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'''Elemental damage''' is a modifier that exists on certain attacks and weapons. Elemental damage is one of the manifestations of [[Light]] and [[Darkness]], and can be used to a player's advantage to make their attacks more effective. It comes into play for both [[Guardian]]s and enemies. | '''Elemental damage''' is a modifier that exists on certain attacks and weapons. Elemental damage is one of the manifestations of [[Light]] and [[Darkness]], and can be used to a player's advantage to make their attacks more effective. It comes into play for both [[Guardian]]s and enemies. | ||
==Elemental types== | ==Elemental types== | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|A spark can give life...or take it.|Grimoire Arc text.}} | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|Sometimes the only answer is to burn it all away.|Grimoire Solar text.}} | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|It's fitting, then, that we have weaponized the unknown.|Grimoire Void text.}} | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|Darkness resides within, beckoning you. This is a truth we cannot hide from, so we must embrace it.|[[The Stranger]]}} | ||
There are six damage types: | There are six damage types: | ||
*'''Kinetic''' | *'''Kinetic'''—White—the default damage type on most weapons. Will cause basic damage to any enemy. | ||
*'''[[Solar]]''' | *'''[[Solar]]'''—Orange—causes Solar damage. | ||
*'''[[Arc]]''' | *'''[[Arc]]'''—Light Blue—causes Arc damage. | ||
*'''[[Void]]''' | *'''[[Void]]'''—Purple—causes Void damage.<ref name = "Alpha"/> | ||
*'''[[Stasis]]''' | *'''[[Stasis]]'''—Dark Blue—causes Stasis damage. | ||
*'''[[Strand]]''' | *'''[[Strand]]'''—Green—causes Strand damage. | ||
==Weapons== | ==Weapons== | ||
Weapons can be infused with elemental damage; by default, most weapons only do kinetic damage, but some may come with modifiers. The modifier is indicated not only on the weapon's stats but also in the weapon menu on the HUD. At the [[common]] level, only [[Fusion Rifle]]s deal elemental damage, but at higher levels nearly all special and heavy weapons deal elemental damage. | Weapons can be infused with elemental damage; by default, most weapons only do kinetic damage, but some may come with modifiers. The modifier is indicated not only on the weapon's stats but also in the weapon menu on the HUD. At the [[common]] level, only [[Fusion Rifle]]s deal elemental damage, but at higher levels nearly all special and heavy weapons deal elemental damage. Only a handful of primary weapons deal elemental damage, and most of those weapons are typically acquired in [[Raid]]s.<ref name = "Alpha"/> | ||
The damage type on most weapons is random, though some weapons such as [[Exotic]]s or [[Legendary]] Raid weapons have a set damage type. | The damage type on most weapons is random, though some weapons such as [[Exotic]]s or [[Legendary]] Raid weapons have a set damage type. | ||
In [[Destiny 2]], all Energy slot weapons do Arc, Solar or Void damage, Kinetic slot weapons do Kinetic | In [[Destiny 2]], all Energy slot weapons do Arc, Solar or Void damage, Kinetic slot weapons do Kinetic or Stasis damage and Power weapons do all damage types except Kinetic. The perk Osmosis on a kinetic weapon turns weapon damage into the same as your subclass when a grenade is used, until the weapon is swapped. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! [[Weapon]] Class !! | ! [[Weapon]] Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void !! Stasis !! Strand!! Kinetic | ||
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| [[ | | [[Auto Rifle]] || [[Abyss Defiant]], [[Hard Light]]†, [[Tommy's Matchbook]] || [[Necrochasm]], [[Zhalo Supercell]], [[Hard Light]]† || [[Atheon's Epilogue]], [[Hard Light]]† || || || [[Sweet Business]], [[Monte Carlo]], [[Cerberus+1]], [[Suros Regime]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Submachine Gun]] || [[Tarrabah]] || [[Riskrunner]] || [[The Recluse]] || || || [[The Huckleberry]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Pulse Rifle]] || [[Outlast]] || [[Oversoul Edict]], [[Praedyth's Timepiece]] || [[Graviton Lance]] || || || [[No Time to Explain]], [[Bad Juju]], [[Outbreak Perfected]], [[Vigilance Wing]], [[Blast Furnace]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Scout Rifle]] || [[Vision of Confluence]], [[Conspirator]], [[Oxygen SR3]], [[Skyburner's Oath]], [[Polaris Lance]] || [[Fang of Ir Yût]], [[Symmetry (weapon)|Symmetry]], [[Eternal Blazon]] || [[Royal Chase]] || || || [[Jade Rabbit]], [[MIDA Multi-Tool]], [[Randy's Throwing Knife]], [[Dead Man's Tale]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Hand Cannon]] || [[Sunshot]], [[Eriana's Vow]] ||[[Fatebringer]] || [[Word of Crota]] || [[Vulpecula]] || || [[Midnight Coup]], [[Sturm]], [[The Last Word]], [[Thorn]], [[Lumina]], [[Rose]], [[Ace of Spades]], [[Crimson]], [[Malfeasance]], [[D.F.A.]], [[Hawkmoon]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Sniper Rifle]] || [[Black Hammer]], [[Ice Breaker]], [[Black Spindle]], [[Borealis]]†, [[Whisper of the Worm]], [[Far Future]] || [[Patience and Time]], [[Hereafter]], [[Borealis]]†, [[D.A.R.C.I.]], [[Cloudstrike]], [[Adored]] || [[Eye of Sol]], [[Praedyth's Revenge]], [[Borealis]]† || || || [[Izanagi's Burden]] | ||
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| | | [[Bow]] || [[Hush]], [[Ticuu's Divination]] || [[Trinity Ghoul]] || [[Le Monarque]], [[Leviathan's Breath]], [[Imperial Needle]] || || || [[Wish-Ender]] | ||
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| | | [[Fusion Rifle]] || [[Murmur]] †, [[Praetorian Foil]], [[Pocket Infinity]], [[Vex Mythoclast]], [[Sleeper Simulant]] (D1), [[One Thousand Voices]], [[Jötunn]], [[Merciless]] || [[Murmur]] †, [[Light of the Abyss]], [[Plan C]], [[Queenbreakers' Bow]], [[Loaded Question]], [[Delicate Tomb]] || [[Telesto]], [[Null Composure]] || || || [[Bastion (weapon)|Bastion]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Shotgun]] || [[Invective]], [[Lord of Wolves]], [[The Chaperone]] (D1), [[Felwinter's Lie]], [[Duality]] || [[Astral Horizon]], [[Found Verdict]], [[The 4th Horseman]], [[Legend of Acrius]] || [[Swordbreaker]], [[Tractor Cannon]], [[Python]] || [[Fractethyst]] || || [[The Chaperone]] (D2), [[Perfect Paradox]], [[Riiswalker]] | ||
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|[[ | | [[Sidearm]] || [[Drang]], [[Devil's Ruin]] || [[Dreg's Promise]], [[Trespasser]], [[Vestian Dynasty]] || || [[Cryosthesia 77K]] || || [[Rat King]], [[Traveler's Chosen (Exotic)]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Machine Gun]] || [[Super Good Advice]], [[Nemesis Star]], [[Abbadon]], [[Xenophage]], [[Edgewise]], [[Heir Apparent]] || [[Song of Ir Yût]], [[Thunderlord]], [[21% Delirium]], [[THE SWARM]] || [[Corrective Measure]], [[Nova Mortis]], [[Hammerhead]], [[Shattered Cipher]] || || || | ||
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| | |[[ Rocket Launcher]] || [[Hezen Vengeance]], [[Hunger of Crota]], [[Gjallarhorn]], [[Dragon's Breath]], [[Two-Tailed Fox]]‡, [[Eyes of Tomorrow]], [[Code Duello]] || [[The Wardcliff Coil]], [[The Hothead]] (D2) || [[Tomorrow's Answer]], [[Truth]], [[Deathbringer]], [[Two-Tailed Fox]] || || || | ||
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| | | [[Sword]] || [[Sol Edge]], [[Solar Infinite Edge]], [[Raze-Lighter]], [[The Young Wolf's Howl]], [[The Lament]] || [[Arc Edge]], [[Arc Infinite Edge]], [[Bolt-Caster]], [[Worldline Zero]], [[Temptation's Hook]] || [[Dreadfang]], [[Void Edge]], [[Void Infinite Edge]], [[Dark-Drinker]], [[Quickfang]], [[Goldtusk]], [[Black Talon]], [[Falling Guillotine]] || || || | ||
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| [[ | | [[Grenade Launcher]] || [[Love and Death]] || [[The Prospector]], [[Anarchy]] || [[The Colony]], [[Fighting Lion]] || [[Salvation's Grip]] || || [[Witherhoard]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Linear Fusion Rifle]] || [[Sleeper Simulant]] (D2), [[Man o' War]], [[Komodo-4FR]] || [[Tarantula]], [[The Queenbreaker]] || [[Crooked Fang-4FR]], [[Lorentz Driver]] || [[Reed's Regret]] || || [[Arbalest]] | ||
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| [[ | | [[Trace Rifle]] || [[Prometheus Lens]] || [[Coldheart]], [[Divinity]] || [[Wavesplitter]], [[Ruinous Effigy]] || [[Ager's Scepter]] || || | ||
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† [[Murmur]] is capable of switching between Arc and Solar damage whereas [[Hard Light]] and [[Borealis]] can switch between Arc, Solar, and Void | |||
‡ [[Two-Tailed Fox]] fires a Solar Rocket and a Void Rocket, but its in-game element is void. | |||
==Subclass elements in Destiny== | ==Subclass elements in Destiny== | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Class !! | ! Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void !! Stasis !! Strand !! | ||
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| [[Hunter]] || [[Gunslinger]] || [[Bladedancer]] || [[Nightstalker]] | | [[Hunter]] || [[Gunslinger]] || [[Bladedancer]] || [[Nightstalker]] || [[Revenant]] || [[Threadrunner]] | ||
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| [[Titan (class)|Titan]] || [[Sunbreaker]] || [[Striker]] || [[Defender]] | | [[Titan (class)|Titan]] || [[Sunbreaker]] || [[Striker]] || [[Defender]] || [[Behemoth]] || [[Tyrant]] | ||
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| [[Warlock]] || [[Sunsinger]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]] | | [[Warlock]] || [[Sunsinger]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]] || [[Shadebinder]] || [[Architect]] | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Class !! | ! Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void !! Stasis !! Strand | ||
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| [[Hunter]] || [[Gunslinger]] || [[Arcstrider]] || [[Nightstalker]] || [[Revenant]] || [[Threadrunner]] | | [[Hunter]] || [[Gunslinger]] || [[Arcstrider]] || [[Nightstalker]] || [[Revenant]]<ref name="BLsubclasses">[https://twitter.com/DestinyTheGame/status/1299070563328036865 '''Twitter''': ''@DestinyTheGame''] (''"Command a new source of power. Are you ready to wield Stasis?"'')</ref> || [[Threadrunner]] | ||
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| [[Titan (class)|Titan]] || [[Sunbreaker]] || [[Striker]] || [[Sentinel]] || [[Behemoth]] || [[ | | [[Titan (class)|Titan]] || [[Sunbreaker]] || [[Striker]] || [[Sentinel]] || [[Behemoth]]<ref name="BLsubclasses"/> || [[Tyrant]] | ||
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| [[Warlock]] || [[Dawnblade]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]] || [[Shadebinder]] || [[ | | [[Warlock]] || [[Dawnblade]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]] || [[Shadebinder]]<ref name="BLsubclasses"/> || [[Architect]] | ||
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! Race !! | ! Race !! Solar weapon !! Arc weapon !! Void weapon !! Stasis weapon !! Kinetic Weapon | ||
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| | | Fallen || [[Shrapnel Launcher]], [[Fallen Walker]]'s main cannon, [[Molten Welder]], [[Scorch Cannon]], [[Exploder Shank]] explosion, [[Trip Mine]] || [[Shock Pistol]], [[Shock Rifle]], [[Wire Rifle]], [[Shock Grenade]], [[Shock Dagger]], [[Shock Blade]], [[Pike]], [[Skiff]], Fallen Walker's secondary armaments, [[Arc Spear]] || [[Heavy Shank]]'s turrets, [[Servitor]]'s blasts || || Melee | ||
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| | | Hive || [[Acolyte Grenade]], [[Splinter]] || [[Boomer]], [[Thrall]]'s melee attack, [[Cursed Thrall]] explosion, [[Wizard]]'s Darkness Blast || [[Shredder]], [[Ogre]]'s Eye Beam attack, [[Shrieker]], [[Tombship]] || || [[Cleaver]], Wizard's Poison Cloud, Melee | ||
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| | | Vex || [[Slap Rifle]], [[Line Rifle]], [[Hobgoblin]]'s Shield, [[Hydra]] explosion || [[Hydra]]'s Shield, [[Fanatic]] explosion, [[Radiolaria]] pools || [[Torch Hammer]], [[Slap Grenade]], [[Goblin]]'s melee attack, [[Aeon Maul]], [[Cyclops]] Blast, [[Vex Laser Rifle]], [[Warp Lance]] || || Melee | ||
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| [[ | | Cabal || [[Slug Rifle]], [[Projection Rifle]], [[Heavy Slug Thrower]], [[Cabal Headhunter]], [[Cabal Severus]], [[Cabal Magma Launcher]], [[Cabal warship]] Missile Fire, [[Harvester]] Missile Fire, [[Interceptor]]'s weapons, [[Goliath Tank]]'s weapons, [[Legionary]] Melee, [[Incendior]] Malfunction, [[Colossus]] Cluster Missiles (Destiny)|| [[Psion]] Melee (Destiny), Psionic Blast (Destiny), [[Thresher]] Missile Fire, [[Cabal Slug Launcher]], [[Cabal Slug Shotgun]], [[Colossus]] Cluster Missiles (Destiny 2) || [[Psion]] Melee (Destiny 2), Psionic Blast (Destiny 2), [[Cabal Bronto Cannon]], [[Centurion]] Melee || || [[War Beast]] Claws, [[Phalanx]] Energy Shield, Melee | ||
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| | | Splicers || [[SIVA]]-infused ranged weapons, [[SIVA Charge]], [[Splicer Walker]] weapons (except Shock Grenades) || [[Shock Cannon]] || [[Null Cannon]], [[Wretched Gaze]] || || Melee | ||
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| | | Taken || [[Taken Acolyte]] melee, [[Taken Thrall]] melee, [[Taken Wizard]] Necromantic Gaze, [[Taken Knight]] Flame Bolts, Torch Hammer, Wire Rifle, Heavy Slug Thrower, [[Taken Incendior]] Magma Flame || Shredder, [[Acolyte's Eye]], Shrapnel Launcher, Slug Rifle, [[Taken Ogre]] Eye Blast, [[Taken Phalanx]] Shield Blast, [[Taken Captain]] Darkness Bolt, Shock Blade|| Boomer, Line Rifle, Slap Rifle, Projection Rifle, Aeon Maul, [[Taken Hobgoblin]] Retaliation Swarm, [[Taken Centurion]] Axion Dart, Taken Incendior Void Fireball || [[Stasis Boomer]] || Melee, [[Blight]], [[Defensive Ward]] | ||
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| [[ | | Scorn || [[Chieftain]]'s [[Ether Totem|Ether Torch]], [[Lurker]]'s [[Scorn Pistol]], [[Scorn Walker]]'s Armaments, [[Wraith]]'s [[Flame Torch]]es, [[Ravager]]'s [[Flame Cauldron]], [[Scorn Cannon]], [[Scorn Blaster]] || [[Chieftain]]'s [[Ether Totem|Ether Bind]], [[Fanatic's Staff]], [[Scorn Mine Launcher]], [[Abomination]] Overcharged Ether, [[Screeb]] explosion || [[Scorn Rifle]], [[Scorn Repeater Pistol]], [[Chieftain]]'s Void totem, [[Scorn Crossbow]], [[Stalker]]'s [[Scorn Grenade]] || [[Ravager]]'s [[Stasis Censer]] || Stalker's [[Fallen Mace]], Melee | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*It is unclear whether there is necessarily a distinction between the elemental damage done by weapons and the corresponding manifestation of the [[Light]] or [[Darkness]] associated with a given element; for example, a weapon which does Arc damage may not necessarily be imbued with the power of Arc Light, but rather merely fire electrified ammunition. In contrast, some weapons clearly do derive their power from the Light or Darkness, such as [[Salvation's Grip]] (which fires [[Stasis]] projectiles). | *It is unclear whether there is necessarily a distinction between the elemental damage done by weapons and the corresponding manifestation of the [[Light]] or [[Darkness]] associated with a given element; for example, a weapon which does Arc damage may not necessarily be imbued with the power of Arc Light, but rather merely fire electrified ammunition. In contrast, some weapons clearly do derive their power from the Light or Darkness, such as [[Salvation's Grip]] (which fires [[Stasis]] projectiles). | ||
**This is backed up by Ikora's and Drifter's notes on the elements, Ikora states we do not know what came first, the Light or the Elements, but they are fundamentally linked like Twins<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/primordial-competitor?highlight=elements Primordial Competitor]</ref>, and Drifter states the Pyramid's energies are getting the Elements all twisted up<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/refining-the-recaster?highlight=elements Refining the Recaster]</ref> | ** This is backed up by Ikora's and Drifter's notes on the elements, Ikora states we do not know what came first, the Light or the Elements, but they are fundamentally linked like Twins<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/primordial-competitor?highlight=elements Primordial Competitor]</ref>, and Drifter states the Pyramid's energies are getting the Elements all twisted up<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/refining-the-recaster?highlight=elements Refining the Recaster]</ref> | ||
*Osiris states that the Elements are a means to communicate with the Light, but recently, now with the Darkness.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/elemental-competitor?highlight=elements Elemental Competitor]</ref> | * Osiris states that the Elements are a means to communicate with the Light, but recently, now with the Darkness.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/elemental-competitor?highlight=elements Elemental Competitor]</ref> | ||
*There are several types of planetary materials that responds to the Elements, Relic Crystals inside Relic Iron for Void on [[Mars]], Zeptocyte Cores inside Spinmetal Leaves for Arc in the [[Cosmodrome]], and Soliton Flares inside Helium Filaments for Solar on the [[Moon]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/withstand-the-elements?highlight=elements Withstand the Elements]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Void)]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements-2?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Arc)]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements-3?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Solar)]</ref> | * There are several types of planetary materials that responds to the Elements, Relic Crystals inside Relic Iron for Void on [[Mars]], Zeptocyte Cores inside Spinmetal Leaves for Arc in the [[Cosmodrome]], and Soliton Flares inside Helium Filaments for Solar on the [[Moon]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/withstand-the-elements?highlight=elements Withstand the Elements]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Void)]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements-2?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Arc)]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/essential-elements-3?highlight=elements Essential Elements (Solar)]</ref> | ||
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