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.
Variants
dNetHack
In dNetHack, the ring of fire resistance gives a message when worn, and like all extrinsic sources of fire resistance it also protects your inventory from fire damage. In addition, extrinsic sources of resistance properties are much more desirable, since many intrinsics in dNetHack time out depending on their source.
Message
- Your finger feels cool!
- You put on a ring of fire resistance.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, the ring of fire resistance can possibly be worthwhile as an extrinsic source of the property to safely traverse Gehennom, since it blocks fire damage from the level itself and the attacks of several monsters within - beware of the ring being stolen if you do not have full intrinsic resistance or a backup extrinsic source!
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.
