Damage types

In New Eden, raw damage may be inflicted by countless varieties of weapons but always belongs to one or more of the four main damage types: Electromagnetic, Thermal, Kinetic and Explosive.

Damage Types

Please note: The following is based on Tech 1 resistances. These vary greatly with more advanced ships.

Electromagnetic

Electromagnetic damage is based on electromagnetic radiation. This type of damage can be inflicted by lasers, certain types of missiles, and certain types of projectile rounds. Amarr drones do this type of damage.

Shields are typically the most vulnerable to this type of damage.

Armor is typically the least vulnerable to this type of damage.

Thermal

Thermal damage pertains to applied heat on an enemy target. Lasers can provide this type of damage with different crystals loaded. Certain types of missiles, projectile ammunition, and all hybrid turrets will provide this damage type. Gallente drones do this type of damage.

Shields and armor have moderate resistance to this damage type.

Kinetic

Kinetic damage pertains to physical impacts of an object against another. This damage type is dealt by all hybrid turrets, some projectile ammunition, and some missile types. Caldari drones do this type of damage.

Shields have the second highest resistance against kinetic damage.

Armor has the second lowest resistance against kinetic damage.

Explosive

Explosive damage pertains to damage caused due to the explosions of a munition against a target. This damage type is inflicted by some types of Missiles and some types of Projectile turrets. Lasers and hybrid turrets are unable to inflict explosive damage. Minmatar drones do this type of damage.

Shields have the highest resistance against explosive damage, whilst armor has the lowest.

NPC damage Types

The various factions and pirates across New Eden tend to inflict particular damage types over others. The following is a list of the damage types inflicted by different factions

Damage done by NPCs

Please note: Each pirate faction (including Rogue Drones!) has different naming conventions for their ships. For a complete explanation please see Rats.

Please note: The prefix Domination is used to denote a faction ship belonging to the Angel Cartel, however it also prefixes some Rogue Drones. These two uses of the prefix have no further relation to one another.

NPC Name		Damage type dealt
		Electromagnetic	Thermal	Kinetic	Explosive
Angel Cartel (Gist, Arch, Domination)		Yes (Minor)	Yes (Minor)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)
Amarr Navy		Yes	Yes	No	No
Ammatar Fleet		Yes	Yes	No	No
Blood Raiders (Corpus, Elder, Dark)		Yes	Yes	No	No
Caldari Navy		No	Yes	Yes	No
EoM		No	Yes	Yes	No
Gallente Navy		No	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)	No
Guristas (Pith, Dire, Dread)		No	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)	No
Khanid Navy		Yes	Yes	No	No
Mercenary		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mordu's Legion		No	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)	No
Odamian		No	Yes	Yes	No
Rogue Drones (Alvus, Strain, Sentient)		Yes (Minor)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)
Republic Fleet		Yes (Minor)	Yes (Minor)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)
Sansha (Centus, Loyal, True)		Yes	Yes	No	No
Serpentis (Core, Guardian, Shadow)		No	Yes	Yes	No
The Syndicate		Yes (Minor)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)	Yes (Minor)
Thukker Tribe		Yes (Minor)	Yes (Minor)	Yes (Secondary)	Yes (Primary)

Best damage to do to NPCs

NPC Name	Damage type to deal
Angel Cartel	Explosive
Blood Raiders	Electromagnetic/Thermal
Caldari Navy	Kinetic
EoM	Kinetic
Guristas	Kinetic
Mercenary	Thermal
Mordu's Legion	Thermal/Kinetic
Sansha	Electromagnetic/Thermal
Serpentis	Kinetic/Thermal
The Syndicate	Kinetic/Thermal
Thukker Tribe	Explosive