Ring of fire resistance
A ring of fire resistance is a type of ring that appears in NetHack.
Contents
Generation
Wizards may be given a ring of fire resistance as one of the two random rings in their starting inventory.[1]
General stores and jewelers shops can sell rings of fire resistance.
Description
A hero putting on the ring gains the fire resistance property, which lowers or nullifies fire damage from certain attacks, wands and hazards, though this does not necessarily prevent items in the hero's inventory from being affected. Monsters will not wear this ring.
A hero eating the ring has a 1⁄3 chance of successfully absorbing its magic and gaining intrinsic fire resistance.[2]
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.
Per commit 9942b65d, extrinsic sources of fire resistance have a 99⁄100 chance of protecting the wearer's open inventory from fire damage.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 container trap. Once you have reflection, most sources of fire damage are unlikely to be a concern - fireproofing your worn armor is still quite worthwhile for the fire traps in Gehennom, and you will likely have the property as an intrinsic by this point.
The following information pertains to an upcoming version (3.7.0). If this version is now released, please verify that the information below is still accurate, then update the page to incorporate it.
The ring protecting open inventory from fire damage 99⁄100 of the time makes it much more useful in areas such as Gehennom; flaming spheres also explode in a 3x3 range rather than directly at their target as of commit 6b60618e, making the ring and other extrinsic sources of fire resistance an ideal defense.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, which is also based on Jay Fenlason's Hack, and is 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, Ice Mages and Necromancers may be given a ring of increase damage as the random ring in their starting inventory.[3][4] Flame Mages start with fire resistance and will never be given a ring of fire resistance this way.[5]
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.
SporkHack
SporkHack uses a partial intrinsic system, allowing the ring of fire resistance and other items that grant extrinsics to remain useful for much longer.
dNetHack
In dNetHack, notdNetHack and notnotdNetHack, the ring of fire resistance gives a message when worn (though it will not auto-identify), and like all extrinsic sources of fire resistance it also protects open inventory from fire damage. In addition, extrinsic sources of resistance properties are much more desirable due to the temporary intrinsic system.
Message
- Your finger feels cool!
- You put on a ring of fire resistance.
xNetHack
In xNetHack, extrinsic sources of fire resistance such as the ring completely protect a hero or monster's inventory from fire damage.
EvilHack
In EvilHack, the ring of fire resistance more useful in the short and long term, e.g. once the hero starts encountering casters that use the fire bolt monster spell—fire resistance and some other intrinsics are partial intrinsics as in SporkHack, and reflection no longer completely protects from the effects of fire rays.
The ring can be worthwhile to safely traverse Gehennom with, 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 goal level 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.
Hack'EM
In Hack'EM, Flame Mages cannot start with a ring of fire resistance as in SLASH'EM.
Intrinsic and extrinsic resistances function as in EvilHack, along with reflection.
