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→Defense vs. Armor vs. Resistance
* Resistance can be found as a bonus on certain equipment items. Players can acquire [[Fire]], [[Cold]], [[Arcane]], [[Poison]], and [[Lightning]] resistance, each of which reduces damage from its corresponding damage type.
While Defense does increase when your character levels up, the Defense formula has built-in penalties for leveling up which counteract or sometimes exceed the Defense bonuses. For the most part, this means that Defense bonuses from level-up are largely superficial.
In terms of damage reduction, 3 Defense, 50 armor, and 5 resistance all give the same damage reduction to their respective damage types, however, mixing Defense with armor or resistance gives greater overall reduction than any one of them on its own.
