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

==Effects==
*Ability to safely cross [[deep water]] and [[lava]].
*Ignore all harmful effects of [[shallow water]].
**Note that [[Merfolk]] and [[Octopode]]s still get their water bonuses while flying above water.
*Resistance to [[Shatter]] and [[staff of earth|staves of earth]]

==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 [[drain]]ing every turn until you reach safety.
*[[Potion of enlightenment]].
*Casting or being caught in a [[Polar Vortex]] (''very'' short-lived).

These sources of flight are permanent, allowing you to fly continuously:
*Intrinsic of [[Gargoyle]]s, [[Tengu]], and black [[Draconian]]s once reaching high enough [[XL]].
**Other Draconians may gain the ability by randomly [[mutation|mutating]].
*Equipment with the [[flight (ego)|flight ego]] (normally found on [[boots]], [[barding]], and some [[artefact]]s).
*A [[ring of flight]].

==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)|Flight]] spell.
*Prior to [[0.16]], flight protected you from mechanical [[trap]]s. 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, [[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]].

[[Category:Status effects]]
[[Category:Movement]]

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