Speculation on "corruption"

Will it be a new orb?

Orb of Corruption or Corrupting Orb?

Will it be a quest reward item or drop only? Or both?

Can it be made using a vendor recipe?

Known facts about corrupting an item:

-corrupting jewelry: a random implicit mod will be added or the current implicit mod will be changed to a random one.
-corrupting weapons: a random socket will become white.

I wonder what it does to armour gear.

Post speculations here and be creative. Please refrain from negative posts.
Edit:
I wonder what it does to maps. Will it add a new implicit property to the map?

I like the theory the "corruption" will be a new area with new drops that can't be used outside of the new areas.

If it's an orb, they might as well name it the "Orb of RNGesus" (if it's truly random)

The boob orb

Stupid jokes aside, I think that the corruption will lead to some very interesting affixes being allowed, created, and potentially even crafted. Perhaps when an area becomes cursed, ALL items that drop are greatly augmented, but enemies are as well. It would also be cool to see the harder nemesis mods spawn on corrupted rares, and even new corrupted mods. Something like "curse" where your hp is automatically lowered by 2% for every 10 seconds you stand within range of it's aura (MAX hp, not current hp like Degen).

I think these corrupted affixes will be extremely rare outside of cursed areas, but highly common in cursed areas, making farming different zones more interesting. It would also give you incentive to farm "that shitty area". The cursed mods probably won't just be better, they'll be gamechanging.

Hmm, vaal orb. One of my predictions was close.

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PathOfKripparian wrote:

Hmm, vaal orb. One of my predictions was close.

You deserve a medal!