A still-working Gameboy that survived a barracks bombing during the Gulf War.

 


Durability is the property which guarantees that transactions that have committed will survive permanently. Not to be confused with endurance.

This is an attempt at creating a list that ranks characters by their durability, usually defined

Below Average Human Level -

- Animals


Peak Human Level (able to survive being hit with 1008 J to 5000 J):

- Captain America (Marvel Comics)
- Spike Spiegal (Cowboy Bebop)

Wall/Tree Level (able to survive being hit with 5000 J to an amount of energy worth 5 grams of TNT):

- Bane (DC comics)
- Iron Fist (Marvel Comics)
- Vash the Stampede (Trigun)


Small Building Level (able to survive an attack that yields 5 to 250 grams of TNT):

- Shi-Woon-Yi (The Breaker)
- Spider-Man (Marvel Comics)

Building Level (able to survive an attack that yields 250 grams to 2 tons of TNT)


Large Building Level (able to survive an attack that yields 2 to 11 tons of TNT):

- Kaku (One Piece)
- Uvogin (Hunter x Hunter)

City Block Level (able to survive an attack with an energy output of 11 to 44 tons of TNT):

- Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Multi City Block Level (able to survive an attack that has an energy output of 44 tons to 5.8 kilotons):

- Byakuyai (Bleach)
- Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog)


Town Level (able to survive an attack that could produce 5.8 kilotons to 6.3 megatons):

- High Tier Makutas (Bionicle)
- Ulquiorra (Bleach)
- Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece)


City Level (able to survive an attack that could produce 6.3 megatons):

- Captain Yamamoto (Bleach)
- Captain Bravo (Buso Renkin)
- Chaos (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Kyoya Izayoi (DCH)
- Naraku (Inuyasha)



Mountain Level (able to survive a mountain collapsing or exploding):

- Elle Ragu (Shadow Skill)
- Hyper Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedghog OVA)
- Lady Kayura (Ronin Warriors)
- Mink (Dragon Half)
- Wargreymon (Digimon)



Island Level (able to survive an attack that can produce 2.9 gigatons):

- Akainu (One Piece)
- Eiko w/o armband (Project A-ko)
- Kurohime (Mahou Tsukai Kurohime)



Country Level (can survive an attack that can produce 7 teratons):

- Atsuko Natsume (Bannou Bunka Nekomasume)
- EmperorGreymon (Digimon Frontier)
- Lady Hyacia (PaGumKi)
- Nataku (Saiyuki)



Continent Level (can survive an attack that can generate 1.33 petatons):

- Arika Yumemiya (Mai Otome)
- Godzilla (Godzilla)
- Ichiryuu (Toriko)


Moon/Planetoid Level (can survive an attack that can generate 29.6 exatons):

- Itou Denji (Abara)
- Jack of Hearts (Marvel Comics)



Planetary level (able to survive an attack that can wipe out all life on an Earth sized planet):

- Magneto (Marvel Comics)



Planet Level (able to survive an attack that can yield 57.3 zettatons):

- Mata Nui (Bionicle)
- Mukara (Ronin Warriors)
- Solar, Man of the Atom (Gold Key Comics)


 
 Large Planet Level (able to survive an attack that can yield 2.7 yottatons, or multiple planets, two or more):

- Most Part II Dragon Ball characters
- Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann (TTGL)



Star Level (able to survive an attack that can yield 164.913 tenatons):

- Ryo-Ohki (Tenchi Muyo!)
- Superman (DC Comics)



Solar System Level (able to survive an attack that can yield 5.709 Foe):

- Kain (Tenchi Universe)
- Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)

 

Small Galaxy Level (able to survive an attack that can produce 10 kiloFoe or more: 

 

Galaxy Level (able to survive an attack that can produce 10 GigaFoe):

- Dark Schneider (Bastard!!)
- Pre-Crisis Superman (DC Comics)

 
Large Galaxy Level (able to survive an attack that can produce 1 PetaFoe or more):
 
- Superman Prime Onemillion



Multi-Galaxy Level (able to survive an attack that can wipe out multiple galaxies, two or more, up to around half the universe):


- Pre-Crisis Validus (DC Comics)
- Odin (Marvel Comics)


Universe Level (able to survive an attack that can destroy the whole universe):

- Deus (Xenogears)
- The Fury (Marvel Comics)
- Tenchi and Z (Tenchi Muyo!)
- Zinv (Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure)

Multiverse Level (able to survive an attack with an destructive effect ranging from 2 universes to an infinite amount of universes):

- Azathoth and Yog-Sothoth (Cthulhu Mythos)
- Fei Fong Wong (Xenogears)
- Kami Tenchi (Tenchi Muyo!)
- ZeedMillenniummon (Digimon)



Megaverse Level (able to survive an attack that can destroy a collection of multiverses):

- Azathoth, Elder God Demonbane, Mars Demonbane, Mars Liber Legis and Yog Sothoth (Demonbane)
- Cosmic Armor Superman, the Great Evil Beast, Mandrakk and the Presence (DC Comics)
- The Living Tribunal (Marvel Comics)
- Lord of Nightmares (Slayers)
- YHWH (Shin Megami Tensei)



Omniverse Level (able to survive an attack that can destroy all of existence):

- Man of Miracles (Image Comics)
- The One Above All (Marvel Comics)
- The Primal Monitor (DC Comics)


See also:

- Destructive Capacity
- Reactions
- Speed
- Strength