Elements

Why a plain swing sometimes does nothing at all.

A weapon with no element deals Neutral damage, which is every plain swing. Read the Neutral row before you wonder why a monster is taking nothing from you.

What to buy for each element

Neutral Arrow Water Crystal Arrow Earth Stone Arrow Fire Fire Arrow Wind Arrow of Wind Poison Rusty Arrow Holy Silver Arrow Shadow Arrow of Shadow Ghost Immaterial Arrow Undead Sharpened Legbone of Ghoul

Defender element level 1

Attack Neutral Water Earth Fire Wind Poison Holy Shadow Ghost Undead
Neutral 100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%25%100%
Water 100%25%100%150%50%100%75%100%100%100%
Earth 100%100%100%50%150%100%75%100%100%100%
Fire 100%50%150%25%100%100%75%100%100%125%
Wind 100%175%50%100%25%100%75%100%100%100%
Poison 100%100%125%125%125%0%75%50%100%-25%
Holy 100%100%100%100%100%100%0%125%100%150%
Shadow 100%100%100%100%100%50%125%0%100%-25%
Ghost 25%100%100%100%100%100%75%75%125%100%
Undead 100%100%100%100%100%50%100%0%100%0%

Defender element level 2

Attack Neutral Water Earth Fire Wind Poison Holy Shadow Ghost Undead
Neutral 100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%25%100%
Water 100%0%100%175%25%100%50%75%100%100%
Earth 100%100%50%25%175%100%50%75%100%100%
Fire 100%25%175%0%100%100%50%75%100%150%
Wind 100%175%25%100%0%100%50%75%100%100%
Poison 100%75%125%125%125%0%50%25%75%-50%
Holy 100%100%100%100%100%100%-25%150%100%175%
Shadow 100%100%100%100%100%25%150%-25%100%-50%
Ghost 0%75%75%75%75%75%50%50%150%125%
Undead 100%75%75%75%75%25%125%0%100%0%

Defender element level 3

Attack Neutral Water Earth Fire Wind Poison Holy Shadow Ghost Undead
Neutral 100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%0%100%
Water 100%-25%100%200%0%100%25%50%100%125%
Earth 100%100%0%0%200%100%25%50%100%75%
Fire 100%0%200%-25%100%100%25%50%100%175%
Wind 100%200%0%100%-25%100%25%50%100%100%
Poison 100%50%100%100%100%0%25%0%50%-75%
Holy 100%100%100%100%100%125%-50%175%100%200%
Shadow 100%100%100%100%100%0%175%-50%100%-75%
Ghost 0%50%50%50%50%50%25%25%175%150%
Undead 100%50%50%50%50%0%150%0%100%0%

Defender element level 4

Attack Neutral Water Earth Fire Wind Poison Holy Shadow Ghost Undead
Neutral 100%100%100%100%100%100%100%100%0%100%
Water 100%-50%100%200%0%75%0%25%100%150%
Earth 100%100%-25%0%200%75%0%25%100%50%
Fire 100%0%200%-50%100%75%0%25%100%200%
Wind 100%200%0%100%-50%75%0%25%100%100%
Poison 100%25%75%75%75%0%0%-25%25%-100%
Holy 100%75%75%75%75%125%-100%200%100%200%
Shadow 100%75%75%75%75%-25%200%-100%100%-100%
Ghost 0%25%25%25%25%25%0%0%200%175%
Undead 100%25%25%25%25%-25%175%0%100%0%