Elements (Attributes / Properties)

The element matchup table. Single biggest damage lever after raw ATK. “Attribute” and “Property” are SEA / community names for the same system.

Key idea

Every attack and every monster has an element. The hit applies a multiplier from the elemental matchup table — from 0% (no damage / heals) up to 175% (very weak). Each element has 4 defender levels (1–4) which scale the matchup further.

Three things determine the matchup outcome:

1. Attacker element (your weapon / skill element)
2. Defender element + level (the monster’s armor element, e.g. “Earth Lv 2”)
3. Element Pen / Resist (Feb 2026 patch additions — see bottom)

The 10 elements

Neutral · Water · Earth · Fire · Wind · Poison · Holy · Shadow · Ghost · Undead

Quick “what beats what” triangle

Use this attack…	…against these defenders	Avoid these defenders
Water	Fire	Wind
Fire	Earth, Undead (+25%)	Water
Earth	Wind	Fire
Wind	Water	Earth
Holy	Shadow, Undead (+50%)	Holy itself, Poison
Shadow	Holy	Shadow itself, Undead
Ghost	Ghost	(anything else takes 25% only)
Neutral	most things	Ghost (25%)
Poison	(no monster strong-weakness)	Poison (heals!), Holy/Shadow/Undead resist
Undead	Holy (+50%)	Shadow, Undead

Full table — RO M in-game (Attribute Restraint, user-verified 2026-05-22)

Source: in-game Traveler’s Notes → Adventure Guide → Attribute Restraint. This is the authoritative table for RO M — it overrides the classic-RO values found in most web guides.

Values are percentages (100 = normal, 200 = ×2.0, 25 = ×0.25). Column order matches in-game UI: Wind, Earth, Water, Fire, Neutral, Holy, Shadow, Ghost, Undead, Poison.

Atk \ Def	Wnd	Erd	Wtr	Fir	Ntr	Hly	Shd	Gst	Und	Psn
Wind	25	50	200	100	100	75	100	100	100	75
Earth	200	25	100	50	100	75	100	100	100	75
Water	50	100	25	200	100	75	100	100	150	75
Fire	100	200	50	25	100	75	100	100	200	75
Neutral	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	25	100	100
Holy	100	100	100	100	100	25	200	100	200	125
Shadow	100	100	100	100	100	200	25	100	25	25
Ghost	100	100	100	100	25	75	75	200	175	75
Undead	50	50	50	50	100	175	25	100	25	25
Poison	125	125	100	125	100	50	25	50	25	25

Major differences vs classic RO:

• Strong matchups are 200% (not 150% — RO M has steeper element advantage)
• Several new mid-tier matchups: 75% (mild resist), 125% (mild strong), 150% / 175% (between mild and full strong)
• Earth ↔ Fire: in-game has Earth → Fire = 50% (was 100% in classic) and Fire → Earth = 200% (was 100% classic). RO M added a new strong matchup here.
• Fire → Undead = 200% (classic was 125%). Holy still strong vs Undead too.
• Holy → Shadow = 200% (classic 125%). Shadow → Holy = 200% (classic 125%). Both sides got steeper.
• Ghost row doesn’t auto-resist physical elements like classic claims — first 4 cells confirmed 100% (NOT 25% like classic). Only the Neutral column in the Ghost-attacker row drops to 25%. This means Ghost-element weapons deal full damage against Wind/Earth/Water/Fire-armored mobs in RO M (in classic they only did 25%).

Defender levels — RO M uses a single table

User-confirmed 2026-05-22: the in-game Attribute Restraint menu shows one fixed table with no Lv 1-4 scaling. Classic RO’s per-defender-level amplification doesn’t apply to RO M. A monster’s “element level” in the Adventure Handbook is just a category label (e.g. “Wind 2” = the Wind element category, not a damage modifier).

Practical implication: the single multiplier from the table above IS the final element multiplier — no further per-Lv scaling. A “Lv 1 Wind” mob and a “Lv 4 Wind” mob both take Earth → Wind = ×2.00 in RO M, unlike classic RO where Lv 3-4 defenders would amplify to ×2.0+ from a Lv 1 baseline of ×1.5.

This also means wrong-element attacks don’t heal like they could in classic at high defender levels — the lowest cell in the in-game table is 0.25 (×0.25 = quarter damage, not negative).

Practical “what to use” by attack element

If you mostly attack Neutral (most physical builds default)

• Strong: nothing (always 100%)
• Avoid: Ghost-armored mobs (only 25% — borderline useless without conversion)
• Strategy: bring a Ghost-element weapon or convert to Fire/Holy for Ghost areas

If you attack Fire

• Strong: Earth (150%), Undead-element (+25% bonus)
• Avoid: Water (50%), Fire-itself (25%), Ghost (0%)
• Strategy: Fire is great for Earth-element farm zones; weak vs Water (lots of fish/aquatic)

If you attack Water

• Strong: Fire (150%)
• Avoid: Wind (90%, slight resist), Water-itself (25%), Ghost (25%)
• Strategy: Water counters fire-element zones; ineffective against Wind monsters

If you attack Holy

• Strong: Shadow (125%), Undead (150% — biggest single matchup)
• Avoid: Holy-itself (0%), Poison (125% TO Poison armor — wait, Holy → Poison = 125% so it’s strong; Poison → Holy = 75% so Poison is weak vs Holy)
  • Actually: Holy attacks → Poison-armored = 125%, so Holy is strong vs Poison-armor too
• Strategy: Holy is the king vs Undead and Shadow content. Hard to obtain Holy weapons; Aspersio buff or Holy-element cards are workarounds.

If you attack Shadow

• Strong: Holy (125%)
• Avoid: Shadow-itself (0%), Undead (0% — heals for Lv 2+!)
• Strategy: Shadow is the niche counter to Holy enemies; rare, mostly PvP/specific MVPs

If you attack Poison (Soul Blade Cross — your default)

• Strong: nothing big (only +25% via Soul Erosion-style stacking, not the table itself)
• Avoid: Poison armor (0% — heals), Holy/Shadow/Undead all resist (50–75%)
• Strategy: poison damage is great vs Neutral / common races but fails against Holy, Shadow, Undead. Switch weapon element when farming those zones.

If you attack Ghost

• Strong: Ghost itself (125%)
• Avoid: literally everything else (25%)
• Strategy: Ghost weapons are pure niche — only for Ghost-armored MVPs / mini-bosses

Soul Blade Cross — your skill elements

Skill	Element
Auto-attack (default)	Neutral (becomes weapon’s element if endowed/converted)
Sonic Blow / Cross Impact	Neutral (weapon-derived)
Soul Breaker	Neutral physical (but adds INT scaling — magic-leaning)
Ghost Wave	Neutral (130% of Soul Breaker)
Soul Decay	Poison physical
Poisonous Smoke	Poison physical
Soul Depravity	Neutral (weapon element applies)
Soul Chain	Neutral (HP absorb, not really element-gated)

Practical implication for SBC:

• Your Soul Decay / Poisonous Smoke are poison-locked → useless against Poison/Holy/Shadow/Undead enemies
• Your physical skills carry your weapon element → switch to Holy weapon for Undead farm, Fire for Earth zones, etc.
• Element converters (changes weapon element temporarily) are a key inventory item for flexible content [VERIFY current converter items in RO M]

How to apply (general strategy)

• Match weapon element to enemy weakness — biggest single damage swing
• Element converters turn your weapon to a target element for a duration [VERIFY]
• Endow buffs (e.g. Aspersio for Holy, Endow Tornado for Wind) add element from a caster — sometimes self, sometimes party [VERIFY availability]
• Defensive: armor cards granting Element Resistance are major survivability picks (Marc card for Water res / freeze immunity is the canonical example)
• Holy / Shadow weapons are special: rare but pierce many resistances; valuable for niche content

Element Penetration / Resistance (Feb 2026 patch)

The Feb 2026 patch overhaul added Element Penetration and Element Resistance as new stats on the player panel — analogous to the Race Pierce / Race Resist on the race axis (see race-size.md).

Confirmed

• Per-element Pen and Resist stats added to the stat panel
• Goddess Prayer and Sacred Blessings updated to grant per-element Pen/Resist
• Sits in the damage formula alongside the existing element table multiplier [VERIFY exact formula interaction]

Inferred

• Element Penetration: reduces the effect of enemy Element Resistance on the same axis (e.g. Fire Pen reduces enemy Fire Resist)
• Element Resistance: reduces incoming damage from a specific element, on top of the existing element table reduction

Practical

• For PvP / WoE: opponents stacking Element Resist via the new system will blunt your weapon-element damage; counter with the matching Element Pen
• For PvE: most monsters don’t have substantial Element Resist as a stat, so the existing table dominates; Element Pen matters mainly for Pen-resistant content

→ See patch-2026-02.md for full patch context.

Common gotchas

• Ghost-armored enemies: very few elements hit them. Bring a Ghost-element weapon or Holy-enchant skill (Aspersio-equivalent) [VERIFY skill name in RO M]
• Undead element ≠ Undead race: a “Zombie” mob is Undead-race + Earth-element typically. Holy attacks hit both the race (race cards) AND the element (table) — that’s why Holy is so strong vs zombies
• Boss-type damage: +% to Boss is a separate flag, not an element
• Endow vs convert: endow = buff/skill that adds element; convert = item that changes weapon element item-by-item
• Healing from wrong element: at high defender levels (Lv 3+), wrong-element attacks can literally heal the target. Always check before engaging.
• Stacking with race / size: element multiplies separately from race% and size%. All three matching = exponential damage.

See also

• 🧮 damage-calculator.md — interactive calculator using this matrix
• race-size.md — race & size axes (separate but multiplicative)
• damage-formula.md — where the elemental multiplier sits
• patch-2026-02.md — Element Pen/Resist additions
• Mechanics MOC

Backlinks

• mechanics.md
• GLOSSARY.md
• soul-blade.md
• race-size.md

Sources / verification log

• 2026-05-02 — table is RO classic baseline; matches RO M general behavior
  • RagnaMobileGuide — Elements Guide
  • 1gamerdash — RO Mobile Element Table Chart (full chart available in-game via Adventure Guide tab of Traveler’s Notes)
  • WARRZ Gaming — Elemental Attributes Guide
  • Joytify — RO M Element Table Explained
  • ROGGH — Elements
  • Fandom Wiki — Elements
• Specific defender-level (Lv 2/3/4) cell values [VERIFY in-game Adventure Guide tab]
• Element Pen/Resist exact formula [VERIFY in-game tooltip]