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Personal Shield
Common Personal Shield
Values do not reflect skills or other modifiers

__ Maximum Shield Capacity
Regenerates after 3 sec of not taking damage.
Value: (see table below) Energy credit icon
Personal Shield icon
Common icon

A [Personal Shield] will protect you by absorbing most of the damage from energy-based attacks and a portion of the damage from physical attacks. They rapidly regenerate once they have not sustained damage for a brief period of time.

All commissioned Bridge Officers come with a Standard Issue Personal Shield.

Statistics[ | ]

Minimum Rank Mk Max Capacity [Reg] Values (Energy credit icon)
Common Uncommon Rare Very Rare
None Std[1] 100 2
I 112 248 329
II 128 +255% 495 658
Lt. Cmdr. III 143 990 1,317 1,643
IV 158 +316% 1,485 1,975 2,465 2,970
Commander V 173 1,980 2,633 3,287 3,960
VI 189 +378% 2,475 3,292 4,109 4,950
Captain VII 204 2,970 3,950 4,930 5,940
VIII 219 +439% 3,465 4,608 5,752 6,930
Rear Admiral,
Lower Half
IX 235 3,960 5,267 6,574 7,920
X 250 +500% 4,455 5,925 7,395 8,910
Rear Admiral,
Upper Half
XI 265 +531% 4,950 6,584 8,217 9,900
XII 281 5,445 7,242 9,038 10,890
  1. Standardausgabe


Vendors[ | ]

Modifiers[ | ]

There are two factors that can affect personal shields. These are modifier suffixes and spent player skill points.

Skills[ | ]

Skill Effects
Personal Shields Expert Increases personal shield capacity.
Personal Shield Resilience Causes a percentage of damage to your personal shield to be negated.

Personal shield modifiers[]

Uncommon, Rare, Very Rare, Ultra Rare, and Epic Personal Shields gains additional modifiers. The following are examples of shield modifiers:

Modifier Effect
[Cap] Increases Maximum Shield Capacity by 10%.
[Reg] Regenerates Y Shield Capacity every 2 seconds.
[Rev] Chance to damage the attacker when you take damage. The stronger the attack, the more powerful the retaliation.
[Ene] Chance to provide a 10% Energy Damage Buff for 4 sec when you take damage.
[PBDmg] Chance to deal 15 [1] damage to all nearby foes when you take damage.
[PBKB] Chance to knock down nearby foes when you take damage.
[Pha] Reduces Phaser Damage to Shields by 20%
[Dis] Reduces Disruptor Damage to Shields by 20%
[Pla] Reduces Plasma Damage to Shields by 20%
[Tet] Reduces Tetryon Damage to Shields by 20%
[Pol] Reduces Polaron Damage to Shields by 20%
[Ap] Reduces Antiproton Damage to Shields by 20%
Special shields only (Fleet, Reputation, DOff assignment rewards, etc.)
[Mob]
[2]
+X×5 Root and Knockback Resistance Rating
[RegHp]
[3]
+R Health Regeneration
[Resx2]
[4]
Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 10%.
Fleet Personal Shields
[Adapt] When your shields are hit, Adaptive Shielding has a chance to activate, increasing your Shields' resistance to the incoming damage type for a short time. Adaptive shields stack up to 10 times, and can resist several damage types at once.
Elite Fleet Adaptive Personal Shields only.
[ShldCrit]
[5]
+__% Critical Severity (Based on Shield %)
+__% Critical Chance (Based on Shield %)
Elite Fleet Colony Personal Shields only.
[RegSH] +S Shield Regeneration every 1 sec
[ResA] Reduces Phaser, Polaron and Tetryon Damage to Shields by 15%
[ResB] Reduces Disruptor, Plasma and Antiproton Damage to Shields by 15%
[ReAll] Reduces Disruptor, Plasma, Antiproton, Phaser, Polaron, and Tetryon Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Elite Fleet Colony Personal Shields only.
Epic Personal Shields
[Cap2] Increases Maximum Shield Capacity by 20%.
This is the default Epic modifier for Personal Shields.
The others must be obtained by re-engineering your Shield.
[ResA] Reduces Phaser Damage to Shields by 15%
Reduces Polaron Damage to Shields by 15%
Reduces Tetryon Damage to Shields by 15%
Same as the [ResA] mod found on Advanced and Elite Fleet Personal Shields from the Fleet Starbase and Fleet Colony World. Those shields may thus obtain [ResA]x2.
[ResB] Reduces Disruptor Damage to Shields by 15%
Reduces Plasma Damage to Shields by 15%
Reduces Antiproton Damage to Shields by 15%
Same as the [ResB] mod found on Advanced and Elite Fleet Personal Shields from the Fleet Starbase and Fleet Colony World. Those shields may thus obtain [ResB]x2.
[ReAll] Reduces Disruptor Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Reduces Plasma Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Reduces Antiproton Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Reduces Phaser Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Reduces Polaron Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Reduces Tetryon Damage to Shields by 7.5%
Same as the [ReAll] mod found on Elite Fleet Colony Personal Shields. Those shields may thus obtain [ReAll]x2.
Mark level of item X Y R
[RegHp]
S
[RegSH]
Mk I 1.3 2.3 0.18  
Mk II 1.7 2.6 0.2  
Mk III 2.1 2.9 0.22  
Mk IV 2.6 3.2 0.23  
Mk V 3 3.5 0.25  
Mk VI 3.4 3.8 0.27  
Mk VII 3.8 4.1 0.28  
Mk VIII 4.2 4.4 0.3  
Mk IX 4.6 4.7 0.32  
Mk X 5 5 0.33  
Mk XI 5.4 5.3 0.35  
Mk XII 5.8 5.6 0.37 0.22
Mk XIII 7 6.2 0.4 0.25
Mk XIV 8 7.3 0.47 0.29

Note: Values round in-game.

X is approximately 1+0.4*Mk
Y is approximately 2+0.3*Mk
R seems to be 0.1(6)+0.01(6)*Mk

Modifier notes:

  1. [PBDmg]'s base 15 damage does not scale with Mark level, but will scale with things that boost All Damage, such as the trait Aggressive.
  2. [Mob] can be found on:
  3. [RegHp] can be found on:
  4. [Resx2] can be found on:
  5. [ShldCrit] scaling is as follows:
    • CrtD scales linearly at 0.15% Critical Severity per 1% of Shield Capacity percentage, for a maximum of +15% Critical Severity at maximum shield capacity.
    • CrtH also scales linearly, at 0.025% Critical Chance per 1% of Shield Capacity percentage, or one sixth that of the CrtD, for a maximum +2.5% Critical Chance at maximum shield capacity.



Special Shields[ | ]

There are several shields in-game that are either special or unique in some way.

Mission Rewards
Icon Shield Mission Bonus
Dielectric Oscillation Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Dielectric Oscillation Personal Shield ALL “Vorgon Conclusions” Reduces Polaron Damage to Shields by 20%
When attacked in Melee, 33% Chance to apply Cryokinetic Dispersal to attacker:
  • 33.1 Cold Damage (50% Shield Penetration)
  • -66% Run Speed for 3 sec
Jem'Hadar Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Jem'Hadar Personal Shield ALL “Facility 4028” Reduces Phaser Damage to Shields by 20%.
Reduces Disruptor Damage to Shields by 20%.

Part of set Jem'Hadar Armored Shroud
Jem'Hadar Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Jem'Hadar Personal Shield (upgraded) Dominion “Hunt”
(Other factions can obtain by slotting the above version in the Gear Upgrade System window.)
Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 10%.

Part of set Jem'Hadar Armored Shroud
Kentari Fortified Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Kentari Fortified Personal Shield ALL “Mirrors and Smoke” Regenerates after 6 secs instead of 3
Reduces All Environmental Damage to Shields by 25%.
Reduces Plasma Damage to Shields by 25% for 5 minutes
10% chance: 20% Plasma damage buff for 4 sec when you take damage.
12.5% chance: 196.4 Temporary Hit Points for 60 sec when you take damage with set bonus (Defensive Countermeasures)

Part of set Excessive Development
Kobali Personal Shield icon
Rare icon
Kobali Personal Shield ALL “Our Chance for Peace” +42% Health Regeneration
+42% Health Regeneration
Na'kuhl Temporal Operative Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Na'kuhl Temporal Operative Personal Shield ALL “The Temporal Front” Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 15%.
When Shields drop below 10%, automatically applies Time Slip once every 60 seconds

Time Slip
Summons a Level 60 Distortion for 10 sec
You are Immune to all damage and invisible to enemies while the Distortion is active

Part of set Na'kuhl Temporal Operative
Personal Covariant Shield icon
Rare icon
Personal Covariant Shield FED “Empress Sela”
ALL “Warehouse”
Extra shield capacity
Regenerates after 6 secs instead of 3
Personal Energy Harness Shield icon
Rare icon
Personal Energy Harness Shield KDF “The Gates of Gre'thor” Chance of 10% energy damage buff for 4 sec when taking damage.
Chance to damage attacker when taking damage.
Personal Repulsion Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Personal Repulsion Shield ROM “Memory Lane” (as Rare)
ALL “Beneath the Skin”
Chance to knock down nearby foes when you take damage.
Chance to deal damage to all nearby foes when you take damage.
Phase-Shifted Personal Shield icon
Veryrare icon
Phase-Shifted Personal Shield ALL “Skirmish” Reduces Psionic Damage by 41%.
+531% Shield Regeneration.
Resilient Personal Shield icon
Rare icon
Resilient Personal Shield ROM “Turnabout” Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 5%
Regenerates 5.3 Shield Capacity every 2 sec
Romulan Imperial Navy Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Romulan Imperial Navy Personal Shield ALL “Uneasy Allies” Chance to provide a 15% energy damage buff for 4 sec when you take damage.
Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 20%.

Part of set Romulan Imperial Navy.
Romulan Operative Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Romulan Operative Personal Shield ALL “Survivor” Triggers Reactive Escape upon taking damage, cloaking the player for 10 seconds. Can occur once every 30 seconds.
Reduces Phaser Damage to Shields by 20%.
+10% Stealth

Part of set Furtive Perseverance.
Duty Officer Missions
Icon Shield Assignment Bonus
Personal Shield icon
Rare icon
Personal Mobility Shield “Reverse Engineer Alien Personal Shield Technology” +27 Root resistance.
+27 Knockback resistance.
+506% Shield Regeneration.
Requisition Packs
Icon Shield Obtaining Bonus
Crystalline Personal Shield Matrix icon
Veryrare icon
Crystalline Personal Shield Matrix Faction FederationFaction KlingonTholian Incursion Chance to damage the attacker when you take damage.
Chance of 10% energy damage buff for 4 sec when taking damage.
Part of the Crystalline Shell set.
Special Task Force Shields
Icon Shield Bonus
Honor Guard Personal Shield icon
Very Rare icon
Honor Guard Personal Shield Reduces Plasma Damage to Shields by 20%.
Chance to damage the attacker when you take damage.
Part of the Honor Guard (Ground) set.
M.A.C.O. Resilient Personal Shield icon
Very rare icon
M.A.C.O. Personal Shield +29 Root Resistance.
+29 Knockback Resistance.
Reduces All Energy Damage to Shields by 10%.
When receiving All Damage, 5% chance of applying Spectrum Overload.
Part of the M.A.C.O. (Ground) set.
Omega Force Reflex-Enhancing Shield icon
Very rare icon
Omega Force Personal Shield +29% Dodge Chance.
+29 Root resistance.
+29 Knockback resistance.
When receiving All Damage, 5% chance of applying Energy Redirection.
5 second buff to you and your teammates that will Expose the next enemy that fires at you.
Part of the Omega Force (Ground) set.
Pre-Order Exclusive
Icon Shield Bonus
Multi-Spatial Personal Shield icon
Rare icon
Multi-spatial Personal Shield 10% bonus to healing abilities used on you.
+0.2 Health Regeneration.
+255% Shield Regeneration.
Direct2Drive retail exclusive.

Special Shield Notes[ | ]

  • Attempting to upgrade the Jem'Hadar Personal Shield for the first time for any single shield will result in the shield's special ability changing from a 20% Phaser/Disruptor Damage Reduction to a 10% All Energy Damage reduction.
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