity

Items found in this area

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

Item	Drop Level
The HungerThe Hunger9Taste of Hate"How many lives have you consumed?" "How many times have you blinked?"	38
The InsatiableThe Insatiable3The Harvest CorruptedA lust for souls. The urge to kill just to satisfy its thirst. An unbearable burden that would make even the purest heart blacken over time.	28
The NurseThe Nurse8The DoctorWe tried to tell him to get his head checked.	30
The OathThe Oath6Death's OathAn oath once made is an oath never broken. Do not delay in keeping it, for I take no pleasure in fools.	47
Vile PowerVile Power5DoomfletchDread and danger makes the air feel thin. Above, power slumbers, tempting fate. Greed and ambition draws countless in, For those who seek power can never wait.	23

Lore

It is the same area as The Harvest. After the player controlled protagonist killed The Beast in Act 5, it seems also affects the area.

Gallery

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  The outdoor area after the boss fight

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	Introduced to the game.