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Magma-Safe Critters
« on: February 22, 2019, 08:27:39 pm »
Are dragons magma-safe?

Other than fire imps and magma crabs, are there any other critters that are magma-safe?

I'm asking for a friend who is definitely not me building a magma moat.
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Re: Magma-Safe Critters
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2019, 10:38:10 pm »
From DFwiki
"[Dragons] are immune to both fire and magma; however, they can still drown if immersed in the latter."
Haven't tested the drowning bit myself, but it seems about right.  :D
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Re: Magma-Safe Critters
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2019, 10:47:49 pm »
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Dragons' bodies will not burn in magma. They may drown in magma, however; though they can swim innately, so probably shouldn't as long as there's breathing space above the surface. Dragons also do not possess the extra senses that let them "see" through magma, making them unlikely to navigate well.

The wiki doesn't have a magma category; but there's a close approximation for fire immune: the five creatures in that list that begin with "fire" or "magma" can survive and move in magma, and I'm not aware of any magma natives that are not listed there. One or two others (iron men??) might be able to survive with similar caveats as dragons.
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Re: Magma-Safe Critters
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2019, 11:15:00 pm »
Well, thank you for the input. I don't know how I missed that dragons were magma immune on the wiki.

It is a single high moat of magma, so I doubt that they will drown immediately... we will have to see.
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Re: Magma-Safe Critters
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2019, 03:01:58 am »
Apart from those, titan/FBs and clowns are immune to magma heat (even when they're composed out of snow...). However, they're not equipped with magma vision, so I had an FB sitting at the bottom of the magma sea under constant harassment from a magma critter (I don't remember if it was a magma crab or fire imp) without fighting back (the attacks never caused any harm, of course).
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