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[[Image:Running around on fire.gif|thumb|250px|''(click to enlarge)''<br />'''‼'''Dwarves'''‼''' on fire (flashing red/yellow), and trailing [[smoke]].]] | [[Image:Running around on fire.gif|thumb|250px|''(click to enlarge)''<br />'''‼'''Dwarves'''‼''' on fire (flashing red/yellow), and trailing [[smoke]].]] | ||
− | '''Fire''', like its real-life counterpart, is an immensely [[fun|destructive]] force. In-game, entities on the map which are on fire flash red and yellow. In item lists, anything which is on fire will also be surrounded by double exclamation marks, like ‼THIS‼. Fire will burn [[grass]], [[shrub]]s, [[log]]s, [[clothes]], [[dwarves]] (and generally all creatures that are not composed of [[fire-safe]] materials), wooden [[furniture]], wooden [[building]]s and wooden [[road]]s, [[lignite]] and [[ | + | '''Fire''', like its real-life counterpart, is an immensely [[fun|destructive]] force. In-game, entities on the map which are on fire flash red and yellow. In item lists, anything which is on fire will also be surrounded by double exclamation marks, like ‼THIS‼. Fire will burn [[grass]], [[shrub]]s, [[log]]s, [[clothes]], [[dwarves]] (and generally all creatures that are not composed of [[fire-safe]] materials), wooden [[furniture]], wooden [[building]]s and wooden [[road]]s, mined out [[lignite]] and [[coal]], and bars of [[charcoal]] and [[coke]]. Except for dragonfire, fire won't burn rock, metal, trees, unmined lignite or coal, constructions made from wood (wall, floor, etc). |
− | + | Despite [[fire-safe]]ty being defined as stability at a [[temperature]] of {{ct|11000}}, actual burning items rapidly heat up to several degrees below {{ct|11640}} (due to being cooled by the surrounding air). | |
== Cause == | == Cause == | ||
A fire can stem from several sources, for example: | A fire can stem from several sources, for example: | ||
− | *[[Dragon]]s breathe [[#dragonfire|dragonfire]], which can set | + | *[[Dragon]]s breathe [[#dragonfire|dragonfire]], which can set things on fire and will melt most metals, at anything hostile they see. The dragonfire spreads out in a conical shape and burns anything it touches. |
*A [[fire imp]] can throw fireballs, which may set things alight. | *A [[fire imp]] can throw fireballs, which may set things alight. | ||
*[[Magma]] can and will burn anything flammable it touches. However, any item set alight by this method will likely just be doused in magma until it is completely destroyed. | *[[Magma]] can and will burn anything flammable it touches. However, any item set alight by this method will likely just be doused in magma until it is completely destroyed. | ||
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== Dragonfire == | == Dragonfire == | ||
− | + | '''Dragonfire''' is a very powerful form of fire that reaches temperatures much above regular fire, up to {{ct|50000}}. [[Building]]s (but not [[construction]]s) receive the full effect of dragonfire, so it will easily melt or otherwise destroy all buildings but those made of [[nether-cap]]. | |
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Dragonfire can only naturally be emitted by [[dragon]]s. | Dragonfire can only naturally be emitted by [[dragon]]s. | ||
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{{Category|Physics}} | {{Category|Physics}} |