Corruptions

Corruptions (in game: Corrupted power) are negative powers in Galactic Glitch. Each one weakens you until it clears after a number of rooms or kills. You take them on purpose to get rewards. The game has 11 corruptions.

How to get corruptions

• Corruption rooms offer a choice of 2 corrupted powers (the hub upgrade Corruption Selection adds more; it does not apply in Infinity's Edge). After you take one, the room either drops 2 random rewards (shards, a heal pickup, a Glitch Token or a Glitch Charge) and offers a new choice of corrupted powers, or it gives a big reward: an Upgrade Protocol selection or a selection of Rare and Legendary powers. The chance of the big reward starts at 0% and goes up by 20 points with each corruption you take in a row. The big reward ends the chain.
• Corrupted shops sell items for corruptions instead of shards: buying an item gives you as many random corruptions as its price. Each item has a 50% chance to cost max health instead (2 max HP for each corruption of its price). Resistance Upgrade Protocols always cost corruptions, and Corrupted Upgrade Protocols are free.
• Some Run Challenges start you with permanent corruptions (list below).

You never get a corruption you already have.

Clearing

Each corruption shows a counter. It clears after you clear a number of rooms or kill a number of enemies, as listed below. The count is the base value: the Corrupted Upgrade Protocol Corrupted Bond makes corruptions last 1.5 times as long. Permanent corruptions from a Run Challenge never clear.

Corruptions cannot be upgraded or sacrificed. In Infinity's Edge they stay at their normal level and do not become Quantum.

All corruptions

Ranges like 20-40% mean the game rolls the exact value once when you get the corruption. The clear count can be rolled the same way.

	Corruption	Effect	Clears after
	Armor Erosion	Take 20-40% extra damage.	8-15 rooms cleared
	Corrupted Cohesion	All heal pickups heal for 50% less.	8-15 rooms cleared
	Gravity Glitch	Throw does 15-30% less damage.	18-31 enemies killed
	Handle with Care	All crates only have 1 health point.	8-15 rooms cleared
	Integrity Loss	Lose 20% max HP.	18-31 enemies killed
	Motion Dampener	Move 8-20% slower.	8-15 rooms cleared
	Shard Leech	Lose 64 shards on being hit.	18-31 enemies killed
	Shorter Dodge	Less dodge distance.	18-31 enemies killed
	Supply Sabotage	Crates are way more likely to contain traps.	14-19 rooms cleared
	Trade Malfunction	Shop prices are 25% higher.	18-31 enemies killed
	Weapon Degradation	Weapon does 10-20% less damage.	18-31 enemies killed

Permanent corruptions in Run Challenges

These Run Challenges give you corruptions that last the whole run. Corruptions with a random value use the middle of their range there.

• Base Level: Armor Erosion, Integrity Loss, Weapon Degradation
• Corrupted Glitch: Corrupted Cohesion, Integrity Loss, Shard Leech, Supply Sabotage, Weapon Degradation
• Dodge Dancer: Motion Dampener
• Galactic Shield: Armor Erosion, Integrity Loss
• The Slug: Motion Dampener, Shorter Dodge
• True Glitch: Gravity Glitch
• Void Mayhem: Gravity Glitch, Integrity Loss, Supply Sabotage, Weapon Degradation

See also

• Powers
• Run Challenges
• Upgrade Protocols