Root and Ruin¶

Notable · Dexterity and Intelligence · Immobilize · Show on tree

Mastery options¶

	Option	Effect
	Choking Roots	200% increased poison build-up against immobilized enemies
	Rootburst	Immobilized enemies explode with poison when they die, dealing 5% of their maximum life to enemies within 4 m

Details¶

Property	Value
Type	Notable
Branch	Dexterity and Intelligence
Category	Immobilize
Topics	immobilize, ailments, poison, against immobilized enemies, explosion
Position	1495, 1591
Id	`own11618`

Connections¶

	Name	Type	Effect
	Hobbling Blows	Passive	10% increased stagger build-up against immobilized enemies
	Pinned Prey	Passive	6% increased damage against immobilized enemies

Keywords¶

Immobilize: An immobilized enemy cannot move for a short time (2 s at base). It is applied by chance on hit: from the tree, and natively by Ashlands nature weapons.…
Poison: Poison damage fills the poison gauge. Poison deals damage over time; a stronger effect replaces a weaker one. Poison is separate from elemental damage.
Build-up: Makes matching damage apply an ailment more readily. It does not add a missing damage type, increase ailment damage or extend duration; impale uses an…

Game data

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      "value": 0.1,
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "Choking Roots",
      "extra": null,
      "mods": [
        {
          "stat": "AilmentBuildPct",
          "value": 2.0,
          "own": true,
          "form": "inc",
          "subject": "Poisoning",
          "subjects": [
            "Poisoning",
            "VsImmobilized"
          ]
        }
      ],
      "id": "o2473",
      "icon": "v2m:newtry-ChokingRoots"
    },
    {
      "name": "Rootburst",
      "extra": null,
      "mods": [
        {
          "stat": "ImmobilizeDeathBurst",
          "value": 1.0,
          "own": true,
          "form": "flat"
        }
      ],
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      "icon": "v2m:newtry-Rootburst"
    }
  ],
  "masteryId": "cat:pov:immobilize",
  "icon": "v2:immobilize"
}

Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.