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I performed some !!SCIENCE!! (literally) with a pet dragon. Dragonfire has a range of 20+ tiles, with a spread of roughly 10 tiles. Dragonfire doesn't appear to expand vertically (though I haven't tried placing the bait on a different z-level yet). Most organic and stone items I blasted with dragonfire either burnt or melted quite quickly. Even [[nether-cap]] caught fire (logs, and an unbuilt floodgate). Metal objects, however, seemed to be able to withstand dragonfire. Even non-fire-safe metals, like [[tin]] and [[lead]], survived many rounds of dragonfire. A gabbro stone and a chalk door (unbuilt) melted in three breaths, and boiled in three more, yet a tin crown and lead goblet  on the exact same tile show absolutely no damage. Since the boiling point of gabbro is significantly higher than the melting point of all metals except adamantine, I'd say there's a bug.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 20:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 
I performed some !!SCIENCE!! (literally) with a pet dragon. Dragonfire has a range of 20+ tiles, with a spread of roughly 10 tiles. Dragonfire doesn't appear to expand vertically (though I haven't tried placing the bait on a different z-level yet). Most organic and stone items I blasted with dragonfire either burnt or melted quite quickly. Even [[nether-cap]] caught fire (logs, and an unbuilt floodgate). Metal objects, however, seemed to be able to withstand dragonfire. Even non-fire-safe metals, like [[tin]] and [[lead]], survived many rounds of dragonfire. A gabbro stone and a chalk door (unbuilt) melted in three breaths, and boiled in three more, yet a tin crown and lead goblet  on the exact same tile show absolutely no damage. Since the boiling point of gabbro is significantly higher than the melting point of all metals except adamantine, I'd say there's a bug.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 20:11, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 
:Dragons will target creatures on different z-levels, but their dragonfire cannot actually reach them. This provides a good way to motivate your dragon to breathe fire without requiring periodic replacement of the bait. (The same applies to web-spewing beasts, which should make [[silk farming]] slightly more efficient.) Dragonfire does not appear to change the temperature of tiles or items--it appears there may be a special interaction that causes organic items to catch fire and stone items to melt and boil. Metal and water are not affected by dragonfire at all.--[[User:Loci|Loci]] ([[User talk:Loci|talk]]) 20:23, 1 April 2014 (UTC)
 

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