Damage Resistance

In Foxhole each weapon can deal a specific amount of damage, however how much of that damage is actually dealt to the target depends on the target's nature and its resistance to particular Damage Types.

Infantry

Soldiers receive the full damage amount regardless of the type.

The only exception is for Light Kinetic damage received at range when wearing an Armour Uniform (up to -33% damage for colonial uniform and up to -50% for the warden one when beyond 30m).

Vehicles

The damage a vehicle receives depends on the damage type and the vehicle's resistance type (unrelated to Tank Armour). All vehicles in a specific vehicle class (e.g. Armored Car) share the same resistance type.

UnarmouredLight ArmouredHeavy ArmouredShipLarge ShipAircraft

-40%

-40%

-40%

-00%

-50%

-00%

-25%

-70%

-70%

-30%

-00%

Note: Unarmoured resistance is known internally as "LightVehicle".

-99%

-85%

-85%

 

-35%

-00%

-00%

-70%

-70%

-15%

-70%

They are notably very resistant to the Light Kinetic damage type. Every Light Kinetic weapon and ammo deals only 1 point of damage to them.

Note: Light Armoured resistance is known internally as "Tier1Tank".

-99%

-99%

-99%

 

-85%

-00%

-00%

-70%

-70%

-15%

-70%

They are notably very resistant to the Light Kinetic, Heavy Kinetic, and Shrapnel damage types. Every weapon and ammo with those types deals only 1 point of damage to them.

Note: Heavy Armoured resistance is known internally as "Tier2Tank".

-99%

-99%

-99%

-00%

-85%

-50%

-50%

-25%

-00%

-50%

-70%

They are notably very resistant to the Light Kinetic, Heavy Kinetic, and Shrapnel damage types. Every weapon and ammo with those types deals only 1 point of damage to them. They are really resistant to Anti-Tank Kinetic damage type. They're vulnerable to Armour Piercing and High Explosive damage types.

Note: Ship resistance is known internally as "Tier1Ship".

-99%

-99%

-99%

 

-99%

-93%

-50%

-25%

-70%

-75%

-70%

They are very resistant to the Light Kinetic, Heavy Kinetic, Shrapnel, and Anti-Tank Kinetic damage types. Every weapon and ammo with those types deals only 1 point of damage to them. They're also fairly resistant to Armour Piercing damage type. Only High Explosive damage type (Artillery) is very effective against them.

Note: Large Ship resistance is known internally as "Tier1LargeShip".

-40%

-40%

-00%

-00%

-50%

-00%

-25%

-70%

-70%

-30%

-00%

TBD

Note: Aircraft resistance is known internally as "Tier1Aircraft".

Vehicle Tiers

Vehicles of a higher tier get an additional damage mitigation applied across the board regardless of damage type. After the resistance type mitigation is applied, the damage is reduced by 10% for Tier 2 and 20% for Tier 3. This is equivalent to Tier 2 having 11% more health, and Tier 3 25%. Prototype vehicles get a 25% damage increase. This additional resistance won't be taken into account in the resistance table below.

Structures

Each structures has a resistance type (not shown in-game) that defines how well it resists each damage type. With very few exceptions, structures are either highly resistant or immune to anti-tank weaponry Anti-Tank Kinetic Armour Piercing Anti-Tank Explosive  and small arms fire Light Kinetic Shrapnel , and they are always vulnerable to Demolition Demolition  damage. The structure resistance types mostly differ on how much they resist Explosive , High Explosive , Incendiary High Explosive , and Heavy Kinetic  damage types.

Tier1Tier2Tier2BTier3Tier3BTrenchGarrison HouseSpecial

 

-95%

 

 

 

-75%

 

-25%

-25%

-25%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

50-500 “Thunderbolt” Cannon  • Artillery Garrison (Tier 1)  • AT Gun Garrison (Tier 1)  • Bunker (Tier 1)  • Bunker Base (Tier 1)  • Bunker Corner (Tier 1)  • Bunker Hearth (Tier 1)  • Bunker Ramp (Tier 1)  • Catwalk Bridge  • Catwalk Platform  • Catwalk Stairs  • DAE 1b-2 “Serra”  • DAE 1o-3 “Polybolos”  • DAE 2a-1 “Ruptura”  • DAE 3b-2 “Hades' Net”  • DAE 5b “Zeal”  • E680-S Rudder Lock Minefield  • E681-B Hullbreaker Minefield  • Encampment  • Field Hospital  • Gate (Tier 1)  • Huber Exalt 150mm  • Huber Lariat 120mm  • Huber Starbreaker 94.5mm  • Leary AA-70 Bolas  • Leary Shellbore 68mm  • Leary Snare Trap 127  • Liquid Container  • Liquid Silo  • Machine Gun Garrison (Tier 1)  • Material Pallet  • Medical Room (Tier 1)  • Observation Bunker (Tier 1)  • Pipeline  • Pipeline (Overhead)  • Pipeline (Underground)  • Pipeline Valve  • Power Pole  • Power Switch  • Prepared Minefield  • Resource Container  • Rifle Garrison (Tier 1)  • Rifle Pillbox  • Shipping Container  • Storage Box  • Wall (Tier 1)  • Watch Tower 

Note: it includes all Tier 1 structures and shippable structures.

 

 

 

 

 

-75%

 

-35%

-35%

-35%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

A0E-9 Rocket Body  • A0E-9 Rocket Booster  • A0E-9 Rocket Warhead  • Aircraft Radar Parts  • Ammunition Factory  • Anti-Tank Pillbox  • Artillery Garrison (Tier 2)  • Artillery Shelter Room (Tier 2)  • AT Gun Garrison (Tier 2)  • BMS Foreman Stacker  • Bunker (Tier 2)  • Bunker Base (Tier 2)  • Bunker Corner (Tier 2)  • Bunker Hearth (Tier 2)  • Bunker Ramp (Tier 2)  • Coal Refinery  • Component Mine  • Concrete Mixer  • Construction Equipment  • Construction Parts  • Crate Transfer Station  • Diesel Power Plant  • Engine Room (Tier 2)  • Field Modification Center  • Field Range  • Fire Suppression Room (Tier 2)  • Gate (Tier 2)  • Infantry Kit Factory  • Infantry Support Gun Pillbox  • Intelligence Center Parts  • Keep  • Liquid Transfer Station  • Machine Gun Garrison (Tier 2)  • Machine Gun Pillbox  • Maintenance Tunnel  • Material Transfer Station  • Materials Factory  • Medical Room (Tier 2)  • Metalworks Factory  • Naval Hull Segments  • Naval Shell Plating  • Naval Turbine Components  • Observation Bunker (Tier 2)  • Oil Refinery  • Oil Well  • Power Station  • Resource Transfer Station  • Rifle Garrison (Tier 2)  • Salvage Mine  • Shippable Crate  • Small Assembly Station  • Stationary Crane  • Stationary Harvester (Coal)  • Stationary Harvester (Components)  • Stationary Harvester (Salvage)  • Stationary Harvester (Sulfur)  • Storage Room (Tier 2)  • Storm Cannon Parts  • Structure Parts  • Sulfur Mine  • Tank Trap  • Underground Fortress Parts  • Wall (Tier 2)  • Water Pump  • Weather Station Parts 

 

 

 

 

 

-87%

 

-75%

-50%

-75%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Field Bridge  • Navy Pier  • Sandbag Cover  • Sandbag Wall 

 

 

 

 

 

-93%

 

-75%

-75%

-75%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

A0E-9 Rocket  • A0E-9 Rocket Platform  • Aircraft Depot  • Aircraft Hangar  • Aircraft Runway (Tier 1)  • Aircraft Runway (Tier 2) File:MapiIconAircraftRunwayT2.png • Artillery Garrison (Tier 3)  • Artillery Shelter Room (Tier 3)  • AT Gun Garrison (Tier 3)  • Border Base  • Bunker (Tier 3)  • Bunker Base (Tier 3)  • Bunker Corner (Tier 3)  • Bunker Hearth (Tier 3)  • Bunker Ramp (Tier 3)  • Coastal Gun  • Construction Yard  • Dock  • Double Bridge  • Dry Dock  • Engine Room (Tier 3)  • Engineering Center  • Factory  • Fire Suppression Room (Tier 3)  • Garage  • Gate (Tier 3)  • Hospital  • Intelligence Center  • Large Assembly Station  • Large Structure Foundation  • Long Bridge  • Machine Gun Garrison (Tier 3)  • Mass Production Factory  • Medical Room (Tier 3)  • Observation Bunker (Tier 3)  • Observation Tower  • Offshore Platform  • Refinery  • Relic Base (Large)  • Relic Base (Medium)  • Relic Base (Small)  • Rifle Garrison (Tier 3)  • SC-3 Aerial Interceptor Array  • Seaport  • Shipyard  • Stone Bridge  • Storage Depot  • Storage Room (Tier 3)  • Storm Cannon  • Train Bridge  • Train Bridge  • Train Bridge  • Two Tier Bridge  • Underground Fortress  • Wall (Tier 3)  • Weather Station 

 

 

 

 

 

-95%

 

-50%

-93%

-93%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Abisme AT-99 Minefield  • Crow's Foot Minefield  • Dragon's Teeth  • Railway Track  • Railway Track (Biarc)  • Railway Track (Foundation)  • Small Gauge Railway Track  • Small Gauge Railway Track (Biarc)  • Small Gauge Railway Track (Foundation) 

 

 

 

 

 

-93%

 

-95%

-95%

-75%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Concrete Foundation (1x1)  • Concrete Foundation (1x2)  • Concrete Foundation (2x2)  • Concrete Foundation Corner (1x1)  • Crane Railway Track  • Foundation (1x1)  • Foundation (1x2)  • Foundation (2x2)  • Foundation Corner (1x1)  • Foxhole  • Provisional Road  • Trench (Tier 1)  • Trench (Tier 2)  • Trench (Tier 3)  • Trench Connector (Tier 1)  • Trench Connector (Tier 2)  • Trench Connector (Tier 3)  • Trench Emplacement (Tier 1)  • Trench Emplacement (Tier 2)  • Trench Emplacement (Tier 3)  • Trench Intersection (Tier 1)  • Trench Intersection (Tier 2)  • Trench Intersection (Tier 3) 

Tier1:

 

 

 

 

 

-75%

 

-20%

-20%

-60%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Emplacement House  • Garrisoned House - Large (Tier 1)  • Garrisoned House - Medium (Tier 1)  • Garrisoned House - Small (Tier 1)  • Post Office (Tier 1)  • Safe House (Tier 1)  • School (Tier 1)  • Town Center (Tier 1) 
Tier2:

 

 

 

 

 

-85%

 

-60%

-60%

-80%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Garrisoned House - Large (Tier 2)  • Garrisoned House - Medium (Tier 2)  • Garrisoned House - Small (Tier 2)  • Post Office (Tier 2)  • Safe House (Tier 2)  • School (Tier 2)  • Town Center (Tier 2) 
Tier3:

 

 

 

 

 

-93%

 

-90%

-90%

-90%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Garrisoned House - Large (Tier 3)  • Garrisoned House - Medium (Tier 3)  • Garrisoned House - Small (Tier 3)  • Post Office (Tier 3)  • Safe House (Tier 3)  • School (Tier 3)  • Town Center (Tier 3) 

Tier1Tank:

-99%

-85%

-85%

 

-35%

-00%

-00%

-70%

-70%

-15%

-70%

Structures with that resistance:

Deployed Legion Vexillum  • Deployed Listening Kit  • Deployed Tripod  • Deployed War Ensign  • Deployed Wind Sock 
None:

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

-00%

Structures with that resistance:

Barbed Wire Fence  • Fire Pit 

Devastation

Additionally the devastation of the land a structure is on can increase the damage it receives across all damage types, virtually decreasing its maximum health. This effect won't be taken into account in the resistance table below.

Damage Resistance Table

Damage Type	Vehicles			Ships		Aircrafts	Structures						Garrison Houses
	Unarmoured	Light Armour	Heavy Armour	Ship	Large Ship	Aircraft	Tier1	Tier2	Tier2B	Tier3	Tier3B	Trench	Tier1	Tier2	Tier3
Anti-Tank Explosive	-25%			-50%	-50%	-25%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%
Anti-Tank Kinetic	-50%	-35%	-85%	-85%	-99%	-50%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%
Armour Piercing				-50%	-93%		-75%	-75%	-87%	-93%	-95%	-93%	-75%	-85%	-93%
Demolition		-70%	-70%	-70%	-70%
Explosive	-30%	-15%	-15%	-50%	-75%	-30%	-25%	-35%	-75%	-75%	-93%	-75%	-60%	-80%	-90%
Fire		-80%	-99%	-99%	-99%		-20%	-40%	-40%	-95%	-95%	-95%	-20%	-40%	-60%
Heavy Kinetic	-40%	-85%	-99%	-99%	-99%	-40%	-95%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%
High Explosive	-70%	-70%	-70%	-25%	-25%	-70%	-25%	-35%	-75%	-75%	-50%	-95%	-20%	-60%	-90%
Incendiary		-100%	-100%		-100%		-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%
Incendiary High Explosive	-70%	-70%	-70%		-70%	-70%	-25%	-35%	-50%	-75%	-93%	-95%	-20%	-60%	-90%
Light Kinetic	-40%	-99%	-99%	-99%	-99%	-40%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%
Shrapnel	-40%	-85%	-99%	-99%	-99%		-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%	-100%

Update History

Update	Changes
Update 1.61	All Tier 2 Bunkers have had their resistance to Explosive, High Explosive, and High Explosive Incendiary damage increased from 25% to 35%. Tier 1 Structure Kinetic damage resistance increased from 85 to 95%.
Update 1.59#Hotfix 1.59.18.0	Anti-Tank Kinetic damage reduced against small ships (75% mitigation to 85%).
Update 1.59#Hotfix 1.59.17.5	"20mm ammo does more damage to Large Ships than expected" Increased Large Ship damage mitigation against Anti-Tank Kinetic damage to 99% (previously 75%)
Update 1.59	Tier2B Structure (Field Bridge, Navy Pier, Sandbags, Barbed Wire) damage mitigation from Explosive and High Explosive damage increased from 50% to 75%. Tier1 tank armour, used on vehicles such as Armoured Cars and Halftracks, now mitigates Anti-Tank Kinetic damage by 35% (previously no mitigation) Tier2 tank armour, used on vehicles such as Tanks, now mitigates Anti-Tank Kinetic damage by 85% (previously no mitigation)
Update 1.56	All ships, excluding the BMS - Grouper are more resistant to Anti-Tank Kinetic damage (75% resistance up from 50%) The BMS - Aquatipper, BMS - Ironship, Type C - "Charon", and 74b-1 Ronan Gunship are less resistant to Explosive and Armour Piercing Explosive damage (50% resistance, down from 75% and 93% respectively). This neccesiated a split of Tier1LargeShip armor type into Tier1LargeShip for Large Ships proper and Tier1Ship for the smaller ones listed above.
Update 1.52	Light vehicles are no longer resistant to Demolition damage (previously 70% resistance). Light vehicles are vehicles such as Trucks, Motorbikes, and Scout Vehicles.

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