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[[Health degeneration]] is the constant loss of a [[creature]]'s [[health]] caused by various [[effect]]s, notably [[condition]]s and [[hex spell|hexes]]. All effects that cause health degeneration stack and are negated 1:1 by [[health regeneration]]. If the total degeneration is stronger than total health regeneration, it is represented by left-facing [[pip]]s on the [[health bar]]; each pip represents a loss of two health per second. The maximum degeneration is [[effect stacking|capped]] at 10 pips (i.e. a net loss of 20 health per second).

== Sources ==
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=== Conditions ===

Four of the ten [[condition]]s cause health degeneration.

{| {{STDT|silver}} class="sortable"
|- style="background:lightgray;"
! Condition !! Pips 
|-
| {{Skill icon|Bleeding}} || 3
|-
| {{skill icon|Burning}} || 7
|-
| {{skill icon|Disease}} || 4 
|-
| {{skill icon|Poison}} || 4
|}
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[[Image:Health bar-bleeding.png|right|thumb|A health bar under degeneration from [[bleed]]ing.]]
[[Image:Health bar-poison.png|right|thumb|A health bar under degeneration from [[poison]] or [[disease]].]]
[[Image:Health bar-hexed.png|right|thumb|A health bar under degeneration from a [[hex]].]]
|}

=== Skills ===
==== {{r}} Ranger ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Ranger skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{n}} Necromancer ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Necromancer skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
| extra cost header = [[Image:Tango-sacrifice.png|Sacrifice]]
}}

==== {{me}} Mesmer ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Mesmer skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{e}} Elementalist ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Elementalist skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{a}} Assassin ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Assassin skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{rt}} Ritualist ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Ritualist skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{any}} Common ====
{{Skill table
| category = Skills that cause Health Degeneration
| category2 = Common skills
| show profession = n
| show attribute = y
| show campaign = y
}}

==== {{monster}} Monster ====
{{Skill table
| category = Monster skills
| titlematch = The Chalice of Corruption¦Parasitic Bite¦Weight of Dhuum¦Corrupted Dragon Scales¦Corrupted Dragon Spores¦The Master's Mark¦Tongue Lash¦Tongue Whip¦Weight of Dhuum (hex)¦Spectral Agony
| show profession = n
| show attribute = n
| show campaign = y
}}

=== Environment effects ===
{{Effect table
| titlematch = Aspect of Decay¦Aspect of Pain¦Corrupted Lands¦Eternal Suffering¦Extensive Plague Exposure¦Life Drain¦Madness Dart¦Miasma¦Nightmare Aspect¦Torch Degeneration Hex
| show campaign = y
}}

=== Other ===
* Weapons with a [[Vampiric]] or [[Vampiric strength]] modifier cause 1 pip of degeneration each.
* [[Minion]]s have inherent health degeneration.
* [[Drink from the Chalice of Corruption]] causes your character to suffer 2 pips of degeneration until the quest is resolved.

== Notes ==
* Characters suffering health degeneration do not [[health regeneration#Automatic regeneration|automatically regenerate health]].
* The pink color change of the health bar when suffering from degeneration from a hex will appear even if the health degeneration value is 0.
{{anomaly|The descriptions of the majority of skills causing health degeneration use the double negative phrasing of ''–[n] health degeneration'' rather than the more technically correct, ''–[n] [[health regeneration]]''.}}

== See also ==
* [[Damage over time]]

[[Category:Game mechanics]]