Salted Earth

This article is about the PvE action. For the PvP action, see Salted Earth (PvP).

 

Salted Earth

Acquired

DRK (actions)

Level

52

Type

Ability

Casting

Instant

Recast

90s

Range

0y

Radius

5y

AoE Type

Point Blank Circle

Targeting

Point Blank AoE

Quest Req.

The Knight and the Maiden Fair

Patch

3.0

“

Creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 50 to any enemies who enter.
Duration: 15s

— In-game description

Salted Earth is an action unlocked by questing at level 52. It is available for Dark Knight.

Related actions

•   Salt and Darkness

Notes

• Upon execution, this action will change to   Salt and Darkness after it is learned at Lv. 86 and if Action Change Settings are enabled.

History

• Patch 7.0 (2024-07-02): No longer changes to Salt and Darkness upon execution.
• Patch 6.0 (2021-12-07):
  • Changed "Creates a patch of salted earth, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 60 to any enemies who enter." to "Creates a patch of salted earth at your feet, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 50 to any enemies who enter," i.e. the action changed from needing manual ground targeting to automatically placing the AoE at your current location.
  • Added "Action changes to Salt and Darkness upon execution."
• Patch 5.0 (2019-07-02):
  • Potency has been reduced from 75 to 60.
  • The additional effect "Increases Blood Gauge by 1" has been removed.
  • Effect duration has been reduced from 21 to 15 seconds.
  • Recast time has been increased from 45 to 90 seconds.
• Patch 4.4 (2018-09-18): The effect is now applied as soon as the action is used.
• Patch 4.0 (2017-06-20): The additional effect "Increases Blood Gauge by 1" has been added.
• Patch 3.0 (2015-06-23): Added.

Trivia

Salting the earth is the practice of spreading salt in the soil of conquered land to prevent crops from growing, and thus preventing the conquered from rebuilding.