Acid (Status)

Acid is a status effect in Divinity: Original Sin 2.

Description

Acid is a negative environmental status which destroys Physical armour of the afflicted character per every turn they are afflicted by it. Once physical armour is destroyed it will stop causing any damage, however it will prevent armour restoration that is smaller than the amount of physical damage it deals. Therefore its main usage is to render character vulnerable to status effects such as Knocked-Down. Acid status effect is most often accompanied by poison damage which destroys Magic Armour.

Cause

There are many ways through which acid status effect can be triggered. On Rivellon it is the contact with cursed poison surface or cursed poison cloud which will cause acid. These surfaces are created casting curse on poison surface or poison cloud.

In combat acid may be caused in-directly by throwing Cursed Poison Flask which will create cursed poison surface beneath its target or through spells and scrolls.

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Acid Spores.png Acid Spores	Geomancer	Directly causes Acid	Level 13 Source spell
File:Corrosive Touch.png Corrosive Touch	Geomancer Necromancer	Directly causes Acid	Crafted spell
File:Corrosive Spray.png Corrosive Spray	Geomancer Necromancer	Directly causes Acid	Crafted Source spell

Treatment

The effects of acid can be treated by either countering its effects or by removing the status altogether.

Status counter

Since acid status effect mainly destroys physical armour any effect, spell or item that restores it may counter its effect. There are several ways to restore Physical armour. First is by investing in Perseverance combat skill which will restore Physical armour whenever said character is Knocked-Down or Petrified.

Second way to restore Physical armour is through contact with blessed oil surface, which has a chance of applying Fortified status that restores Physical armour. Blessed oil surface can be create by casting Bless upon oil surface.

Consuming items is one of the easier ways to restore armour. Most efficient of consumable items is Physical Armour Potion which can also be upgraded. If one runs out of potions then they may consume Amadouvier however it is much less efficient. Efficiency of both of these can be improved through Five-Star Diner talent.

Armour restoration through spells and scrolls is arguably the best way of physical armour restoration as it scales with character level and points invested in Geomancer combat ability.

Items

Name	Type	Effect	Notes
File:Amadouvier.png Amadouvier	Herb	Directly restores small amount of Physical Armour once	Can be turned into Physical Armour Potion
File:Blessed Oil Flask.png Blessed Oil Flask	Grenade	Creates blessed oil surface	Crafted from Oil Flask
File:Physical Armour Potion.png Physical Armour Potion	Potion	Directly restores Physical Armour once	Can be upgraded

Spells

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Fortify.png Fortify	Geomancer	Directly restores Physical Armour Set Fortified	Available from the start of the game
File:Challenge.png Challenge	Warfare	Directly restores Physical Armour and Magic Armour	Positive effect works on condition that marked target is killed
File:Mass Oily Carapace.png Mass Oily Carapace	Geomancer Warfare	Caster and their allies in vicinity absorb oil surface in exchange for Physical armour.	Crafted Source spell
File:Mend Metal.png Mend Metal	Geomancer	Regenerates Physical armour for caster and allies	Level 4 spell
File:Oily Carapace.png Oily Carapace	Geomancer Warfare	Absorb any oil surface beneath them and directly restore Physical armour in proportion to absorbed surface	Crafted spell

Status removal

Acid status effect is most efficiently removed by casting appropriate spells or using scrolls with said spells.

Name	Ability	Effect	Notes
File:Cryogenic Stasis.png Cryogenic Stasis	Hydrosophist	Slowly restores Vitality Makes target invulnerable but incapacitated	Level 9 spell
File:Mass Cleanse Wounds.png Mass Cleanse Wounds	Hydrosophist Warfare	Restores Vitality Removes also Burning	Crafted Source spell