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Dungeons of Dredmor has a deceptively complex damage system, handling several damage and resistance types and balancing them across several levels to always provide a wide range of challenges for the player to surpass, while also adding diversity.

1. Damage Per Floor
   1.1. Simple Table
   1.2. Detailed Table
2. Damage Types
3. See Also

For more details on how damage types are divided between levels, you can browse the "Exotic Damages and You" forum thread.

Icon	Damage Type	Floors
	crushing	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
		3, 5, 13, 14
	slashing	3, 5, 13, 14
		2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
	piercing	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15
		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
	blasting	2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
		3, 13
	hyperborean	4, 7
		2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15
	conflagratory	3, 9, 10, 14, 15
		4, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15
	voltaic	2, 3, 5, 10, 13, 14
		2, 7, 13, 14
	toxic	1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15
		1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
	righteous	1, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15
		1, 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 15
	necromantic	2, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
		2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
	acidic	1, 3, 13, 14
		1, 3, 5, 14
	putrefying	2, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15
		3, 10
	transmutative	3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15
		3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14
	aethereal	2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
		2, 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15
	asphyxiative	1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 14
		2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
	existential	5, 10, 14, 15
		2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15

An extensive table on every dealt and resisted damage type per floor.

Icon	Type	Floors
		#	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
	crushing	15	1	1	1, 2, 3	1, 2, 3, 4	1, 4, 6	1, 4	5, 6, 18	2, 3, 8, 12	2, 3, 6, 7, 30	1, 6, 10	4, 8	2, 6, 15	5	1, 2, 8, 10, 15	8, 12
		4	-1	-1	1		3								10	5
	slashing	14	1, 2	1, 2, 3	1	6, 8	1, 2, 3, 6	2, 4	1, 5	2, 3	1, 10	1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 12	12		1, 5	5, 10, 20	5
		8	-1	3			5				1	5		10	10	5, 18	18
	piercing	13	1, 2	2, 3	1, 3		2, 6, 7	2, 3	2, 3	5, 10	1, 2	3, 5, 6, 16	16		1	5, 10	4, 10
		14	2	2, 3	2, 3, 10	2, 5	2, 3, 14	2, 3		2	1, 2	10	2	5, 10, 15	4, 10	4, 9, 10, 18	5, 8
	blasting	11		1	2	1		4	1, 3, 6		3, 8	10		6	1, 4, 12	6	6, 16, 20
		2	-1	-1	1										8
	hyperborean	2				1			4, 5, 6, 10
		9		5	5	-4, -2, 10		6	3, 5, 10, 12, 16, 20		-5, -3			10, 15	5, 8	10, 15	10
	conflagratory	5				1, 4					4, 5, 8, 10, 12	5				6	8
		6		-2		4, 10			-4, -3, 2		5, 8, 20, 24, 30			-5, 15		-1, 15	-2, 5
	voltaic	6		2	3		2					5			13	20
		4		4	-3				3			-3			5	5
	toxic	10	2	2, 3	1		3, 4	4, 5, 6, 8	7					10	5	2	8
		13	2	4, 10, 14	3, 10	5, 10, 20	3, 10	10, 16		10	10	10		15, 25	18	15, 20, 25	20
	righteous	6	1			3			5		6		12				20
		7	1	-3, -2	-3	3	-2	.3	-5, -3, 5		-5, 7	-4	-2, 7	-10, -5, -4	-4, -1	-5, -4	-5, 10
	necromantic	9		2				4			8	4	10	10	8	5	6, 10, 12
		11	2				3	3		1	5	6	10	15	4	5, 10	5, 7
	acidic	4	2		1, 2										5	5, 8
		4	3		3, 10	-1	3, 4							-1		-5, 10, 12
	putrefying	6		2			6	4						6	8		12
		2			10							2, 10
	transmutative	8			1, 3		4	4	3	8		6				9	15
		8			3		-5, 6	-1, 5	-5, 5	10		8, 10			8	10
	aethereal	8		3				4			5	6		10	10	6, 9, 10	6, 15
		7		3				1, 5	3			8			-5, 5	5, 10	10
	asphyxiative	7	2			1, 2		2		4			6		6	2, 10
		12		10, 14	10	5, 10, 20	10	10, 16		10	10	10		10, 15, 20, 25	18	10, 15, 25	10, 20
	existential	4					4					8				5, 15	6, 10
		9		-5, 10	10	-10	10		5			20		10	8	10, 15	10, 20

A detailed breakdown of each damage type and how it should be used.

Name + Icons	Affected by Armor	Base Game Use		Suggested modding use
		by player	by environment	by player	by environment
crushing	Yes	Many weapons rely on , sometimes as only damage type, especially [Maces]. [Warrior skill trees] add lots of , the Rogue skill tree Throwing has some, too. Little equipment is found with It's the most reliable damage type resisted by , due to the small amount of on monsters.	Many monsters have it as compound damage dealer, or as only damage dealer. It's amplified by . Rarely any trap uses . Very few monsters resist it through , because many monsters resist it through .	Many standard melee weapons should have , toned down a bit by compound damages such as . Warrior skill trees should have due to its use in the base game. No equipment should resist it, because is more common, useful and familiar to the player.	Many melee monsters should have , either as compound, on small monsters, or as main damage dealer, on big ones. Few environmental hazards should use , and not in large amounts, because Warriors can resist it through armour, while Rogues and Wizards might not. No monsters should resist it. is recommended for added .
slashing	Yes	Many weapons rely on , usually accompanied by and/or . [Warrior skill trees] add as compound or as main damage dealer. Little equipment is found with . It's the moderately reliable damage type resisted by , due to the amounts of found on many monsters.	Many monsters deal it along with some and usually a third, weaker compound. It's amplified by . Many traps, in particular blade traps, use . Some monsters resist it through a big amount of , most monsters resist it through .	Very many standard melee weapons should have , maybe along with , and maybe with a compound. As only damage dealer, it should have more damage than only -dealers, because of high on monsters. No skill trees should have due to monster resistances against it. No equipment should resist it, because is more common, useful and familiar to the player.	Many monsters should have aling with some and a third and fourth, weaker compound. Monsters dealing only should only be added early game, because late game is too unreliable for Wizards. Environmental hazards may use over . Or not, to diversify damage types. Some monsters should resist it, to keep slashing on weapons less effective.
piercing	No	Some weapons rely on as only damage dealer, especially [Daggers], and some rely on it along with . [Warrior and Rogue skill trees] add some , and Archery and Daggers heavily rely on it. It passes through , but this is heavily accounted for by the massive amount of on monsters, which renders high useless against lots of enemies. Some equipment uses , especially Warrior equipment as compound resistance.	Many monsters deal some along with and a third, weaker compound. Many environmental hazards deal as compound, easily negated by any at all. Many monsters such as Construct and Undead [taxa] resist it heavily through . It can be lethal to Animals, however.	Some weapons should have , but along with a bigger damage dealer and some compounds. Keep in mind that it's a very weak damage type and that lots of things negate it. No skill trees should have because it's unreliable and weak. It's only really recommended in the early game to beef up damage a tiny bit. Otherwise, it's NOT recommended to add. A lot of equipment should resist it by a tiny bit, one or two points. This is to beef up resistances against high hitting dealers in the late game and keep lower resistances in the early game.	Many monstere should have some along with some and one or two weaker compounds. NO monsters should have it as only damage dealer. Few traps should deal it, because it's already dealt a lot in the base game through caltrops. The player will negate most anyways. Very few monsters should resist it, becasue the base game is very much against Dagger characters and it already has heaps of .
blasting	Yes	Very few weapons rely on . Only thrown weapons, especially bombs, deal quite a bit of it. No skill trees rely on . Few spells deal a small amount of it, usually along with many other components. Very little equipment is found with , and it usually has very high resistance against it. It's the least reliable damage type resisted by , due to the tiny amounts of on equipment. Very few monsters resist it, though.	Some monsters deal a tiny amount or a huge amount of it. Big monsters usually deal it, and the Diggle Rocketter kills you with it. Some environmental hazards deal high , especially mines. Very few monsters resist it through , most monsters resist it through .	Few weapons should deal , and rather as bigger damage dealer. Throwing weapons are really good for it, or the odd artifact. Few skill trees should have to keep it somewhat rare. Wizard spells may use some of it, and probably not as biggest damage dealer. Very little equipment should resist it. Especially big pieces of late game armour should resist it, and not early game items, because this would resist another compound of the rather weak warly game monsters.	Some large monsters should deal small amounts of it early game and big amounts late game. Edotic damage dealers may deal some more of it mid game. Few environmental hazards should deal - landmines and such. Very few mosnters should resist it to keep it somewhat rare.
hyperborean	No
conflagratory	No
voltaic	No
toxic	No
righteous	No
necromantic	No
acidic	No
putrefying	No
transmutative	No
aethereal	No
asphyxiative	No
existential	No

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