+#% lightning resistance penetration¶

Suffix · must be weapon

Property	Value
Rolls on	must be weapon
Source	Rolls on loot and from essences of its element
Families	lightning, damage
Group	`weapon.lightning-penetration` — An item can have only one property of the same group.

Tiers¶

Tier	Item level	Value	Weight	Share
T8	Meadows – Black Forest (1–42)	+(2–3)% lightning resistance penetration	1000	42.7%
T7	Black Forest – Swamp (19–76)	+(3–4)% lightning resistance penetration	700	29.9%
T6	Swamp – Plains (43–129)	+(4–5)% lightning resistance penetration	400	17.1%
T5	Mountain+ (77+)	+(5–7)% lightning resistance penetration	180	7.7%
T4	Mistlands+ (130+)	+(7–9)% lightning resistance penetration	60	2.6%
T3	Ashlands+ (181+)	+(10–12)% lightning resistance penetration	0	0.0%
T2	Deep North+ (246+)	+(13–15)% lightning resistance penetration	0	0.0%
T1	Deep North+ (320+)	+(16–18)% lightning resistance penetration	0	0.0%
T0	Meadows+ (1+)	+(19–21)% lightning resistance penetration	0	0.0%

T3, T2 and T1 never roll: not on drops, not from runes. Only corruption, the Glyph of Tempering and the Glyph of the Last Heat raise a property into them; the glyphs only at the item level shown.

Values by slot¶

Most properties roll bigger or smaller numbers depending on the item: the ranges below are what each slot gets.

Tier	Regular	One-handed weapon	Two-handed weapon
T8	(2–3)	(1–2)	(3–4)
T7	(3–4)	(2–3)	(4–6)
T6	(4–5)	(3–4)	(6–8)
T5	(5–7)	(4–5)	(8–10)
T4	(7–9)	(5–6)	(10–14)
T3	(10–12)	(7–8)	(15–18)
T2	(13–15)	(9–10)	(20–22)
T1	(16–18)	(11–13)	(24–27)
T0	(19–21)	(13–15)	(28–32)

Patch history¶

Patch

Change

Patch 6.0.6

T0 → T3 (item level 1 → 181–∞, weight 0): +(10–12)% lightning resistance penetration
T2 (item level 246–∞, weight 0): +(13–15)% lightning resistance penetration
T1 (item level 320–∞, weight 0): +(16–18)% lightning resistance penetration
T0 (item level 1–∞, weight 0): +(19–21)% lightning resistance penetration

Patch 6.0.0 (New)

T8 (item level 1–42, weight 1000): +(2–3)% lightning resistance penetration
T7 (item level 19–76, weight 700): +(3–4)% lightning resistance penetration
T6 (item level 43–129, weight 400): +(4–5)% lightning resistance penetration
T5 (item level 77–∞, weight 180): +(5–7)% lightning resistance penetration
T4 (item level 130–∞, weight 60): +(7–9)% lightning resistance penetration
T0 (item level 1–∞, weight 0): +(10–12)% lightning resistance penetration

Game data

{
  "id": "weapon.lightning-penetration",
  "place": "suffix",
  "target": "character",
  "families": [
    "lightning",
    "damage"
  ],
  "group": "weapon.lightning-penetration",
  "allowAll": [
    "weapon"
  ],
  "allowAny": [],
  "denyAny": [],
  "weight": 300.0,
  "generation": true,
  "tiers": [
    {
      "id": "T8",
      "min": 2.0,
      "max": 3.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 1,
      "maxLevel": 42,
      "weight": 1000.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T7",
      "min": 3.0,
      "max": 4.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 19,
      "maxLevel": 76,
      "weight": 700.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T6",
      "min": 4.0,
      "max": 5.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 43,
      "maxLevel": 129,
      "weight": 400.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T5",
      "min": 5.0,
      "max": 7.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 77,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 180.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T4",
      "min": 7.0,
      "max": 9.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 130,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 60.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T3",
      "min": 10.0,
      "max": 12.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 181,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T2",
      "min": 13.0,
      "max": 15.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 246,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T1",
      "min": 16.0,
      "max": 18.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 320,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    },
    {
      "id": "T0",
      "min": 19.0,
      "max": 21.0,
      "step": 1.0,
      "minLevel": 0,
      "maxLevel": null,
      "weight": 0.0
    }
  ]
}

Data from Path of Valheiman 6.0.6, extracted 2026-11-09.