Damage Absorption

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Damage Absorption reduces the amount of damage taken in combat and seems to work by adding to your defensive equipment's power. Since the power of your equipped hat, pants, and shirt (if you're aware of your torso) count as Damage Absorption, be sure to see Hats, Pants, and Shirts. To see various maximum levels of absorption, see Maximizing Your Damage Absorption. Those interested in reducing damage may also be interested in Damage Reduction, Elemental Resistance, Moxie Modifiers, and reducing Monster Level.

Damage absorption % works out to:

% of damage absorbed = √(DA × 10) − 10

This is capped at 90%, so extra DA beyond 1000 has no effect.

Damage Absorption	0 to 10	40	90	160	250	360	490	640	810	1000 or more
Percent Absorbed	0%	10%	20%	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%

Note that Damage Absorption is not tiered, and that the above table only serves to provide DA totals for specific reduction percentages.

Here's a comprehensive list of everything in the game that provides bonus Damage Absorption.

Source	Source Type	DA	Duration	Cost	Prereq	Notes
Super Structure	Item	500	10 turns	Use of 1/5 Daily Super Powers	None	Obtained from Greatest American Pants Effect is lost when GAP are unequipped Superhuman Resistance to all elements
Inscrutable exoskeleton	Item	300	10 turns	Item Loss	200 Mys	Obtained from glowing El Vibrato drone
Memory of Resilience	Item	200	1 turn	Item Loss	None	Obtained from memory of a GT base pair
spant backplate	Back Item	100	Always		20 Mus	All Attributes +5%
Mortarfied	Booze	100	5-15 turns	Item Loss; 2 Drunk	None	Obtained from Cement Mixer, Jackhammer, or Dump Truck
thunder down underwear	Pants	100	Always		Path	Maximum HP +100 Regenerate 10-20 HP per adventure Item will disappear by the end of the day
Tougher Skin	Skill	100	Passive	None	None	Purchased from the Underworld Body Shop during Actually Ed the Undying for 10 Ka coins
Unyielding Flesh	Skill	100	Passive	None	None	Obtained from An Open Grave during Zombie Slayer
Wallflowering	Item	100	20 turns	Item Loss	None	Damage Reduction: +10 Obtained from portable wall
Astral Shell	TT Buff Skill	80	5-15 turns	10 MP	None	Slight Resistance to all elements
Ghostly Shell	TT Buff Skill	80	5-15 turns	6 MP	None
spiky turtle shoulderpads	Accessory	75	Always		50 Mus	Result of applying armorcraftiness to two hedgeturtles Damages Attacking Opponent May not equip more than one
snailmail hauberk	Shirt	60	Always		67 Mus, Torso Awaregness Turtle Tamer class, if in HC	Regenerate 6-14 HP per adventure Regenerate 6-14 MP per adventure
stainless steel skullcap	Hat	60	Always		30 Mox	Maximum HP +30 Muscle +15% TT's HC reward
stainless steel suspenders	Accessory	60	Always		30 Mys	Maximum MP +40 Moxie +15% AT's HC reward May not equip more than one
basaltamander buckler	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		40 Mus	Damage Reduction: 15 +25% to all Mysticality Gains +75% Hat/Pants Drops from Monsters
catskin buckler	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		75 Mus	Muscle +10 Damage Reduction: +11
Chock Full o' Nanites	Food/Booze	50	20 turns	Item Loss; 1/3 Full/3 Drunk	None/Level 3/4	Obtained from nanite-infested fruitcake, nanite-infested candy cane, nanite-infested gingerbread bugbear, nanite-infested eggnog Bonus Weapon Damage +20 Restores 10 HP after combat Restores 10 MP after combat
chest barrel	Shirt	50	Always		10 Mus	Part of the Cooper's Couture Damage Reduction: 5
corroded breeches	Pants	50	Always		150 Mox	Part of the Grimy Reaper's Vestments Slime Hates It 3x Critical Hit Chance
fake washboard	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		50 Mus	Damage Reduction: 13 +25% to all Muscle Gains +75% Accessory Drops from Monsters
hazmat helmet	Hat	50	Always		85 Mox	So-So Resistance to All Elements (+2) Regenerate 40-60 HP per adventure 75% Chance of Preventing Negative Status Attacks Changes Your Avatar
Hide of the Walrus	SC Passive Skill	50	Always		None
keg shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		70 Mus	Mysticality +5 Damage Reduction: +11
Oscus's flypaper pants	Pants	50	Always		200 Mox	Moxie +20%
spongy shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		95 Mus	Muscle +10% Regenerate 20-50 HP per adventure Damage Reduction: +14
teflon shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		85 Mus	Muscle +10% Damage Reduction: +24
Tranquilized Mind	Item	50	10 turns	Item Loss	None	Obtained from mother's little helper Damage Reduction +10 -1000% Combat Initiative
Unusual Fashion Sense	Adventure	50	5 turns	1 Adv, Item Loss	None	Obtained by adventuring in The Mouldering Mansion after using a tiny bottle of absinthe Opens a path in the Worm Wood Done Quickly
washboard shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		150 Mus	Damage Reduction: +10 DA bonus for TTs only
Zombo's shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	50	Always		200 Mus	Part of the Dire Drifter Duds Damage Reduction: +15 DA bonus for TTs only, and: +30 Spooky Damage Muscle +20%
duct tape sword	Weapon (1H)	40	Always		82 Mus	Part of the Tapered Threads +5% Items from Monsters
Lavalos's shell	Back Item	40	Always		75 Mys	+20 Hot Damage So-So Hot Resistance (+2)
Mer-kin breastplate	Shirt	40	Always		85 Mus, Torso Awaregness	Regenerate 10-20 HP per adventure
Mer-kin roundshield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	40	Always		85 Mus	Damage Reduction: 18 Regenerate 10-20 HP per adventure
SMOOCH breastplate	Shirt	40	Always		37	Part of the SMOOCH Army Uniform Damages Attacking Opponent
sponge helmet	Hat	40	Always		85 Mox	Mysticality +10% Regenerate 15-20 MP per adventure
black greaves	Pants	30	Always		65 Mox	Part of the Black Armaments Muscle +10
gnauga hide chaps	Pants	30	Always		25 Mox	Part of the Gnauga Hides
gnauga hide kilt	Pants	30	Always		25 Mox
gnauga hide skirt	Pants	30	Always		25 Mox
square sponge pants	Pants	30	Always		85 Mox	Moxie +10% Regenerate 10-15 HP per adventure Regenerate 10-15 MP per adventure
thicksilver ring	Accessory	30	Always		10 Mys	Damage Reduction: 50 (First Hit Only) Damage Reduction: 10
tiny plastic Ed the Undying	Accessory	30	Always		10 mys	Maximum HP +30
Well-Oiled	Item	30	5 turns	Item Loss	None	Obtained from Oil of Parrrlay Damage Reduction +10 Slight Resistance to All Elements
turtlemail hauberk	Shirt	30	Always		25 Mus	Regenerate 6-8 HP per adventure
SMOOCH spaulders	Accessory	25	Always		32 Mys	Part of the SMOOCH Army Uniform Damages Attacking Opponent
baggy rave pants	Pants	20	Always		60 Mox	Quest item
balloon helmet	Hat	20	Always		10 Mox
bronze breastplate	Shirt	20	Always		37 Mus, Torso Awaregness	Damage Reduction: +4
ironic jogging shorts	Pants	20	Always		5 Mox	Combat Initiative +20% Moxie -5
los chinos	Pants	20	Always		12 Mox	Part of the OK Lumberjack Outfit
miner's pants	Pants	20	Always		25 Mox	Part of the Mining Gear
padded tortoise	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	20	Always		35 Mus	Regenerate 4-8 HP per adventure Damage Reduction: +6
SMOOCH codpiece	Pants	20	Always		25 Mox	Part of the SMOOCH Army Uniform Damage Reduction: 5 Damages Attacking Opponent
snowboarder pants	Pants	20	Always		35 Mox	Part of the eXtreme Cold-Weather Gear
Solstice Shield	Off-Hand Item (shield)	20	Always		None
Terrycloth Tackle	Outfit	20	Always		35 Mys, 35 Mox
wool hat	Hat	20	Always		72 Mox	So-So Cold Resistance
clockwork trench coat	Shirt	15	Always		25 Mus, Torso Awaregness	Part of the Clockwork Apparatus
SMOOCH bracers	Accessory	15	Always		27 Mys	Part of the SMOOCH Army Uniform Damage Reduction: 5 Damages Attacking Opponent
Cloaca-Cola helmet	Hat	10	Always		None	Part of the Cloaca-Cola Uniform
detour shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
Dyspepsi-Cola helmet	Hat	10	Always		None	Part of the Dyspepsi-Cola Uniform
pail	Hat	10	Always		None
rxr shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
slippery when wet shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
speed limit shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
stop shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
yield shield	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	10	Always		35 Mus	Damage Reduction +6
BRICKO pants	Pants	9	Always		None	Part of the BRICKOfig Outfit
big bass drum	Weapon (2H)	8	Always		2 Mox	Maximum HP +20
coconut shell	Hat	1	Always		None
Standard Cheer	Effect	1	20 turns	Item Loss	None	Mysticality +1 Moxie +1 Muscle +1 MP +1 HP +1 Damage Reduction +1 Obtained from Government-issued candy
Tao of the Terrapin	TT Passive Skill	varies	Always		None	Doubles the effective power of your Hat and Pants
Hammertime	item	varies	30 Turns		None	Quadruples the effective power of your Pants; obtained from too legit potion
stinky cheese wheel	Off-Hand Item (Shield)	X	Always		35 Mus	X is the number of adventures spent with a stinky cheese item equipped (capped at 100), divided by 2

Notes

• According to the current understanding of combat mechanics, increasing Moxie and Damage Reduction decreases the base damage done by a monster. Damage Absorption and Elemental Resistance act after the Moxie and DR effects have been applied.

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