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Some poisons related questions
« on: January 24, 2026, 08:51:00 am »
Currently planning out a poisons build with xbow, caltrops and bear traps and was looking at the "Damage modifier sources" table on the wiki from the "Infected Wound" page status effect, it doesn't list Cave Ear poison as increasing Bio damage by 50%? I assume this is a oversight?

What are the sources of increasing Bio / poison damage? So far I know: Cave Ear poison, Contaminated debuff, Vile Weaponry feat and the Hypertoxicity feat as well as specialization in the two mentioned feats, is that all?

Also, is it more effective (as in, in terms of applying as many poisons on as many enemies as possible) to use xbow or throwing knives for poison? In theory the throwing knives can apply poison for as low as 2.5 AP per enemy poisoned versus xbows minimum 13 AP per poisoned enemy, but I was worried throwing knives might have too little range, (note, I have not used throwing knives before) as well as not being able to apply vile weaponry with throwing knives as far as I know

Lastly, someone will probably mention that poisons in this game kinda suck, that is not a problem, I just want to see the biggest damage number I can have with them. I imagine it is probably around 1.5k for Heartbreaker and probably around 500 for Blinding.

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Re: Some poisons related questions
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2026, 03:32:07 pm »
I would say the best use for hypertoxicity is traps + caltrops. 

As for weapons, t knives are the true poison weapon; nothing else comes close.
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