Invulnerability

"Invincibility" redirects here. For the Super Adventure Box power-up, see Invincibility (Super Adventure Box).

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Immune to conditions and damage.

— In-game description

Invulnerability is an effect that prevents the target from taking damage, receiving conditions, or being affected by control effects. It does not prevent fall damage, or environmental traps. Conditions already applied to a character will continue to deal damage. The effect is characterized by an "Invulnerable" message whenever a character would take damage from an attack. It is automatically placed on many creatures during various preceding or ending scenes of events. It is also placed on downed and rallied players for one second. Its purpose is to maintain plot elements such as preventing key NPCs from dying or to avoid exploits. Determined is a similar effect going by different name, but the two are essentially the same.

Invulnerable targets destroy all projectiles they come in contact with - this means projectiles with Pierce, or projectiles that don't directly do attacks (e.g. Infiltrator's Arrow) can be effectively bodyblocked by a target with the Invulnerability effect.

If a player aggroes certain foes and then moves to a position where the foe cannot attack, they will turn invulnerable, regenerate health rather quickly after a short time, and move back to its original location. This prevents players from using the terrain to attack from a position where enemies can't reach them. The trigger for the effect can be hard to avoid, especially if a player falls down a ledge or if there are minor variations in the terrain. This effect is not universal, as a foe can be invulnerable to one player and still take damage from other sources. Many foes do not become invulnerable in these conditions, they merely get the rapid regeneration and retreat.

Related effects[edit]

Determined — Determined to survive and immune to damage.
Righteous Indignation — Cannot be killed and deals more damage.
Distortion — Evade all attacks.
Renewed Focus — Immune to conditions and damage.
Resurrection — You're invulnerable.
Nutrient — You have consumed nutrient and have gained some of the great jungle wurm's power! Absorbs one instance of drool.

Effects that prevent damage as part of a specific encounter:

Protective Shielding — Immune to damage. Aether grid attacks disrupt the shielding.
Blue Pylon Power — Immune to all damage and conditions. Can be stripped.

Profession skills[edit]

Mist Form — Morph into an invulnerable, vaporous mist for a brief time.
Vapor Form — Assume a mobile, vaporous form, returning to a downed state when the effect ends.
Obsidian Flesh — Envelop yourself in stony armor, making yourself invulnerable.
Elixir S — Drink Elixir S to shrink yourself, recover from stun, and evade
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attacks.
Renewed Focus — Focus, making yourself invulnerable and recharging your virtues.
Distortion — Gain distortion and destroy all your clones, gaining additional distortion for each one shattered.
Drink (stolen) — You become invulnerable.

Skills which prevent damage, but not conditions or control effects (the enemy still technically does damage so their on-hit or on-crit effects will trigger, unlike with actual invulnerability):
- Signet of Stone — Signet Passive: Improves toughness for you and your pet.
  Signet Active: You and your pet take no damage from attacks. You and your pet are still susceptible to conditions and control effects.
- Endure Pain — Take no damage from attacks. You are still susceptible to conditions and crowd control effects.