Fire Arrow

The Fire Arrow is a special type of missile weapon that causes the Burning status effect when it hits a target.

A wooden arrow with a head soaked in flammable material. When this arrow hits an enemy, it ignites the target. According to the string resources, “This arrow looks just like a normal one, other than a warm red light radiating from its head.”

• Damage: 1-6
• Delay: 0.75 (baseDly: 0.75)
• Min Strength Required: 9
• Price: 5 gold per arrow
• Weight: 1

• Burning Effect: When the arrow hits a target, it applies the Burning status effect with a 25% chance when thrown from a ranged weapon
• Mechanism: Uses Buff.affect(defender, Burning.class).reignite(defender) when activated - this occurs on every successful hit with a 25% probability when fired from a bow/weapon; always activates when used by enemies
• Bow Enhancement: Damage values are modified by the equipped bow's damage factor (dmgFactor()) when fired from a bow
• Bonus Damage: If effective strength exceeds the required strength by more than 2 points, adds extra damage: MAX += (MIN + (effectiveSTR - requiredSTR - 2))
• Elven Class Bonus: When used by an Elf, accuracy is increased by 10% and delay is reduced by 10%

• Type: Missile Weapon/Ammunition (Special)
• Usage: For use with ranged weapons like bows
• Consumable: Each arrow is consumed after being shot
• Stackable: Can stack up to very high quantities

Fire Arrows can be created by using a Potion of Liquid Flame on regular Common Arrows. This process is called “moistening” and transforms the basic arrow into one with special properties.

• Can be found in various treasure locations throughout the dungeon
• Quantity typically ranges from 15-30 when randomly generated (defined in Arrow.java random() method)
• Found in Treasury.json and SpidersTreasury.json with probability of 2
• Creation: Can be created through alchemy by moistening common arrows with Potion of Liquid Flame

• When hitting an enemy, applies the Burning status effect
• Burning causes damage over time until extinguished or enemy dies
• Can ignite flammable terrain like grass when fired into it
• Burning enemies take damage and can set adjacent flammable terrain on fire
• Does not stack with other status effects like Poison or Paralysis

• Effective against enemies vulnerable to fire damage
• Particularly useful against groups as burning can spread to adjacent tiles
• Good for dealing additional damage over time
• The burning effect only occurs on a successful hit with 25% chance when thrown from a ranged weapon
• Excellent for dealing sustained damage to groups of enemies
• Can be used to create environmental advantages by igniting terrain
• Be careful using in areas with flammable terrain that might spread to you
• Effective against enemies that don't kill you immediately, allowing the fire to work
• Good against undead and cold-based enemies which typically take extra fire damage

• FireArrow.java
• Arrow.java (base class)
• Burning.java (effect applied)
• Fire Arrow - Code References

• FireArrow_Name: “fire arrow”
• FireArrow_Info: “This arrow looks just like a normal one, other than a warm red light radiating from its head.”
• FireArrow_Gender: “feminine”
• Russian String Resources: “огненная стрела”, “Эта стрела выглядит обычной, лишь наконечник испускает тёплый красноватый свет.”, “feminine”

• Burning - The status effect applied by this arrow
• Common Arrow - Base arrow for moistening
• Potion of Liquid Flame - Required for creation
• Arrows - Other arrow types
• Missile Weapons - Other throwing weapons
• Alchemy - Creating special items