# What Does Toughness Damage Reduction Actually Do

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**Created:** [October 22, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/what-does-toughness-damage-reduction-actually-do/84899 "2023-10-22T04:29:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmayhem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@drmayhem](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/drmayhem)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 4:29am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/what-does-toughness-damage-reduction-actually-do/84899/1 "2023-10-22T04:29:50Z")

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Toughness damage reduction (like most modifiers) has no in game description, but it can be interpreted several different ways.

If you have 50% toughness damage reduction, does it:

- Reduce damage taken to the toughness bar only by half?
- Reduce the damage taken to health as though you had additively 50% more toughness than is displayed on the bar (e.g. at 25% current toughness, taking a hit would damage you as though you had 75%)
- Reduce the damage taken to health by the percentage reduction (e.g. at 25% current toughness, taking a hit would deal 75% of its full damage. With this 50% toughness damage reduction, the hit would deal 25%\*1.5=37.5% total damage reduction to the attack.

I believe it has to be one of these 3, but if someone can confirm 100% that would be fantastic

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**Author:** ![Flawless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eada6e/32.png) [@Flawless](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/Flawless)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2023, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/what-does-toughness-damage-reduction-actually-do/84899/2 "2023-10-22T10:37:23Z")

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toughness damage reduction = reduction of the damage taken to your toughness

If you have multiple bonuses to toughness damage reduction, the bonuses stack multiplicatively (i.e. two 50% reductions do not result in 100% reduction, but in 75% reduction).

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/fatshark/original/3X/3/1/319a2f41b73f03a4d9360defbe43058888a33c8c.png) [@system](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.fatsharkgames.com/t/what-does-toughness-damage-reduction-actually-do/84899/3 "2023-10-29T10:38:23Z")

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