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This article lists all of the possible critical hits caused by the puncture damage type.
Legend:
- A - Amputation (limb loss)
- F - Fatal (instant death critical)
- K - Knockdown
- R - Injury level (rank 1, 2 or 3)
- S - Stun w/number of rounds
Head
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Thrust catches chin. Leaves an impression but no cut. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Glancing strike to the head! |
none |
R1
|
2 |
8 |
Nice shot to the head gouges the critter's cheek! |
S2 |
R2
|
3 |
10 |
Beautiful head shot! That ear will be missed! |
S5 |
R2
|
4 |
15 |
Strike to temple! Saved by thick skull! |
S7 |
R3
|
5 |
20 |
Beautiful shot pierces skull! Amazing the critter wasn't killed outright! |
S10 |
R3
|
6 |
25 |
Amazing shot through the critter's nose enters the brain! |
F |
R3
|
7 |
30 |
Strike though both ears, foe is quite dead! |
F |
R3
|
8 |
35 |
Strike pierces temple and kills foe instantly! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
40 |
Awesome shot skewers skull! The critter blinks once and falls quite dead! |
F |
R3
|
Neck
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Talk about a close shave! Let's try closer next time. |
none |
none
|
1 |
3 |
Minor strike to neck. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
5 |
Well placed shot to the neck. |
S2 |
R2
|
3 |
7 |
Strike just below the jaw, nice shot to the neck! |
S3 |
R2
|
4 |
10 |
Pierced through the neck, a fine shot! |
S5 |
R3
|
5 |
15 |
Neck skewered, sliding past the throat and spine! That looks painful. |
S8 |
R3
|
6 |
15 |
Fine shot pierces jugular vein! The brain wonders where all its oxygen went, briefly. |
F |
R3
|
7 |
20 |
Strike clean through neck, what a shot! Good form! |
F |
R3
|
8 |
25 |
Strike punctures throat and ruins vocal cords! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
30 |
Incredible shot clean through the throat severs the spine! |
F |
R3
|
Abdomen
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Poked in the tummy. Hehehe. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Minor puncture to abdomen. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Nice puncture to the abdomen, just missed vital organs! |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Strike pierces gall bladder! That's gotta hurt! |
S3 |
R2
|
4 |
20 |
Strike to abdomen punctures stomach! |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Vicious strike punctures intestines! |
S? |
R2
|
6 |
25 |
Bladder impaled, what a mess! |
S8 |
R3
|
7 |
30 |
Deft strike to abdomen penetrates several useful organs! |
S6 |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Strike to abdomen skewers the critter quite nicely! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Perfect strike to the abdomen. The critter howls in pain and drops quite dead! |
F |
R3
|
Back
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Thrust slides along the back. Cuts a nagging itch. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Minor puncture to the back. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Nice puncture to the back, just grazed the spine! |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Strike connects with shoulder blade! |
S2 |
R1
|
4 |
20 |
Nailed in the lower back! |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Well placed strike to back shatters vertebrae! |
S5 K |
R2
|
6 |
30 |
Deft strike to the back cracks vertebrae! |
S6 |
R3
|
7 |
35 |
Awesome shot shatters spine and punctures lung! |
S |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Shot to back shatters bone and vertebrae! |
F |
R3 N3
|
9 |
50 |
Incredible shot impales a kidney. Too painful to even scream. |
F |
R3
|
Chest
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Blow slides along ribs. Probably tickles. |
none |
none
|
1 |
5 |
Minor puncture to the chest. |
none |
R1
|
2 |
10 |
Strike to the chest breaks a rib! |
none |
R1
|
3 |
15 |
Loud *crack* as the critter's sternum breaks! |
S2 |
R1
|
4 |
20 |
Well placed strike shatters a rib! |
S3 |
R2
|
5 |
25 |
Damaging strike to chest, several ribs shattered! |
S5 |
R2
|
6 |
30 |
Strong strike, punctures lung! |
S6 |
R3
|
7 |
35 |
Awesome shot shatters ribs and punctures lung! |
S? |
R3
|
8 |
40 |
Beautiful shot pierces both lungs, the critter makes a wheezing noise, and drops dead! |
F |
R3
|
9 |
50 |
Incredible strike pierces heart and runs the critter clean through! |
F |
R3
|
Left/Right Eye
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Attack bumps an eyebrow. Oh! So close! |
? |
?
|
1 |
1 |
Minor strike under the left eye, that was close! |
? |
?
|
2 |
5 |
Well aimed shot almost removes an eye! |
? |
?
|
3 |
10 |
Surgical strike removes the critter's left eye! |
? |
?
|
4 |
17 |
Attack punctures the eye and connects with something really vital! |
? |
?
|
5 |
20 |
Shot knocks the critter's head back by pushing on the inside of the skull! |
? |
?
|
6 |
25 |
Incredible shot to the eye penetrates deep into skull! |
? |
?
|
7 |
30 |
Shot destroys eye and the brain behind it! |
? |
?
|
8 |
35 |
Strike through eye, the critter is lobotomized! |
? |
?
|
9 |
40 |
Strike to the eye penetrates skull, ocular fluid sprays widely! |
? |
?
|
Left/Right Hand
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Strikes a fingernail. Bet it'll lose it now. |
? |
?
|
1 |
1 |
Strike to right hand breaks a fingernail! |
? |
?
|
2 |
3 |
Strike through the palm! |
? |
?
|
3 |
5 |
Shot to the hand slices a finger to the bone! |
? |
?
|
4 |
7 |
Shot pierces a wrist! |
? |
?
|
5 |
9 |
Slash across back of hand, tendons sliced! |
? |
?
|
6 |
12 |
Impressive shot shatters wrist! |
? |
?
|
7 |
15 |
Strike to wrist severs right hand! |
? |
?
|
8 |
18 |
Strike to wrist severs right hand! |
? |
?
|
9 |
20 |
Strike to wrist severs right hand quite neatly! |
? |
?
|
Left/Right Arm
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Tap to the arm pricks some interest but not much else. |
? |
?
|
1 |
3 |
Minor puncture to the right arm. |
? |
?
|
2 |
5 |
Strike pierces upper arm! |
? |
?
|
3 |
7 |
Well aimed shot, punctures upper arm! |
? |
?
|
4 |
10 |
Strike pierces forearm! |
? |
?
|
5 |
14 |
Elbow punctured, oh what pain! |
? |
?
|
6 |
17 |
Well aimed strike shatters bone in right arm! |
? |
?
|
7 |
22 |
Strike to right arm cleanly severs it at the shoulder! |
? |
?
|
8 |
25 |
Strike to right arm shatters elbow and severs forearm! |
? |
?
|
9 |
25 |
Shot shatters shoulder and severs right arm! |
? |
?
|
Left/Right Leg
Rank |
Damage |
Message |
Status Effects |
Wounds
|
0 |
0 |
Thrust glances off the [target]'s knee without a lot of effect. |
? |
?
|
1 |
5 |
Minor puncture to the (right/left) leg. |
? |
?
|
2 |
9 |
Strike pierces thigh! |
? |
?
|
3 |
13 |
Well aimed shot, punctures calf! |
? |
?
|
4 |
17 |
Strike pierces calf! |
? |
?
|
5 |
20 |
Well placed shot pierces knee, that hurt! |
? |
?
|
6 |
23 |
Great shot penetrates thigh and shatters bone! |
? |
?
|
7 |
27 |
Blow shatters knee and severs lower leg! |
? |
?
|
8 |
30 |
Strike punctures thigh and shatters femur! |
? |
?
|
9 |
35 |
Shot shatters hip and severs (right/left) leg! |
? |
?
|