Elemental Resistance

A piece of equipment with Elemental Resistance on it reduces the amount of Acid, Cold, Electricity, and Fire damage the wearer takes by a fixed amount, e.g. -5 or -30, etc. Elemental Resistance is applied before Magical Resistance Rating (MRR).

Compare to Energy Absorption.

Found On

• Named items:
  • Category:Elemental Resistance items
  • Here are a few examples:
    • Jeweled Cloak
    • Dumathoin's Bracers

Reducing resistance / bypassing immunity

Some monsters are able to resist a portion of elemental damage, or they are straight out immune to an element. Fortunately, players have access to several ways how to reduce monster resistances or even make immune enemies vulnerable to a certain element:

Acid

• Alchemist Bombardier enhancements: Weakening Mixture
• Blightcaster: Everything Decays
• Sorcerer Earth Savant enhancements: Pierce Acid Resistance, Awaken Elemental Weakness: Acid, Elemental Apotheosis: Earth

Cold:

• Alchemist Bombardier enhancements: Weakening Mixture
• Druid Quench spell
• Druid: Mantle of the Icy Soul spell, Season's Herald enhancements Elemental Mastery
• Sorcerer Water Savant enhancements: Pierce Cold Resistance, Awaken Elemental Weakness: Cold, Elemental Apotheosis: Water

Fire

• Alchemist Bombardier enhancements: Weakening Mixture
• Druid: Anger of the Noonday Sun spell, Season's Herald enhancements Elemental Mastery
• Sorcerer Fire Savant enhancements: Pierce Fire Resistance, Awaken Elemental Weakness: Fire, Elemental Apotheosis: Fire
• Tiefling enhancements: Improved Scorch

Lightning

• Alchemist Bombardier enhancements: Weakening Mixture
• Artificer Arcanotechnician enhancements: Charged Recoil
• Druid Quench spell
• Sorcerer Air Savant enhancements: Pierce Electric Resistance, Awaken Elemental Weakness: Electric, Elemental Apotheosis: Air

Poison

• Alchemist Bombardier enhancements: Weakening Mixture
• Alchemist Vile Chemist enhancements: Poisoned Attack, Wave of Poison, Greater Wave of Poison
• Blightcaster: Poison of the Hydra

Acid Resistance

A piece of equipment with Acid Resistance on it reduces the amount of Acid damage the wearer takes.

• Lesser Acid ResistanceLesser Acid Resistance: This property absorbs the first 3 points of acid damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Acid Resistance Acid Resistance: This property absorbs the first 10 points of acid damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Improved Acid ResistanceImproved Acid Resistance: This property absorbs the first 20 points of acid damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Greater Acid ResistanceGreater Acid Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of acid damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Acid Resistance +30Acid Resistance +30: Passive: +30 Enhancement bonus to your Acid Resistance.
• Superior Acid ResistanceSuperior Acid Resistance: This property absorbs the first 40 points of acid damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Acid Resistance +40Acid Resistance +40: Passive: +40 Enhancement bonus to your Acid Resistance.
• Acid Resistance +45Acid Resistance +45: Passive: +45 Enhancement bonus to your Acid Resistance.

Found on

• Lootgen armor, cloaks, rings and shields as suffixes
• Lootgen bracers as Alkalescent prefixes
• Named items:
  • Category:Acid Resistance items
  • Here's a few examples:
    • Boots of Corrosion
    • Epic Boots of Corrosion
    • Skirmisher's Cloak (Level 25)
• Green Steel: Altar of Invasion - Manufactured Ingredient Recipes

Electric Resistance

A piece of equipment with Electric Resistance on it reduces the amount of Electric damage the wearer takes.

• Lesser Lightning ResistanceLesser Lightning Resistance: This property absorbs the first 3 points of lightning damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Lightning Resistance Lightning Resistance: This property absorbs the first 10 points of lightning damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Improved Lightning ResistanceImproved Lightning Resistance: This property absorbs the first 20 points of lightning damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Greater Lightning ResistanceGreater Lightning Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of lightning damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Electric Resistance +30Electric Resistance +30: Passive: +30 Enhancement bonus to your Electric Resistance.
• Superior Lightning ResistanceSuperior Lightning Resistance: This property absorbs the first 40 points of lightning damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Electric Resistance +40Electric Resistance +40: Passive: +40 Enhancement bonus to your Electric Resistance.
• Electric Resistance +45Electric Resistance +45: Passive: +45 Enhancement bonus to your Electric Resistance.

Found on

• Lootgen armor, cloaks, rings and shields as suffixes
• Lootgen bracers as Grounded prefixes
• Named items:
  • Category:Electric Resistance items
  • Here's a few examples:
    • Insulated Armor
    • Ring of the Djinn
    • Epic Demon Scale Armor
• Green Steel: Altar of Invasion - Manufactured Ingredient Recipes

Fire Resistance

A piece of equipment with Fire Resistance on it reduces the amount of Fire damage the wearer takes.

• Lesser Fire ResistanceLesser Fire Resistance: This property absorbs the first 3 points of fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Fire Resistance Fire Resistance: This property absorbs the first 10 points of fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Improved Fire ResistanceImproved Fire Resistance: This property absorbs the first 20 points of fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Greater Fire ResistanceGreater Fire Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Fire Resistance +30Fire Resistance +30: Passive: +30 Enhancement bonus to your Fire Resistance.
• Superior Fire ResistanceSuperior Fire Resistance: This property absorbs the first 40 points of fire damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Fire Resistance +40Fire Resistance +40: Passive: +40 Enhancement bonus to your Fire Resistance.
• Fire Resistance +45Fire Resistance +45: Passive: +45 Enhancement bonus to your Fire Resistance.

Found on

• Lootgen armor, cloaks, rings and shields as suffixes
• Lootgen bracers as Frigid prefixes
• Named items:
  • Category:Fire Resistance items
  • Here's a few examples:
    • Firestorm Greaves
    • Epic Red Dragonplate Armor- also avaliable as a Robe, Leather Armor and Scalemail
    • Firebreak (Level 24)
• Green Steel: Altar of Invasion - Manufactured Ingredient Recipes

Cold Resistance

A piece of equipment with Cold Resistance on it reduces the amount of Cold damage the wearer takes.

• Lesser Cold ResistanceLesser Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 3 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Cold Resistance Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 10 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Improved Cold ResistanceImproved Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 20 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take.
• Greater Cold ResistanceGreater Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 30 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Cold Resistance +30Cold Resistance +30: Passive: +30 Enhancement bonus to your Cold Resistance.
• Superior Cold ResistanceSuperior Cold Resistance: This property absorbs the first 40 points of cold damage per attack that the wearer would normally take. / Cold Resistance +40Cold Resistance +40: Passive: +40 Enhancement bonus to your Cold Resistance.
• Sovereign Cold Resistance +45Cold Resistance +45: Passive: +45 Enhancement bonus to your Cold Resistance.

Found on

• Lootgen armor, cloaks, rings and shields as suffixes
• Lootgen bracers as Charred prefixes
• Named items:
  • Category:Cold Resistance items
  • Here's a few examples:
    • Black Wolfskin Cloak
    • White Dragonplate Armor
• Green Steel: Altar of Invasion - Manufactured Ingredient Recipes

Inherent Resistances

These are competence or insight bonuses which both stack with enhancement bonuses from items above or spells such as Resist Energy.

• Competence Elemental Resistance - 10Competence Elemental Resistance - 10: This item provides a +10 Competence bonus to your Acid, Cold, Fire, and Electrical resistances.
• Competence Elemental Resistance - 5Competence Elemental Resistance - 5: This item provides a +5 Insight bonus to your Acid, Cold, Fire, and Electrical resistances.

Ranger Past Life

A Past Life Bonus for the Ranger class gives a +2 untyped bonus (i.e. fully stacking) for all 5 basic elemental types (i.e the above listed Fire, Cold, Acid, Lightning Resistances, plus Sonic). This can stack a maximum of 3 times, for a maximum of +6.

• Past Life: Ranger

See also

There are a several more resistance types:

• Acid Resistance
• Cold Resistance
• Electric Resistance
• Fire Resistance
• Sonic Resistance
• Light Resistance
• Poison Resistance
• Elemental Resistance