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Toxic (or Poison) damage is one of the damage types in Neocron.
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<center>[[Image:Icon poison.png|300px]]</center>
  
Poison damage is primarily dealt by mobs, though player weapons do have some ammo mods available that add poison damage to a weapon.
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== Overview ==
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[[File:Dmg_poison.png|32px|link=Poison]][[Poison|<span style="color:#00d200"><b> Poison</b></span>]] is one of the 6 primary damage types within Neocron, dealt mostly by wild animals and PSI attacks.
  
Mobs that deal poison damage are somewhat rare, but include some common dungeons such as the [[Swamp caves]] and [[Desert City Underground]]
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== PvE considerations ==
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Poison damage is most commonly seen in Swamp area, but a lot of animals and dungeon mobs can do poison damage. Mob poison damage often inflicts stacks of '''Poisoned''' negative effect, dealing poison damage over time.
  
Poison damage is resisted by Poison Resistance. This can be gained through special pieces of armor (such as [[Viper King]] armor) and the [[Resist poison]] [[Constitution]] skill.
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== PvP considerations ==
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Native poison damage is very rare, mostly seen from APU PSI attacks. Some lowtech weaponry can be modded to deal poison damage as a subtype. Without APU around, Poison resist has the lowest priority for capping.
  
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=== Weapon families dealing Poison damage ===
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* [[Junk knife]]
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* [[Claw]]
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* [[Sword]]
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* Most offensive [[PSI combat|PSI modules]] have Poison damage version
  
There are some ammo mods that induce Poison damage, though they are not available for all weapon types.
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=== Weapon modding ===
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Weapons that can be modded to deal poison damage
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* [[Nailgun]]
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* Ionic shotgun [[Ionic shotgun rifle|rifle]], [[Ionic shotgun pistol|pistol]], [[Ionic shotgun cannon|cannon]]
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* [[Grenade launcher]]
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* [[Flamethrower]]
  
Because poison mobs are not universal, Poison Resistance is not as important as, say, fire resistance, or force resistance, however the rareness of high poison resist means that it can be effective for a PvP weapon.  Typically either [[X-ray]] or Poison resist will be the lowest resist a player has.  Your choice of which is a personal one but should be influenced by how frequent your trips to areas where poison mobs are found.
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[[Wisdom of Ceres|WoC]] weapons:
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* [[HVAP-100 Freeman Pistol]]
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* [[Ceres Assault Rifle CAR-47]]
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* [[Infiltration Assault Rifle IAR-47]]
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* [[Juggernaut Crossbow Pistol]]
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* [[Juggernaut Crossbow Rifle]]
  
Because poison resist is one of the most-commonly-neglected resistances it can be highly effective on a PvP weapon (as can X-ray)
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== Defense ==
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* Resist skill: [[Resist poison]], [[Resist psi]] will provide additional protection when hit by Poison-based PSI attack
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* STR-based armor: Carbon, Kevlar, Viper King, Carbonsilk
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* INT-based armor: Poison protection belt, Krokydolith
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* PSI-based armor: Chrysotile
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* [[Powered Armour]]: Camo, Genotoxic
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* PSI shield: [[PSI shields|Protector]]
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* Nanites: {{Item_DB_Link|name=Cryton Mixed PR-Protection Nanites}}, {{Item_DB_Link|name=Cryton ProToxic Nanites}}

Latest revision as of 18:51, 20 May 2025

Icon poison.png

Overview

Dmg poison.png Poison is one of the 6 primary damage types within Neocron, dealt mostly by wild animals and PSI attacks.

PvE considerations

Poison damage is most commonly seen in Swamp area, but a lot of animals and dungeon mobs can do poison damage. Mob poison damage often inflicts stacks of Poisoned negative effect, dealing poison damage over time.

PvP considerations

Native poison damage is very rare, mostly seen from APU PSI attacks. Some lowtech weaponry can be modded to deal poison damage as a subtype. Without APU around, Poison resist has the lowest priority for capping.

Weapon families dealing Poison damage

Weapon modding

Weapons that can be modded to deal poison damage

WoC weapons:

Defense