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Corrosive Vapor Effects and How to Get

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Corrosive Vapor is an Infusion-type Horadric Spell in Diablo 4 (D4), introduced in Season 9: Sins of the Horadrim. Learn about the Corrosive Vapor's effects, and how to obtain and upgrade it here.

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Corrosive Vapor Effects

Infusion Effect

Corrosive Vapor Icon Corrosive Vapor
Effect Your Catalyst now deals Poison and or Poisoning damage. Enemies damaged by it take 37,400 Poisoning damage over 4 seconds. This effect can only happen on each enemy every 3 seconds. While equipped, your Poison Damage Bonus is equal to that of your highest damage Type Bonus.
At Rank 5: Deactivates monster Vampiric effects for 5 seconds.
Type Infusion

Infusions, such as Corrosive Vapor, modifies the type of damage that your Horadric Spell does. Upgrading it further allows it to grant more bonuses to your Catalyst.

This spell's effect can be further improved by upgrading it from the Horadric Spellcraft menu.

How to Get Corrosive Vapor

Complete the “Bearing the Weight of Ghosts” Seasonal Quest

Strongroom Spellcraft Reward
Obtain the Corrosive Vapor spell by completing Season 9's Bearing the Weight of Ghosts Seasonal Quest. This series of quests will mostly revolve around clearing Horadric Strongrooms and talking to Bryona in Cerrigar during the early game until you unlock all the Catalyst and Infusion Spellcraft.
Season 9 Questline Walkthrough

How to Upgrade Corrosive Vapor

Upgrade From the Horadric Spellcraft Menu

Upgrading Horadric Spellcraft

Corrosive Vapor can be further improved by upgrading it up to Rank 10. You can upgrade Horadric Spells by selecting them on the Horadric Spellcraft Menu and pressing the Upgrade Power button.

Upgrade Materials

Rank Horadric Phial Cost
Ranks 2-4 25
Ranks 5-10 75

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