Ranged Sneak Attack does 0 damage

[Fedbia]

Sneak attacking with a ranged weapon is doing no damage.

It still procs the skill that causes them to collapse. But I can't actually do damage while crouched.

[Ez Duzit]

Any mods?

[Ihateeverybody]

Are you using an EM Weapon?

[Varanus]

Cant say I've seen zero damage. But a handful of times I've had single digit happen. But its been rare. Like maybe 3-4 times since the dlc launched.

[jonnin]

Hmm. Ive had some accuracy one offs, where holding breath on a stationary head and for sure drilled the head and nothing, like it missed but it really would not have. Not many, though. Enough to start looking closer.

[Treekin]

I can at least shoot but I’m shooting at right angles to where I’m aiming.

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Ez Duzit:

Any mods?

0 mods

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Are you using an EM Weapon?

AA-19, a pistol, hard target. All the same.

[Ihateeverybody]

Only other thing I can think of is a dead body interfering.

Many a time in Skyrim, Fallout 4 and now Starfield I have been unable to hit or damage Enemies standing on or near other NPC corpses. I have to pull them off to another spot.

VERY rarely another object causes the same issue Fences that you shoot through the empty part but its actually solid or a Pole or girder.

Now that I think about it. I had this same issue in Everquest (last played in the early 00s).

Not sure it's applicable to your situation. Maybe though.

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Ihateeverybody:

Only other thing I can think of is a dead body interfering.

Many a time in Skyrim, Fallout 4 and now Starfield I have been unable to hit or damage Enemies standing on or near other NPC corpses. I have to pull them off to another spot.

VERY rarely another object causes the same issue Fences that you shoot through the empty part but its actually solid or a Pole or girder.

Now that I think about it. I had this same issue in Everquest (last played in the early 00s).

Not sure it's applicable to your situation. Maybe though.

Nah, unfortunately not. This is BLATANT!

To be as specific as possible and not leave anything out:

I'm perched on a ridge about 100m away with the Marksman AA-19. I snipe-headshot and it gives nothing for numbers or even minutely diminishes the health bar. However, it does knock them out.

Being I have 49 rounds left, I sneak walk while magdumping. No damage, conmstantly sounding the effect for knockout.

I reload, the creature gets back up. Then I continue magdumping. All hitting 0s.

Keep in mind, I'm IN STEALTH UNDETECTED (cautious[yellow]).

But when I stand up I get my normal attacks and crits from normal combat. If I enter sneak, 0 damage.

Next enemy, swap to pistol. No damage.

0 mods. A couple Bethesda specific creations.

I've tried reloading to an earlier save. And restarting.

[Cally Emeraldaz]

ive had this issue too, it wasnt an issue back when the game first launched, i played for bout 160 hours and never had that issue, next time i started playing was when the rover came out, and since then ive had issues with it, it just.. randomly happens, stays for a while and then returns back to normal, nothing which i do can fix it, it just kinda happens and then decides not to happen, its quite inconsistent, so i can feel your pain regarding it

when you crouch it randomly can just make it so you deal nada damage, you see the hitmarker, it even takes enemies out of stealth like if you were to attack them normally and didnt deal enough damage to finish em off, starting normal combat

aka no crouch damage, even outside of stealth, but when u stand, damage is normal


i can confirm too it has nothin to do with nearby corpses or the likes, as it can happen to enemies you have just encountered with no dead ones nearby, it can happen to any enemy, robots, aliens and humans alike

[Just Coda]

I know if you're running the sustenance stuff from the gameplay options, being dehydrated can cause all sneak attacks to do 0 damage, it's been fixed in the community patch.

[Kosevich]

Originally posted by Cally Emeraldaz:

ive had this issue too, it wasnt an issue back when the game first launched, i played for bout 160 hours and never had that issue, next time i started playing was when the rover came out, and since then ive had issues with it, it just.. randomly happens, stays for a while and then returns back to normal, nothing which i do can fix it, it just kinda happens and then decides not to happen, its quite inconsistent, so i can feel your pain regarding it

when you crouch it randomly can just make it so you deal nada damage, you see the hitmarker, it even takes enemies out of stealth like if you were to attack them normally and didnt deal enough damage to finish em off, starting normal combat

aka no crouch damage, even outside of stealth, but when u stand, damage is normal


i can confirm too it has nothin to do with nearby corpses or the likes, as it can happen to enemies you have just encountered with no dead ones nearby, it can happen to any enemy, robots, aliens and humans alike

Exactly what i experienced. I have pretty old save (since game release), no mods ever installed. Now playing on +75% difficulty.
No damage sneak attack issue started to occur something about several month ago.
For me solution was to change helmet. I have no idea why this work, but as soon as i change helmet (right in the middle of the combat) sneak attacks are doing damage as intended.

Usually i use superior bounty hunters helmet (-15% damage from human enemies).
If sneak attack bugs out i change it to deep recon space helmet (- 25% oxygen consumption, +25% radiation resistance, +20% accuracy while firing on the move)
Have no idea why this matter. Just my observation. make sure you are not dehydrated.

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Cally Emeraldaz:

ive had this issue too, it wasnt an issue back when the game first launched, i played for bout 160 hours and never had that issue, next time i started playing was when the rover came out, and since then ive had issues with it, it just.. randomly happens, stays for a while and then returns back to normal, nothing which i do can fix it, it just kinda happens and then decides not to happen, its quite inconsistent, so i can feel your pain regarding it

when you crouch it randomly can just make it so you deal nada damage, you see the hitmarker, it even takes enemies out of stealth like if you were to attack them normally and didnt deal enough damage to finish em off, starting normal combat

aka no crouch damage, even outside of stealth, but when u stand, damage is normal


i can confirm too it has nothin to do with nearby corpses or the likes, as it can happen to enemies you have just encountered with no dead ones nearby, it can happen to any enemy, robots, aliens and humans alike

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! You described what I was experiencing EXACTLY!!!

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Just Coda:

I know if you're running the sustenance stuff from the gameplay options, being dehydrated can cause all sneak attacks to do 0 damage, it's been fixed in the community patch.

Yes, I have noticed that, but overwhelmingly I keep it topped off (especially with the new milk they have).

[Fedbia]

Originally posted by Kosevich:

Originally posted by Cally Emeraldaz:

ive had this issue too, it wasnt an issue back when the game first launched, i played for bout 160 hours and never had that issue, next time i started playing was when the rover came out, and since then ive had issues with it, it just.. randomly happens, stays for a while and then returns back to normal, nothing which i do can fix it, it just kinda happens and then decides not to happen, its quite inconsistent, so i can feel your pain regarding it

when you crouch it randomly can just make it so you deal nada damage, you see the hitmarker, it even takes enemies out of stealth like if you were to attack them normally and didnt deal enough damage to finish em off, starting normal combat

aka no crouch damage, even outside of stealth, but when u stand, damage is normal


i can confirm too it has nothin to do with nearby corpses or the likes, as it can happen to enemies you have just encountered with no dead ones nearby, it can happen to any enemy, robots, aliens and humans alike

Exactly what i experienced. I have pretty old save (since game release), no mods ever installed. Now playing on +75% difficulty.
No damage sneak attack issue started to occur something about several month ago.
For me solution was to change helmet. I have no idea why this work, but as soon as i change helmet (right in the middle of the combat) sneak attacks are doing damage as intended.

Usually i use superior bounty hunters helmet (-15% damage from human enemies).
If sneak attack bugs out i change it to deep recon space helmet (- 25% oxygen consumption, +25% radiation resistance, +20% accuracy while firing on the move)
Have no idea why this matter. Just my observation. make sure you are not dehydrated.

Yes, same here. My save file is from 7 days before release and it was only after the DLC dropped that I noticed it.