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{{flavour|You are flying above the ground, and are able to cross water and lava or fight above shallow water without penalties. Most types of flight will time out - be careful what you are above when that happens!}}
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'''Flight''' ('''Fly''') is a [[status effect]] that sends you soaring above the ground. It makes traversing terrain with water and lava much easier.
  
'''Fly''' is a status effect that sends you soaring above the ground. A flying player can ignore water, [[lava]], and most traps, gains a bonus to [[stealth]], receives twice the normal benefit of the [[Swiftness]] spell, and gets a small increase to speed if the character is a [[tengu]].
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==Effects==
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*Ability to safely cross [[deep water]] and [[lava]].
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*Ignore all harmful effects of [[shallow water]].
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**Note that [[Merfolk]] and [[Octopode]]s still get their water bonuses while flying above water.
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*Resistance to [[Shatter]] and [[staff of earth|staves of earth]]
  
Flying also reduces (self) [[Static Discharge]] damage and completely negates the added damage from an enemy's weapon of [[electrocution]]. Its only downside is that you take extra damage from [[Airstrike]].
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==Sources==
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Some sources of flight are temporary and will eventually expire. If your flight expires over deadly terrain (such as [[deep water]] or [[lava]]), you remain in the air but take significant [[drain]]ing every turn until you reach safety.
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*[[Potion of flight]].
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*Casting or being caught in a [[Polar Vortex]] (''very'' short-lived).
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These sources of flight are permanent, allowing you to fly continuously:
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*Intrinsic of [[Gargoyle]]s, [[Tengu]], and black [[Draconian]]s once reaching high enough [[XL]].
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**Other Draconians may gain the ability by randomly [[mutation|mutating]].
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*Equipment with the [[flight (ego)|flight ego]] (normally found on [[boots]], [[barding]], and some [[artefact]]s).
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*A [[ring of flight]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
In [[0.13]] flight will not protect from any kind of electric damage.
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*Prior to [[0.27]], flight wasn't a strictly positive effect for players. [[Airstrike]] dealt bonus damage to flying targets. Player-caused sources of flight could be cancelled and re-evoked. The [[ring of flight]] was also temporary. [[Hooves]] had a stealth penalty which was negated when flying. Also, octopodes and merfolk didn't get their water bonuses while flying above water.
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*Prior to [[0.23]], Tengu only gained temporary flight at XL 5, only getting permanent flight at XL 14.
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*Prior to [[0.19]], you would die instantly if your flight ran out over deadly terrain.
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*Prior to [[0.17]], flight could be achieved using the [[Flight (spell)|Flight]] spell.
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*Prior to [[0.16]], flight protected you from mechanical [[trap]]s. There was also a [[Flight card]].
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*Prior to [[0.15]], flying creatures had a 2/3rds chance of dodging thrown nets.
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*Prior to [[0.13]], flight could protect you from electrical attacks.
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*Prior to [[0.12]], flight increased the caster's carrying capacity. Also, [[wand of paralysis|wands of paralysis]], the [[Petrify]] spell, and [[net]]s could instantly kill flying creatures by dropping them into [[deep water]] or [[lava]].
  
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Latest revision as of 16:30, 15 January 2024

Version 0.31: This article is up to date for the latest stable release of Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup.
You are flying above the ground, and are able to cross water and lava or fight above shallow water without penalties. Most types of flight will time out - be careful what you are above when that happens!

Flight (Fly) is a status effect that sends you soaring above the ground. It makes traversing terrain with water and lava much easier.

Effects

Sources

Some sources of flight are temporary and will eventually expire. If your flight expires over deadly terrain (such as deep water or lava), you remain in the air but take significant draining every turn until you reach safety.

These sources of flight are permanent, allowing you to fly continuously:

History

  • Prior to 0.27, flight wasn't a strictly positive effect for players. Airstrike dealt bonus damage to flying targets. Player-caused sources of flight could be cancelled and re-evoked. The ring of flight was also temporary. Hooves had a stealth penalty which was negated when flying. Also, octopodes and merfolk didn't get their water bonuses while flying above water.
  • Prior to 0.23, Tengu only gained temporary flight at XL 5, only getting permanent flight at XL 14.
  • Prior to 0.19, you would die instantly if your flight ran out over deadly terrain.
  • Prior to 0.17, flight could be achieved using the Flight spell.
  • Prior to 0.16, flight protected you from mechanical traps. There was also a Flight card.
  • Prior to 0.15, flying creatures had a 2/3rds chance of dodging thrown nets.
  • Prior to 0.13, flight could protect you from electrical attacks.
  • Prior to 0.12, flight increased the caster's carrying capacity. Also, wands of paralysis, the Petrify spell, and nets could instantly kill flying creatures by dropping them into deep water or lava.