- "It's called unbreakable skin, you $&^#."
- ― Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
- "We've trained our bodies such that we can turn them into "iron carapaces" if we so choose..."
- ― Blueno describing Tekkai/Iron Body (One Piece)
- "And she just doesn't get hurt! When she's wrecking the towns, sinking battleships or eats direct gun or cannon fire. Her tough as nails body simply doesn't suffer as much as a scratch! As you said, she really is an iron balloon!"
- ― Capone Luke "Gang" Bege on Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
- "You think a little heat is gonna bother me? I'm Lobo, I ride through the cold of space and the heat of blazing suns!!"
- ― Lobo after tanking Superman's Heat Vision (DC Comics)
- "All that for a drop of blood."
- ― Thanos after Iron Man's repeated assault (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
The power to possess drastically greater durability than what is naturally possible. Sub-power of Supernatural Body. Advanced version of Enhanced Durability. Variation of Dermal Armor and Invulnerability.
Also Called
- Immense Durability
- Super/Superhuman Durability
- Super/Superhuman/Supernatural Toughness
- Supernaturally Dense Tissue
Capabilities
The user's body-tissue, skin, muscles, bones, etc. are extremely dense/solid, allowing them to withstand harmful forces on the body such as crushing weights, impacts, pressures, changes in temperature, etc. In addition, users usually possess drastically enhanced levels of strength and stamina, due to how durable their body has become, allowing them to resist tearing muscles and/or breaking their bones.
Applications
- Enhanced/Supernatural Endurance
- Enhanced/Supernatural Stamina
- Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
- Intravenous Exoskeleton
- Internal Reinforcement
- Muscle Armor
- Pain Suppression
- Pressure Resistance
- Skin Hardening
- Thermal Resistance
- Unbreakable Bones
- Vacuum Adaptation
Levels
- Peak Human Durability: User has conditioned durability at the peak of human limits.
- Enhanced Durability: User's durability is beyond peak human limits, but not to high superhuman levels.
- Supernatural Durability: User's durability is greatly superhuman, being able to withstand extreme temperatures and pressures, virtually all corrosives, punctures, and concussions without sustaining injury.
- Absolute Durability: User absolutely cannot be injured.
Associations
Limitations
- Not complete invulnerability.
- Certain abilities that are capable of bypassing tough skin like Absolute Strength, Telepathy, Durability Negation, etc, can be counteractive against this power.
- May have a set duration.
- User may sacrifice flexibility and speed for strength and durability.
- User may be notably heavier than their overall size would suggest.
- May complicate receiving medical treatment.
Known Users
Cartoons
- Appoplexians (Ben 10 series)
- Rath
- Cannonbolt (Ben 10 series)
- Diamondhead (Ben 10 series)
- Fourmungousaur (Ben 10 series)
- Frankenstrike (Ben 10 series)
- Vaxasaurians (Ben 10 series)
- Humungousaur
- Ultimate Kevin
- Vilgax (Ben 10 series)
- Great One (Ben 10 series)
- Kevin 11 (Ben 10)
- Chromastone (Ben 10)
- Po Kong (Jackie Chan Adventures)
- Cole (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Stitch (Lilo and Stitch)
- Juniper "June" Kim Lee (The Life & Times of Juniper Lee)
- Powerpuff Girls (Powerpuff Girls)
- Chase Young (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Blackfire (Teen Titans Go!)
Comics
- Atlanteans (DC Comics)
- Ethan Avery/Damage (DC Comics)
- Darkseid (DC Comics)
- Doomsday (DC Comics)
- Icon (DC Comics)
- Kryptonians (DC Comics); via yellow sun radiation
- Martians (DC Comics)
- Reign (Worldkillers) (DC Comics)
- Thanagarians (DC Comics)
- Lobo (DC Comics)
- Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
- The Drowned (DC Comics)
- Atlas (DC Comics)
- Big Barda (DC Comics)
- Despero (DC Comics)
- Knockout (DC Comics)
- Glory (Image Comics)
- Vltrumites (Image Comics)
- Mangog (Marvel Comics)
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
- America Chavez (Marvel Comics)
- Atlanteans (Marvel Comics)
- Bor Burison (Marvel Comics)
- Colossus (Marvel Comics); via Organic Steel Form
- Drax The Destroyer (Marvel Comics)
- Emma Frost (Marvel Comics); via Diamond Form
- Exodus (Marvel Comics)
- Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
- Armor (Marvel Comics)
- Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Hulkling (Marvel Comics)
- Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
- Peter parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Flint Marko/Sandman (Marvel Comics)
- Karkas (Marvel Comics)
- Loki Laufeyson (Marvel Comics)
- Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
- Meggan (Marvel Comics)
- Odin Borson (Marvel Comics)
- Olympians (Marvel Comics)
- Red Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- Stepford Cuckoos (Marvel Comics); via Diamond Form
- The Thing (Marvel Comics)
- Thor Odinson (Marvel Comics)
- Tony Stark (Marvel Comics); via Iron Man armor
- Tyrant (Marvel Comics)
- Vox (Marvel Comics); Super-Inhuman
- Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
- Titania (Marvel Comics)
- Torque (Valiant Entertainment)
- Elephant (Image Comics)
- Kurr/Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
Movies
- Jeremiah Stone (Bomb Squad)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
- Brandon Breyer/Brightburn (Brightburn)
- Kurse (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Literature
- Titan/Arion Zimmerman (The Guardians Saga)
- Patrick Donovan (The Young Guardian)
- Derek Marvin (The Young Guardians)
Live Television
- A-Train (The Boys)
- Black Noir (The Boys)
- Queen Maeve (The Boys)
- Translucent (The Boys)
- Ciro Funes (Los Unicos)
- Ruben Hagi (Los Unicos)
- Power Rangers and villains (Power Rangers)
- Borg Drones (Star Trek)
- Soong-type Androids (Star Trek)
- Data
- Species 8472 (Star Trek)
- Various Power Rangers (Power Rangers Series)
Anime/Manga/Manhwa/Manhua
- Guts (Berserk)
- Arrancar (Bleach); via "Hierro"
- Quincy (Bleach); via "Blut Vene"
- Cang Du (Bleach)
- Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach)
- Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (Bleach)
- Ryūichi Sendō (Code:Breaker)
- Skinn Bolic (D.Gray-Man)
- Various Characters (Dragon Ball series)
- Frieza
- Jiren
- Broly
- Acnologia (Fairy Tail)
- Dragons (Fairy Tail)
- Torafusa (Fairy Tail)
- Natsu Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Irene Belserion (Fairy Tail)
- August (Fairy Tail)
- Gildarts Clive (Fairy Tail)
- Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
- Laxus Dreyar (Fairy Tail)
- Madmole (Fairy Tail)
- Mercuphobia (Fairy Tail: The 100 Years Quest)
- Aldoron (Fairy Tail: The 100 Years Quest)
- Shiki Granbell (Edens Zero)
- Drakken Joe (Edens Zero)
- Dark Golems (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
- Envy (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- The Captain (Hellsing)
- Cao Cao (Highschool DxD)
- Sairaorg Bael (Highschool DxD)
- Tōkajin (InuYasha)
- Kongoh Family (Kongoh Bancho)
- Roland (Lord Marksman and Vanadis)
- Third Raikage Ay/A (Naruto)
- Fourth Raikage Ay/A (Naruto)
- Kakuzu (Naruto)
- Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki (Naruto)
- Delta (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Boro ("Boruto: Naruto Next Generations")
- Koji Kashin (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Isshiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Urashiki Ōtsutsuki (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations)
- Users of Rokushiki/Six Powers (One Piece); via Tekkai/Iron Body
- CP9 members
- High Ranked Navy Officers
- Users of Busoushoku/Armament Haki (One Piece)
- Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece); via Monster Point
- Bobby Funk (One Piece)
- Kaido (One Piece)
- Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece)
- Kozuki Oden (One Piece)
- Earth Dragon (Rewrite)
- Lunar's Papa (Seto no Hanayome)
- Astarte (Strike the Blood)
- Ban (Seven Deadly Sins)
- Escanor (Seven Deadly Sins); during the day.
- Sung Jin-Woo (Solo Leveling); after his Second Awakening
- Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge)
- Yaya (Unbreakable Machine Doll)
- Gatasubal (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Younger Toguro (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Tabletop Games
- Tarrasque (AD&D)
- Catachans (Warhammer 40k)
- Gangrel Vampires (Vampire: The Masquerade); via Fortitude
- Ventrue Vampires (Vampire: The Masquerade); via Fortitude
Video Games
- Mace (Cry of Fear)
- Sawer (Cry of Fear)
- Cart Dogs (Dusk)
- Chomper (Dusk)
- Cowgirls (Dusk)
- Fork Maidens (Dusk)
- Grand Wizards (Dusk)
- Guardian (Dusk)
- Horrors (Dusk)
- Intoxigator (Dusk)
- Jakob/Cult Leader (Dusk)
- One As Many/Rat King (Dusk)
- Possessed Scarecrows (Dusk)
- Priestesses (Dusk)
- Son of Intoxigator (Dusk)
- Wendigos (Dusk)
- SOLDIERs (Final Fantasy VII)
- Gargantuas (Hλlf-Life series)
- Tentacles (Hλlf-Life series)
- Shamblers (Quake series)
- Armagon (Quake: Scourge of Armagon)
- Dragon (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
- Guardians (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
- Hephaestus (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
- Mummies (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
- Overlords (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
- Tyrants (Resident Evil)
- William Birkin (Resident Evil 2); via the Golgotha/G-Virus
- Giant Dragonmen (Serious Sam)
- Mamuts (Serious Sam)
- Ugh-Zan III (Serious Sam: The First Encounter)
- Mordekai (Serious Sam: The Second Encounter)
- Cecil (Serious Sam II)
- Kwongo (Serious Sam II)
- Prince Chan (Serious Sam II)
- Khnum (Serious Sam 3: BFE)
- Ugh-Zan IV (Serious Sam 3: BFE)
- Closers (Silent Hill 3)
- Bash (Skylanders)
- Giants (Skylanders)
- Malefor (Skylanders)
- Knuckles the Echidna (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Skaarj Queen (Unreal)
- Warlord (Unreal)
- Titans (Unreal series)
- Giant Skaarj (Unreal: Return to Na Pali)
Other
- SCP-1120 - Freeze Tag (SCP Foundation)
Gallery
Cartoons/Comics
Fourmungousaur (Ben 10) possesses both Four Arms and Humungousar's enhanced durability
Kevin 11 (Ben 10) possesses Diamondhead's and Four Arms' enhanced durability.
Kevin 11,000 (Ben 10)
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Ultimate Kevin (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien) possesses Humungousar, Ultimate Humungosaur, Four Arms and Ultimate Aggeregor's enhanced durability.
Kevin's Flashback Mutation (Ben 10: Omniverse) possesses Frankenstrike's enhanced durability.
Ultimate Aggregor (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Appoplexians (Ben 10 series)
Cannonbolt (Ben 10 series)
Diamondhead (Ben 10 series)
Frankenstrike (Ben 10 series)
Vaxasaurians (Ben 10 series)
Vilgax (Ben 10 series)
Chromastone (Ben 10)
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Reign (DC Comics)
Superman (DC Comics) is durable enough that a full-on machine-gun fusillade isn't even enough to give him pause.
Lobo (DC Comics)
Doomsday (DC Comics)
Supergirl (DC Comics)
Wonder Woman (DC Comics)
Knockout (DC Comics)
Atlanteans (DC Comics)
Darkseid (DC Comics)
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Icon (Milestone/DC Comics)
Kryptonians (DC Comics
Martians (DC Comics)
Atlas (DC Comics)
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The Thing (Marvel Comics)
Like his father, The Hulk, Skaar (Marvel Comics) has incredible durability...
The Gray Hulk (Marvel Comics)
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Red-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
She-Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Loki (Marvel Comics)
Odin (Marvel Comics)
Thor (Marvel Comics)
Galactus (Marvel Comics)
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Super-Skrull (Marvel Comics)
Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)
Colossus (Marvel Comics)
Sandman (Marvel Comics)
America Chavez (Marvel Comics)
Titania (Marvel Comics)
Luke Cage (Marvel Comics)
Atlanteans (Marvel Comics)
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Emma Frost (Marvel Comics) in her diamond form.
Armor (Marvel Comics)
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Mar-Vell/Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics)
Vltrumites (Image Comics)
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Elephant (Image Comics)
Kurr/Savage Dragon (Image Comics)
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Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) possesses tremendous durability, his immense spiritual pressure acting as an armor of sorts. Even Ichigo's hands got injured in a backlash without harming Zaraki.
Nnoitra Gilga (Bleach) using Hierro/Iron to pressurize his spiritual energy onto his skin, turning it iron hard.
Baraggan Lousenbairn's (Bleach) Resurrección grants him tremendously resilience, allowing him to survive Suì-Fēng's Jakuhō Raikōben's massive explosion at point blank range.
Ichigo Kurosaki (Bleach) using Blut Vene to flow spiritual energy into his bloodstream, turning it inhumanly hard.
Cang Du (Bleach) lives up to his epithet, "I - The Iron", turning his skin into impenetrable iron.
Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach) using "V - The Visionary" to imagine his body hardening to stronger-than-steel.
Ryūichi Sendō (Code:Breaker) transforming his skin into steel, increasing his defense and offense.
Skinn Bolic (D.Gray-Man) possesses an incredibly strong layer of skin composed of solidified lightning.
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Bardock (Dragon Ball Z: Father of Goku)
While in his Legendary Super Saiyan form, Broly (Dragon Ball Z: Broly - Second Coming) reinforces his body with tremendous ki to the point where he is completely unaffected by Super Saiyan Gohan's punch.
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Majin Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
Tagoma (Dragon Ball Super) takes a punch to the face from Piccolo without even flinching.
Torafusa (Fairy Tail) can alter the density of his skin that can not only stop Gajeel's magical iron but break it as well.
The Captain (Hellsing)'s tissues are hard enough that he can catch Walter's Wires in his hands, even though they can cut through whole skyscrapers.
Tōkajin (InuYasha) implanted Shikon shards into his body, turning it into an armor of stone.
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Unruly Fourth Raikage A/Ay (Naruto) inherited his father's near indestructible body, though a lower level in comparison.
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Kakuzu (Naruto) using Earth Spear to transform his skin into a harder-than-steel material that is near impossible to penetrate, aside from Lightning.
The Third Raikage (Naruto) possesses a near indestructible body even without his Lightning Release Armor.
Trained in Rokushiki/Six Powers - Tekkai/Iron Body since childhood, Blueno (One Piece) can make his entire body as dense as an iron plating, causing Tilestone's hammer to shatter upon recoil impact.
Tony Tony Chopper's (One Piece) Monster Point possesses a tremendously hardened body to the point where superhuman attacks like Rankyaku and Shigan simply bounce off of him.
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As a Diamond Human, Jozu (One Piece) can assume a diamond form, hardening it further by using Busoshoku/Armament Haki.
Bobby Funk (One Piece) was born with a very powerful body, where even a Busoshoku/Armament Haki imbued axe snapped when it struck him.
Charlotte Linlin/Big Mom (One Piece) tremendously tough physique makes her completely immune to bullets and cannonballs…
…or being electrocuted by a tremendous lightning bolt...
...with no damage at all.
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Kaido's (One Piece) sheer power makes him invulnerable to almost any injuries. Even if he wants to, he cannot be harmed.
Monkey D.Luffy (One Piece) using Busoshoku/Armament Haki - Koka to harden his rubbery body to incredible levels.
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Kozuki Oden's (One Piece) sheer durability allowed him to survive being boiled in oil for an hour straight.
Saitama's (One-Punch Man) superhuman durability allows him to withstand a punch from the Sea King to his head with only a flinch.
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During the day, Escanor's (The Seven Deadly Sins) durability is nigh-incomparable...
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...receiving only a minor cut from an attack that obliterated mountains.
Escavalier (Pokémon) possesses a steel-hard carapace naturally, and uses Iron Defense to further harden its armor-like defense.
Tetsuhito Kagiroi (Tenjho Tenge) possesses an iron-hard body due to his clan's women drinking iron sand every night.
Yaya (Unbreakable Machine Doll) can harden any aspect of her body, even if they are not attached to her at the time, rendering her invulnerable to physical attacks.
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Gatasubal (Yu Yu Hakusho) is composed entirely of a hybrid metal of combined steel and living cells, making it very difficult to pierce through it.
Movies
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Brandon Breyer/Brightburn (Brightburn)
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Video Games
In addition to having good accuracy with the sorts of artillery he has on his person, and a great amount of velocity, Jakob/Cult Leader (Dusk) is immensely tough, being able to tank so much gunfire and explosives before getting finally defeated.
Despite appearing to be rather frail due to the material they are created out of, the Possessed Scarecrows (Dusk) are actually incredibly tough, such as surviving point-blank shots from a normal to super shotgun, can take so many hits from firearms, can take explosions without easily going down, and can take 1 powerful rivet explosive from a riveter.
Gargantuas (Hλlf-Life series) can resist sizeable explosions, great damage, etc.
Shamblers (Quake series) can withstand sizeable explosions, most powers, etc. without getting injured.
Hephaestus (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity)
A Mummy's (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity) durability is enough to withstand most powers, sizeable explosions, and most weaponry.
The Overlords (Quake: Dissolution of Eternity) have immense durability.
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Tyrants, like the The T-103 model (Resident Evil), are highly resistant to most forms of weaponry, shrugging off armor-piercing rounds and grenades. Though anti-tank rockets can still kill them.
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The Nemesis-T Type's (Resident Evil) durability surpasses that of the other Tyrants, surviving even a direct rocket hit and point-blank C-4 explosions.
The Giant Dragonmen (Serious Sam) are the toughest out of the two same enemy group they're aligned to, being able to resist moderate to sizable explosions, most abilities that physically deal powerful damage, as well as heavy gunfire.
Mamuts (Serious Sam) are immensely tough, being able to take five missiles from Sam's XPMl21 Rocket Launcher until their durability finally gives way.
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