Fire Arrow

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

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

• 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%

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Arrows - Other arrow types
• Missile Weapons - Other throwing weapons