Fire (Damage Type)

Fire is a damage type in Demon's Souls.

General Information
Fire damage can be dealt by touching fire (besides on mounted torches), magma, or extremely hot objects, or by the exploding wisps found in 2-2. Objects, characters, and enemies that are hit with fire damage are briefly enveloped in yellow-orange flames.

Stats
Leveling up any stat will increase fire defense, but Endurance increases it at the fastest rate.

Armor

 * The Binded Set has high fire defense for its weight, as does the Ancient King's Set.
 * The Brushwood Set has very high fire defense.

Rings

 * The Ring of Flame Resistance confers a bonus to the wearer's fire defense.
 * The Dull Rat's Ring increases all defenses by 50% when the player's HP is at 30% or less of maximum.

Spells
The Water Veil spell reduces the fire damage the caster receives by ~40% for 30 seconds.

Shields
The Purple Flame Shield and Large Brushwood Shield have very high damage reduction against fire.

Weapons
The Dragon Bone Smasher confers a 20 point bonus to the wielder's fire defense while holding it.

Stats
Leveling up Magic increases the fire damage dealt by the Epee Rapier.

Weapons
The Morion Blade raises all damage dealt by the player by 60% when the player's current HP is at 30% or less of maximum.

Rings
The Clever Rat's Ring raises all damage dealt by the player by 50% when the player's current HP is at 30% or less of maximum.

Spells

 * Flame Toss (also deals magic damage)
 * Ignite
 * Fireball
 * Fire Spray
 * Firestorm

Items

 * Turpentine
 * Black Turpentine
 * Firebombs

Weapons

 * All weapons upgraded along the Dragon upgrade path.
 * The Lava Bow
 * The Epee Rapier

Enemies that Deal Fire Damage
The following NPCs and enemies are capable of inflicting fire damage.

NPCs

 * Scirvir the Wanderer as well as his Black Phantom
 * White Bow Black Phantom
 * Yuria the Witch

Enemies

 * Dregling (Flaming sword type)
 * Red Dragon
 * Blue Dragon
 * Boletarian Soldiers (Except archers)
 * Fat Official
 * Scale Miner (Hot iron type)
 * Fire Lizard
 * Rock Worm
 * Bearbug
 * Depraved One (Spearmen)

Bosses

 * Armor Spider
 * Flamelurker
 * Dragon God

Other Sources

 * Red-painted barrels in the Boletarian Palace (Explode when hit with fire damage)
 * Magma in 2-1, 2-2, and Flamelurker's boss chamber (Magma in the latter area deals much less damage than elsewhere)
 * Exploding Wisps in 2-2

Enemies that Resist Fire Damage
The following enemies and NPCs have particularly high fire defense relative to their other defenses.

NPCs

 * Biorr of the Twin Fangs
 * Executioner Miralda
 * Old King Doran

Enemies

 * Red Dragon
 * Blue Dragon
 * Scale Miner
 * Fire Lizard
 * Rock Worm
 * Bearbug

Bosses

 * Armor Spider
 * Flamelurker
 * Dragon God

Enemies that Are Vulnerable to Fire Damage
The following enemies have particularly low fire defense relative to their other defenses.

Enemies

 * Hoplite
 * Silver Skeleton
 * Depraved One

Bosses

 * Phalanx
 * Leechmonger
 * Dirty Colossus