Spells that have innate piercing or penetrating behaviour, and modifiers that add these properties.
Relevant categories:
Piercing Overview
No Piercing or Penetrating
Most projectiles, upon hitting an entity (usually enemies, or things that move, but not terrain), will do damage once and then die. Similarly, upon hitting an entity most 'trigger projectiles' (ones with a Trigger or Timer either naturally or added) release the trigger payload they are carrying once and then die.
One projectile, one target, one payload.
Penetrating
Some projectiles have the ability to
Penetrate entities - they can still only hit any particular entity once, but do not die on impact remaining able to hit other entities (once each) as well. If the projectile has a trigger payload this is also released once for each entity hit.
One projectile, multiple targets, one payload release each.
Piercing
Some Projectiles have the ability to
Pierce entities (either naturally, or via the modification of
Piercing Shot). These projectiles do not die on impact, but can also keep hitting the same entity while in contact with it. If the projectile has a trigger payload this will be released multiple times while in contact with the same entity.
The projectile can also go on to hit other entities multiple times. This can happen up to 60 times per second (every game 'tick'), though some projectiles have a limit to how often they can hit.
One projectile, multiple targets, multiple payload releases each.
Spells that pierce by default
This list is incomplete, you can help by adding the 'piercing' tag to any spells that have this property.You can help Noita Wiki by updating this section. While most projectiles can be modified with Piercing Shot, these following spells come with piercing behaviour by default. In addition to saving you the hefty mana cost of the modifier (and avoiding the friendly fire effect) this also avoids the 2 frame delay between firing, and Piercing Shot modifying the projectiles.
Kantele - Note A
Music for your ears!
Kantele - Note D
Music for your ears!
Kantele - Note D+
Music for your ears!
Kantele - Note E
Music for your ears!
Kantele - Note G
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note A
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note B
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note C
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note D
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note E
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note F
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note G+
Music for your ears!
Ocarina - Note A2
Music for your ears!
Ball Lightning
Summons three short range electrical orbs
Pinpoint Of Light
An extremely concentrated point of light that explodes after a moment
Spells that penetrate by default
This list is incomplete, you can help by adding the 'penetrating' tag to any spells that have this property.You can help Noita Wiki by updating this section.
There is no modifier that adds this behaviour. The following spells have this property by default.
Holy Lance
A fast-flying, penetrating lance that glows with power
Freezing Gaze
A heart-freezingly sinister aura
Summon Tentacle
Calls a terrifying appendage from another dimension
Summon Tentacle With Timer
Calls a terrifying appendage from another dimension! Comes with a timer
Long-Distance Cast
Casts a spell some distance away from the caster
Teleporting Cast
Casts a spell from the closest enemy
Technical Info
Penetration & Piercing - Config Flags
Penetration & piercing behaviours are controlled by two configuration flags.
penetrate_entities |
on_collision_die |
Effect
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No
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Yes
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Can hit once
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No
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No
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Piercing
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Can hit multiple entities, each one multiple times
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Yes
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Yes
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Penetrating
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Can hit multiple entities, but only once per entity
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Yes
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No
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