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# Environmental Effect Area

An environmental effect area is an area where any player that enters will have some type of environmental effect applied to him, such as lightning damage, lava damage, poison damage, etc.

## Properties

| Name                 | Description                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Tick Rate            | The number of seconds that should elapse between each tick of [Ability Effects](/scriptable-objects/ability-effects.md).      |
| Ability Effect Names | A list of [Ability Effects](/scriptable-objects/ability-effects.md) to apply to any characters inside the area on every tick. |

## Dependencies

* A box collider is required on the same GameObject as the script.  It should be marked as a trigger so that it can detect when a character enters the area.