Damage Types
OTTTD Guide
The game has three types of damages: Impact, Energy and Fire. Impact damage are dealt by gatling guns and its variants. Energy damage is dealt by pulse cannons and its upgrades. Fire damage is dealt by explosives and rockets.
[Developer Tip:] Watch out for damage resistances on enemies, which you can see by tapping the enemy (with no hero selected). Steamcrust enemies are commonly armoured, giving them very high impact resistance (against gatlings, machine guns). Black variants of armoured units additionally have some fire resistance (rockets, grenades). The Horror Dimension enemies more commonly have energy resistant units, but is actually quite mixed in later levels.
Even your soldiers' weapons have different damage types. Make sure to equip the ones that will help them deal with the appropriate enemies in the map.
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