Difference between revisions of "Damage Types"

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Damage Types is a collective, generic term for the seven areas in which damage is meted out and armor is designed to resist. Prior to the release of Ultima Online: Age of Shadows, there was only damage and armor. Today, it is not that simple. The Damage Types are: Physical Damage; Fire Damage; Cold Damage; Poison Damage; Energy Damage; Chaos Damage; and Direct Damage.

The type of damage a character deals varies with the Base Damage of the weapon used, whether it be melee, magic, ranged, or of a summoned or tamed nature.

Melee

By default, melee weapons do Physical Damage. Enhancing melee weapons with certain of the colored ores allows alternate Damage Types to be inflicted upon an opponent. By enhancing a long sword with Shadow Iron, a character would be more effective in the Fire Dungeon but less so in the Ice Dungeon. If a daring blacksmith should wish to enhance a Dragon Slayer weapon, Verite would be the logical choice as a Dragon's weakest resistance is poison (25 to 35%).

Ore & Damage Types


Ore Type	Damage Type Inflicted
Shadow Iron	Physical 80%, Cold 20%
Copper	Physical 70%, Poison 10% , Energy 20%
Bronze	Physical 60%, Fire 40%
Agapite	Physical 50%, Cold 30% , Energy 20%
Verite	Physical 60%, Poison 40% , Energy 20%
Valorite	Physical 70%, Fire 10%, Cold 20%, Poison 10% , Energy 20%

Dull Copper and Gold do not impart modifications to the type of damage caused.

In addition to the material a weapon is made from, the damage type inflicted during melee combate is affected by:

magic weapons (e.g., Blaze of Death is 50% Fire Damage);
being under the effect of the Chivalry Spell Consecrate Weapon;
being under the effect of the Spellweaving Spell Immolating Weapon; and
if the weapon is poisoned.

Magic

The Damage Types from magical attacks, for the most part, are intuitive; Flamestrike causes Fire Damage and Lightning causes Energy Damage. However, there are some surprises.

Chivalry


Spell	Damage Type
Cleanse by Fire	Fire Damage to caster
Consecrate Weapon	Damage Type is target's weakest resistance.
Holy Light	Energy Damage

Magery


Spell	Damage Type
Magic Arrow	Fire Damage
Harm	Cold Damage
Fireball	Fire Damage
Poison	Poison Damage
Fire Field	Fire Damage
Lightning	Energy Damage
Blade Spirit	Physical Damage
Mind Blast	Cold Damage
Poison Field	Poison Damage
Energy Bolt	Energy Damage
Explosion	Fire Damage
Chain Lightning	Energy Damage
Flamestrike	Fire Damage
Meteor Swarm	Fire Damage
Earthquake	Physical Damage
Energy Vortex	Energy Damage
Air Elemental	50% Physical Damage, 50% Energy Damage
Earth Elemental	Physical Damage
Water Elemental	Cold Damage
Fire Elemental	Fire Damage
Summon Daemon	Poison Damage

Necromancy


Spell	Damage Type
Pain Spike	Direct Damage
Poison Strike	Poison Damage
Strangle	Poison Damage
Vengeful Spirit	Physical Damage
Wither	Cold Damage

Spellweaving


Spell	Damage Type
Immolating Weapon	Fire Damage
Thunderstorm	Physical Damage
Nature's Fury	Poison Damage
Wildfire	Fire Damage
Essence of Wind	Cold Damage
Word of Death	Energy Damage

Ranged

In addition to artifact bows and magical bows found as loot, the crafting skill of Bowcraft/Fletching allows for ranged weapons that deal all Damage Types (e.g., Blight Gripped Longbow deals 100% Poison Damage).
Of all of the properties that the colored woods impart to crafted weapons, only Frostwood affects the type of damage dealt. Weapons crafted with Frostwood cause 60% Physical Damage and 40% Cold Damage.
Quivers impart a Damage Modifier that applies a percentage of damage after the target's resistances have been calculated.

Summoned & Tamed

The Damage Types inflicted by summoned creatures are presented in the spell tables above. The type of melee damage inflicted by tamed creatures, or pets, is based on the Damage Type the wild versions cause. The following table of popular pets does not account for the type of damage from offensive spells that are cast by the pet.

Popular Pets & Damage Types


Popular Pets	Melee Damage Type
Dragon	Physical Damage
Cu Sidhe	50% Cold Damage, 50% Energy Damage
Nightmare	40% Physical Damage, 40% Fire Damage, 20% Energy Damage
Reptalon	25% Poison Damage, 75% Energy
White Wyrm	50% Physical Damage, 50% Cold Damage
Hiryu	Physical Damage

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 * magic weapons (e.g., [[Blaze of Death]] is 50% Fire Damage);
 * being under the effect of the [[Chivalry Spells|Chivalry Spell]] [[Consecrate Weapon]];
-* being under the effect of the [[Spellweaving Spells|Spellweaving Spell]] [[Immolating Weapon]]; and
+* being under the effect of the [[Spellweaving]] [[Spells|Spell]] [[Immolating Weapon]]; and
 * if the weapon is [[Poisoning|poisoned]].