Penetration is a value that represents how much of your damage will break through an opponent's armor. The higher an enemy's armor, the more of your damage is mitigated. For example, if an enemy NPC has 18,200 armor, they will resist 36.4% of your damage. A higher amount of penetration means the more armor you will break through.
There are several ways to increase this:
- Passives, such as Hunter's Eye (Bosmer race), Dismember (Necromancer class), Concentration (light armor), and Heavy Weapons (two-handed weapon skill, specifically focused on mauls).
- The Lover Mundus Stone.
- Champion Point slottables, such as Piercing and Force of Nature.
- Sets that contain Physical and Spell Penetration as part of the bonus, see Category:Online-Sets with Physical Penetration and Category:Online-Sets with Spell Penetration