Editing Elemental damage

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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 types==
{{Quote|A spark can give life...or take it.|Grimoire Arc text.}}
{{Quote|Sometimes the only answer is to burn it all away.|Grimoire Solar text.}}
{{Quote|It's fitting, then, that we have weaponized the unknown.|Grimoire Void text.}}
{{Quote|Darkness resides within, beckoning you. This is a truth we cannot hide from, so we must embrace it.|[[The Stranger]]}}
{{Quote|Reach into the Darkness and pluck at the threads of consciousness.|Bungie Lightfall page.}}
There are six damage types:
*'''Kinetic'''—White—the default damage type on most weapons. Will cause basic damage to any enemy.
*'''[[Solar]]'''—Orange—causes Solar damage.
*'''[[Arc]]'''—Light Blue—causes Arc damage.
*'''[[Void]]'''—Purple—causes Void damage.
*'''[[Stasis]]'''—Dark Blue—causes Stasis damage.
*'''[[Strand]]'''—Green—causes Strand damage.

==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. In [[Destiny]], only a handful of primary weapons deal elemental damage, and most of those weapons are typically acquired in [[Raid]]s.

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, Stasis, or Strand 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"
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! [[Weapon]] Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void !! Stasis !! Strand!! Kinetic 
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| [[Auto Rifle]] || [[Abyss Defiant]], [[Hard Light]]†, [[Tommy's Matchbook]] || [[Necrochasm]], [[Zhalo Supercell]], [[Centrifuse]], [[Hard Light]]† || [[Atheon's Epilogue]], [[Hard Light]]† || [[Krait]], [[Herod-C]]|| [[Quicksilver Storm]] ''(catalyst)'', [[Rufus's Fury]] || [[Sweet Business]], [[Monte Carlo]], [[Cerberus+1]], [[Suros Regime]], [[Quicksilver Storm]] (''base'')
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| [[Submachine Gun]] || [[Tarrabah]], [[CALUS Mini-Tool]] || [[Riskrunner]], [[IKELOS SMG v1.0.1]] || [[The Recluse]], [[Funnelweb]], [[The Manticore]] || [[Forensic Nightmare]], [[Blood Feud]] || [[The Immortal (Submachine Gun)|The Immortal]], [[Synchronic Roulette]] || [[The Huckleberry]], [[Osteo Striga]]
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| [[Pulse Rifle]] || [[Outlast]], [[BxR-55 Battler]] || [[Oversoul Edict]], [[Praedyth's Timepiece]] || [[Graviton Lance]], [[Collective Obligation]] || [[Syncopation-53]], [[Disparity]] || [[Different Times]] || [[No Time to Explain]], [[Bad Juju]], [[Outbreak Perfected]], [[Vigilance Wing]], [[Blast Furnace]], [[Revision Zero]]
|-
| [[Scout Rifle]] || [[Vision of Confluence]], [[Conspirator]], [[Oxygen SR3]], [[Skyburner's Oath]], [[Polaris Lance]] || [[Fang of Ir Yût]], [[Symmetry (weapon)|Symmetry]], [[Eternal Blazon]] || [[Royal Chase]], [[Aisha's Embrace]] || [[Perses-D]], [[Jararaca-3sr]] || [[Taraxippos]] || [[Jade Rabbit]], [[MIDA Multi-Tool]], [[Randy's Throwing Knife]], [[Dead Man's Tale]], [[Touch of Malice]]
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| [[Hand Cannon]] || [[Sunshot]], [[Eriana's Vow]] ||[[Fatebringer]], [[Posterity]] || [[Word of Crota]], [[The Palindrome]] || [[Vulpecula]], [[Eyasluna]] (D2) || [[Round Robin]] || [[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]]† || [[Thoughtless]], [[Irukandji]] || [[Volta Bracket]] || [[Izanagi's Burden]], [[Praedyth's Revenge]]
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| [[Bow]] || [[Hush]], [[Ticuu's Divination]], [[Hierarchy of Needs]] || [[Trinity Ghoul]], [[Wolftone Draw]] || [[Le Monarque]], [[Leviathan's Breath]], [[Imperial Needle]] || [[Verglas Curve]], [[Raconteur]] || || [[Wish-Ender]], [[Fel Taradiddle]]
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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]] || [[Riptide (Fusion Rifle)|Riptide]], [[Deliverance]] || [[Pressurized Precision]] || [[Bastion (weapon)|Bastion]]
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| [[Shotgun]] || [[Invective]], [[Lord of Wolves]], [[The Chaperone]] (D1), [[Felwinter's Lie]], [[Duality]], [[Conditional Finality]]† || [[Astral Horizon]], [[Found Verdict]], [[The 4th Horseman]], [[Legend of Acrius]] || [[Swordbreaker]], [[Tractor Cannon]], [[Python]] || [[Fractethyst]], [[Conditional Finality]]† || [[Until Its Return]] || [[The Chaperone]] (D2), [[Perfect Paradox]], [[Riiswalker]]
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| [[Sidearm]] || [[Drang]], [[Devil's Ruin]] || [[Dreg's Promise]], [[Trespasser]], [[Vestian Dynasty]] || [[Brass Attacks]], [[Seventh Seraph SI-2]] || [[Cryosthesia 77K]], [[Liminal Vigil]] || [[Final Warning]], [[Mykel's Reverence]] || [[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]], [[Deterministic Chaos]] || [[Recurrent Impact]], [[Qullim's Terminus]] (D2) || [[Circular Logic]] ||
|-
|[[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), [[Two-Tailed Fox]] (''catalyst'') || [[Tomorrow's Answer]], [[Truth]], [[Deathbringer]], [[Two-Tailed Fox]] || [[Bump in the Night]], [[Palmyra-B]] || ||
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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]], [[Heartshadow]] || [[Zephyr]] || [[Thin Precipice]] ||
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| [[Grenade Launcher]] || [[Love and Death]], [[Dead Messenger]]† || [[The Prospector]], [[Anarchy]], [[Dead Messenger]]† || [[The Colony]], [[Fighting Lion]], [[Dead Messenger]]† || [[Salvation's Grip]], [[Dimensional Hypotrochoid]] || [[Koraxis's Distress]] || [[Witherhoard]], [[Pardon Our Dust]]
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| [[Linear Fusion Rifle]] || [[Sleeper Simulant]] (D2), [[Man o' War]], [[Komodo-4FR]] || [[Tarantula]], [[The Queenbreaker]], [[Stormchaser]] || [[Crooked Fang-4FR]], [[Lorentz Driver]] || [[Reed's Regret]], [[Fire and Forget]] || [[Laser Painter]] || [[Arbalest]]
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| [[Trace Rifle]] || [[Prometheus Lens]], [[Acasia's Dejection]] || [[Coldheart]], [[Divinity]], [[Path of Least Resistance]] || [[Wavesplitter]], [[Ruinous Effigy]], [[Hollow Denial]] || [[Ager's Scepter]] || [[The Navigator]] ||
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| [[Glaive]] || [[Edge of Intent]], [[Lubrae's Ruin]], [[Judgement of Kelgorath]] || [[Edge of Concurrence]], [[Nezarec's Whisper]], [[Unexpected Resurgence]] || [[Edge of Action]], [[The Enigma]], [[Vexcalibur]] || [[Winterbite]] || ||
|}

† [[Murmur]] is capable of switching between Arc and Solar damage whereas [[Hard Light]], [[Borealis]], and [[Dead Messenger]] can switch between Arc, Solar, and Void, and [[Conditional Finality]] can switch between Solar and Stasis damage.

‡ [[Two-Tailed Fox]] fires a Solar Rocket and a Void Rocket, but its in-game element is void; it also fires an Arc Rocket if the catalyst is inserted.

==Subclass elements in Destiny==
Each [[Guardian]] [[subclass]] focuses on one type of elemental damage. This extends to melee attacks, grenades, and [[Super]]s.

{| class="wikitable"
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! Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void
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| [[Hunter]] || [[Gunslinger]] || [[Bladedancer]] || [[Nightstalker]]
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| [[Titan (class)|Titan]] || [[Sunbreaker]] || [[Striker]] || [[Defender]]
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| [[Warlock]] || [[Sunsinger]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]]
|}

==Subclass elements in Destiny 2==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Class !! Solar !! Arc !! Void !! Stasis !! Strand
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| [[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]]<ref name="BLsubclasses"/> || [[Berserker]]
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| [[Warlock]] || [[Dawnblade]] || [[Stormcaller]] || [[Voidwalker]] || [[Shadebinder]]<ref name="BLsubclasses"/> || [[Broodweaver]]
|}

==Enemies==
Enemy weapons and abilities typically have their own elemental damage types as well. Normally this doesn't come into play unless players are playing a mission with damage modifiers on. For example, a [[Nightfall]] mission with a 300% boost to Arc damage applies to both Guardians ''and'' enemies, so enemies that do Arc damage are especially dangerous.

Most [[Taken]] versions of weapons will do a different type of elemental damage than the original, and the [[Devil Splicers]]' common ranged weapons inflict Solar damage, while their melee weapons are still Arc. Some powerful enemies may have unique weapons that do different damage than their common versions.

{| class="wikitable"
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! 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]], [[Brig]] Annihilation Blaster, Brig Fiery Burst || [[Shock Pistol]], [[Shock Rifle]], [[Wire Rifle]], [[Shock Grenade]], [[Shock Dagger]], [[Shock Blade]], [[Pike]], [[Skiff]], Fallen Walker's secondary armaments, [[Repeater Shank]] Repeater, [[Arc Spear]], Brig Electrocution Bolts, [[Security Turret]] Auto-Turret || [[Heavy Shank]]'s turrets, [[Servitor]]'s blasts, Brig Death Cannon || [[Duskfield Grenade]], [[Coldsnap Grenade]], Stasis Blasts, Stasis Slam || Melee
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| Hive || [[Acolyte Grenade]], [[Splinter]], [[Swarm Grenade]], [[Blade Barrage]] || [[Boomer]], [[Thrall]]'s melee attack, [[Cursed Thrall]] explosion, [[Wizard]]'s Darkness Blast, [[Lucent Moth]] explosion, [[Pulse Grenade]], [[Stormtrance]] || [[Shredder]], [[Ogre]]'s Eye Blast attack, [[Shrieker]]'s Shrieker Bolts, [[Tombship]]'s Armaments, [[Suppressor Grenade]], [[Sentinel Shield]]s || || [[Cleaver]], Wizard's Poison Cloud, Melee
|-
| Vex || [[Slap Rifle]], [[Line Rifle]], [[Fanatic]] explosion, [[Hobgoblin]]'s Shield, [[Hydra]] explosion || [[Radiolaria]] pools, [[Supplicant]] explosion || [[Torch Hammer]], [[Slap Grenade]], [[Goblin]]'s melee attack, [[Aeon Maul]], [[Cyclops]] Blast, [[Vex Laser Rifle]], [[Warp Lance]] || || Melee
|-
| Cabal || [[Slug Rifle]], [[Projection Rifle]], [[Heavy Slug Thrower]], [[Cabal Headhunter]], [[Cabal Severus]], [[Cabal Magma Launcher]], [[Cabal warship]] Missile Fire, [[Harvester]] Missile Fire, [[Thresher]] Missile Fire, [[Interceptor]]'s weapons, [[Goliath Tank]]'s weapons, [[Legionary]] Melee, [[Incendior]] Malfunction, [[Colossus]] Cluster Missiles <sup>''Destiny''</sup>, [[Scorpius]] Turret|| [[Psion]] Melee <sup>''Destiny''</sup>, Psionic Blast <sup>''Destiny''</sup>, [[Cabal Slug Launcher]], [[Cabal Slug Shotgun]], [[Colossus]] Cluster Missiles <sup>''Destiny 2''</sup> || [[Psion]] Melee <sup>''Destiny 2''</sup>, Psionic Blast <sup>''Destiny 2''</sup>, [[Cabal Bronto Cannon]], [[Centurion]] Melee, [[Tormentor]] Abilities || || [[War Beast]] Claws, [[Phalanx]] Energy Shield, Melee
|-
| 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, [[Chimera]] Eversion, [[Taken Hobgoblin]] Retaliation Swarm, [[Taken Centurion]] Axion Dart, Taken Incendior Void Fireball || [[Stasis Boomer]] || Melee, [[Blight]], [[Defensive Ward]]
|-
| Splicers || [[SIVA]]-infused ranged weapons, [[SIVA Charge]], [[Splicer Walker]] weapons (except Shock Grenades) || [[Shock Cannon]], [[Splicer Exploder Shank]] explosion, [[Splicer Repeater Shank]] Repeater || [[Null Cannon]], [[Wretched Gaze]] || || Melee
|-
| 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]], [[Scorn Crossbow]], [[Stalker]]'s [[Scorn Grenade]] || Ravager's [[Stasis Censer]] || Stalker's [[Fallen Mace]], Melee
|}

==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).
** 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>
* 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>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Destiny-ElementalDamagesChart.jpg
File:Stasis_Artwork.jpg|Stasis Artwork with Description of effects
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' <small>(Stasis)</small>
**''[[Lightfall]]'' <small>(Strand)</small>

==References==
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