# Critical hits - how do they work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Game Discussion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573 "2023-06-25T07:08:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stoned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Stoned](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/Stoned)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/1 "2023-06-25T07:08:54Z")
So, whilst browsing through my character stats I see that my chance of scoring a crit is 0%, but damage bonus is 100%. One of my items refers to critical hits so I was wondering how they worked. Does it have anything to do with the large red numbers that sometimes appear during battles? Thanks, John. ---
**Author:** ![HigureTheStillWind](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.puzzlequest3.com/higurethestillwind/32/3149_2.png) [@HigureTheStillWind](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/HigureTheStillWind)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 7:35am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/2 "2023-06-25T07:35:17Z")
Criticals hits happen with the probability specified in critical hit chance. When you do a critical hit, you will see it because the damage numbers appear in red, as you guessed. The damage done with a critical hit is the base damage plus the critical hit damage bonus. For example, with a 100% critical hit damage bonus your critical hits will do double damage compared to normal hits, with 200% they do triple damage… You can increase both critical chance and bonus damage through gear, spells and citadel. ---
**Author:** ![Stoned](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Stoned](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/Stoned)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 2:52am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/3 "2023-06-27T02:52:10Z")
Many thanks for clearing that up. Is there a wiki type website with all things Puzzle Quest? ---
**Author:** ![HigureTheStillWind](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.puzzlequest3.com/higurethestillwind/32/3149_2.png) [@HigureTheStillWind](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/HigureTheStillWind)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2023, 5:27am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/4 "2023-06-27T05:27:30Z")
Not that I know. We do have a series of guides that can be accesible from this post: [https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/complete-gear-and-spell-guides-downloadable-google-sheets/2524](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/complete-gear-and-spell-guides-downloadable-google-sheets/2524) ---
**Author:** ![PowerPlay](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.puzzlequest3.com/powerplay/32/96_2.png) [@PowerPlay](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/PowerPlay)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/5 "2023-07-05T19:07:45Z")
We need a PuzzlePedia. ---
**Author:** ![TRJoker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TRJoker](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/TRJoker)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/6 "2023-08-14T11:57:15Z")
There is an ingame voice Wiki. Its named Higure … Chat Channel 1 from 9.00 am to 9.00 pm MEZ. A bit longer on weekends ---
**Author:** ![d3v5w0r57n16h7m4r3](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.puzzlequest3.com/d3v5w0r57n16h7m4r3/32/2587_2.png) [@d3v5w0r57n16h7m4r3](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/d3v5w0r57n16h7m4r3)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/7 "2023-08-14T14:18:39Z")
But no lore … sorry, couldn’t resist **hehe** 😊 ---
**Author:** ![HigureTheStillWind](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.puzzlequest3.com/higurethestillwind/32/3149_2.png) [@HigureTheStillWind](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/u/HigureTheStillWind)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://community.puzzlequest3.com/t/critical-hits-how-do-they-work/3573/8 "2023-08-14T14:21:30Z")
That is your expertise 😉