Corrupted Items

Visual

• Glitched out texture (shader effect?)
• Name displays with a [CORRUPT] tag in yellow

Mechanics

• Description lists an explicit scaling deleterious effect (pulled from a random pool)
• Effects get worse as corruption increases

Crafting / Combining

• Corrupt + Normal item → result is corrupted (corruption spreads)
• Corrupt + Corrupt item → effects are added together and continue to scale together
• Creates interesting risk/reward: you can build powerful items but the debuffs compound

Spawning

• Per-level chance starts at 0% and scales up with corruption
• Runs as a bonus forced spawn (gated by % chance) for each chunk
• Not replacing normal drops — extra on top

Design Notes

• Ties directly into the corruption system — higher corruption = more corrupted items appearing
• Creates a natural tension: corrupted items are tempting (can be combined for power) but the debuffs scale
• Players who lean into corruption get a fundamentally different item economy
• Could interact with the clearance reveal system — maybe corrupted items show different info at different clearance levels?