Crack in the King's Carapace¶

Notable · Strength · Armour Break · Show on tree

Mastery options¶

	Option	Effect
	Jagged Breach	Gain 22.5% of blunt damage as extra slashing on your next hit against broken armour
	Armour Shards	Completely breaking armour creates an Armour Shard Base Armour Shard limit: 3; lifetime: 8 s Hitting the shard triggers an explosion: 100% of its burst strength; base radius: 3 m The explosion breaks 30% of affected enemies’ armour Breaking armour leaves a shard on the ground. Hit it with an attack or spell to set it off.
	Bared to the Bone	Armour broken to the bone staggers the target
	Cleaving Breach	Your final slashing damage can also build armour break alongside blunt damage. It keeps its bleeding build-up; damage is neither converted nor duplicated.
	Wedge the Armour	25% increased armour break build-up per impale on the target

Details¶

Property	Value
Type	Notable
Branch	Strength
Category	Armour Break
Topics	armour break, against bosses, blunt, slashing, stun
Position	-2640, -2150
Id	`own10591`

Connections¶

	Name	Type	Effect
	Armour Break	Passive	16% increased armour break build-up
	Armour Break	Passive	16% increased armour break build-up

Keywords¶

Armour break: Blunt hits progressively reduce the target's armour, including for the triggering hit. The reduction is shared on the target and clears after a pause without…
Build-up: Makes matching damage apply an ailment more readily. It does not add a missing damage type, increase ailment damage or extend duration; impale uses an…
Blunt damage: A physical damage type that builds armour break. Stagger uses the hit's separate stagger power.
Extra yield: Awards additional items from the named resource or production action. Whole guaranteed extras are awarded first; remaining resource chance can repeat through…
Slash damage: A physical damage type that fills the bleeding gauge. Bleeding requires slash damage, not just a build-up bonus.

Game data

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      "name": "Зазубренный пролом",
      "extra": null,
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          "form": "inc",
          "kind": "cond",
          "cond": "NextHitOnBrokenTarget",
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            "Slashing"
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    },
    {
      "name": "Рассекающий пролом",
      "extra": null,
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          "subject": "Slashing",
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    {
      "name": "Расклинить броню",
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          "value": 0.25,
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          "per": 1.0
        }
      ],
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    }
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Data from Path of Valheiman 5.1.0, extracted 2026-10-19.