Damage is a measurement of how harmful an attack is to a character. When a character takes Damage, it is subtracted from his or her Hit Points. Damage will cause death when a character's hit points reach 0.

InfluencesEdit

Weapons all have base damage values. The final damage delivered to the target, however, is possibly modified by various factors, depending on the game.

Mechanic	Fallout 1/2/Tactics	Fallout 3	Fallout: New Vegas
Critical Hits	yes	yes	yes
Condition	no	yes	yes
Damage Modifier	yes	no	yes
Damage Resistance	yes	yes	yes
Damage Resistance Modifier	yes	no	no / yes a
Damage Threshold	yes	no	yes
V.A.T.S.-special	no	yes^ b	yes^ c

^ ^a Fallout: New Vegas features a few weapons that completely ignore DR, even if few enemies actually have DR.

^ ^b Damage done to the player in V.A.T.S. is reduced by 90%.

^ ^c Damage done to the player in V.A.T.S. is reduced by 25%. Melee/unarmed damage done by the player is doubled.

The computation formula of the final damage is described in more detail on the combat pages for Fallout 1 and 2, Fallout 3, or Fallout: New Vegas.

TypesEdit

There are different types of damage, depending on the weapon of attack.

Type	Description	Fallout 1/2/Tactics	Fallout 3	Fallout: New Vegas
Normal	The vast majority of damage from all weapons.	yes	yes	yes
Laser	Damage specific to laser weapons.	yes	no	no
Fire	Damage from flame-based weapons and explosives, occasionally residual.	yes	yes	yes
Plasma	Damage specific to plasma-based weapons.	yes	no	no
Explosive	Damage from otherwise unspecial explosives.	yes	yes	yes
EMP/Pulse	Damage from electromagnetic weapons, generally good against robots.	yes	yes	yes
Electrical	Hidden and used by very few weapons.a	yes	no / yes b	no / yes b

^ ^a Not shown in the games that use it, Electrical damage is only caused by alien blaster, YK32 pulse pistol, and YK42B pulse rifle.

^ ^b Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas use "energy" damage to label the residual effect off the Tesla Cannon, though it has the appearance of electricity sparking.

Special exceptionsEdit

	The following is based on Fallout Tactics and some details might contradict canon.

Fallout Tactics adds Gas Damage. It also re-categorizes "Laser" as "Energy" damage.

	End of information based on Fallout Tactics.

	The following is based on Van Buren and has not been confirmed by canon sources.

Van Buren adds Ballistic, Bio, and Heat damage.

	End of information based on Van Buren.