Fire damage
Fire damage is an elemental damage type that is usually caused by fire, flames, lava, or other related sources. The majority of skills that cause fire damage are found in the Fire Magic and Wilderness Survival lines. Fire damage is also inflicted by all Fire Magic caster weapons, nearly all Divine Favor caster weapons, martial weapons with a Fiery upgrade component, and the Hound of Balthazar.
Unlike in some games, fire damage has no inherent effects such as burning on hit. However, fire damage is often used to trigger (or triggered off of) burning.
Fire damage is particularly effective against plant-type monsters and many cold damage-based foes. Using fire damage against an Ice Golem will substantially increase damage one would otherwise do. Contrarily, fire damage is less effective against stony or fire-based enemies such as Burning Titans.
Since fire damage is fairly common, it is in a player's best interest to determine when to protect oneself against it, and when to wield it. Studying the makeup of PvE enemies in an explorable area or mission, or tweaking a PvP build to counter the metagame will likely involve the consideration of fire damage at some point.
Equipment that protects against fire damage[edit]
- Inscriptions
- Focus item or shield inscriptions
Skills that protect against fire damage[edit]
- Stances
- Mantra of Flame — also provides energy whenever fire damage is taken
Skills that are involved with fire damage[edit]
- Enchantment spells
- Conjure Flame — increases fire damage of a weapon that deals fire damage
- Hex spells
- Mark of Rodgort — causes burning whenever hexed foe is struck by fire damage
- Nature rituals
- Conflagration — causes arrows to deal fire damage
- Greater Conflagration (elite) — converts physical damage into fire damage
- Preparations
- Kindle Arrows — causes arrows to deal fire damage
Skills that inflict fire damage[edit]
- Enchantment spells
- Hex spells
- Preparations
- Skills
- Spells
- Bed of Coals
- Breath of Fire
- Double Dragon (elite)
- Fire Storm
- Fireball
- Flame Burst
- Flare
- Glowing Gaze
- Immolate
- Inferno
- Lava Arrows
- Lava Font
- Liquid Flame
- Meteor
- Meteor Shower
- Mind Blast (elite)
- Mind Burn (elite)
- Phoenix
- Rodgort's Invocation
- Savannah Heat (elite)
- Searing Flames (elite)
- Searing Heat
- Star Burst (elite)
- Snowball
- Summon Ruby Djinn
- Traps
Monsters resistant to fire damage[edit]
Monsters vulnerable to fire damage[edit]
- Eidolons
- Elementals
- Undead
- Giants
- Plants
- Ancient Oakhearts
- Crowns of Thorns
- Dragon Lillies
- Dragon Mosses
- Entangling Roots
- Entangling Roots
- Grasping Roots
- Island Guardians
- Juniper Barks
- Large Spined Aloes
- Life Pods
- Oakhearts (Kryta)
- Pinesouls
- Singed Oaks
- Snarling Driftwoods
- Spirit Shepherds
- Spirit Woods
- Thorn Stalker Sprouts
- Twisted Barks
- Undergrowths
- Uprooted Malices
- Snowmen
- Summit Wardens
- Titans encountered during Defend Droknar's Forge
Contrary to what their name may suggest, Ice Imps are not particularly vulnerable to fire damage.