Poison Pillar

The Poison Pillar is the unofficial name given to rocky, hole-ridden outcrops found throughout the world.

Behavior
Poison Pillars emit a steady cloud of Poison Gas. In some areas, the gas may extend outward further than where the poison pillars are located.

They are usually found in groups, typically around various collectibles and exploration rewards that can be found around the map: Somersloops, Mercer Spheres, Power Slugs, and Crash Sites.

Combat
The Poison Pillar is immune to all weaponry (such as the Xeno-Zapper or Rebar Gun) including Chainsaw but not Nobelisk Detonator after update 8. As such, it is impossible to be removed using vanilla methods in the current stage.

A Gas Mask is necessary to navigate in Poison Gas to prevent taking damage. Driving a vehicle through a poison gas can still take damage.

Tips

 * Small structures, such as Power Poles or Conveyor Poles, can be built on top of Poison Pillars.
 * Hover Pack generally allows Pioneer to fly over the Poison Pillars with ease, sometimes even collecting loot from a safe distance thanks to the interactive range extension when flying with a Hover Pack.
 * Before Pioneer unlocks Gas Mask, one can "damage-boost" in-between Poison Pillars by constantly eating/using healing items to negate the poison damage. This is recommended for gathering Power Slugs at early game since it only needs to be done once before the collection.

Trivia

 * Commonly referred to as a "fart rock".

History

 * Patch 0.3.2.0: Poison Gas around Pillars should now be visible again
 * Patch 0.3: Poison Gas around Pillars is no longer visible (bug)