Ability Damage

Ability Damage or Bonus Ability Damage is one of the player Stats.
It increases the damage dealt by damage abilities.

Terminology

Ability Damage and Base Ability Damage are distinct concepts.

Ability Damage refers to the Bonus Ability Damage statistic which increases Final Damage when dealing Magic Damage

Base Ability Damage is a value which every damage ability has.
It cannot be increased and is also used to calculate Final Damage when dealing

Magic Damage.

Mechanics

Bonus Ability Damage increases the damage dealt by damage abilities.

Sources

Increasing Base value of Bonus Ability Damage

Enchanting (0.5% per level)
Increasing base Intelligence and Mana

Increasing Bonus value of Bonus Ability Damage

Pets

Certain Pets grant Ability Damage. The Pet must be equipped in order to take effect.

Item	Rarity	Type
Sheep Pet	COMMON-LEGENDARY	Alchemy Pet	+0.2% → +20%.
Crow Pet	COMMON-LEGENDARY	Combat Pet	+0.2% → +20%.
Blaze Pet	COMMON-LEGENDARY	Combat Pet	Nether Embodiment Increases all stats by 0.1% → 10% while on the Crimson Isle.
Ender Dragon Pet	LEGENDARY	Combat Pet	Superior Increases most stats by 0% → 10%.

Pet Items

Certain Pet Items grant Ability Damage. The Pet Item must be equipped on the player's active Pet to take effect.

Slot	Name	Rarity	Ability Damage	Source
	Minos Relic	EPIC	Increases all pet stats by 33.3%.	Drop from Minos Champion (requires LEGENDARY Griffin Pet)
	Hephaestus Relic	LEGENDARY	Increases all pet stats by 50%.

Accessory Powers

Certain Accessory Powers grant Ability Damage. The Accessory Power must be selected at Maxwell in order to take effect.

Slot	Item	Rarity	Type
	Ender Monocle	RARE	Accessory Power	+3
	Eccentric Painting	LEGENDARY	Accessory Power	+5

Weapons

Certain Weapons grant Ability Damage. They must be used or held to grant their effects.

Slot	Item	Rarity	Type
	Daedalus Blade	LEGENDARY	Sword	Copies the stats from your active pet.
	Hellstorm Wand	EPIC	Wand	Gain 5 Ability Damage, but take double damage for 30s.

Armor

Certain Armor pieces grant Ability Damage. The Armor must be equipped to take effect.

Item	Rarity	Type
Dark Goggles	RARE	Helmet	+25%
Shadow Goggles	EPIC		+35%
Wither Goggles	EPIC		+45%
Aurora Helmet	LEGENDARY		+16% → +52%
Superior Dragon Armor		Armor	Full Set Bonus: Superior Blood Most of your stats are increased by 5% and Aspect of the Dragons ability deals 50% more damage.

Gloves

Slot	Name	Rarity	Additional Ability Damge	Notes
	Manticore Claw	LEGENDARY	+0 Ability Damage	Ability: Chimeric Core Copies 10% of your active pet's Ability Damage stats.

Modifiers

Certain modifiers can be applied to items to grant Ability Damage. The items with the modifiers applied to must be used to take effect.

Reforges

Certain Reforges can be applied to items via an Anvil or the Blacksmith to grant Ability Damage. The items with the Reforge applied must be used to take effect.

Slot	Item	Rarity	Applicable
Slot	Item	Rarity	Applicable	COMMON	UNCOMMON	RARE	EPIC	LEGENDARY	MYTHIC
	Renowned Dragon Horn	EPIC	Armor	Renowned Bonus Increases most stats by 1%.
	Loving Red Scarf	RARE	Chestplate	Loving Bonus Increases ability damage by +5%.
	Gilded Midas Jewel	RARE	Midas' Sword, Midas Staff					+8	+10

Enchantments

Certain Enchantments can be applied to items via an Enchantment Table or an Anvil to grant Ability Damage. The items with the Enchantment applied must be used to take effect.

Item	Rarity	Type	Applicable
Chimera	COMMON	Ultimate Enchantment	Weapons	+20%
				+40%
				+60%
				+80%
	UNCOMMON			+100%
Legion	COMMON		Armor	+0.07%
				+0.14%
				+0.21%
				+0.28%
	UNCOMMON			+0.35%

Item	Rarity	Type		Notes
Mayor Jerry		Mayor	+10%	Perks only apply when Candidate Jerry is elected.
Beacon I	RARE	Block	+1%	Beacon Stats can be increased by 20% using Scorched Power Crystal.
Beacon II	RARE		+2%
Beacon III	EPIC		+3%
Beacon IV			+4%
Beacon V			+5%

Maximizing Ability Damage

Candidate Jerry - 10% Ability Damage
Enchanting LX (60) - 30 Ability Damage
LEGENDARY Sheep Pet or LEGENDARY Crow Pet [[Lv100] + Hephaestus Relic] - 30 Ability Damage
Daedalus Blade enchanted with Chimera V - 60 Ability Damage
- Chimera V: Copies 100% of the pet's stats - 30 Ability Damage
- Daedalus Blade: Copies 100% of the pet's Ability Damage's stats - 30 Ability Damage
Wither Goggles [ + Renowned] - 49.5 & +1% Ability Damage
Storm's Chestplate [ Loving] - 5 Ability Damage
Storm's Leggings [ Renowned] - +1% Ability Damage
Storm's Boots [ Renowned] - +1% Ability Damage
Beacon V [ Scorched Power Crystal] - 6 Ability Damage
Bizarre Power - 5 Ability Damage

*While the Daedalus Blade + Chimera combo provides the most ability damage possible, this is mostly pointless as the weapon doesn't have a magic ability.

Trivia

Some abilities deal Magic Damage that ignore the target's Armor stat.^[Confirm]
The Sheep Pet and Crow Pet are the only pets that give a specific amount of Ability Damage.
- However, some pets that give % bonuses to stats, such as the Blaze Pet, can increase it with their abilities.

History

SkyBlock Prototype
Jun 11, 2019	0.1	Added Ability Damage.
Jul 1, 2020	0.7.11	Ability Damage now correctly scales with Intelligence.
Aug 7, 2020		Added Magic resistance to many Dungeon mobs.
Dec 4, 2020	0.10	Ability Damage is now a player stat, displayed in the profile menu.
Mar 31, 2021		Ability Damage is no longer boosted by Catacombs levels.
Aug 18, 2022	0.14	A bug significantly reduced the damage scaling of Ability Damage.
Aug 23, 2022		Fixed the bug of damage scaling of Ability Damage.
Jul 8, 2026	0.26	Updated Ability Damage Icon