Quasimorph Armor and Resistances

Armor and resistances form the hidden math that ends Quasimorph runs when ignored. Every clone, mercenary enemy, and robot platform wears protection values and typed resistances that shrink incoming damage. Faction tech on the World map upgrades enemy gear over campaign weeks, so a strategy that worked on early Mars sorties may fail once stations climb tech levels. Magnum Scriptum expects you to examine targets, adapt weapon types, and pack mixed loadouts from Weapons rather than brute-force one rifle through an entire station.

How examine works

Right-click an enemy during your turn to open the examine panel. You see health, wounds, equipped armor pieces, pain status, and resistance percentages by damage type. Examine costs little compared to wasting a full magazine into pierce-immune robots. Make examine a reflex tied to Keyboard Controls or Steam Deck right-click emulation before shooting unknown units.

Examine also reveals weak armor zones indirectly through weapon profiles on enemies. If a target carries heavy plate but low cut resistance, swap to shotguns or machetes even when your primary rifle looks stronger on paper.

Damage types versus resistances

Quasimorph damage types include pierce, cut, blunt, fire, and specialized categories on explosives and energy weapons. Resistances above one hundred percent heavily mitigate a type; negative values mean weakness. Robots commonly resist pierce, blunt, and fire while weak to cut, a pattern repeated in community guides and Getting Started tips.

Human factions mix loadouts by role: riflemen, shotgunners, flamethrower units, and cyborgs each demand different answers. Timed missions with Quasimorph spawns punish slow swaps; pre-plan dual-type kits in Loadout Planner and Builds.

Armor on enemies

Enemy armor subtracts damage before resistances apply on many hits. High-tier Conquest squads stack armor with shields and pain thresholds that stunlock careless melee players. Eclipse Blades builds need series-of-hits weapons and buffs like cannibalism to punch through armored elites in one door peek rotation.

Destructible cover and explosive barrels interact with armor indirectly. Sabotage missions warn that some objectives explode; use ranged cut or pierce tools from safe tiles.

Armor on your clone

Your clone wears looted or crafted armor panels with weight costs. Heavier kits reduce dodge, already fragile when backpacks fill during Tunnel Rats routes. Armor saves mistakes but does not replace correct enemy typing. Medkits stabilize all wound types for emergency healing; bandages and splints remain efficient for single injury categories per Crafting and Consumables.

Pain threshold stuns when exceeded, skipping actions regardless of armor rating. Pain affects enemies too; bleed and fracture tactics soften targets before ammo spend.

Scaling with faction tech

Station owners on the galaxy map display tech level influencing loot and enemy equipment tiers. Beneficiary and aggressor factions on mission cards determine which pools spawn. Higher tech introduces resistances earlier in a floor clear. Track reputation and tech on factions you farm for barter so you know when old kits obsolete.

Meta-progression chips extracted from missions unlock classes and recipes that catch up to tech curves. Follow Walkthrough pacing instead of rushing timed zones undergeared.

Resistance checklist by foe

Foe pattern	Often weak to	Often resists	Tool
Robots	Cut	Pierce, blunt, fire	Shotguns, machetes
Heavy human plates	Blunt, explosives	Pierce	Hammers, grenades
Flamethrower units	Cut at range	Fire	Door peek, shotguns
Cyborgs	Varies; examine	Mixed	Swap after panel read

Always confirm with examine; outliers exist in elite squads.

Class and operator interactions

Operators do not bypass resistances. Isabella Capet ignores infection, not armor. Victoria Boudicca range helps apply cut shotguns safely. Scouts of Hades accuracy perks reduce wasted weak hits but never replace typing. Tifton’s Elite sustained fire needs sidearm swaps when LMG ammo type wrong.

Stance and accuracy interplay

Sprint stance lowers ranged accuracy; walk stabilizes shots into weak points. Melee uses clone accuracy plus weapon pattern; door peeking avoids open-floor penalties. Sneak rarely changes resistances but helps avoid fights you cannot type correctly without setup turns.

Practical mid-mission adaptation

When floor composition surprises you, loot enemy weapons matching needed types even if UI color looks worse than your primary. Disassemble wrong-type junk later on ship. Mid-mission crafting is limited; adaptation means swaps not bench fixes.

If two elites cover different resistances, separate them through doors and examine each before committing grenades or medkits.

Long-term gear planning

Maintain extracted cut and pierce favorites on ship stash. Label mentally by mission faction from World intel. Upgrade bench recipes when wiring and plating stockpile from cyborgs noted in Weapons.

Armor and resistances reward curious players. Examine every new icon, carry two types minimum, and align Classes builds with the enemies your chosen factions spawn at current tech.