Critical hit
Critical hits occur randomly when striking enemies. By default, each successful hit on an enemy has a 4% chance of being a "critical hit", dealing approximately double the usual damage of the weapon in use with 40% more knockback. A small number of weapons have a base critical strike chance that is higher than the default 4%. In addition, certain modifiers, armor bonuses, accessories, and buffs can boost the player's effective critical strike chance.
Visually, critical hits are displayed as slightly exaggerated bold damage numbers that linger on-screen for a longer period and travel slightly higher than damage numbers from ordinary hits.
Contents
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Minions cannot normally deal critical hits, only by wearing a full set of Monk armor (16.7%) or Shinobi Infiltrator armor (25%) with any of the Lightning Aura sentry summons or by using a Morning Star (5%) or Kaleidoscope (10%) with any minion can crits be dealt at a fixed rate depending on which is used.
- The armor set bonuses and whip effects can be stacked for a maximum of 35% crit chance.
- Players attacking other players in PvP will also not deal critical hits.
Weapons with non-standard base critical strike chance[edit | edit source]
Weapon | Base Critical Chance |
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![]() Internal Item ID: 96
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11% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 220
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11% ![]() ![]() |
![]() Internal Item ID: 287
|
8% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 670
|
6% ![]() ![]() |
![]() Internal Item ID: 671
|
17% ![]() ![]() |
![]() Internal Item ID: 682
|
9% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 724
|
6% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 1254
|
29% ![]() ![]() |
![]() Internal Item ID: 1296
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24% ![]() ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 1553
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14% ![]() 4% ![]() |
![]() Internal Item ID: 1782
|
10% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 1784
|
10% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 1835
|
14% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 2223
|
11% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 2269
|
9% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 2273
|
19% |
![]() Internal Item ID: 2331
|
24% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3052
|
7% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3053
|
7% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3054
|
7% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3069
|
14% ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3258
|
19% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3291
|
14% ![]() ![]() |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3350
|
11% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3389
|
14% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3787
|
24% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 3859
|
7% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 4679
|
14% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 4715
|
24% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 4722
|
14% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 4923
|
14% |
![]() ![]() Internal Item ID: 4956
|
14% |
Boost gear[edit | edit source]
Melee[edit | edit source]
Item | Critical Chance |
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+26% |
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+2% (during night) |
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+2% |
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+5% |
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+7% |
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+8% |
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+10% |
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+6% |
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+8% |
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+4% |
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+8% |
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+5% |
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+11% |
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+20% |
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+10% |
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+20% |
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+20% |
Ranged[edit | edit source]
Item | Critical Chance |
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+3% |
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+3% |
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+3% |
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+6% |
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+7% |
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+8% |
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+9% |
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+15% |
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+7% |
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+8% |
Shroomite Headpiece (All helmets) | +5% |
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+13% |
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+7% |
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+7% |
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+12% |
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+8% |
Cloak from Shroomite armor | Up to +10% |
Cloak from Vortex armor | Up to +20% |
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+11% |
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+10% |
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+10% |
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+10% |
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+10% |
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+10% |
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+3% |
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+3% |
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+3% |
Magic[edit | edit source]
Item | Critical Chance |
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+2% |
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+6% |
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+7% |
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+12% ![]() ![]() |
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+9% |
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+11% |
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+7% |
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+18% |
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+7% |
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+12% |
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+5% |
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+7% |
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+10% |
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+20% |
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+25% |
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+15% |
![]() ![]() |
+10% |
All[edit | edit source]
Item | Critical Chance |
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+2% |
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+10% |
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+5% |
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+5% |
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+3% |
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+4% |
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+2% |
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+1% |
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+6% |
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+3% |
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+3% |
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+7% |
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+7% |
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+8% |
Precise or Lucky prefix on accessories | +2% or +4% |
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+8% |
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+10% |
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+5% |
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+2% |
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+2% |
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+2% |
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+2% |
Reforged weapons | Max +5% |
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+15% |
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+10% |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- Damage is doubled after being reduced by defense.
- When held, weapon modifiers affect all outgoing critical hits from that class's projectiles. Weapon modifiers will cease affecting critical chance when not selected.
- While ammo might seem to be affected by crit bonuses, crit chance actually entirely depends on weapon stats.
- It is generally best to attempt to equalize your total accessory crit chance bonus and your total accessory damage bonus, as this will maximize your overall DPS.
Maximizing critical hits[edit | edit source]
Melee
- Maximum critical strike chance is 146%Verify(It appears that the suggested build to reach this critical strike chance makes use of multiple celestial items, which no longer stack on desktop as of 1.4), attained by combining the following at night:
Solar Flare Helmet
Frost Breastplate
Valhalla Knight's Greaves
Obsidian Swordfish
(Godly/Demonic/Zealous)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Putrid Scent
(Lucky)Celestial Shell
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
Ale
- Although the
Psycho Knife will increase critical strike chance by 30% at its stealth mode, the critical strike chance shown in the tooltip will be 100% when the actual critical strike chance is higher than 100%.
Melee
- Maximum critical chance is 121%, attained by combining the following:
Dragon Mask
Frost Breastplate
Chlorophyte Greaves
Obsidian Swordfish
(Godly/Demonic/Zealous)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Moon Charm
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
Ale
Dragon Mask can be swapped with
Hallowed Mask.
- As this chance caps at 100%, you can skip minor items like
Celestial Stone (-2),
Moon Stone (-2),
Moon Charm (-2) or switch to
Chlorophyte armor (-8) and still have 100% chance.
Ranged
- Maximum critical strike chance is 154%, attained by combining the following:
Vortex armor
(with activated set bonus)Sniper Rifle
(Unreal/Godly/Demonic/Zealous)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Sniper Scope
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Putrid Scent
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
Ranged
- Maximum critical strike chance is 124%, attained by combining the following:
Orichalcum Helmet
Shroomite Breastplate
Chlorophyte Greaves
Sniper Rifle
(Unreal)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Sniper Scope
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
- As this chance caps at 100%, you can skip minor items like
Celestial Stone (-2) or
Moon Stone (-2) and switch to full
Shroomite armor (-10) and still have 100% chance. It is even possible to use a different weapon (-15) as the stealth effect from the Shroomite armor will add an extra 10% back when necessary.
Magic
- Maximum critical strike chance is 148%, attained by combining the following:
Orichalcum Headgear
Nebula Breastplate
Dark Artist's Leggings
Sky Fracture
(Mythical/Godly/Demonic/Zealous)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Putrid Scent
(Lucky)Celestial Shell
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
Crystal Ball
Staff of Earth
Magic
- Maximum critical strike chance is 94%, attained by combining the following with any Mythical weapon and any Lucky accessory:
Spectre Robe can be swapped with
Hallowed Plate Mail or
Chlorophyte Plate Mail.
- Also, if the last accessory is a Lucky
Sniper Scope, you will have a total critical strike chance of 104%.
Throwing
- Maximum critical strike chance is 89%, attained by combining the following:
Chlorophyte Plate Mail
Fossil Greaves
Bone Glove
(Unreal/Godly/Demonic/Zealous)Eye of the Golem
(Lucky)Destroyer Emblem
(Lucky)Putrid Scent
(Lucky)Celestial Shell
(Lucky)Celestial Stone
(Lucky)Moon Stone
(Lucky)Rage Potion
Bowl of Soup
Chlorophyte Plate Mail can be swapped with
Hallowed Plate Mail.
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 1.2.1.2: Critical Strike increase on accessory reforges have been doubled. Example: The Lucky Reforge was boosted from 2% to 4%.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.