Unique Helmets

Vestige of Darkness

Vestige of Darkness lets Physical damage from Hits contribute to Chill Magnitude and Freeze Buildup. It also Blinds enemies in the character's Presence and causes the Bodach to haunt that Presence.
0.5.4d
Current series

Changed in 0.5

0.5.1
Direct change

Fixed a bug where enemies killed by the Vestige of Darkness Unique Helmet's effect would not grant experience

0.5.0
Direct change

New Unique item: Vestige of Darkness

Full patch history

Item effects

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01(150-200)% increased Armour and Energy Shield
02+(20-30) to Strength and Intelligence
04Enemies in your Presence are Blinded
05The Bodach haunts your Presence
06the wendigo manifestation delay randomisation ms [500]
07the wendigo manifests +% faster per enemy power in your presence [5]

Vaal Cultivation Orb

Other Unique rule

Vestige of Darkness is not listed among the 48 corrupted Vaal Uniques with an item-specific Cultivation modifier pool. Using a Vaal Cultivation Orb follows the separate rule for other Uniques: it replaces the item with a random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class.

Target class
Helmets
Result
Random Corrupted Unique of the same Item Class
Exact pool
Not published as an exhaustive list

The exact random pool depends on item class and current eligibility rules, so it is not represented as a fixed item-to-item outcome.

Compare the Vaal Unique modifier pools and the other Unique rule

How to get Vestige of Darkness

restricted drop | Drop restricted
restricted drop

Vestige of Darkness has restrictions on where or how it can drop. Drops from The Bodach.

Drop
Enabled
Restriction
Restricted
Orb of Chance
Not eligible

Vaal Orb outcomes

4 outcomes / 13 enchantments

Vaal Orb can corrupt Vestige of Darkness. One applicable outcome is selected, and the item normally cannot be modified again by ordinary crafting.

01
No change.
02
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.
03
Adds a special Vaal enchantment to the item.
04
Adds an item socket to weapons (including sceptres) and armour, ignoring socket limits.
Possible corruption enchantments13

(15-25)% increased ArmourLocal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Energy ShieldLocal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Armour and Energy ShieldLocal / Level 1

(10-20)% reduced Attribute RequirementsLocal / Level 1

+1 to all Minion Skill GemsGlobal / Level 1

+(20-30) SpiritGlobal / Level 1

+1 to Maximum Power ChargesGlobal / Level 1

(15-25)% increased Life Regeneration RateGlobal / Level 1

(20-30)% increased Mana Regeneration RateGlobal / Level 1

+(50-100) to Accuracy RatingGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Fire ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Cold ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

+(1-3)% to Maximum Lightning ResistanceGlobal / Level 1

View every corruption outcome and enchantment

How it works

2 interactions

Patch history

2 changes
0.5.1
Direct change

Fixed a bug where enemies killed by the Vestige of Darkness Unique Helmet's effect would not grant experience

0.5.0
Direct change

New Unique item: Vestige of Darkness

Item view