#% increased ground area of effect¶

Suffix · must be weapon; one of elemental magic, blood magic or sceptre

Property	Value
Rolls on	must be weapon; one of elemental magic, blood magic or sceptre
Source	Rolls on loot and from essences of its element
Families	area, ground
Group	`caster.ground-area` — An item can have only one property of the same group.

Tiers¶

Tier	Item level	Value	Weight	Share
T5	Meadows – Black Forest (1–42)	(4–6)% increased ground area of effect	1000	42.7%
T4	Black Forest – Swamp (19–76)	(7–10)% increased ground area of effect	700	29.9%
T3	Swamp – Plains (43–129)	(11–14)% increased ground area of effect	400	17.1%
T2	Mountain+ (77+)	(15–19)% increased ground area of effect	180	7.7%
T1	Mistlands+ (130+)	(20–25)% increased ground area of effect	60	2.6%

Values by slot¶

Most properties roll bigger or smaller numbers depending on the item: the ranges below are what each slot gets.

Tier	Regular	One-handed weapon	Two-handed weapon
T5	(4–6)	(3–4)	(6–9)
T4	(7–10)	(5–7)	(10–15)
T3	(11–14)	(8–10)	(16–21)
T2	(15–19)	(10–13)	(22–28)
T1	(20–25)	(14–18)	(30–38)

Patch history¶

Patch	Change
Patch 5.3.0 (New)	T5 (item level 1–42, weight 1000): (4–6)% increased ground area of effect T4 (item level 19–76, weight 700): (7–10)% increased ground area of effect T3 (item level 43–129, weight 400): (11–14)% increased ground area of effect T2 (item level 77–∞, weight 180): (15–19)% increased ground area of effect T1 (item level 130–∞, weight 60): (20–25)% increased ground area of effect

Game data

{
  "id": "caster.ground-area",
  "place": "suffix",
  "target": "character",
  "families": [
    "area",
    "ground"
  ],
  "group": "caster.ground-area",
  "allowAll": [
    "weapon"
  ],
  "allowAny": [
    "kind.ElementalMagic",
    "kind.BloodMagic",
    "kind.Scepters"
  ],
  "denyAny": [],
  "weight": 400.0,
  "generation": true,
  "tiers": [
    {
      "id": "T5",
      "min": 4.0,
      "max": 6.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 1,
      "maxLevel": 42,
      "weight": 1000.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T4",
      "min": 7.0,
      "max": 10.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 19,
      "maxLevel": 76,
      "weight": 700.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T3",
      "min": 11.0,
      "max": 14.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 43,
      "maxLevel": 129,
      "weight": 400.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T2",
      "min": 15.0,
      "max": 19.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 77,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 180.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T1",
      "min": 20.0,
      "max": 25.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 130,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 60.0
    }
  ]
}

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.3.6, extracted 2026-10-27.