From 410b2c99458d8c0de518841a309f0babfeeaa798 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hitlinemoss <209321380+Hitlinemoss@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 15:20:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Skeletons are now affected by Holy damage (#41757)

---
 Resources/Prototypes/Damage/modifier_sets.yml         |  5 +++--
 .../Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/skeleton.yml     | 11 ++++++-----
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/modifier_sets.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/modifier_sets.yml
index ffd7bb66a9..1a19bfdcc2 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/modifier_sets.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Damage/modifier_sets.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
   id: Card
   coefficients:
     Slash: 2.0
-    Piercing: 0.1 # Holes easily poked through, but do little to structural integrity 
+    Piercing: 0.1 # Holes easily poked through, but do little to structural integrity
     Heat: 3.0
 
 - type: damageModifierSet
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     Poison: 0.0
     Radiation: 0.0
 
-# immune to everything except physical and heat damage
+# immune to everything except physical and heat damage; vulnerable to holy damage because they're undead, but not as vulnerable as a ghost or demon would be
 - type: damageModifierSet
   id: Skeleton
   coefficients:
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
     Asphyxiation: 0.0
     Bloodloss: 0.0
     Cellular: 0.0
+    Holy: 0.5
   flatReductions:
     Blunt: 5
 
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/skeleton.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/skeleton.yml
index fb4dd0cdd6..a03a5476e2 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/skeleton.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/Species/skeleton.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
     requiredLegs: 2
     gibSound: /Audio/Effects/bone_rattle.ogg
   - type: Damageable
-    damageContainer: Biological
-    damageModifierSet: Skeleton
+    damageContainer: BiologicalMetaphysical # Allows them to take Holy damage
+    damageModifierSet: Skeleton # If we get non-Holy metaphysical damage types in the future, the Skeleton set might need to be adjusted to provide immunity to them (depends on what exactly the new types are)
   - type: DamageVisuals
     damageOverlayGroups:
       Brute:
@@ -82,9 +82,10 @@
       effects: # TODO: when magic is around - make a milk transformation to a skeleton monster
       - !type:HealthChange
         damage:
-          groups:
-            Burn: -1 # healing obviously up to discussion
-            Brute: -0.75 # these groups are the only 2 possible ways to damage a skeleton
+          groups: # these groups are the only 3 possible ways to damage a skeleton. numerical values obviously up to discussion
+            Burn: -1
+            Brute: -0.75
+            Metaphysical: -2 # Gameplay: skeletons need some way to heal holy damage. Lore: milk is an unholy liquid that shuns the light of god. (/j)
       - !type:PopupMessage
         type: Local
         visualType: Large
-- 
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