#% increased ground damage¶

Prefix · 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	damage, ground
Group	`caster.ground-damage` — An item can have only one property of the same group.

Tiers¶

Tier	Item level	Value	Weight	Share
T5	Meadows – Black Forest (1–42)	(8–12)% increased ground damage	1000	42.7%
T4	Black Forest – Swamp (19–76)	(13–19)% increased ground damage	700	29.9%
T3	Swamp – Plains (43–129)	(20–28)% increased ground damage	400	17.1%
T2	Mountain+ (77+)	(29–38)% increased ground damage	180	7.7%
T1	Mistlands+ (130+)	(39–50)% increased ground damage	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	(8–12)	(6–8)	(12–18)
T4	(13–19)	(9–13)	(20–28)
T3	(20–28)	(14–20)	(30–42)
T2	(29–38)	(20–27)	(44–57)
T1	(39–50)	(27–35)	(58–75)

Patch history¶

Patch	Change
Patch 5.3.0 (New)	T5 (item level 1–42, weight 1000): (8–12)% increased ground damage T4 (item level 19–76, weight 700): (13–19)% increased ground damage T3 (item level 43–129, weight 400): (20–28)% increased ground damage T2 (item level 77–∞, weight 180): (29–38)% increased ground damage T1 (item level 130–∞, weight 60): (39–50)% increased ground damage

Game data

{
  "id": "caster.ground-damage",
  "place": "prefix",
  "target": "character",
  "families": [
    "damage",
    "ground"
  ],
  "group": "caster.ground-damage",
  "allowAll": [
    "weapon"
  ],
  "allowAny": [
    "kind.ElementalMagic",
    "kind.BloodMagic",
    "kind.Scepters"
  ],
  "denyAny": [],
  "weight": 500.0,
  "generation": true,
  "tiers": [
    {
      "id": "T5",
      "min": 8.0,
      "max": 12.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 1,
      "maxLevel": 42,
      "weight": 1000.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T4",
      "min": 13.0,
      "max": 19.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 19,
      "maxLevel": 76,
      "weight": 700.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T3",
      "min": 20.0,
      "max": 28.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 43,
      "maxLevel": 129,
      "weight": 400.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T2",
      "min": 29.0,
      "max": 38.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 77,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 180.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T1",
      "min": 39.0,
      "max": 50.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 130,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 60.0
    }
  ]
}

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