How do we know which type of a damage is done by enemies?

[jshepler]

I feel like I'm missing something obvious, but I haven't noticed how we get that information.

Some of the armor sets provide resistances to a damage type, so I would assume enemies do have damage types. Where is it shown?

[JuggaZombie]

Well a wasp would be piercing and poisonous, along with bee's and any other stingers.
The beetles are blunt damage. i feel like this is easily identified without a degree in zoology.

[william_es]

There are two icons near an enemies health bar. One on the right is what they do, the one on the left is what they are weak to.

[jshepler]

Originally posted by william_es:

There are two icons near an enemies health bar. One on the right is what they do, the one on the left is what they are weak to.

I don't believe that to be correct. The left side is what they're vulnerable to and the right side is what they're resistant to. Can verify using antenna view.

[OGPG]

Antenna Mode (V)

[jshepler]

Originally posted by OGPG:

Antenna Mode (V)

Which just shows their vulnerabilities and resistances, right?

[OGPG]

Originally posted by jshepler:

Originally posted by OGPG:

Antenna Mode (V)

Which just shows their vulnerabilities and resistances, right?

Ah you said "done BY enemies". I dont think there is any direct in game info that tells you that.
I just guess. Bees/Wasps do piercing damage. Ants/Beetles do edged damage. Reptiles to blunt damage.
I'm probably wrong on some.

What matters to me is what the Vulnerabilities and Resistances are.
I want to know what kills them the fastest

[jshepler]

Originally posted by OGPG:

Originally posted by jshepler:

Which just shows their vulnerabilities and resistances, right?

Ah you said "done BY enemies". I dont think there is any direct in game info that tells you that.
I just guess. Bees/Wasps do piercing damage. Ants/Beetles do edged damage. Reptiles to blunt damage.
I'm probably wrong on some.

What matters to me is what the Vulnerabilities and Resistances are.
I want to know what kills them the fastest

Sure, we can ASSUME we know by what seems logical to us (e.g. bees probably do piercing), but we don't know. Like you think beetles do slashing and the d-bag above thinks blunt, but we don't really know.

While it doesn't matter much for regular enemies, I think it might matter a lot for bosses. Additionally, some of the armor sets have resistances to types of damage, so it seems like we're supposed to know which armor to wear vs which boss. /shrug

[william_es]

Originally posted by jshepler:

While it doesn't matter much for regular enemies, I think it might matter a lot for bosses. Additionally, some of the armor sets have resistances to types of damage, so it seems like we're supposed to know which armor to wear vs which boss. /shrug

Does it really matter? I'm going to use the armor set with the highest armor value, which is the ironwing suit at this point. Even a point or two difference in armor makes a huge difference.

About the only place you're given two nearly identical choices are the formic and bone sets. They have almost the same armor values, but with different resistances. But even there, the bone armor has higher cold resistance. A full suit of bone armor allows you to walk around in the snow perfectly fine (except maybe at some places on the map at night, where it seems to get colder).

[jshepler]

Originally posted by william_es:

Does it really matter?

Maybe... Maybe not... I don't know, but that's starting to stray a bit from the topic.

Because some armor has resistances, it seems logical to me that we're supposed to somehow know the type of damage being done to us. I thought maybe I was just not seeing where that information is being shown and so thought I'd ask.

[bobc284]

Originally posted by william_es:

Originally posted by jshepler:

While it doesn't matter much for regular enemies, I think it might matter a lot for bosses. Additionally, some of the armor sets have resistances to types of damage, so it seems like we're supposed to know which armor to wear vs which boss. /shrug

Does it really matter? I'm going to use the armor set with the highest armor value, which is the ironwing suit at this point. Even a point or two difference in armor makes a huge difference.

About the only place you're given two nearly identical choices are the formic and bone sets. They have almost the same armor values, but with different resistances. But even there, the bone armor has higher cold resistance. A full suit of bone armor allows you to walk around in the snow perfectly fine (except maybe at some places on the map at night, where it seems to get colder).

The Sillkweave and Regal sets have identical cold and protection values, with different resistances (piercing v. edged)). Regal lets you glide, and Silkweave has a movement speed buff. As someone else said, it may make a LOT of difference in a boss fight, especially when you don't have Ironwing yet. I'd be interested in knowing as well.

[Drudackus]

I've wanted to know the answer to this question as well, particularly with regard to the bosses. But at this stage, the combat is still in need of a significant amount of refinement.

For example, the take out the King Stag Beetle, the most effective means I have found is to just get in its face, tank the damage, use a stamina potion, use plenty of healing and bash it until its dead. A large part of the logic for that approach is that I found it extremely difficult to avoid its attack. So why waste time avoiding the attacks and just do job until its done. It would be perfectly reasonable to argue that this is merely due to my lack of skill, but it was the most effective approach I found. Group play would certainly be a different matter here, but I haven't done that.

Against non boss insects, it doesn't really matter because if you're upgrading your gear to keep pace with your progression that is generally sufficient.

Once the combat had been refined some more, then I think the ability to make a conscious choice of which armour to wear against which opponent may present real options. Albeit, at 12% resistance, I don't think it makes enough difference to really matter. Somewhere in the range of 25-40% would really make it a viable choice.

Anyway, I agree that it would be good to know this info without having to guess.

[Gex]

within the game, I don't know the answer....but google did and I know google

https://smalland-survive-the-wilds.fandom.com/wiki/Creatures

According to the site, Bees do 3 types: Edged and Piercing and Poison.

Also...all beetles, including the boss beetles do blunt and piercing damage