Unique Vaal Belts

Coward's Legacy

A belt that expands the Low Life state to 75% of maximum Life or below. It activates Low Life conditions much earlier and also improves flask recovery.

0.5.4d

Current data

Catalog version 0.5.4d

No direct 0.5 patch change is linked to this page. The displayed values are current for catalog version 0.5.4d.

Item effects

6 lines

ImplicitHas (1-3) Charm Slots

Implicit(10-15)% reduced Flask Charges used

01(-20--10) to Strength

02+(20-30) to Dexterity

03(30-40)% increased Life and Mana Recovery from Flasks

04You are considered on Low Life while at 75% of maximum Life or below instead

Cultivation outcomes

3 possible modifiers

A Vaal Cultivation Orb can replace up to two existing modifiers on a corrupted copy of Coward's Legacy. The replacement is selected from this item-specific pool; the replaced original lines are not player-selected.

C01Regenerate (2-3)% of maximum Life per second while on Low Life

C02(20-30)% increased Flask Charges gained

C03+(100-150) to Evasion Rating while on Low Life

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How to get Coward's Legacy

World drop

Coward's Legacy can drop anywhere. It can be chanced.

Drop: Enabled
Restriction: None
Orb of Chance: Eligible

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 10 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Coward's Legacy. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

No change.

Applies a modifier magnitude multiplier of 0.78x to 1.22x (in 0.01 increments) before rounding to explicit modifiers. Applies before quality effects.

The resulting values are rounded to the nearest whole number, rather than always being rounded down like most decimal values in the game. However, testing suggests the game may use truncation with a +0.5 shift instead of standard rounding. This appears to bias internally negative stats (like 10% Reduced Dexterity) toward zero, preventing some expected values from appearing while making others more common. A formula of trunc(value + 0.5) may explain this behavior.

Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.

Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.

For jewellery, no change. (This outcome is not removed by Omen of Corruption.)
The item cannot have more sockets than the amount of space the item takes up.
If the item is socketed with Cadigan's Epiphany, the item cannot gain an augment socket via corruption.

Possible corruption enchantments10

+(10-15) to StrengthLevel 1

+(10-15) to DexterityLevel 1

+(10-15) to IntelligenceLevel 1

+(20-25)% to Fire ResistanceLevel 1

+(20-25)% to Cold ResistanceLevel 1

+(20-25)% to Lightning ResistanceLevel 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Fire ResistanceLevel 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Cold ResistanceLevel 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Lightning ResistanceLevel 1

+1 to Maximum Endurance ChargesLevel 1

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How it works

1 interactions

Expanded Low Life threshold

You count as on Low Life at 75% Life or below, allowing Low Life effects to operate through most of the life pool.

Important details

Reduces Strength by 10-20.

Related mechanics

MechanicLow Life

A player or monster is on Low Life while its current Life is 35% of maximum Life or lower. Exactly 35% counts as Low Life. Items can replace that threshold or make another resource determine whether the condition is satisfied.

Guides using this page

BasicsLow, High, and Full Resource States

Understand Low Life, Low Mana, High, and Full thresholds in PoE2, including reservation, overflow, count-as modifiers, and effects that trigger only when a threshold is crossed.

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