Physical damage

Physical damage is one of the five damage types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by armour, rather than by a resistance. Most physical damage comes from weapon attacks, but some spells deal physical damage as well.

Every 10 points of strength give a 2% bonus to physical damage from melee attacks. The Iron Grip keystone passive extends this bonus to also apply to physical damage from projectiles. The gem applies the same effect to a single skill.

Skill gems
Skills with the attack keyword will do any physical damage of the weapon used and apply the appropriate physical damage passive skills. Some spells also deal physical damage.

A list of gems with the gem tag: Physical

Base items
The following base items are related to physical damage:

Global flat added physical damage
Unique items that have global flat increases to physical damage.

Increased physical damage
Unique items that increase or decrease physical damage by a percentage.

Add a percentage of physical damage as another damage type
Unique items that add a percentage of the physical damage as another damage type.

Converted to another damage type
Unique items that convert physical damage to another damage type.

Passive skills
Many passive skills throughout the tree increase physical damage, but most are restricted to particular sources. Passives exist to increase physical damage from the following sources:
 * Melee
 * One-Handed Melee Weapons
 * Two-Handed Melee Weapons
 * Swords
 * Maces
 * Axes
 * Claws
 * Daggers
 * Staves
 * Bows
 * Wands
 * Dual wielding

All of these categories of passive skills will only increase the physical damage of attacks, not spells. Passives which increase projectile damage, and the support gem, apply their bonuses to all types of damage, not just physical.

Base passive skills
These passive skills grant unrestricted physical damage bonuses. This includes physical damage generated by spells such as and.

Cluster Jewel passive skills
The following Cluster Jewel passive skills are related to physical damage:

Timeless Jewel keystone passive skills
The following keystone passive skills are related to physical damage:

Cluster Jewel keystone passive skills
The following Cluster Jewel keystone passive skills are related to physical damage:

Keystone passive skills
The following keystone passive skills are related to physical damage:

Ascendancy passive skills
The following Ascendancy passive skills are related to physical damage: