Oblivion:Creature Resistances

Below you'll find a list of creatures which take more or less damage from selected magical effects. Knowing a creature's strengths and weaknesses can give you the edge in battles.

Resistances

See Resistances and Weaknesses for general information on how resistances and weaknesses interact.

Resistance to normal weapons is the reduction of damage done by non-silver, non-magic weapons. If the weapon is out of magicka to apply its magic effect, it is still considered magical for dealing damage and thus is not affected by this type of resistance.

The other resistances are described in more detail at Resist Fire, Resist Frost, Resist Magic, Resist Paralysis, Resist Poison, and Resist Shock.

A listing of 100% confers complete immunity to the listed element or attack type, unless a counteracting weakness effect is also active.

The resistances are listed and calculated as a percentage. Thus, if you cast a spell that does 10 fire damage at a clannfear that has a 33% resistance to fire, the clannfear takes 6 points of fire damage (10 * (1 - 0.33) = 6.7, drop fractions). You can nullify these effects using Weakness to xxx spell effects (e.g., Weakness to Fire).

Weaknesses

If a number is negative, it is a weakness.

Most of the weaknesses are elemental weaknesses, but Ogres are weak to poison, and this means that any damage that comes from poison is multiplied.

The weakness is listed and calculated as a percentage. Thus, if you cast a spell that does 10 shock damage at a Clannfear (which has a natural 20% weakness to shock), the Clannfear takes 12 damage (10 * (1 + 0.2) = 12). You can amplify these effects using additional Weakness to xxx spell effects. Weakness to Magic spell effects will also amplify the damage.

For example, casting a short-duration 100% Weakness to Magic and a short-duration 40% Weakness to shock on the same Clannfear from the above then casting a spell that deals 10 points of shock damage will result in the Clannfear taking 32 shock damage:

(1 + weakness to magic - resistance to magic) * (1 + weakness to shock- resistance to shock) * 10
= (1 + 1.00 - 0) * (1 + 0.40 + 0.20 - 0) * 10 = 32

If you cast the spell effects individually (casting 100% Weakness to Magic then casting 40% Weakness to Shock and lastly 10 points of shock damage), however, the weakness to magic can amplify the weakness to shock effect:

(1 + weakness to magic - resistance to magic) * (1 + weakness to shock- resistance to shock) * 10
= (1 + 1.00 - 0) * (1 + 0.40 * 2 + 0.20 - 0) * 10 = 40

Keep in mind that this example assumes that your weakness spells last long enough to cast the shock damage spell and for the damage to resolve. If your shock spell has a duration that lasts longer than the weaknesses, that portion of the damage is not affected by the weaknesses (except the inborn 20% weakness to shock).

Other Abilities

• Reflect Damage deals the percent listed damage back to its source (i.e., the Character dealing the damage).
• Reflect Spell is the percentage chance that the entire spell effect is reflected back to its source.
• Spell Absorption is the percentage chance that the entire spell effect is nullified with the magicka cost being applied to the magicka resource pool of the target.
• Regeneration is in hit points per second.

Resistances Quick List

Creature Ancient Ghost 100 100 100 Black Bear 20 Boar 20 Brown Bear 20 Clannfear 33 -20 20 Clannfear Runt 33 -20 20 Daedroth 33 -20 Dread Zombie -60 30 100 30 5 Dremora 25 Faded Wraith 100 100 100 Flame Atronach 100 -50 100 15 Frost Atronach -50 100 100 15 Ghost 100 100 100 Gloom Wraith 100 100 100 Goblin Shaman 30 Headless Zombie -60 30 100 30 Land Dreugh 20 33 Lich -25 100 100 25 25 25 Minotaur Lord 40 Mountain Lion 20 Creature

Creature Nether Lich -25 100 100 25 25 Ogre -25 Rumare Slaughterfish -50 Scamp 33 -20 Skeleton 70 100 100 Skeleton Champion 70 100 100 Skeleton Guardian 70 100 100 Skeleton Hero 70 100 100 Spider Daedra 33 -30 -20 100 Spriggan -30 30 Storm Atronach 100 100 15 Stunted Scamp 33 -20 Timber Wolf 20 Troll -50 2 Unicorn 100 100 50 20 100 Will-o-the-Wisp 100 100 100 Wolf 20 Wraith 100 100 100 Xivilai 33 -20 50 Zombie -60 30 100 30 Creature