Fire is a type of elemental damage in Dark Souls III.
Fire is one of four elemental damage types in Dark Souls III, inflicted by certain enemies, items, weapons and pyromancies. This element is generally effective against:
- Enemies using no armor
- Beasts
This element is generally ineffective against:
- Demons
- Wyverns
- Serpent-kind
- Most knights
Defense[]
To lower Fire damage, it is necessary to increase Fire resistance.
Stats[]
Fire damage is decreased by leveling up, but leveling strength will increase your resistance the most.
Items[]
- Red Bug Pellet provides a temporary increase in defense
Equipment[]
Ring[]
Shields[]
- Dragonhead Greatshield provides best fire damage absorption at a cost of large weight.
- Dragonhead Shield, Black Knight Shield, and Dragon Crest Shield are best amongst medium and light shields.
- A Fire-infused Black Iron Greatshield reaches over 99% Fire absorption.
Armor[]
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Spells[]
Weaponry[]
Items[]
- Charcoal Pine Resin or Charcoal Pine Bundle gives additional fire damage, when applied.
Spells[]
- Weapons buffed with Carthus Flame Arc pyromancy.
Equipment[]
Weapons[]
- Weapons infused with either Fire Gem or Chaos Gem
- Ringed Knight Straight Sword
- Onyx Blade (with Elfriede's Blackflame buff)
- Firelink Greatsword
- Twin Princes' Greatsword
- Profaned Greatsword (with Profaned Flame buff)
- Lorian's Greatsword
- Ringed Knight Paired Greatswords
- Demon's Scar (The Ringed City DLC)
- Dancer's Enchanted Swords
- Demon's Greataxe
- Gargoyle Flame Hammer
- Old King's Great Hammer
- Gargoyle Flame Spear
- Soldering Iron
- Ringed Knight Spear
- Immolation Tinder
- Witch's Locks
- Demon's Fist
- Torch
- Follower Torch
- Pyromancy Flame
- Pyromancer's Parting Flame (Ashes of Ariandel DLC)
- White Hair Talisman
- Dragonhead Shield
Pyromancies[]
- Fireball
- Fire Orb
- Bursting Fireball
- Great Chaos Fire Orb
- Chaos Bed Vestiges
- Fire Surge
- Fire Whip
- Firestorm
- Chaos Storm
- Great Combustion
- Profaned Flame
- Sacred Flame
- Floating Chaos (Ashes of Ariandel DLC)
- Seething Chaos (The Ringed City DLC)
- Flame Fan (The Ringed City DLC)
Ammunition[]
Enemies[]
The following is a list of enemies and bosses that can deal fire damage:
Lesser enemies[]
- Fire Witch
- Hollows using Firebombs
- Hollow Slave at the Dreg Heap and Grand Archives
- Smouldering Rotten Flesh
- Smoldering Ghru
- Devout of the Deep
- Giant Man Serpent
- Grave Warden
- Man Serpent
- Rock Lizard
- Lothric Wyvern
Invaders and NPCs[]
Bosses[]
- Abyss Watchers (during 2nd phase)
- Deacons of the Deep
- Old Demon King
- Pontiff Sulyvahn
- Yhorm the Giant (during 2nd phase)
- Aldrich, Devourer of Gods (during 2nd phase)
- Dancer of the Boreal Valley
- Dragonslayer Armour (during 2nd phase)
- Lorian, Elder Prince
- Soul of Cinder
- Father Ariandel & Sister Friede
- Demon in Pain & Demon from Below/Demon Prince
- Darkeater Midir
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