Vaal_side_area
Old: Yueren 2021-08-23 20:32:59
New: horsepowerhsu 2021-08-24 18:20:16
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| 1 | - | # Avatar of Fire | |
| 2 | - | **Avatar of Fire** is a [Keystone ](https://poedb.tw/us/Keystone) [[passive skill]] that [converts](https://poedb.tw/us/Damage_conversion) 50% of [[physical damage]], [[lightning damage]] and [[cold damage]] to [[fire damage]]. However, the character cannot deal damage with any damage types except fire. | |
| 1 | + | # Vaal side area | |
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| 3 | + | A **Vaal side area** or **corrupted area** is a randomly-generated side area indicated by a glowing, beating heart and swirling ribbons of blood. Every corrupted area contains a boss, guarding a Vaal Vessel that drops Vaal Skill Gems, Vaal Fragments, and corrupted equipment. One Vaal skill gem is guaranteed to drop. Near the vessel there is a Vaal Letter or Research Journal, which provides Vaal-related lore. The [[Hidden Vaal Pathways]] [[prophecy]] will guarantee a corrupted area be spawned. | |
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| 5 | + | Corrupted areas have [[modifiers]], similar to end-game [[map]]s, which substantially increase their difficulty. Since corrupted items cannot be modified, the modifiers cannot be rerolled. Corrupted areas found in act zones spawn have 1 to 2 affixes (magic), while corrupted areas found in maps spawn with 4 to 6 affixes (rare). | |
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| 8 | - | ## Location | |
| 9 | - | Avatar of Fire is a standalone keystone located in the upper left edge of the skill tree right next to the Holy Fire burning cluster. | |
| 7 | + | Due to the small size of corrupted areas, league mechanics are generally disabled from spawning in corrupted areas during challenge [[league]]s. [[Master]]s, more corrupted areas and Trials of [[Ascendancy]] also cannot spawn in corrupted areas. Notable exceptions which CAN spawn in them include [[Silver Coin]]s, Strongboxes, Shrines, Rogue exiles and [[Tormented Spirit]]s. Many of the corrupted area bosses were also formerly [Invasion bosses](Invasion_league). | |
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| 11 | - | <div><table style="text-align: center"> | |
| 12 | - | <thead><tr> | |
| 13 | - | <th>Class | |
| 14 | - | </th> | |
| 15 | - | <th>Distance from start | |
| 16 | - | </th></tr></thead><tbody> | |
| 17 | - | <tr> | |
| 18 | - | <td>[[Templar]]</td> | |
| 19 | - | <td>10 | |
| 20 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 21 | - | <tr> | |
| 22 | - | <td>[[Witch]]</td> | |
| 23 | - | <td>10 | |
| 24 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 25 | - | <tr> | |
| 26 | - | <td>[[Scion]]</td> | |
| 27 | - | <td>14 | |
| 28 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 29 | - | <tr> | |
| 30 | - | <td>[[Marauder]]</td> | |
| 31 | - | <td>15 | |
| 32 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 33 | - | <tr> | |
| 34 | - | <td>[[Shadow]]</td> | |
| 35 | - | <td>19 | |
| 36 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 37 | - | <tr> | |
| 38 | - | <td>[[Duelist]]</td> | |
| 39 | - | <td>23 | |
| 40 | - | </td></tr> | |
| 41 | - | <tr> | |
| 42 | - | <td>[[Ranger]]</td> | |
| 43 | - | <td>24 | |
| 44 | - | </td></tr></tbody><tfoot></tfoot></table></div> | |
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| 46 | - | ## Related unique items | |
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| 48 | - | - [[Skin of the Lords]] <span class="explicitMod">Random Keystone</span> | |
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| 50 | - | - [[Earendel's Embrace]] | |
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| 52 | - | - [[Replica Earendel's Embrace]] | |
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| 54 | - | - [[Xoph's Blood]] | |
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| 56 | - | - [[Vulconus]] | |
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| 9 | + | A [Vaal fragment](Map_fragment) can be used in the [[Map Device]] to generate a random Vaal side area. |