Armour Hardness

Armour Hardness is a value of a ships hull that plays a role in how much damage is dealt by weapon fire on said hull. It is based on the ship model and can not be altered by any outfitting or engineering options.

Effect on Damage

If the weapons Pierce Rating lies above the ships Hardness Rating the full damage will be dealt to the targeted ship. If not the damage will be calculated differently:

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This means that a weapon will deal 24% of its damage in the worst case (with 18 Pierce and 75 Hardness), with the exception of the Cytoscrambler Burst Laser that deals 1.33-5.00% of its damage making it useless against hulls.

Armour Hardness Ratings

Ship	Rating
Type-10 Defender	75
Imperial Cutter	70
Federal Corvette
Fer-de-Lance
Type-9 Transporter	65
Anaconda
Python
Federal Dropship, Assault Ship and Gunship	60
Imperial Clipper
Orca	55
Vulture
Type-7 Transporter	54
ASP Explorer and Scout	52
Keelback	45
Diamondback Explorer	42
Diamondback Scout	40
Cobra MkIII and MkIV	35
Viper MkIII and Mk IV
Type-6 Transporter
Dolphin
Adder
Imperial Courier	30
Imperial Eagle	28
Eagle MkII
Hauler	20
Sidewinder MkI

Armour Pierce Ratings

The Armour Pierce Rating depends type and class of the weapon used.

Class independant	Weapon type	Rating
	Mining Lasers	18
	Mines	60
	Missiles (normal and AX)
	Remote Realease Flak Launchers
	Plasma Accelerators	100
	Railguns
	Torpedoes	>100
Class dependant	Beam Lasers	18-60
	Burst Lasers	20-65
	Pulse Lasers	20-65
	Cannons	30-90
	Fragment Cannons	20-45
	Multi-Cannons	22-68
Exceptions	Cytoscrambler Burst Laser	1
	Enforcer Cannon (Multi-Cannon)	30