# Fire damage **Fire damage** is one of the five [[damage]] types and of the three types which count as [[elemental damage]]. If a creature lands a critical strike with an attack or spell that deals fire damage, the [[ignite]] status [[ailment]] is inflicted. Some fire damage, including that caused by ignite, is further classified as [[burning]] and is a type of [[damage over time]]. (Note that if the source deals non-fire damage that is taken as fire by the target, the ignite will not occur due the source having no base fire damage to scale an ignite off of.) Fire damage is mitigated by fire [[resistance]] and reduction to fire [[damage taken]]. Skills which deal or affect fire damage have the Fire gem tag. Some modifiers convert other types of damage into fire.