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All piercing damage is physical damage. Most piercing-type damage is caused by daggers, spears, and arrows fired from bows. The ranger skills Barbed Trap and Spike Trap and the pets Black Widows and Dune Lizards cause piercing damage as well.

Necromancers Bonelace Armor has +15 Armor against Piercing Damage. Most bows start out with piercing damage, but can be modified with strings for different types of damage, i.e. an icy bowstring for cold damage, etc.

Although the term "piercing" suggest that the damage *pierces* enemy armor, this should not be confused with armor penetration, which actually ignores a portion of the target's armor when calculating damage.

See Also

Effect of Piercing Damage on Creatures

The following creatures are known to be resistant to piercing damage:

Protection against piercing damage

Skills

Items

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