

The main difference is that lower health armours drop in their overall armour percentage much quicker, so become far more affected by lower penetration bullets. This is not directly related to the overall health of individual armour either, as a bullet will equally pass through a 35 health armour kit and a 200 health armour kit if it has a high enough penetration value. The lower the percentage of armour left on a target, the higher the chance of a bullet penetrating. A bullet with a pen value of 79 isn't going to do any more damage to a target wearing level four armour than a bullet with 45 pen (outside of one tricky condition which we will get to later), so you also don't want to be wasting high-value bullets on low armoured targets.įurthermore, bullets either have enough penetration to bypass the armour, or they will do an imbalance of armour damage and flesh damage as only 'part' of the bullet passes through. While higher numbers are obviously better, they do reach a point of diminishing returns when going against various armour types.

It ranges from zero all the way to 79, with higher numbers progressively being more effective. *Moderator discretion applies.Escape From Tarkov penetration is a value attached to every bullet in the game that determines its effectiveness in passing through the various classes of armour. Moderator decisions are final, please respect the moderator team and their actions. Make sure to follow the guidelines outlined in the Reddiquette for a more pleasant experience. Recent News Official LinksĪs well as the above rules, the Reddit Content Policy is in place as well - please familiarize yourself with this. Please make sure to follow the rules noted below in the side bar.

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