Shields

Shields are used by Raiders to negate incoming damage while Topside. Some shields reduce mobility for the upside of increased protection. Augments are needed to wear the higher end shields.

Name	Image	Description	Shield Charge	Damage Mitigation	Movement Penalty	Compatible With	Weight
Light Shield		A lightweight shield that blocks a small portion of incoming damage without impacting mobility.	40	40%	NIL	• All Augments	5.0
Medium Shield		A standard shield that blocks a medium portion of incoming damage at a moderate cost to mobility.	70	42.5%	5% Reduced Movement Speed	• Tactical MK.1 • Combat MK.1 • Tactical MK.2 • Combat MK.2 • Tactical MK.3 (Healing) • Combat MK.3 (Aggressive) • Looting MK.3 (Survivor)	7.0
Heavy Shield		A heavy shield that blocks a large portion of incoming damage, but carries a significant cost to mobility.	80	52.5%	15% Reduced Movement Speed	• Combat MK.2 • Combat MK.3 (Aggressive) • Tactical MK.3 (Defensive)	9.0

Notes

Each blue box inside the shield bar is worth 10 shield points. Shields do not act as extra health, but take a portion of the damage you've taken as shield damage instead.

Every free loadout will give you a light shield.

Used to the Weight perk from the Conditioning Skill Tree will reduce the effects of the movement penalty from the medium/heavy shields.

Damage Calculation

As long as the shield has at least 1 charge, it provides full damage mitigation. For example, if you have 1 shield charge and are hit by a Ferro, the damage is reduced as if the shield were fully charged. Damage mitigation only stops once the shield charge reaches 0.

Shield Damage Formula

Let Y be the weapon’s base damage.

• The shield’s charge is reduced by Y (headshot multipliers are ignored — shields always take body damage).
• Your HP is reduced by Y after applying the shield’s deflection rate (e.g. 40% for a Light Shield).

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Example

A Ferro body hit deals 40 base damage.

• With a Light Shield (40% deflection) and at least 1 charge remaining:
  • Shield charge is reduced by 40
  • HP damage taken: 24 instead of 40

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Headshot Case

If the Ferro headshot deals 100 damage:

• Shield charge is still reduced by 40 (base damage only)
• HP damage taken: 60 (100 reduced by 40%)

In short: shield charge always absorbs base damage, while HP damage reflects the final hit after deflection.

Shield Durability

• When shield charge is depleted, shield durability is reduced.
• At 100 durability, the shield can sustain 5 full charge depletions before it hits 0 durability and breaks:
  • Light Shield can go from 40 charge to 0 charge five times, and then it breaks
  • Light Shield can also go from 20 charge to 0 charge ten times before it breaks
  • Heavy Shield can go from 80 charge to 0 charge five times before it breaks.
• There is a very minor variance so sometimes the shield durability is left at 1 after 5 full shield charge depletions