Ring of fire resistance
A ring of fire resistance is a type of ring that appears in NetHack.
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Description
While worn, the ring confers fire resistance - this prevents you from taking any fire damage, though it can still affect your open inventory: armor can still be burnt, scrolls and spellbooks can still burn up, and potions can boil and explode.
Strategy
Like other resistance rings, the ring of fire resistance may be worth wearing early on to deal with obstacles such as fire ants or monsters with an early wand of fire, or else to guard against certain traps such as the magic trap and one of the effects of a trapped lockable container.
Identification
At 200zm, the ring of fire resistance is more expensive than other resistance rings.
History
In Hack 1.21, which is based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, a ring of fire and cold resistance exists that confers both properties. The ring of fire resistance appears as its own item in Hack for PDP-11, and is also included in the initial item list for Hack 1.0.
Messages
- The hot water faucet flashes brightly for a moment.
- You dropped a ring of fire resistance into a sink - this will prompt you to type-name the ring.
Variants
SLASH'EM
In SLASH'EM, the Lawful Quest has a 4⁄5 chance of generating a ring of fire resistance at the end of one of the lava river branches at level creation - only two of the three possible squares are outside lava themselves. This also applies to Hack'EM.
SlashTHEM
In addition to SLASH'EM details, the Undertaker quest in SlashTHEM is a copy of the Lawful Quest, and has the same 4⁄5 chance of generating a ring of fire resistance at the end of a lava river branch upon level creation.
