Stats
Contamination
The field reference. Know what you’re working with.
what it does
Penalty stat: higher values attract tougher enemies and increase the chance of contaminated enemies and contaminated shop/cache gear. Contaminated enemies have 2x health plus 0.8% per point, +18% speed and +35% attack damage. They drop extra scrap, burst after a 0.8-second warning, then leave a harmful five-second puddle that also hurts other enemies. Bosses and eggs cannot be contaminated. Contaminated gear grants +30% weapon damage or positive item stat bonuses, and adds +2 Contamination. Farm with Quarantine Hook and Spore Cultivator; Hazard Bounty Tags reward contaminated kills. Cap: 100.
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