Thick Skin

#Overview

Thick Skin gives Tibo a chance to dodge hits completely. Each level adds 0.05 dodge points. Dodge has diminishing returns, so the actual dodge chance is 4.8% at level 1 and 20% at level 5, not 5% and 25%.

It is the catalyst for Permafrost Fries (from Frozen Fries) and Wildfire Roast (from Hot Streak).

#How it works

Dodge points are converted with x / (1 + x) (see Stats): 4.8%, 9.1%, 13.0%, 16.7% and 20.0% for levels 1 to 5. When a hit would damage Tibo, the dodge roll comes right after the invulnerability checks, and a success cancels the hit entirely.^[1] Damage from biome terrain and hazard pools cannot be dodged (see Stats).

Measured (build 41 main-B2gf34bA.js, headless tools/play.mjs, standard mode, normal difficulty): after Thick Skin was given 1 to 5 times with give, the game's evasion stat read 0.0476, 0.0909, 0.1304, 0.1667 and 0.2000. In play, with Thick Skin given 5 times, warp(240), HP refilled every tick, Tibo standing still and later level-ups taking the first offer, 1,485 of 7,420 dodge rolls succeeded over 600 s on seeds s1–s5 (20.0%). Every roll ended as either a dodge or a hit.

A dodged hit never counts as Tibo being hit. Effects that react to hits, such as Hot Streak losing flames, do not trigger.^[2]

The other dodge source is Ghost Skin. Its points add to Thick Skin's before the curve, so both together at full value (0.30) give 23.1%.

#Tips

• Hot Streak and Wildfire Roast lose two flames each time Tibo is hit (“A hit puts out two flames”). Dodged hits do not count, so Thick Skin helps keep the streak going on top of being their catalyst.
• Unlike Starch Plating, dodge chance does not weaken as enemies get stronger. It works the same against a boss at 20:00 as against a pest at 0:00.
• Porcupine Spud and Fry Volcano fire when Tibo is hit, so a dodged hit does not trigger them.

#Levels

Totals are added to Tibo's stat sum. How each stat turns into a multiplier (caps and diminishing returns) is on Stats.

#Catalyst for

Result	Also needs
Permafrost Fries	Frozen Fries at max level
Wildfire Roast	Hot Streak at max level

#Names in other languages

Verified: the name the game shows when another language is selected in Settings, from its translation files.^[3] See Languages.

#Data

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  "id": "thick-skin",
  "stat": "evasion",
  "perLevel": 0.05,
  "maxLevel": 5,
  "weight": 80
}