Deep water - Revision history

Hordes at 18:35, 28 December 2025

2025-12-28T18:35:21Z

Ge0ff: /* History */ add a note about Ice Form

2025-04-05T19:12:43Z

‎History: add a note about Ice Form

Patrick2011b: bump

2025-04-04T21:20:24Z

bump

Hordes: remove from catgory:threats, since it no longer kills you

2023-12-01T03:26:37Z

remove from catgory:threats, since it no longer kills you

Hordes: /* Falling in */

2023-09-17T07:27:56Z

‎Falling in

Hordes at 07:26, 17 September 2023

2023-09-17T07:26:22Z

Hordes at 07:24, 17 September 2023

2023-09-17T07:24:29Z

Hordes: "temporary flight expires" implies the emergency flight can expire

2023-08-20T04:16:05Z

"temporary flight expires" implies the emergency flight can expire

Hordes: subheader

2023-07-08T08:16:54Z

subheader

Hordes at 08:42, 6 July 2023

2023-07-06T08:42:15Z

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 Knockback effects like [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] cannot push things into water - the tile is treated as a wall instead. Monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if [[Polar Vortex]] flings them in. Players won't stumble into deep water while confused; they can only enter deep water if temporary [[flight]] runs out. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.
-Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s.
+Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s. Even if you use a [[talisman]] form to become amphibious, you won't be able to recover dropped items.
 ==Strategy==

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 ==History==
 *Prior to [[0.24]], followers of [[Fedhas Madash]] could use its Sunlight ability to turn deep water into shallow water.
 *Prior to [[0.19]], falling in deep water resulted in instant death rather than draining.

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 {{flavour|A pool of deep water. Only giant creatures can wade through this, and only those well-adapted to water can swim through it; for the rest, the only way through is to fly over.}}
-'''Deep water''' is a type of terrain that is normally impassible. Players can only cross it when [[flying]] or when [[amphibious]] (by being a [[Merfolk]], [[Octopode]], [[Barachi]], [[Draconian#Grey|Grey Draconian]], or while in [[Ice Form]]). Monsters can cross deep water if they can fly, are [[amphibious]] or [[aquatic]], or are [[Size#Giant|giant-sized]].
+'''Deep water''' is a type of terrain that is normally impassible. Players can only cross it when [[flying]] or when [[amphibious]] (by being a [[Merfolk]], [[Octopode]], [[Barachi]], or [[Draconian#Grey|Grey Draconian]]). Monsters can cross deep water if they can fly, are [[amphibious]] or [[aquatic]], or are [[Size#Giant|giant-sized]].
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 ===Falling in===
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 Knockback effects like [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] cannot push things into water - the tile is treated as a wall instead. Monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if [[Polar Vortex]] flings them in. Players won't stumble into deep water while confused; they can only enter deep water if temporary [[flight]] runs out. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.
-Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s. Even [[Ice Form]] cannot retrieve fallen items (since ice floats).
+Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s.
 ==Strategy==

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 Deep water will instantly kill non-swimming monsters who fall into it. Players who are stuck in deep water instead enter emergency flight, which inflicts [[drain]]ing (~3% max HP) for every turn spent.
-Knockback effects like [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] cannot push things into water - the tile is treated as a wall instead. Monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if [[Polar Vortex]] flings the in. Players won't stumble into deep water while confused; they can only enter deep water if temporary [[flight]] runs out. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.
+Knockback effects like [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]] cannot push things into water - the tile is treated as a wall instead. Monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if [[Polar Vortex]] flings them in. Players won't stumble into deep water while confused; they can only enter deep water if temporary [[flight]] runs out. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.
 Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s. Even [[Ice Form]] cannot retrieve fallen items (since ice floats).

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 Deep water will instantly kill monsters who fall into it, assuming they can't cross it. Players cannot enter deep water willingly; if their flight runs out, they will instead enter a temporary flight mode that causes [[drain]]ing every turn (~3% max HP) in invalid terrain. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.
-Knockback effects, such as [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], will not push creatures into deep water; the tile is treated as a [[wall]] instead. However, monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if flung in by [[Polar Vortex]]. Players cannot ever fall in unless their temporary flight expires.
+Knockback effects, such as [[Primal Wave]] or [[Iskenderun's Mystic Blast]], will not push creatures into deep water; the tile is treated as a [[wall]] instead. However, monsters can fall in if they are [[confused]], or if flung in by [[Polar Vortex]]. Players cannot ever fall in unless a source of flight expires.
 Naturally amphibious species can recover items from deep water. Otherwise, items dropped in deep water are destroyed forever, including [[artefact]]s. Even [[Ice Form]] cannot retrieve fallen items (since ice floats).

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 {{flavour|A pool of deep water. Only giant creatures can wade through this, and only those well-adapted to water can swim through it; for the rest, the only way through is to fly over.}}
-'''Deep water''' is a type of terrain found in the main [[Dungeon]], as well as in many [[branch]]es.
+'''Deep water''' is a type of terrain found in the main [[Dungeon]], as well as in many [[branch]]es. Players can only cross it when [[flying]] or when [[amphibious]] (by being a [[Merfolk]], [[Octopode]], [[Barachi]], [[Draconian#Grey|Grey Draconian]], or while in [[Ice Form]]). Monsters can cross deep water if they can fly, are [[amphibious]] or [[aquatic]], or are [[Size#Giant|giant-sized]].
 Deep water will instantly kill monsters who fall into it, assuming they can't cross it. Players cannot enter deep water willingly; if their flight runs out, they will instead enter a temporary flight mode that causes [[drain]]ing every turn (~3% max HP) in invalid terrain. Fortunately, you will receive a warning if your flight source is expiring.