Armors

Armor helps protect a player from damage. Armor starts at 0% and may go as high as 200%; or, in versions of Doom prior to v1.2, an arbitrarily large number.


 * The armor bonus (spiritual armor) increases armor by 1%, up to 200%.
 * The security armor (green armor) sets armor to 100%, if it is less. It absords one-third of damage.
 * The combat armor (blue armor) sets armor to 200%, if it is less. It absorbs one-half of damage.

The armor number is not really a percentage of anything, it is just a number used in damage calculations. The current armor number is shown on the status bar.

Armor is reduced when it absorbs damage due to enemy attack or environmental hazard (damaging floor, exploding barrel, or crushing ceiling).

When a player is attacked, green security armor absorbs one third of the damage, thus lessening the decrease in health. Blue combat armor absorbs one half of damage, until it is fully depleted. Beneath 100 points, blue combat armor still absorbs one half of damage, and it is therefore good practice to avoid green security armor powerups until combat armor has been depleted to a value significantly beneath 100 units. Individual armor pickups simply increment the armor value and do not affect the quality of armor.

Example: A player is hit by a bullet that does 15 hit points of damage. If the player has normal armor, armor is reduced by 5 and health by 10. If the player has combat armor, armor is reduced by 7 and health by 8. Without any armor, health is reduced by the full 15.

If armor is less than the calculated amount to absorb, then it absorbs whatever its value is (reducing it to zero) and the balance is subtracted from health.