Fall Damage

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Fall Damage is the damage sustained when a player falls from above a certain height, with higher falls causing greater damage. Fall damage behaves the same way as in the previous Souls games. It will remove a percentage of the player's max HP, meaning any survivable fall is always survivable regardless of how leveled up your character's Vitality is, provided that the player's health isn't already reduced enough to cause death. For example, a fall that removes 500 HP for a player with 1000 max HP would only remove 200 HP for a player with 400 max HP.
Defenses and stats do not reduce fall damage. Also plunging attacks do not affect fall damage.

Despite hidden "Equip Load" being removed for stamina regeneration with patch 1.04. It does affect the fall damage. Equip Load gets higher by equipping pieces of attire, right and left hand weapons, furthermore in case of the weapons even unequipped ones in your quick menu count. Higher the hidden "Equip Load" the more damage will your character take from the fall damage. Equipped Quick Items do not count toward the equip load.

Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF	Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF	Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF
Naked	1087	413	BASE	Beast Cutter	1078	422	-9	Kirkhammer	1073	427	-14
Kos Parasite	1087	413	0	Threaded Cane	1077	423	-10	Ludwig's Holy Blade	1073	427	-14
Hunter's Torch	1085	415	-2	Saw Cleaver	1075	425	-12	Holy Moonlight Sword	1073	427	-14
Torch	1085	415	-2	Saw Spear	1075	425	-12	Whirligig Saw	1073	427	-14
Blade of Mercy	1080	420	-7	Beasthunter Saif	1075	425	-12	Rifle Spear	1068	432	-19
Rakuyo	1080	420	-7	Simon's Bowblade	1075	425	-12	Logarius Wheel	1068	432	-19
Beast Claw	1080	420	-7	Reiterpallasch	1075	425	-12	Bloodletter	1068	432	-19
Hunter Pistol	1080	420	-7	Chikage	1075	425	-12	Hunter Blunderbuss	1064	436	-23
Repeating Pistol	1080	420	-7	Stake Driver	1075	425	-12	Ludwig's Rifle	1063	437	-24
Evelyn	1080	420	-7	Boom Hammer	1075	425	-12	Piercing Rifle	1063	437	-24
Flamesprayer	1080	420	-7	Tonitrus	1075	425	-12	Cannon	1040	460	-47
Rosmarinus	1080	420	-7	Amygdalan Arm	1075	425	-12	Gatling Gun	1040	460	-47
Fist of Gratia	1080	420	-7	Hunter Axe	1073	427	-14	Church Cannon	1040	460	-47
Wooden Shield	1080	420	-7	Burial Blade	1073	427	-14
Loch Shield	1080	420	-7	Church Pick	1073	427	-14

Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF	Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF	Setup	HP	DMG	DIFF
Old Hunter Set	1087	413	0	Gehrman Set (3P)	1067	433	-20	Ashen Hunter Set	1060	440	-27
Harrowed Set	1087	413	0	Charred Hunter Set (3P)	1066	434	-21	Tomb Prospector Set	1060	440	-27
Constable's Set	1087	413	0	Yharnam Hunter Set	1063	437	-24	Executioner Set	1060	440	-27
Maria Hunter Set	1087	413	0	Yahar'gul Black Set	1063	437	-24	Gascoigne's Set	1060	440	-27
Brador's Set	1087	413	0	Choir Set	1063	437	-24	Graveguard Set	1060	440	-27
Butcher Set	1087	413	0	Henryk Hunter Set	1062	438	-25	Foreign Set	1060	440	-27
Decorative Old Hunter Set (2P)	1087	413	0	Crowfeather Set	1062	438	-25	Cainhurst Set	1057	443	-30
Yamamura Set	1087	413	0	Black Church Set	1061	439	-26	Bone Ash Set	1057	443	-30
Student Set (2P)	1075	425	-12	White Church Set	1061	439	-26	Madman Set	1057	443	-30
Common Yharnam Set (2P)	1070	430	-17	Hunter Set	1060	440	-27	Doll Set	1057	443	-30
Knight Set	1068	432	-19	Top Hat Hunter Set	1060	440	-27

Testing took place in Oedon Chapel Basement by performing jumps from the same height with 1500 of total HP. Naked first for the base values and after that naked with weapon mentioned in the Setup column. HP is the value of your HP after fall damage is taken, value is noted after the same values repeat three times for each setup. DMG is exact number of the fall damage. % is damage percentage of 1500 total HP.

The Beast rune has a hidden effect that reduces falling damage by a percentage amount equal to the bonus it gives to Beasthood. The Beast +20 rune would reduce falling damage by 20%, while the Beast +100 rune will negate all falling damage. Falls from a fatal distance are still lethal.
Beast's Embrace rune does not reduce fall damage.

There are places within the area where a character will instantly die when touching them, regardless of the distance of the fall. They are typically found in pitfalls and out-of-bounds areas, and guarantee death regardless of Fall Damage mechanics.

Due to the way Bloodborne (and the other souls games really) calculates fall damage on sloped surfaces, it is possible to survive by reloading your character or jumping to a specific location after the fall. Resetting your character with a reload will always remove any and all fall damage from a character in the souls games, even if the damage is still "pending" as the game waits for the character to hit the ground. Demonstration: [New Forbidden Woods skip]