Displayed damage limit

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Damage limits

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A cap-stage guide for reading the visible damage number without losing the underlying calculation.

By RO Codex Team Updated August 7, 2026 Foundational mechanic · Reviewed August 7, 2026

How this damage is calculated

Calculation order

Uncapped event damage → applicable display-cap source → displayed damage

Follow this order with your own build, but use the grouping and special branches shown by your skill family. The numerical example below demonstrates the mechanic rather than claiming one universal formula for every skill.

Build calculator

Enter the values from your character, skill, and target. Results update as you type, stay in your browser, and are never saved.

Instant result

Your character stats

Enter the totals from the build you use with the selected hero and attack. Action-specific, target-qualified, and Final Damage modifiers remain separate stages.

Build A uncapped damage

Build B damage increase

Display limit

Your calculated result

Both builds display 999,999, but Build B still has 135,000 more uncapped damage.

This calculator follows the ordering described on this page. Skill-specific rewrites and unsupported build lanes still require their own verified family support.

Example calculation: an upgrade above the display limit

Worked example

Build A reaches 1,350,000 uncapped damage. Build B adds 10% to the same event, but both are subject to a 999,999 display limit.

Use your own values

Replace the sample inputs with your character stats, selected skill level, active modifiers, and actual target. The values below are not a recommended build, damage target, or expected result for your character.

Build A uncapped damage: 1,350,000
Build B upgrade: +10% (×1.10)
Display limit: 999,999

1
Build A displayed damage min(1,350,000, 999,999)
999,999
2
Build B uncapped damage 1,350,000 × 1.10
1,485,000
3
Build B displayed damage min(1,485,000, 999,999)
999,999
4
Hidden uncapped gain 1,485,000 − 1,350,000
135,000
5
Visible gain 999,999 − 999,999
0

Example result

Both builds display 999,999, but Build B still has 135,000 more uncapped damage.

Use the cap source shown for your selected encounter. Compare uncapped damage and actual HP removed before deciding that two capped builds are equal.

Keep the uncapped value

The calculation ledger retains uncapped damage before applying any display limit. This value shows whether an upgrade changed the underlying result even when the number displayed for the hit cannot rise further.

A display cap identifies its source, cap value, pre-cap value, and post-cap value. It is not the same as the target’s remaining HP or an encounter-specific HP-loss limit.

Read displayed damage as presentation

Displayed damage is the number presented for the event after the applicable display rule. It can equal uncapped damage, or it can be lower because a signed, target-specific, or other verified cap applied.

Compare uncapped and displayed values.
Record which cap source activated.
Do not infer target HP loss from the displayed number alone.

Evaluate upgrades above the cap

When two builds both reach the visible limit, compare uncapped damage, actual HP removed, reliability, resource cost, and time to kill. The identical displayed number does not prove the builds are equal.

Apply this to your build

Increase one verified offensive input above the display cap. The displayed hit may stay fixed while the uncapped ledger value changes; inspect both fields.

Evidence and freshness

RO Codex publishes Verified family articles only while the accepted handler and its required evidence remain current. Read the data quality standards for the site-wide accuracy contract.

RO Codex formula trust contract: Defines Verified, Estimated, and Unavailable behavior and requires family-specific fail-closed calculation.
Player-facing calculation ledgers: Ordered Battle Lab steps keep attack, defense, modifiers, encounters, and caps readable without exposing internal references.