The equation for damage in Warframe

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Taking into account a weapon's base damage, and any modifiers from modules to include regular damage, armor-piercing damage, elemental damage, and the mitigation from an enemy's shield and armor, what is the equation for how damage is calculated in Warframe?

Best Answer

If you're here from the future, the damage calculator pointed out by Oblivious Sage is outdated as of Damage 2.0. Warframe's wikia site has an up-to-date, extensive paragraph on damage calculation, along with formulas.

The system is quite complex, but the gist is:

  • Enemies (and NPCs, and warframes) are made of "health materials" - ie. different types of health, shields and armor.
  • Every "health material" applies different multiplier against different damage types.
  • When you attack, the final damage within your attack is calculated separately for each damage type.
    • Health is a plain, old health bar. If it's depleted, the enemy dies.
    • Shields is a separate health bar that serves as a protection for health bar. If it's depleted, the damage goes to health.
    • Armor is not a health bar. It adds its own multipliers on top of health's multiplier (cumulatively) and reduces damage the health takes. However,
      • the more armor the enemy has, the more weight armor's multiplier has over health's multiplier,
      • damage types strong against armor reduce that protection (dealing more damage), while damage types weak against armor increase that protection (dealing less damage) - on top of the damage multiplier.
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