Resistances

Damage Types

There are 13 different types of damage in Baldur's Gate 3. They are:

Bludgeoning*	Piercing*	Slashing*
Cold	Fire	Acid
Lightning	Force	Poison
Thunder	Radiant	Necrotic
-	Psychic	-

*Bludgeoning, Piercing, and Slashing are all covered by the umbrella term 'physical damage' found in various ability and item descriptions, such as the Rage ability of Barbarians.

Damage Vulnerability, Resistance and Immunity

Vulnerability, Resistance, and Immunity are properties that modify how much damage a target takes from specific types of damage.

Vulnerability

Vulnerability means the total damage taken from a type of damage is doubled.

Resistance

Resistance means the total damage taken from a type of damage is halved.

Immunity

Immunity means the total damage taken from a type of damage is reduced to 0.

Toughness

Example of a wall with Lesser Toughness

Toughness is a special property of some doors, chests, and breakable walls that requires a hit to exceed a certain damage threshold in order to deal any damage. The possible levels of Toughness are:

• Lesser Toughness: Only a hit that deals at least 10 damage can damage this material.
• Medium Toughness: Only a hit that deals at least 22 damage can damage this material.
• Greater Toughness: Only a hit that deals at least 50 damage can damage this material. (Not yet implemented in Early Access.)

All modifiers of the hit and vulnerabilities/resistances of the object are calculated first and then checked against the Toughness damage threshold.

There are several ways to beat the Toughness threshold of an object. Here are some common methods:

• Exploiting any specific damage Vulnerability of the material (typically Fire for wood, Force for stone, and Acid for metal)
• Attacking with a Maul using Great Weapon Master: All In to deal high Bludgeoning damage
• Using the Shatter spell or another source of high Thunder damage
• Igniting Smokepowder Barrels or other explosives