Lava (Q3)

"The player should keep out of lava because it’s very deadly. However the battle suit will also protect the player from lava"

- The Quake III Arena Manual

Lava is a lethal environmental hazard found on Arena Eternal. It quickly drains the player's health, chewing through armor quickly. However, the Battle Suit and Invulnerability Shield are the only power-ups that will protect the player from lava.

First introduced in q3dm7, lava is a reminded theme around Tier 4 and Tier 5. Lava is deadly to every gladiator. Although the game rarely offers you a chance to give your foes a hot bone and flesh melting bath, keeping high scoring foes burnt to death in the lava will be pretty advantageous. Highly threatening enemies can be gotten rid of by a good positioning, taking cover and luring them to the edges near lava. A weapon combo to push them into the lava makes them bleed stacks and frags one at a time.

Similar to bodies of water, shortcuts or secrets could often hide behind or near these dangerous pools of death; so make sure you have a Battle Suit to have mobility near such areas before jumping in or try to land for safe grounds.

When times are dire, trying a rocket jump or a small plasma bump on the ground will keep your feet dry from an ankle height lava pools. Thinking lava damages player 30 per second on collision, rather low splash damage of such weapons worth suffering for a small while until you're out of the danger.

Death Message
"Player" does a back flip to a lava.