See how to clear and destroy The Withering Zones and how to stop Decay in Genshin Impact here! The Withering is a zone in Sumeru that you have to try and clean clean up to remove HP and Resistance debuffs for characters.

What are The Withering Zones?

Zone of Decay

The Withering is a phenomenon which corrodes an area with desolation and decay in the Sumeru region. It occurs on areas where there is a tumor, which you must destroy to cleanse its corrosive power.

Sumeru Region Map Guide

Can be Located with a Seed Mirror

You can find these zones with the Seed Mirror. Using the mirror locates Withering Zones that have yet to take shape.

How to Clear the Withering Zones

Clearing Withering Zones Step-by-Step
Summon Dendrograna Destroy the Withering Branches Defeat the Disciple of Decay Destroy the Tumor of the Withering

Summon Dendrograna from Auspicious Branches

Interacting with an Auspicious Branch summons three Dendrograna that will follow you around and will disappear after a short while or when they're launched. Each Withering Zone have Auspicious Branches around it, so check where each of them are placed first before going in!

Clear the Fetid Boughs first

Some Withering Zones also have Fetid Boughs around them that will continuously shoot Decay projectiles at you and make it difficult to focus on your objectives. Find them first and destroy them with Dendrograna before targeting the Branches!

Destroy the Withering Branches

Armed with Dendrograna, use a Charged Attack or an Aimed Shot at the Withering Branches to destroy them. Take note that you can only have a maximum of three Dendrograna at a time, so after launching all three at a Withering Branch or an enemy, you will need to get more from an Auspicious Branch.

Use the Tumor to locate the Branches

If you're having trouble finding the Withering Branches, you can check the Tumor of the Withering and look for "red links" coming from it. These will point you towards the Withering Branches that you need to destroy.

Branches shoot Wither bolts when destroyed

Be ready to dodge after landing a Dendrogranum at a Withering Branch as it will launch three Wither bolts at your position that deal damage and inflict Decay!

Defeat the Disciple of Decay

After destroying all three Branches, the Tumor will spawn a Disciple of Decay, a powerful enemy enhanced with the Withering's effect. Make use of Dendro attacks or the Dendrogranum to take them out quickly.

Destroy the Tumor of the Withering

Defeating the Disciple of Decay will finally make the Tumor of the Withering defenseless. Approach the Tumor and interact with it to clear the Withering Zone!

Withering Zone Map Locations

All Withering Zone Locations

Can be found underground and above ground

Most of the Withering Zones are found in the overworld but some are found in underground areas that can only be accessed through a tunnel near the zone! These hidden entrances usually involve doing Quests and solving puzzles.

What is Decay?

HP and Resistance Debuff

All party members inside The Withering Zones accumulate a status ailment called "Decay. " Debuffed characters will receive reduced Elemental and Physical RES, and decreased Max HP.

Healing and How to Recover HP

Can Down Party Members

Characters who stay too long or accumulates too much Withering may be downed. You can keep track of your current Decay levels by checking the bar on your HUD. This is similar to The Chasm's Dark Mud and Lumenstone Adjuvant!

How to Revive Characters

How to Stop the Accumulation of Decay

Use Candle and Flames of Life

Candles and Flames of Life are green eneriges that help decrease Decay accumulation. Simply go to these protective areas to avoid the debuffs.

Cleansing out the zone itself will also stop its effects, so find and clear the root of the problem!

Information about The Withering and Decay

New Feature in Genshin Impact 3.0

Genshin Impact Version 3.0
Release Date	August 24, 2022

The new status ailments and map features will become available in the Sumeru region, which goes live on August 24, 2022 of Version 3.0!

Version 3.0 Release Date and Patch Notes

Related Guides

Sumeru Region Map Guide

Guides to Sumeru Areas

Sumeru Area Guides
Rainforest Area	Desert Area

Guide to Desert Regions

Sumeru Desert Guides
The Great Red Sand	Desert of Hadramaveth	Girdle of the Sands

Guides to Important Sumeru Features

Notable Sumeru Guides
Dendroculus	Craftable Weapons
Tree of Dreams	Commission Unlock
Reputation	Shrine of Depths
Remarkable Chests

Guides to Sumeru Rainforest Domains

Sumeru Domain Guides
Spire of Solitary Enlightenment	Tower of Abject Pride
Steeple of Ignorance	Under the Umbrella's Shade
Fragment of Childhood Dreams	The Coordinates of Sun and Rain
The Dark Valley

All Sumeru Domains

Guides to Sumeru Rainforest Quests

Archon Quest Guides
Chapter 3: Act 1	Chapter 3: Act 2
Story Quest Guides
Tighnari Quest
Quest Chain Guides
Aranyaka	Woodland Encounter
Dream Nursery	Nursery of Lost Dreams
In the End, the Forest Will Remember	An Unwavering Culinary Dream
Agnihotra Sutra	Varuna Gatha
Vimana Agama
Woodland Encounter Quest Guides
Woodland Encounter	The Children of Vimara Village
Into the Woods	The Lost Child
Bad Guys Hiding in Vimara Village
Dream Nursery Quest Guides
The World of Aranara	Children of the Forest
The Rhythm that Leads to the Gloomy Path	The Rhythm that Nurtures the Sprout
The Rhythm that Reveals the Beastly Trail	For A Better Reunion
Sprouting Seedlings	Festival Utsava
Garden Fairies	Delicious Riddle
Rishboland Tiger, roaaar	Taste of Happiness
An Unwavering Culinary Dream Quest Guides
Cooking, the Flavor of Nature	Cooking, a Pleasant Memory
Cooking, the Aroma of Homecoming	Cooking, the Beauty of Sharing
A Delicacy for Nara
Agnihotra Sutra Quest Guides
Starry Night Chapter	Risen Moon Chapter
The Final Chapter	Aranaga's Memory
Aranakin's Old Friend	Aragaru's Drawing
Memory's Final Chapter
Varuna Gatha Quest Guides
Varuna Gatha	Memory of Stone
Slumbering Roots	Irate Iron Chunk
A Prayer for Rain on the Fecund Land	Giving Flowers
Vimana Agama Quest Guides
Vimana Agama: First Chapter	Vimana Agama: Royinjan's Chapter
Royinjan's Chapter: Linga	Royinjan's Chapter: Yoni
Vimana Agama: Jazari's Chapter	Vimana Agama: Dev Delver Chapter
Until Vana is Healed
Nursery of Lost Dreams and Part IV Quest Guides
For Fruits, Seeds, and Trees Quest Guide	For the Children of the Past
For All Children Who Long for Life	"Hello," "Thank You," and the Final "Goodbye"
World Quest Guides
A Short Encounter with a Rare Bird	Adventure Takes Courage!
Corps of Thirty Recruitment	Cost-Effective Hook
Courage is in the Heart	Even Beasts Stumble
Garcia's Paean: A Gift of Compatibility	Gourmet Supremos: Within Our Duties
Legends of the Stone Lock	Static Views
Static Views Part 2	The Foolish Fatuus
The Path of Papers	The Price
Treasure of Wisdom: A New Plan	Trees and Dreams
Where Are the Fierce Creatures	While the Dream Lingers
Quest Puzzle Guides
Adventure with Aranara	Dream of the Vasara Tree
Look for the Head Mushroom	Observe the Sumeru Roses
Connect Four Relays	Fane of Ashvattha
Inscriptions of Remembrance	Lift the Seal
Marana's Avatar	Vibration of the Seed

All Sumeru World Quests

Sumeru Rainforest Puzzles and Features

Guides for Sumeru Features
Dendrograna and Dendrogranum	The Withering Zones and Decay
Mysterious Clipboard	Aranara Locations
Forest Adventure Journal Chapters	Underwater Waypoint
Tri-Lakshana Creature	Tri-Yana Seeds
Four-Leaf Sigils and Clusterleaves of Cultivation	Seed Mirrors
Stone Pillar Seals	Strange Energy Extraction Device
Eremite Camp Locations	Floating Dendro Puzzle
Arrow Rune Puzzle	Trial of the Phantasmal Gate
Nurseries in the Wild	Strange Parchment
Broken Dendro Monuments	Drusus's Bulletin Board Riddle
Lost Energy Blocks	Vanarana Luxurious Chest
Shrine of Depths

Enemies in the Sumeru Rainforest

Enemy and Boss Guides
Eremites	Aeonblight Drake	Electro Regisvine	Jadeplume Terrorshroom
Shroom-kin	Ruin Drake

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All Interactive Map Guides