Desecrated Ground - Path of Exile

Desecrated Ground deals chaos damage over time. It is a detrimental ground effect. The amount of damage per second inflicted by desecrated ground depends on its source. It is similar to caustic ground, which both deal Chaos DOT.

Icon Name Type Stats
Desecrated Ground Icon Desecrated Ground Debuff You are taking Chaos Damage while standing on Desecrated Ground.

1. Desecrated Ground Gems

Name Category Requires Stats
Desecrate Desecrate Active skill gem Level 16 It summons corpses and a patch of desecrated ground, which deals chaos damage to all enemies in the area.

2. Desecrated Ground Items

Item Category Lvl. Stats Note
Lightbane Raiment Lightbane Raiment body armour 47
  • 100% chance to create Desecrated Ground when you Block
  • Desecrated Ground deals 250 Chaos Damage per second (Hidden)
  • Desecrated Ground has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
creates a patch of desecrated ground beneath the character when blocking. It has a radius of 16 and deals 250 chaos damage per second for 8 seconds.
Damage from desecrated ground can be increased from global damage sources, but is not affected by support gems in the chest piece.
Steppan Eard Steppan Eard boots 67
  • 20% increased Movement Speed on Shocked Ground
  • 50% increased Damage on Burning Ground
  • Regenerate 2% of Life per second on Chilled Ground
  • Unaffected by Desecrated Ground
The unique modifiers of Steppan Eard only apply when the player is actually affected by the relevant ground effects. For example, Steppan Eard does not provide a life regeneration bonus if the player is immune to chill or if the chilled ground is generated by an ally, such as via Arctic Armour or an Aquamarine Flask.

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3. Desecrated Ground Mods

Name Lvl. Stats Type Spawn Weighting
Eldritch 68 Unaffected by Desecrated Ground Item mods boots_elder 800
default 0
Hunter’s 68 Unaffected by Desecrated Ground Item mods boots_basilisk 500
default 0
of Desecration 1 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+4% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Map and vaal side area mods low_tier_map 250
default 0
of Desecration 1 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+4% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
24 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
Map and vaal side area mods mid_tier_map 250
default 0
of Desecration 1 10% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+4% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
28 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 18 (Hidden)
Map and vaal side area mods top_tier_map 250
default 0
of Desecration 69 15% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
Found Items have a (1-3)% chance to drop Corrupted in Area
Area contains 1 additional pack of Corrupted Vaal Monsters
Area has patches of desecrated ground
24 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
Map and vaal side area mods secret_area 500
default 0
of Desecration 1 11% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
Area has patches of desecrated ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Legacy map mods secret_area 0
old_map 0
default 0
of Desecration 1 12% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
Area has patches of desecrated ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Legacy map mods low_tier_map 0
default 0
of Desecration 1 12% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
Area has patches of desecrated ground
24 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
Legacy map mods mid_tier_map 0
default 0
of Desecration 1 12% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
6% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
Area has patches of desecrated ground
28 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 18 (Hidden)
Legacy map mods top_tier_map 0
default 0
MapDesecratedGroundDelve 1 (5-10)% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
(3-6)% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+(3-6)% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Delve area mods default 250
MapDesecratedGroundDelve2 52 (5-10)% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
(3-6)% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+(3-6)% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
24 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
Delve area mods default 250
MapDesecratedGroundDelve3_ 173 (5-10)% increased Quantity of Items found in this Area
(3-6)% increased Rarity of Items found in this Area
+(3-6)% Monster pack size
Area has patches of desecrated ground
28 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 18 (Hidden)
Delve area mods default 250
MapDesecratedGroundSynthesis 50 Area has patches of desecrated ground
20 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 14 (Hidden)
Synthesis area mods default 250
MapDesecratedGroundSynthesis2 68 Area has patches of desecrated ground
24 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 16 (Hidden)
Synthesis area mods default 250
MapDesecratedGroundSynthesis3_ 79 Area has patches of desecrated ground
28 patches with Ground Effect per 100 tiles (Hidden)
Ground Effect has a radius of 18 (Hidden)
Synthesis area mods default 250

4. List of Ground Buff & Debuff

A ground effect is the general term for a patch of terrain that has some consequence on characters or monsters positioned on it. Detrimental ground effects do not affect allies of the character that created them, while those ground effects created by monsters or the environment will not affect other monsters. The inverse is true for beneficial ground effects.

Characters and monsters can be affected simultaneously by different types of overlapping ground effects. Those of the same type do not cumulatively stack their effects. For ground effects that inflict damage, only one of each type with the highest damage per second will cause damage at any given moment.

Icon Name Type Stats
Burning Ground Icon Burning Ground Debuff You are taking burning damage while standing on burning ground.
Burning Ground Debuff Icon Burning Ground Debuff You are taking burning damage while standing on burning ground.
Chilled Ground Icon Chilled Ground Debuff Your actions are slowed while standing on chilled ground
Frozen Ground Icon Frozen Ground Debuff You are taking Cold Damage over Time.
Shocked Ground Icon Shocked Ground Debuff You take increased damage while standing on shocked ground.
Consecrated Ground Icon Consecrated Ground Buff Grants Life Regeneration
Consecrated Ground Debuff Icon Consecrated Ground Debuff You are on an enemy’s Consecrated Ground, increasing your chance to be critically hit.
Desecrated Ground Icon Desecrated Ground Debuff You are taking Chaos Damage while standing on Desecrated Ground
Caustic Ground Icon Caustic Ground Debuff You are taking Chaos Damage from standing in Caustic Ground.
Profane Ground Icon Profane Ground Debuff You are on an enemy’s Profane Ground, lowering your resistances and making you easier to critically hit.
Smoke Cloud Icon Smoke Cloud Debuff You are significantly less accurate while standing in smoke.
Tarred Ground Icon Tarred Ground Debuff Your movement speed is reduced while standing in tar.
Fungal Ground Icon Fungal Ground Debuff You deal less Damage due to enemy Fungal Ground.
Eldritch Decay Icon Eldritch Decay Debuff You are taking Physical Damage while standing in Eldritch Decay
Mana Rune Icon Mana Rune Debuff You are taking Lightning Damage and losing Mana.
Net Throw Icon Net Throw Debuff Your movement speed is reduced while standing in a net.
Slipstream Icon Slipstream Buff You have increased Action Speed from the Slipstream.
Blood Ritual Icon Blood Ritual Debuff Your are taking physical damage over time from a Blood Ritual

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