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'''Francis''': "Technically that's not true. There's no lava in ''[[Halo (
|''[[Spy Kids]] 3D''}}
A stage in a video game, particularly platformers, that takes place in a volcanic area, or another area with heat, such as a flaming tower or factory. Almost always features [[Lava Pit|large lakes of liquid lava]]. The puzzles and challenges in such an area generally revolve around navigating around flames and lava. Generally, the player will be [[Convection, Schmonvection|fine as long as he doesn't touch the molten rock]], and may be even able to boat across it on some vehicle. Of course, if they do fall into lava, [[I'm Melting|it won't be pretty.]]▼
▲{{quote|'''Juni''': [[Lampshade Hanging|"Why is it that every video game has lava in it?"]]<br />
▲'''Francis''': "Technically that's not true. There's no lava in ''[[Halo (Video Game)|Halo]]''. And in ''[[Metroid (Video Game)|Metroid]]'', it's [[Department of Redundancy Department|molten magma]]." |''[[Spy Kids]] 3D''}}
▲A stage in a video game, particularly platformers, that takes place in a volcanic area, or another area with heat, such as a flaming tower or factory. Almost always features [[Lava Pit|large lakes of liquid lava]]. The puzzles and challenges in such an area generally revolve around navigating around flames and lava. Generally, the player will be [[Convection Schmonvection|fine as long as he doesn't touch the molten rock]], and may be even able to boat across it on some vehicle. Of course, if they do fall into lava, [[I'm Melting|it won't be pretty.]]
The music in these levels tends to be percussion-heavy and angry and/or mischievous sounding, often with a tribal-sounding chant.
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May be a volcano located in [[Prehistoria]].
A [[Sub
Contrast [[Slippy
{{examples|Examples:}}▼
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* An official expansion pack for the miniature war game ''[[
* Some of the planes in ''[[Dungeons
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Marathon
* Hailfire Peaks from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie|Banjo-Tooie]]'' is an interesting example. One side is a fiery volcano, while the other side is a [[Slippy
* ''[[F-Zero]]'' GX's Fire Field levels have the tracks suspended (at what appears to be) a few feet higher than the lava. The craft have shields, though.
* ''[[Castlevania]]'':
** ''[[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
** ''[[Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance
* Many levels of ''[[Descent]]'' involved lava at some point. However, there was at least one level where the entire thing was lava. Being the first game, [[Convection, Schmonvection|lava behaved differently]].
* The planet Brimspark in ''[[Descent|Descent II]]''. And yes, the heat of the lava does drain your shields.
* ''[[
* Gurgu Volcano from ''[[
** The Molten Cave (well, duh) in ''[[
** The Underworld in ''[[
** Great Sea Trench in ''[[
** The Sealed Cave in ''[[
** Cave of the Gi in ''[[
** Definitely the Fire Cavern in ''[[
** Ironically, the Gulug Volcano dungeon in ''[[
** Ifrit's Cauldron and Mount Halvung in ''[[
** The Feol Warren in ''[[Final Fantasy XII
** The Volcano in ''[[
* ''[[
* These levels also exist in the ''[[
* Although there was no lava, there was a desert in the first ''[[
** A more direct example of a lava-filled environment is the underground portion of Taopo Swamp.
** The second ''[[
* The Under-Gas in ''[[Little Big Adventure]] 2''.
** Funnily enough, if you fail enough times in the second level in this sequence, the game takes pity on you and lets you skip it.
* Norfair in the ''[[
** Norfair also appears as a stage in ''[[Super Smash Bros
** Sector 3 (PYR) in ''Metroid Fusion'' is an [[Hailfire Peaks|artificially created desert and lava zone]].
*** Similiar to this is ''[[Other M]]'s'' Sector 3, the Pyrosphere. You are required to run through it before you can use the Varia Suit, a first for the series. [[Scrappy Mechanic|Too bad you already have it and have to wait for authorization to use it...]]
** Bryyo Fire in Metroid Prime 3 is a variation, instead of lava you're in various refining and storage facilities for 'Fuel Gel', a highly flammable, lava-like form of liquid fuel. Most of the puzzles in the area use it in various ways.
* Sun City, which is located somewhere on the surface of the Sun, in the ''[[
* Both ''The Sanctuary of Stone and Fire'' and ''The Sanctuary of Rock and Lava'' from ''[[Rayman]] 2'' apply to this trope. They are also [[Temple of Doom
* [[Mechwarrior]] 3 has a geothermal plant right before the final mission, the mission before this one didn't have You relying on Heat sinks due to the snowstorm. Now You need a lot more than normal
* The ''[[Romancing
* The Stone Rain level in ''[[Shadow Warrior]]''.
* A staple Zone type in ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', with many iterations:
** Marble Zone from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (
** Hill Top Zone from ''[[
** Lava Reef Zone from ''[[
** Red Mountain from ''[[
** Lava Shelter from ''[[Shadow the Hedgehog]]'' (with [[Eternal Engine]] overtones).
** Flame Core and Crisis City from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006
** Hot Crater from ''[[Sonic Advance 2]]'' with [[Eternal Engine]] elements (noticing a pattern here?).
** Evil Foundry (especially the Ifrit boss fight) from ''[[Sonic and The Secret Rings]]'' [[Hailfire Peaks|combines this with]]
** Deep Core from ''[[
** Chaotic Inferno from ''Sonic Rivals 2''.
** Eggmanland from ''[[Sonic Unleashed]]'' [[Hailfire Peaks|combines this with]] [[Eternal Engine]] and [[Amusement Park of Doom]].
** Molten Mine/The Cauldron from ''[[Sonic Storybook Series|Sonic and the Black Knight]]''. It also has [[Mordor]] elements.
** Volcano Valley from ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island|Sonic 3D Blast]]''.
** Even the fan made ''[[
** The Lava Powerhouse and Showdown levels from ''[[Sonic Spinball]]''.
* There's the land of Uruk in [[Sphinx and
* Named after Lethal Lava Land from ''[[
** Corona Mountain from ''[[
** The Spin off ''[[
** Mt. Lava Lava from ''[[Paper Mario (
*** The lava must be paper as well, obviously.
*** In addition, Bowser's Castle has lava areas, but if you shut off the flow, it cools well enough to walk on instantly.
*** Also, Rawk Hawk's training area (i.e., the send up of Bowser's castle from SMB) has its lava pits.
** The 4th stage of every world in the original ''Super Mario Brothers'' certainly are worth mentioning as being some of the earliest examples.
** World 8 in ''[[
** Melty Molten/Hell Prominence Galaxy in ''[[
*** The ''Freezeflame/Ice Volcano Galaxy'' in ''[[
** ''[[
** Thwomp Volcano in ''[[
*** As well as the Barrel Volcano in ''[[
** And despite not entirely being this, Bowser's castles have elements of this.
*** In the ''Super Mario All-Stars'' remake of ''[[
** ''Super Mario 64'', as well as the [[Trope Namer]] also had Bowser in the Fire Sea, which is exactly what it sounds like.
** ''[[
*** And even more fitting is the extra 1 stage of Yoshi's Island, "[[Blatant Lies|Poochy Ain't Stupid]]".
* ''[[
* ''[[
* ''[[
* Red Mountain in ''[[The Elder Scrolls III
* Mehrune Dagon's world in ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
* Death Mountain in the ''Zelda'' games also fits this trope. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
** Not to mention the Cave of Flames in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** And the Dragon Roost Cavern in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** Turtle Rock fills this place in ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
** ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
* The Temple of Pyrynn in ''[[
* Another Red Mountain, this one in ''[[
* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', you have Searing Gorge, Burning Steppes, and Shadowmoon Valley. There's also the Blackrock Mountain dungeon complex which, along with including the infamous Molten Core, has what appears to be a volcanic crater right in the entryway.
** For that matter, the Dwarf ''capital city'' Ironforge has...well, [[Exactly What It Says
*** At some point they put up invisible walls to keep players from offing themselves in the forges.
** Also, the starter instance of Ragefire Chasm.
** Mount Hyjal in the ''Cataclysm'' expansion, the southern and lowest part of the zone has become
* Act IV of ''[[Diablo|Diablo 2]]'' is fought in Hell, which is probably as Lethal Lava Land as you can get.
** However, the lava actually behaves the same as walls and there is no way to step on it.
* Some of the Quest sub-levels on ''[[Nethack]]'' feature lava. And towards the end of the game {{spoiler|the player has to pass through four "elemental" levels, one of which is fire, which of course means lava}}. If you have fireproof [[
* The Primitive Cube in ''[[Blue Dragon]]''.
* Gaspar in ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]''.
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** World 8 in ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''.
** Hot Top Volcano from Diddy Kong Racing.
* A little different, but in ''[[
** Certain parts of the DarkIce Mines are like this (particularly underground), as well as the Volcano Force Point Temple in [[Star Fox Adventures]].
*** Oddly enough [[Convection, Schmonvection|Fox only catches fire]] if he falls in the magma, yet does not die instantly or melt. Also, he is set ablaze, but if he can douse those flames, he'll be fine.
* You actually take damage from this level in [[Odin Sphere]] if you don't use cooling potions.
* ''[[
** ''[[
* The old computer game ''Hocus Pocus'' had lava on several levels that damaged you while you stood in it, though didn't instantly kill you.
* Lampshaded in the ''[[Spy Kids]] 3D'' movie.
* The Karamja Volcano in ''[[
* Area K in ''[[Mega Man ZX]]''. On the surface it's a geyser-riddled zone. Once you get underground, however, the [[Scrappy Level|Scrappiness]] starts setting in...
* ''[[
* Most of the ''[[Mega Man (
** The first had Fire Man, ''2'' has Heat Man, ''6'' has Flame Man, Sword Man of ''8'' has a small fire area sequence, ''9'' has Magma Man and ''10'' has Solar Man.
** [[ROM Hack]] ''[[Rockman No Constancy]]'' downplays this; what appears to be molten metal in [[Eternal Engine|Metal Man's stage]] are [[One
** Parts of Junk Man's stage in ''[[Mega Man (
** The ''[[
*** Amusingly, Flame Mammoth's stage becomes a breeze if you defeat [[An Ice Person|Chill Penguin]] first, as all the lava freezes over.
** ''[[
* ''[[La
* A level of this type is also in a ''[[
* Neo Star's 4th level in ''[[
** Hotbeat in ''[[
* ''[[The
* Level 10 in the SNES port of ''[[Prince of Persia]]'', where you drop into what seems to be a volcano after falling from the tower in Level 9.
* Cald, in all its incarnations in ''[[Magi Nation]].''
* The ''[[
* The ''[[Soul Calibur]]'' fighting games often include a stage where the fighters are going at it on a rock floating in a river of lava. A ring-out involves the player falling in with a dramatic splash of flame, and yet they're perfectly fine come the next round.
* The ''[[Soul Edge]]'' [[Follow the Leader|ripoff]] ''Mace: The Dark Age'' also has a lava stage that's either Hell or part of a despotic ruler's kingdom, depending on who you're fighting there. In the latter's case, don't ask where he got all that lava in the middle of Europe. Not only do you not die from [[Convection, Schmonvection|convection]], but ''falling in'' only deals a little bit of damage at a time. However, should a fighter loose all health in the lava in the final round, s/he'll sink in a fatality-worthy fashion.
* The old SNES [[
* The volcano level in [[Jurassic Park]] for the [[Sega Genesis]].
* In ''[[
* Deep Inferno from ''[[Pangya]]''. Complete with pyroclastic flows for "rough", lava pool "water hazards" and lung-clogging ash filling the air. Did I mention this is a ''golf'' game?
* ''[[Aladdin (Capcom
* The volcano zone of ''[[
* ''A.I.M.'' (Artificial Intelligence Machine, or Mech Minds if you're Russian) has the Volcano sector, where one must avoid vapor geysers, electromagnetic fences, ravines and lava lakes of varying sizes. Not to mention the hostile gliders, who are more powerful than previous sectors.
* Planet Scorch in ''[[Ristar]]''. He even has an idle animation where he tries to fan himself with his hand.
* In ''[[Godzilla|Godzilla: Unleashed]]'', sudden climate change causes Seattle to become one of these.
* The cursed version of the Great Underground Mine in ''Tomba 2'' which has lava that keeps you from going down into the tunnels.
* The "Volcanic Rim" stage in ''[[
* Lava Dome in ''[[Backyard Sports|Backyard Football]]'', which has lava on only one side.
* The ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' series has one in almost every game.
* In a possible homage to ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the dwarf capital of Orzammar in ''[[
* The Sea Cave in ''[[
** Mt. Magmageddon in ''[[
** The fire caves leading to Murdaw's Keep in ''[[
* Mt. Zublo in ''[[
* ''[[Tomb Raider]]'': Atlantis
* ''[[
* Barathrum from ''[[Total Annihilation]]'', although this doesn't actually have much effect on game play aside from the fact that you can't build naval units given that the 'seas' are made of lava.
* The ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]] SNES game features such an area.
* Spice Mine Run/Zugga Challenge, Fire Mountain Rally, and Inferno in ''[[Star Wars]] Episode 1 Racer''. As usual, [[Convection, Schmonvection|the lava's heat only damages your racer if you touch it]].
* Stonefang Mines in ''[[
* The Rapax Rift in ''[[
* Stark Mountain in ''[[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
** Don't forget Mt. Chimney in ''[[
* The planet Ortega in ''[[Space Quest]] III'', which, much like the Io example below, has its surface constantly reshaped by volcanic eruptions. It's also lethal to land there without first putting on Thermo-Weave Underwear. And even then, a fall into the lava pits below nets you a [[Have a Nice Death]].
* The Ring of Fire, and some eye of the north caverns, in [[Guild Wars]].
* Sector 4, The Oven, from ''[[Jumper (
* FireCage from ''[[
* Last Cave from ''[[
* ''[[
* The Oven from ''The Addams Family''(SNES).
* The ''[[
* The Fire Stage in ''[[Gradius]] III'', and the second half of the Volcanic Stage in ''Gradius IV''. The Volcanic stages in most of the games, while they have erupting volcanoes, are more of standard [[Death Mountain]] or [[Underground Level
* The Fire Spring in ''[[
* The second-to last level in [[Bujingai Swordmaster]] starts as a series of caverns which eventually brings you in a volcano. And you must reach the top in order to finish the level.
* Volcano Castle, Fire Field, and Lava Flow in ''Bonk's Revenge''. The [[Underground Level|underground levels]] also have lava pits.
* The first area of Stage 3 in ''[[Rocket Knight Adventures]]'' features a rising and falling tide of lava that actually has a [[Convection, Schmonvection|reflective surface]], as if it were water (read: [[One
** Oddly enough, the more conventional lava found in the third area of the same stage hurts a lot, but doesn't instantly kill on contact.
* Stage 4 of the [[Nintendo Hard|already punishing]] ''[[Ghosts
* [[Exactly What It Says
* Arachnia in ''[[Bug
* In ''[[
* The Sandcrawler in ''[[Super Star Wars]]'' inexplicably has lava in its lower levels, along with a [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|Giant Lava Beast from Nowhere]].
* In ''[[
* ''[[
* Level 6-1 in ''[[Medal of Honor]]: Frontline'' has a giant blast furnace that you can knock Nazis into and [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|watch them get crisped]].
* The [[MSX|MSX2]] version of ''[[Contra]]'' has two Magma Areas.
* The "Be Prepared" level from ''[[The Lion King (Video Game)|The Lion King]]''.
* ''[[Dark Souls]]'' has the Demon Ruins and the first half of Lost Izalith.
* ''Blood Omen: [[Legacy of Kain]]'': Dark Eden, a land twisted beyond recognition in a project of the [[Fisher King|guardians]] of nature, energy and states. And then it starts raining fire... This may not be a case of [[Convection, Schmonvection]], since Kain and the creatures there are all unnaturally resilient, and the world's foundations are rather loose by this point anyway. This trope is also used in the [[Dark World]] version of Nosgoth seen from Nupraptor's keep.
* ''[[Evolva]]'': Levels 6, 7, and 8. There's also a single [[Lava Pit]] in level 5, but it's extremely easy to avoid it in contrast to the ones in later levels.
* The second half of Stage 5 in ''[[Video Game/Alisia Dragoon|Alisia Dragoon]]''.
* The first half of the second stage in ''[[Jackie
* Shows up pretty regularly in ''[[
* The Phoenix Mountain/Volcano in ''[[Kid Icarus: Uprising
* Yui's knockoff in ''[[Battle Golfer Yui]]'' has a home course filled with lava. For some reason, it's treated like a water hazard. The grass is shaped like a skeleton, hinting at the knockoff's inability to become Yui completely.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
* In [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lgy3Cld-v0 episode 22 of season 1] of ''[[RWBY Chibi]]'', Ruby insists the floor of their dorm room is deadly lava, despite (still) looking like a rug. The rest of the team indulges her, getting from the door to their beds without walking on it. Then Roman Torchwick throws open the door, and despite Ruby's earnest (and the rest of the team's bored) warning that the floor is lava, he rushes in. Cue shocked expressions from everyone ''but'' Ruby when he sinks in and burns.
{{quote|'''Ruby:''' I tried to warn him.}}
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