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Obtaining a corrupted item

Obtaining a corrupted item.

Corrupted items are gear that has been corrupted by N'Zoth. During Battle for Azeroth Season 4, many items have a chance to be corrupted when they're received, which grants them a bonus effect and a certain amount of the corruption stat. As a character's total corruption increases, they suffer increasingly detrimental effects. Corruption also affects a character's appearance, gradually covering their body in a shimmering purple miasma. At a corruption level above 80, the miasma will turn red.

Corruption effects[]

Every corrupted item will have one of the following properties. The corruption effect on an item, along with its power level and associated corruption, is determined at random. MOTHER in the Chamber of Heart sells Preserved Contaminants on a rotating basis that can be used to give items specific corruption effects.

Certain weapons from Ny'alotha, the Waking City always "roll" the same corruption effect every time they drop. Some of them have a unique effect that cannot be obtained on any other item; these are listed at the bottom of the table below.

Name Description Corruption Appears on
Spell warlock demonsoul Avoidant Your Avoidance is increased by an amount equal to 8/12/16% of your Haste.
+8/+12/+16
Ability hunter raptorstrike Deadly Momentum Your critical hits have a chance to increase your Critical Strike by 31/41/72 for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
+15/+20/+35
Ability priest voidentropy Echoing Void Your damaging abilities build the Echoing Void. Each time it builds, Echoing Void has a chance to collapse, dealing 0.40/0.60/1.00% of your Health as Shadow damage to all nearby enemies every 1 sec until no stacks remain.
+25/+35/+60
Inv polearm 2h nzothraid d 01 [Qwor N'lyeth]
Ability mage netherwindpresence Expedient Increases the amount of Haste you gain from all sources by 6/9/12%.
+10/+15/+20
Ability warlock soulswap Glimpse of Clarity Your spells and abilities have a chance to grant you a Glimpse of Clarity, reducing the cooldown of your next 1 spell cast by 3 sec.
+15
Ability ironmaidens corruptedblood Gushing Wound Your damaging spells and abilities have a chance to cause your target to ooze blood, dealing 91% of Attack or Spell power damage over 7 sec.
+15
Spell nature focusedmind Honed Mind Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your Mastery by 392/523/915 for 10 sec.
+15/+20/+35
Inv wand 1h nzothraid d 01 Ineffable Truth Your Spells and Abilities have a chance to show you the Ineffable Truth, increasing the rate your cooldowns recover by 30/50% for 10 sec.
+12/+30
Inv wand 1h nzothraid d 01 [Eyestalk of Il'gynoth]
Ability druid starfall Infinite Stars Your spells and abilities have a chance to strike a nearby enemy with an Infinite Star, dealing Arcane damage and increasing their damage taken from your Infinite Stars by 25%, stacking up to 10 times.
+20/+50/+75
Inv sword 1h nzothraid d 01 [Shgla'yos, Astral Malignity]
Ability rogue sinistercalling Masterful Increases the amount of Mastery you gain from all sources by 6/9/12%.
+10/+15/+20
Ability warrior bloodfrenzy Racing Pulse Your spells and abilities have a chance to increase your Haste by 546/728/1275 for 4 sec.
+15/+20/+35
Ability priest shadowyapparition Severe Increases the amount of Critical Strike you gain from all sources by 6/9/12%.
+10/+15/+20
Spell shadow lifedrain02 purple Siphoner Increases your Leech by 3/5/8%.
+17/+28/+45
Achievement profession fishing findfish Strikethrough Increases the damage and healing you deal with Critical Strikes by 2/3/4%.
+10/+15/+20
Ability hunter onewithnature Surging Vitality Taking damage has a chance to increase your Versatility by 312/416/728 for 20 sec.
+15/+20/+35
Spell priest voidsear Twilight Devastation Your attacks have a chance to trigger a beam of Twilight Devastation, dealing damage equal to 6/12/18% of your health to all enemies in front of you.
+25/+50/+75
Inv sword 2h nzothraid d 01 [Devastation's Hour]
Achievement boss yoggsaron 01 Twisted Appendage Your attacks have a chance to spawn a tentacle which Mind Flays your target for 53/185/349 Shadow damage every second for 10 sec.
+10/+35/+66
Inv knife 1h nzothraid d 02 [Shard of the Black Empire]
Spell arcane arcanetactics Versatile Increases the amount of Versatility you gain from all sources by 6/9/12%.
+10/+15/+20
Spell shadow shadesofdarkness Void Ritual Gain Void Ritual, giving your spells and abilities a chance to increase all secondary stats by 14/34/64 every sec for 20 sec. This chance is increased if at least 2 nearby allies also have Void Ritual.
+15/+35/+66
Inv mace 1h nzothraid d 02 [Vorzz Yoq'al]
Name Description Corruption Unique to
Warlock spelldrain Devour Vitality Your autoattacks have a 25% chance to bite into the target's soul, dealing 2.00% of your health in damage and healing you for that amount. +35 Inv staff 2h nzothraid d 02 [An'zig Vra]
Spell shadow unholyfrenzy Flash of Insight Your mind's true potential is unlocked, causing your spells to grant you flashes of insight. Gain between 1% and 8% Intellect at all times. +20 Inv axe 1h nzothraid d 02 [Mar'kowa, the Mindpiercer]
Spell priest voidtendrils Lash of the Void Your attacks have a chance to lash your target with a living tentacle, dealing 15863 Shadow damage and snaring them by 30% for 6 sec. +25 Inv hand 1h nzothraid d 01 [Unguent Caress]
Ability golemthunderclap Obsidian Skin Gain Obsidian Skin, increasing your Armor by 5%. While in combat, explode with Obsidian Destruction every 30 sec, dealing Shadow damage equal to 700% of your Armor to all enemies within 20 yds. +50 Inv axe 2h nzothraid d 01 [Sk'shuul Vaz]
Inv misc head dragon black nightmare Searing Flames Your damaging abilities build stacks of Searing Flames. When you exceed 30 stacks, exhale a Searing Breath, dealing damage equal to 5.00% of your health to all targets in front of you. +30 Inv sword 1h nzothraid d 01 [Faralos, Empire's Dream]
Ability hunter mastertactitian Whispered Truths Your auto-shots reduce the remaining cooldown of a random Hunter ability by 2.0 sec. +25 Inv bow 1h nzothraid d 01 [Whispering Eldritch Bow]

Consequences[]

Eye of Corruption (effect)

The Eye of Corruption.

Thing From Beyond

The Thing From Beyond. Its appearance is a reflection of the player's.

Wearing corrupted items raises the level of base corruption, which can be offset by the resistance provided by equipping and upgrading Inv misc cape deathwingraid d 03 [Ashjra'kamas, Shroud of Resolve]. The resulting net total corruption causes harmful effects described in the table below.

Name Begins at Effect
Spell priest voidtendrils Grasping Tendrils
1
Taking damage has a chance to reduce your movement speed for 5 sec. The magnitude of the snare increases with further Corruption.
Inv eyeofnzothpet Eye of Corruption
20
Your spells and abilities have a chance to summon an Eye of Corruption for 8 sec. The Eye inflicts increasing Shadow damage to you every 2 sec while you remain in range.

Range and damage increase with further Corruption.

Ability deathwing assualtaspects Grand Delusions
40
Taking damage has a chance to summon a Thing From Beyond, which pursues you for 8 sec. Its speed increases with further Corruption.
Inv eyeofnzothpet Cascading Disaster
60
If you are struck by the Thing From Beyond, you will be immediately afflicted by Grasping Tendrils and Eye of Corruption.
Inv eyeofnzothpet Inevitable Doom
80
All damage taken is magnified and healing received is reduced, increasing with further Corruption.
Achievement nzothraid nzoth Inescapable Consequences
200
N'Zoth lays claim to your very essence, dealing 25% of your maximum health every 1 sec while you are in combat. The end is nigh.

Purification[]

Titanic Purification

MOTHER's purification UI.

Corrupted items can be purified by MOTHER, removing both benefit and corruption. Purification costs 5 Corrupted Mementos and requires completion of N [120] Curious Corruption, which starts automatically upon obtaining a corrupted item for the first time. A corrupted item that has been purified can be re-corrupted by using a Preserved Contaminant purchased from MOTHER.

On the PTR[]

Removed from game The subject of this section did not make it out of the PTR stages of patch 8.3.0.

On the patch 8.3.0 PTR, "corruptions" were found on rings sold by the Heartzertauren, perhaps as an alternate concept for the system or simply a way to test the effects. While Thing From Beyond made it to live as a consequence with minor changes and Last Grasp may have inspired Grasping Tendrils, all of the others were scrapped. These include:

Name Effect
Ability creature cursed 03 Face the Truth An eldritch scroll spawns near you that you and others with this corruption can see. Each second you don't face it, it deals damage to you. If it deals damage to you 5 times, you are feared for 6 sec.
Ability creature cursed 03 Masochistic When you fall below 25% health, taunt all nearby enemies for 5 sec.
Ability warlock soulswap Mesmerizing Your damaging spells and abilities against a repeated target reduce your movement speed by 5% for 6 sec, stacking up to 10 times.
Ability creature cursed 03 Overconfident When you receive overhealing, you refuse the next (Total health*1/4) Healing within 10 sec.
Warrior disruptingshout Revel in Violence Your killing blows cause you to revel in violence, rooting you for 6 sec.
Ability creature cursed 03 Spontaneous Fury Periodically marks a random enemy, making them the target of your fury. While your fury persists, your damage against all other foes is reduced by 10%.

Notes and trivia[]

  • Inescapable Consequences was added after a player named Rextroy won several 2v2 arena battles despite wearing 675 corruption. He completed this feat as a protection paladin, using immunities while waiting for 27 ranks of Infinite Stars to one shot most opponents.[1][2]
  • The Eye of Corruption can be obtained as a companion pet.
  • The Inv heart of the thunder-king icon [Heart of Darkness] Azerite trait will only function if you have 25 or more corruption (prior to patch 9.0.1).

Patch changes[]

  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Effects disabled.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2020-07-09): Players with a Corruption level of 200 or higher will now receive an additional negative effect, Inescapable Consequences, which deals 25% of your maximum health in damage every second while you are in combat.
Developers' note: While Corruption's damage taken and healing received debuffs are substantial at high Corruption amounts, players possessed of particular ingenuity have constructed strategies allowing them to deal nearly infinite damage during brief windows when they themselves are immune to damage. It's important to us that players feel like they can play around with how much Corruption they can afford to wear, but we're setting a hard limit at 200 Corruption – going beyond that, N'Zoth's dark power will defeat you.

References[]

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