Fire

* Fire
* Iceball

* Fireball (S2)
* Fire (S2)
* Fireball (S1)
* Fire (S1)
* Fire (Oldest)

**Fire** is a dangerous animated substance that will burn animals, causing reduced health and disabling their Special Abilities and diving. It was first released on January 13, 2017 as the Dragon's special ability.

## Technical

* Fire comes in two forms: An aerial, moving fireball projectile, and grounded immobile fire. Fireballs will land and become grounded fire after a certain distance. Both will burn animals; afflicted animals' health will decrease for 5 seconds. Fire on the ground automatically shrinks and reduces to nothing after about 10 seconds.
	+ Ground fire can be caught by burning animals, extending their burning duration.
* When burning, the player can't use Special Abilities unless they are instant-use. The T-REX and all animals Monster tier and above can use their abilities even when they're on fire.
* Burning animals stop burning if they're in water and can reduce the duration of the burn by consuming water. Setting animals on fire while they're in water will almost immediately put out the fire and deal little damage.
* Fireballs have fire delay: Animals that were set on fire by fireballs can't be caught on fire by more fireballs for about 3 seconds. However, they will be injured by the projectile itself. This does not affect ground fires.
* Fire has a Health Bar; when individual fire touches water(either as a body or in drops), it will quickly die out.
* Arctic animals succumb more to fire more than other types of animals.

## Iceball

* Iceball (S2)
* Iceball (S1)

### Effects

Creates a small Snowball upon landing. Briefly freezes players if it hits them.

### Source

Arctic Volcano

The **Iceball** is a white, freezing kind of fire. It only spawns by Arctic Volcanoes, and was released in the "*#GoldenAge*" update on December 23, 2019.

## Technical

* Iceballs are created only by an erupting Arctic Volcano. They fly a fixed distance from their source. This makes them last much longer in their aerial state than fireballs do.
* Upon landing, iceballs turn into a smaller than normal, non-mergable snowball - they lack a landing asset.
* Unlike normal fire, iceballs freeze animals on contact for 2 seconds, slowing them down during the timeframe.
* Iceballs are much smaller than fireballs.

## Strategy

* It is recommended that the player stays well away from fire-breathing animals unless they are the player's prey or if the player's ability is strong enough to troll them.
* If the player is in water, attempt to dodge the fire by diving, even though this is usually unnecessary as the fire will get put out quickly.
* If the player does get set on fire, the best thing to do is to get to water, such as the Ocean or a Lake or a Water Spot. An easy, effective alternative is to get to a Hiding Hole, which quenches the flames.

## Gallery

### Assets

First season 2 fireball frameFirst season 2 fire frameFirst season 2 fireball frame of King DragonFirst season 2 fire frame of King DragonFirst season 1 fire frameFirst season 1 fire frameFirst season 1 fireball frame of King DragonFirst season 1 fire frame of King DragonFirst fireball frame of Golden Phoenix, Dragon, Land Monster, Black Dragon, King Dragon, and Planet Eater Monster.First fire frame of the Golden SkinsFirst fireball frame of Alpha PhoenixFirst fire frame of Alpha PhoenixFirst fireball frame of King Shah, King Ripper, and Giant Red Phoenix.First fire frame of King Shah, King Ripper, and Giant Red Phoenix.First fire frame of the King StanFirst fireball frame of King StanFirst fire frame of the Azure BringerFirst fireball frame of Azure BringerFirst fire frame of the Queen CelesteFirst fireball frame of Queen CelesteFirst fire frame of the Queen ScarletFirst fireball frame of Queen ScarletFirst fireball frame of Aqua PhoenixFirst fire frame of Aqua PhoenixFirst fireball frame of Ice PhoenixFirst fire frame of Ice PhoenixFirst fireball frame of Ash PhoenixFirst fire frame of Ash PhoenixFirst fireball frame of Mythical SerpentFirst fire frame of Mythical SerpentFirst fireball frame of Queen FlameFirst fire frame of Queen FlameFirst season 2 Iceball frameFirst season 1 Iceball frame
### In-game

A Red Velvet Chipmunk near to a fire.A Legacy Giraffe near to a Fire.A Legacy Gazelle near to a Fire.A Legacy Fennec Fox below a FireDragon with using Fire a Kraken Killing soon (old)
## Triva

* Naturally-occurring fire was not added to the game until April 9, 2017 when the Volcano was released.
* Iceballs are known as "snowballs" (despite Snowballs already being a feature) in the changelog. However, in the "*Season 1*" era game files they are called iceballs.

### Glitches

* For a long time, grounded fire was bugged and did not burn animals. This bug was patched in the "*Season 2*" update on February 1, 2022.

## Footnotes

### References

1. ↑ https://mope.io/assets/s/1/img/iceball/0.png