Lava

* Current (S2)
* Old (S1)

* Very rare in the Arctic
* Common in the Volcano.

## Release info

**Lava** is a type of hazardous terrain, added along with the Volcano and Black Dragon on April 9, 2017.

## Technical

* Lava in-game is a large orange circle with paler yellow circles that constantly increase and decrease in size.
* Lava is found at the center of the map in the Volcano and in small patches throughout the Desert biome. A couple lava spots will also spawn for a short period while the Arctic Volcano is erupting.
	+ In one of the Volcano's and Desert Volcano's erupting phases, orange globs are fired that explode into a lava spot and plenty of fire once it hits the ground. These additional lava spots act as normal, but will despawn after a while.
* Lava will burn any Animal on touch, dealing constant damage while they're in the lava and setting them on fire for several seconds after leaving the lava, except for the Dragon, Black Dragon, King Dragon, Land Monster, Phoenix, Giant Scorpion, Pakistani Toucan, and Lava Toucan.
	+ The text "Lava is too hot for you to walk over!" will pop up if the player touches lava, but does not stop their movement.
* Fire is periodically spat out from the lava.
* Watermelons and Watermelon Slices spawn frequently around lava, acting as a high risk-high reward.
* The Phoenix and Land Monster can dive in Lava, acting identically to diving in water.

## Lava Bar

There is also a lava bar, which is currently exclusive to the Black Dragon, King Dragon, Land Monster, Lava Toucan, and the Phoenix. Animals with a lava bar move faster in the Volcano, and regain lava while they're on lava. All mentioned animals slowly regain lava while they're in a certain radius of the Volcano, centered on the biome. Outside of it, the game tells the player to return to the Volcano and begins to drain lava. Re-entering the radius causes it to fill again.

Because the range is circular, the player can go the furthest from the volcano without draining lava at the most horizontal and vertical distance from the Volcano, and less at diagonals. Each mentioned animal has a different range. Ranked from least to greatest range is the Lava Toucan, Phoenix, Land Monster, King Dragon, and Black Dragon.

The lava bar drains when the player boosts, goes out of the regeneration radius, or uses their ability(with the exception of the Lava Toucan). The Phoenix and Land Monster also drain lava when pressing `S` to spit fire(1/5th and 1/9th of the bar respectively). It is replenished by Healing Stones, standing on lava, being in the radius, and eating an animal, including AI.

When the Lava Bar reaches 1/4 of its total, it will start reminding the player to go to the Volcano to replenish their lava supply. The Black Dragon, King Dragon, Phoenix, and Land Monster can't use their ability if sufficiently low(it is specifically marked in the Phoenix's case). If the bar completely depletes, the player begins to "suffocate" and loses about 5% of their HP per second. If they die from no lava, the player will collapse into a Carcass and Meat.

## Gallery

A Rabbit taking a dip in the lava.A Mouse at the center of the Volcano, next to a Fox on a giant Healing Stone.A vulture taking a dip in the lava to get in contact with a Healing Stone.Lava in the Arctic caused by an Arctic Volcano!A Pterodactyl soaring above two lava lakes that generated next to each other in the Desert.The message received when walking on lava as non-immune animal.
## Trivia

* It's not actually a biome but instead a type of terrain inside biomes.
* There used to be Lava tornadoes that could occur around the lava, but the feature was removed as it made it impossible for Black Dragons to live.
* Lava and the Death-lake are the only terrains that can harm animals.
* The lava bar was incorrectly referred to as the energy bar with the UI update until the October 21st update.
* Since February 1, 2022, lava no longer slows animals who walk in it.