Talk:Nidus/@comment-74.133.1.103-20161224144854/@comment-24805178-20161224160638

I believe a gentle Tenno here in the comments have provided a working formula (thanks!), tested on Virulence in the Simulacrum at least:

Base damage x (1 + Power Strength decimal form) x (1 + # of Mutation stacks)

E.g. 200 damage x (1 + 0.15 from rank bonus) x (1 + 30) = 7130, yielded 7118 but likely due to damage type distribution (primarily Puncture damage).

Not sure how you got the 15k damage at 30 stacks, maybe your damage was amplified somehow? Or perhaps you had Maggots running around because Virulence does make them burst for explosion damage (which is also affected by Mutation stacks).