diff --git a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/AbilityController.java b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/AbilityController.java
index 6c5810188..66c057929 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/AbilityController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/AbilityController.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import noppes.npcs.controllers.data.AbilityScript;
 import noppes.npcs.controllers.data.ChainedAbilityScript;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.sync.handlers.PlayerAbilitySyncHelper;
+import kamkeel.npcs.entity.EntityEnergyBarrier;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayer;
 import net.minecraft.entity.player.EntityPlayerMP;
 import net.minecraft.nbt.NBTTagCompound;
@@ -1381,6 +1382,17 @@ public class AbilityController implements IAbilityHandler {
         return health;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fire modifyBarrierMeleeDamage on all extenders. Cumulative — each extender's output feeds the next.
+     */
+    public float fireModifyBarrierMeleeDamage(EntityEnergyBarrier barrier, EntityLivingBase attacker, float baseDamage) {
+        float damage = baseDamage;
+        for (IAbilityExtender ext : extenders) {
+            damage = ext.modifyBarrierMeleeDamage(barrier, attacker, damage);
+        }
+        return damage;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Fire onAbilityHeal on all extenders. Chain of responsibility — first true wins.
      */
diff --git a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/extender/IAbilityExtender.java b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/extender/IAbilityExtender.java
index d691a6d18..2a0b90344 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/extender/IAbilityExtender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/controllers/data/ability/extender/IAbilityExtender.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.extender;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.conditions.AbilityCondition;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.enums.AbilityPhase;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.Ability;
+import kamkeel.npcs.entity.EntityEnergyBarrier;
 import net.minecraft.entity.EntityLivingBase;
 
 /**
@@ -108,6 +109,21 @@ public interface IAbilityExtender {
         return baseHealth;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Called when a barrier entity takes a melee hit, allowing extenders to scale the damage.
+     * A barrier is a plain Entity, so no LivingHurtEvent fires for it and an extender has no
+     * other opportunity to scale melee against it the way it scales {@link #modifyBarrierHealth}.
+     * Cumulative: all extenders apply in sequence, each receiving the previous output.
+     *
+     * @param barrier    The barrier being hit
+     * @param attacker   The entity dealing the hit
+     * @param baseDamage The damage after the barrier's own melee multiplier
+     * @return The modified damage value
+     */
+    default float modifyBarrierMeleeDamage(EntityEnergyBarrier barrier, EntityLivingBase attacker, float baseDamage) {
+        return baseDamage;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Called when an ability is about to heal an entity.
      * Return true to handle the healing (skip default entity.heal()).
diff --git a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/entity/EntityEnergyBarrier.java b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/entity/EntityEnergyBarrier.java
index 8b5da0ad5..da9edb676 100644
--- a/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/entity/EntityEnergyBarrier.java
+++ b/src/main/java/kamkeel/npcs/entity/EntityEnergyBarrier.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package kamkeel.npcs.entity;
 
+import kamkeel.npcs.addon.DBCAddon;
+import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.AbilityController;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.util.AbilityTargetHelper;
 import kamkeel.npcs.controllers.data.ability.data.energy.EnergyBarrierData;
 import kamkeel.npcs.network.packets.data.energy.BarrierClientSyncPacket;
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ import net.minecraft.util.DamageSource;
 import net.minecraft.world.World;
 import noppes.npcs.CustomNpcs;
 import noppes.npcs.EventHooks;
+import noppes.npcs.config.ConfigMain;
 import noppes.npcs.controllers.data.MagicData;
 import noppes.npcs.controllers.data.PlayerData;
 import noppes.npcs.entity.EntityNPCInterface;
@@ -438,8 +441,19 @@ public abstract class EntityEnergyBarrier extends EntityEnergyAbility {
 
         float damage = amount * barrierData.meleeDamageMultiplier;
 
-        // Apply magic interactions from attacker's magic vs barrier's magic
         Entity attacker = source.getEntity();
+
+        // A barrier is a plain Entity, so no LivingHurtEvent fires for it and nothing scales the
+        // hit the way it would against a living target - vanilla hands us the bare attackDamage
+        // attribute. Run the scaling here instead, or the barrier only ever takes a point of it.
+        if (attacker instanceof EntityLivingBase) {
+            damage = AbilityController.Instance.fireModifyBarrierMeleeDamage(this, (EntityLivingBase) attacker, damage);
+        }
+        if (attacker instanceof EntityPlayer && ConfigMain.AttributesEnabled && !DBCAddon.IsAvailable()) {
+            damage = AttributeAttackUtil.calculateOutgoing((EntityPlayer) attacker, damage);
+        }
+
+        // Apply magic interactions from attacker's magic vs barrier's magic
         if (attacker != null) {
             MagicData attackerMagic = null;
             if (attacker instanceof EntityPlayer) {