Damage

Preceded by
Damage 1.0 since Update 11

Damage (ver. 2.0) is a system that determines the damage done to a certain target by a given attacker. Damage dealt from players to enemies is displayed on the HUD as numbers near the point of impact on an enemy. Damage dealt from enemies to players is displayed on the HUD both as a bent strip to indicate its direction of origin and as a reduction in shield or health hitpoints to indicate its quantity. Damage results are modified by several mechanics - type modifiers (main content of this article), armor, critical hit bonuses, stealth bonuses, warframe ability debuffs, body part modifiers, faction modifiers - which are discussed below and on their respective pages.

The main feature of the Damage 2.0 system is that all damage dealt by any weapon or ability belongs to a certain damage type, and every target has specific resistances and vulnerabilities to different damage types. Exploiting enemy vulnerabilities and avoiding resistances by means of weapon selection and mod installation may significantly improve players' damage output.

Basics

Every weapon in Warframe deals damage, which determines how much of an enemy's hitpoints are reduced per hit. A weapon's damage value is split among different damage types, each having individual strengths and weaknesses against different types of enemy defenses, and their total sum is the final damage value.

Example (Expand to read)

An unmodified MK1-Braton deals a base damage of 16 Physical Damage per shot. This damage is the sum total of the three physical damage types the MK1 has, which is 10

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Slash , 4

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Puncture , and 2

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Impact .

If the MK1 attacks an Infested Charger, the MK1's

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Slash will deal +25% bonus damage against its Flesh, thus will now deal 12.5 damage up from 10. Thus, the MK1 will now deal a total of 18.5 damage per shot: 12.5 Slash, 4 Puncture and 2 Impact, 2.5 more damage than normal.

On the other hand, if the MK1 attacks a Corpus MOA's Robotic body, the MK1's

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Puncture damage will deal +25% bonus damage against it, thus it now deals 5 damage up from its normal 4. However, the MK1's

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Slash damage is reduced by -25% due to being weak against Robotics, lowering its damage from 10 to 7.5. Thus, the total damage that the MK1 will deal against the Crewman's Shields is 14.5: 7.5 Slash, 5 Puncture and 2 Impact, 1.5 points less damage than normal.

If we want to make the MK1 more effective against that MOA's Robotics, we can consider improving its

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Puncture damage using a Piercing Hit mod. At maxed Rank, Piercing Hit adds 30% to Puncture, so our MK1's Puncture damage is upped to 5.2. Thus, against the same MOA our Puncture goes up by 6.5, bringing our total damage against said MOA to 16: 7.5 Slash, 6.5 Puncture and 2 Impact, which is the MK1's base damage value.

To be more effective, we can replace the Piercing Hit mod with a Rank 1 Stormbringer Mod, which adds 30%

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Electricity damage on top of the MK1's damage. This extra damage is derived from the MK1's base damage of 16, so Stormbringer adds 4.8 Electricity damage, bringing the MK1's total damage to 20.8. Since

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Electricity deals 50% bonus damage against Robotic units, it deals 7.2 damage against the MOA up from 4.8. Thus the new total damage using Stormbringer instead of Piercing Hit against the MOA is 21.7: 7.2 Electricity, 7.5 Slash, 5 Puncture and 2 Impact, 5.7 damage more than normal.

Damage Calculation

The following explains how a certain amount of damage of one type turns into actual inflicted damage to a target, considering type modifiers and armor. Faction modifiers, body part modifiers, critical hit and steal modifiers as well as warframe debuffs are disregarded for now, since all of these are independent of damage types. Against unarmored hit points, the formula is simply: $ID = BD * ( 1 + HM )$ Where ID is the inflicted damage, BD is the base damage, and HM is the damage type modifier against that hitpoint type (may be shield hp or health hp). To make it independent from the amount of base damage: $DM = 1 + HM$ and $ID = BD * DM$ Where DM is the total damage modifier. An amount of damage of that type against that enemy will then always be multiplied with this factor.

Against armored hit points, the formula gets a bit more complicated: $DM=(1+HM)*(1+AM)*300/(300+AR*(1-AM))$ Where additionally to the previous definitions, AM is the damage type modifier against the armor type and AR is the target's armor after all reductions from debuffs (including Corrosive Projection, Corrosive procs and Terrify). It's important to note that type modifiers against armor work in two ways here: they mitigate a percentage of the target's armor, and increase the damage dealt in the same way as a type modifier against the hitpoints would do.

Therefore, a lower AM may be more effective than a higher HM against armored targets in some cases, but not always. More specifically, assuming all targets have Cloned Flesh hitpoints (all Grineer, including Corrupted Grineer):

Against Ferrite armor, Puncture surpasses Viral at 120 armor.
Against Ferrite armor, Toxin, however, never surpasses Viral.
Against Alloy armor, Puncture surpasses Heat at 343 armor.
Against Alloy armor, neither Puncture nor Cold ever surpass Viral.

This just shows that one can't easily compare damage type modifiers against an armor class to those against hitpoint classes, and those against armor are, at similar values, considerably more effective.

In case of enemies who have both shield and armor, damage to shield hitpoints is not mitigated by armor. Lastly, when Toxin damage is applied to a shielded target, the damage is applied to its health, not shield hitpoints - it bypasses shields.

Overview Table

Below is a table showing all damage resistances and vulnerabilities of all hitpoint and armor classes against each other. Keep in mind that armor modifiers work differently from hitpoint modifiers when comparing them.

Damage Type			Cloned Flesh	Ferrite Armor	Alloy Armor	Machinery	Status Effect
Physical Damage	Impact		–25%			+25%	Stagger^[1]^[2]
	Puncture			+50%	+15%		–Damage
	Slash		+25%	–15%	–50%		Bleed^[1]
Elemental Damage	Cold				+25%		Slowdown
	Electricity				–50%	+50%	Tesla Chain Stun^[1]^[2]
	Heat		+25%				Burn DoT Panic^[1]^[2]
	Toxin					–25%	Poison DoT^[1]
Combined Elements	Blast	Heat + Cold		–25%		+75%	–Accuracy^[1]^[2]
	Corrosive	Electricity + Toxin		+75%			–Armor
	Gas	Heat + Toxin	–50%				Gas Cloud
	Magnetic	Cold + Electricity			–50%		Amplified damage to shields Stops shield regen
	Radiation	Heat + Electricity			+75%		Friendly Fire More damage to allies^[2]
	Viral	Cold + Toxin	+75%			–25%	Amplified damage to health
Unique Types	True			N/A^[3]	N/A^[3]		-
Unique Types	Void						Bullet Attract

Cloned Flesh: Refers to all humanoid Grineer units, including bosses and Corrupted Vor. Is also possessed by all Grineer Archwing enemies and Locust Drone.
Ferrite Armor: Possessed by Lancers, Troopers, Seekers, Heavy Gunners, Commanders, all Grineer Archwing enemies and all Grineer melee units.
Alloy Armor: Possessed by Elite Lancers, Eviscerators, Bombards, Napalms, Nox, Grineer bosses, Corrupted Vor and the Stalker.
Machinery: Includes Rollers, Regulators, Latchers, Turrets, Tusk Thumpers, and some Grineer Empyrean enemies.

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Does not affect Machinery-type enemies.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Does not affect Bosses.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

Damage Type			Flesh	Shield	Proto Shield	Ferrite Armor	Alloy Armor	Robotic	Status Effect
Physical Damage	Impact		-25%	+50%	+15%				¹⁾³⁾Stagger
	Puncture			-20%	-50%	+50%	+15%	+25%	–Damage
	Slash		+25%			–15%	–50%	-25%	³⁾Bleed
Elemental Damage	Cold			+50%			+25%		Slowdown
	Electricity						–50%	+50%	³⁾Tesla Chain ¹⁾³⁾Stun
	Heat				-50%				²⁾³⁾Burn DoT ¹⁾²⁾³⁾Panic
	Toxin		+50%	⁴⁾N/A	⁴⁾N/A			-25%	³⁾Poison DoT
Combined Elements	Blast	Heat + Cold				–25%			¹⁾³⁾–Accuracy
	Corrosive	Electricity + Toxin			-50%	+75%			–Armor
	Gas	Heat + Toxin	-25%						Gas Cloud
	Magnetic	Cold + Electricity		+75%	+75%		–50%		Amplified damage to shields Stops shield regen
	Radiation	Heat + Electricity		-25%			+75%	+25%	¹⁾Friendly Fire More damage to allies
	Viral	Cold + Toxin	+50%						Amplified damage to health
Unique Types	True					N/A^[1]	N/A^[1]		-
Unique Types	Void								Bullet Attract

Flesh: Consists of all Corpus humanoids including bosses like The Sergeant and Alad V. Also includes Drahks, Hyekkas, the Stalker and the Tomb Protector.
Shield: Is possessed by all regular Corpus units, Regulators, Grineer bosses and Corrupted Vor. Is not possessed by Locust Drone.
Proto Shield: Possessed by every Corpus boss (including Zanuka), Nullifier Crewman, Corpus Tech, Sniper Crewman and the Stalker.
Ferrite Armor: Possessed by Corvette, Frigate, Carrier (Enemy), Gox, Locust Drone, Humanoid Corpus bosses and Oxium Ospreys.
Alloy Armor: Possessed by Bursas, Corpus Robotic bosses.
Robotic: Refers to all Corpus robotics including robotic bosses like Ambulas and Zanuka. Is not possessed by Locust Drone.

^{1) Does not affect Bosses. | 2) Does not affect MOAs. | 3) Does not affect Ospreys. | 4) Bypasses shields}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

Damage Type			Infested	Infested Flesh	Fossilized	Infested Sinew	Ferrite Armor	Status Effect
Physical Damage	Impact							¹⁾²⁾Stagger
	Puncture					+25%	+50%	–Damage
	Slash		+25%	+50%	+15%		–15%	Bleed
Elemental Damage	Cold			-50%	-25%	+25%		Slowdown
	Electricity							Tesla Chain ¹⁾²⁾Stun
	Heat		+25%	+50%				Burn DoT ¹⁾²⁾Panic
	Toxin				-50%			Poison DoT
Combined Elements	Blast	Heat + Cold			+50%	-50%	–25%	¹⁾²⁾–Accuracy
	Corrosive	Electricity + Toxin			+75%		+75%	–Armor
	Gas	Heat + Toxin	+75%	+50%				Gas Cloud
	Magnetic	Cold + Electricity						Amplified damage to shields Stops shield regen
	Radiation	Heat + Electricity	-50%		-75%	+50%		¹⁾Friendly Fire More damage to allies
	Viral	Cold + Toxin	-50%					Amplified damage to health
Unique Types	True					N/A^[1]	N/A^[1]	-
Unique Types	Void							Bullet Attract

Infested: Refers to Juggernauts, Chargers, Runners, Leaping Thrashers, Leapers, and Deimos Therids.
Infested Flesh: Consists of Undying Flyers, Volatile Runners, Mutalist Osprey, and Crawler-type enemies.
Fossilized: Possessed by Ancient Disruptors, Ancient Healers, Toxic Ancients, Swarm-Mutalist MOAs, Tar-Mutalist MOAs, Boilers, Brood Mothers, Phorid, Lephantis, and Jordas Golem.
Infested Sinew: An Infested armor class possessed by the Hemocyte, most Deimos Infested enemies, and some Zealot enemies such as the Zealot Herald.
Ferrite Armor: Possessed by Juggernauts, Juggernaut Behemoth, Deimos Tendril Drone, Jordas Golem, Mutalist Alad V and Phorid.

^{1) Does not affect Bosses. | 2) Does not affect Osprey enemies.}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

Damage Type			Cloned Flesh	Flesh	Ferrite Armor	Alloy Armor	Shield	Proto Shield	Robotic	Fossilized	Status
Physical Damage	Impact		-25%	-25%			+50%	+25%			¹⁾³⁾Stagger
	Puncture				+50%	+15%	-20%	-50%	+25%		–Damage
	Slash		+25%	+25%	-15%	-50%			-25%	+15%	¹⁾Bleed
Elemental Damage	Cold					+25%	+50%			-25%	Slowdown
	Electricity					-50%			+50%		Tesla Chain ¹⁾³⁾Stun
	Heat		+25%					-50%			Burn DoT ¹⁾²⁾³⁾Panic
	Toxin			+50%			⁴⁾N/A	⁴⁾N/A	-25%	-50%	¹⁾Poison DoT
Combined Elements	Blast	Heat+ Cold			-25%					+50%	¹⁾³⁾–Accuracy
	Corrosive	Electricity+ Toxin			+75%			-50%		+75%	–Armor
	Gas	Heat+ Toxin	-50%	-25%							Gas Cloud
	Magnetic	Cold+ Electricity				-50%	+75%	+75%			Amplified damage to shields Stops shield regen
	Radiation	Heat+ Electricity				+75%	-25%		+25%	-75%	Friendly Fire More damage to allies
	Viral	Cold+ Toxin	+75%	+50%							Amplified damage to health
Unique Types	True				⁴⁾N/A	⁴⁾N/A					-
Unique Types	Void										Bullet Attract

Cloned Flesh: Includes Corrupted Lancer's, Corrupted Butcher's, Corrupted Bombard's, Corrupted Heavy Gunner's and Corrupted Vor's health.
Flesh: Includes Corrupted Crewman's and Corrupted Nullifier's health.
Ferrite Armor: Includes Corrupted Heavy Gunner's and Corrupted Butcher's armor.
Alloy Armor: Includes Corrupted Lancer's, Corrupted Bombard's and Corrupted Vor's armor.
Shield: Includes Orokin Drone's, Fusion Drone's, Corrupted Crewman's and Corrupted Vor's shield.
Proto Shield: Includes Corrupted Nullifier's shield.
Robotic: Includes Corrupted MOA's, Fusion Drone's and Orokin Drone's health.
Fossilized: Includes Corrupted Ancients' health.

^{1) Does not affect Ospreys, Drones. | 2) Does not affect MOAs. 3) Does not affect Corrupted Vor. | 4) The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.}

Damage Type			Tenno Armor	Tenno Shield	Status
Physical Damage	Impact			–50%	¹⁾Stagger
	Puncture			–50%	–Damage
	Slash			–50%	Bleed
Elemental Damage	Cold			–50%	Slowdown
	Electricity			–50%	Tesla Chain
	Heat			–50%	Burn DoT
	Toxin			²⁾N/A	Poison DoT
Combined Elements	Blast	Heat + Cold		–50%	–Accuracy
	Corrosive	Electricity + Toxin		–50%	–Armor
	Gas	Heat + Toxin		–50%	Gas Cloud
	Magnetic	Cold + Electricity		–50%	Amplified damage to shields Stops shield regen Energy Drain
	Radiation	Heat + Electricity		–50%	–Accuracy Friendly Fire More damage to allies
	Viral	Cold + Toxin		–50%	Amplified damage to health
Unique Types	True		²⁾N/A		-
Unique Types	Void			–50%	Bullet Attract

Tenno Flesh: Applies to all Warframes, Operators and Railjacks (Tenno).
Tenno Armor: Applies to all Warframes, Operators and Railjacks (Tenno).
Tenno Shield: Applies to all Warframes, Operators and Railjacks (Tenno).

^{1) Does not affect the Tenno.}^{| 2) The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections, but in the case of Toxin damage, it has -50% damage modifier against Hildryn when she has overshields.}

Physical Damage

Most weapons' base damage is made up of a combination of three physical damage types: Impact, Puncture, and Slash. The overall physical damage of any given weapon is the sum of Impact, Puncture, and Slash damage. These three damage types are based on the following types of real-life ammunition: slug, armor piercing, and hollow-point.

Most weapons have varying proportions of Impact, Puncture, and Slash damage. This ensures that all enemies can be damaged to some degree.

Some weapons do however replace physical damage with either an elemental or combo elemental damage type. These do not have physical damage and are not affected by Impact, Puncture, or Slash mods.

Mods will affect damage types as decided by the player's loadout. General damage increasing mods, such as Serration, affect all the damage types of a weapon. However, specific physical damage type mods increase effectiveness only against certain armor types. Rupture increases only the impact damage; which is more helpful against Corpus than Infested, for example. Faction damage mods, such as Expel Grineer, also increase each type of damage against the faction in question.

Elemental Damage

In addition to the three base damage types, Elemental Damage can be applied on top of a weapon’s base damage depending on what Elemental Mods are applied. There are four primary Elemental Damage types:

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Heat ,

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Cold ,

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Electricity , and

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Toxin .

Certain weapons will deal only Elemental Damage having no innate Physical Damage.

A single primary Elemental Damage type can be applied alone, but if a second primary Elemental Damage type is introduced they will combine into a secondary Elemental Damage type.

Combined Elemental Types

To create these combined elements requires mixing two primary elements together.

Combined Damage Type	Elemental Damage Types	Status Effects
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Elemental Damage is applied in addition to a weapon’s physical damage types. Weapon Damage = (Impact + Puncture + Slash) + (Elemental).

Elemental Damage Combinations are made by following a mod placement hierarchy. This hierarchy is from closest to top left (first to be considered) to closest to bottom right (last to be considered) on the mod layout. Innate weapon elemental damages are considered the last in the hierarchy. However, you can force it to be in a different position in the hierarchy if you use a mod of the same element as the innate element (e.g. putting Stormbringer on the top left slot of Synapse will change the position of its innate electric damage from last in hierarchy to first in hierarchy). Also, if using multiple mods with the same element, the first position is defining when they get combined.

Load Order

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Toxin , and

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Combinations can sum additional damage from the basic elemental damages, as long as the combination follows first before other elementals can be attached to the specified weapon.

Weapons with innate Combination Elements (Ogris (

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Radiation )) will always have that damage type, regardless of mods used. Therefore, on weapons like this, consider the elemental damage separate from your elemental mods, as they do not combine with the weapon's already combined damage type.

Elemental additionals — This is an example of a secondary elemental with the combination elemental.

Status Effect (Proc)

A Status Effect , also known as a Proc (Programmed Random OCcurence), is an additional effect which may be triggered at random by a hit from a weapon, while Status Chance is the probability that a hit will inflict a Proc/Status Effect. Each damage type has a unique Status Effect associated with it.

A weapon will always (with every shot) deal any elemental and physical damage installed, regardless of the corresponding Proc triggering or not.

Damage Display

Damage dealt from players to enemies is displayed on the HUD as numbers near the point of impact on an enemy.

Each individual projectile or melee attack will display a single damage number. Weapon with multiple projectiles like shotguns or rifles with multishot will display a damage number for each individual projectile. Weapons which fires continuously will display a damage number at a constant rate of one tenth of a second.

Damage indicators are color coded using the following system:

Regular attack on health - white
Regular attack on shields - blue
Critical hit and stealth attacks - yellow
Double critical hit - red

Overkill damage is not displayed - when the killing hit was capable of inflicting more damage than the target had hit points left, only the amount that was necessary to kill the target is shown, all excess damage is cut off.

Media

The Three Way Damage 2.0 vs. The Grineer (Update 11.5.3)

The Three Way Damage 2.0 vs. The Corpus (Update 11.5.3)

The Three Way Damage 2.0 Vs. The Infested (11.5.3)

Warframe - Damage 2.0 Fast and Easy

[NoMachine-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Does not affect Machinery-type enemies.

[NoBoss-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 Does not affect Bosses.

[NoProtection-3] 3.0 ^3.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

[NoProtection-4] 1.0 ^1.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

[NoProtection-5] 1.0 ^1.1 The damage associated bypasses these secondary protections.

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Damage Mechanics Edit
Offense		Attack Speed • Buff & Debuff • Critical Hit • Damage (Faction Damage Bonus, Positive Type Modifier, Quantization) • Damage Falloff • Damage Reflection • Enemy Body Parts • Fire Rate • Multishot • Punch Through • Status Effect
Defense		Armor • Damage Attenuation • Damage Reduction • Health (Healing) • Invulnerability • Negative Damage Type Modifier • Overguard • Shield
Damage Types
Physical (IPS)		Impact • Puncture • Slash
Elemental	Primary (HCET)	Heat • Cold • Electricity • Toxin
Elemental	Secondary	Blast • Corrosive • Gas • Magnetic • Radiation • Viral
Special		Tau • True • Void
Hidden/Internal		Cinematic • Energy Drain • Shield Drain
Status Effects
Physical		Knockback • Weakened • Bleed
Elemental	Primary	Ignite • Freeze • Tesla Chain • Poison
Elemental	Secondary	Inaccuracy • Corrosion • Gas Cloud • Disrupt • Confusion • Virus
Special		Bullet Attractor
Effect Only		Big Stagger • Disarmed • Impair (PvP only) • Knockdown • Lifted • Microwave • Parried • Ragdoll • Silence • Sleep • Slow • Stagger • Stun
Shield, Armor, and Health Classes
Tenno		Tenno Shield • Tenno Armor • Tenno Flesh
Grineer		Cloned Flesh • Ferrite Armor • Alloy Armor • Machinery
Corpus		Shield • Proto Shield • Flesh • Robotic
Infested		Infested • Infested Flesh • Fossilized • Infested Sinew
Sentient		Alloy Armor • Ferrite Armor • Robotic • Shield
The Murmur		Indifferent Facade • Ferrite Armor • Machinery
Conclave (PvP)		Flesh • Ferrite Armor • Shield
Miscellaneous		Hit Points • Object • Overguard
Calculating Bonuses

Game System Mechanics Edit
Currencies		Credits • Orokin Ducats • Endo • Platinum • Aya • Regal Aya • Standing
General	Basics	Arsenal • Codex • Daily Tribute • Empyrean • Foundry • Market • Mastery Rank • Nightwave • Orbiter • Player Profile • Reset • Star Chart
	Lore	Alignment • Fragments • Leverian • Quest
	Factions	Corpus • Grineer • Infested • Orokin • Sentient • Syndicates • Tenno
	Social	Chat • Clan • Clan Dojo • Leaderboards • Trading
	Squad	Host Migration • Inactivity Penalty • Matchmaking
	Player Housing	Clan Dojo • Dormizone • Drifter's Camp • Orbiter
Gameplay	Basics	Affinity • Buff & Debuff • Death • Hacking • Invisible • Maneuvers • One-Handed Action • Open World • Pickups • Radar • Stealth • Tile Sets • Void Relic • Waypoint
	Damage Mechanics	Critical Hit • Damage • Damage Redirection • Damage Reduction • Damage Reflection • Damage Type Modifier • Damage Vulnerability • Health • Status Effect
	Enemies	Bosses • Death Mark • Enemy Behavior • Eximus (Overguard) • Lich System
	Mission	Arbitrations • Archon Hunt • Break Narmer • Empyrean • Invasion • Sortie • Tactical Alert • The Circuit • The Steel Path • Void Fissure
	Activities	Captura • Conservation • Fishing • K-Drive Race • Ludoplex • Mining
	PvP	Duel • Conclave (Lunaro) • Frame Fighter
	Other	Gravity • Threat Level
Equipment	Modding and Arcanes	Arcane Enhancements • Archon Shard • Fusion • Mods (Flawed, Riven) • Polarization • Transmutation • Valence Fusion
	Warframe	Attributes (Armor, Energy, Health, Shield, Sprint Speed) • Abilities (Augment, Casting Speed, Helminth System, Passives, Duration, Efficiency, Range, Strength)
	Weapons	Accuracy • Alternate Fire • Ammo • Area of Effect • Attack Speed • Critical Hit • Damage Falloff • Exalted Weapon • Fire Rate • Hitscan • Holster • Incarnon • Melee • Multishot • Noise • Projectile • Projectile Speed • Punch Through • Recoil • Reload • Trigger Type • Zoom
	Operator	Amp • Focus (Madurai, Vazarin, Naramon, Unairu, Zenurik) • Lens
	Drifter and Duviri	Decrees • Drifter Combat • Drifter Intrinsics • Kaithe
	Other	Archwing • Companion • K-Drive • Necramech • Parazon • Railjack
Technical	General	AI Director • Drop Tables • HUD • Key Bindings • Material Structures • PBR • Rarity • RNG • Settings • Text Icons • Upgrade
	Software, Networking, and Services	Cross Platform Play • Cross Platform Save • Dedicated Servers • EE.cfg • EE.log • File Directory • Fonts • Network Architecture • Public Export • Stress Test • Warframe Arsenal Twitch Extension • World State
	Audio	Mandachord • Music • Shawzin • Somachord • Sound
	Mathematical	Calculating Bonuses (Additive Stacking, Multiplicative Stacking) • Condition Overload (Mechanic) • Enemy Level Scaling • Maximization • User Research

Damage

Contents

Basics

Damage Calculation

Overview Table

Physical Damage

Elemental Damage

Combined Elemental Types

Status Effect (Proc)

Damage Display

Media

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