While playing on SMP, was knocked into lava in the Nether. Wearing full Diamond gear (each piece with several mixed Protection enchantments, with one piece of Fire Protection IV), it took 20-30 seconds to swim to a ledge, however with the protections, I took minimal damage. After exiting the lava, however, the persistent fire caused damage at a higher rate than the lava. I've further tested this on SSP in the Overworld and Nether, in the Overworld both damages seemed to occur at a slower rate.
MC-12031
Fire Protection ineffective against Fire Damage
Resolved
Incomplete
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(Unassigned)
Confirmed
damage, fire, lava, protection
Minecraft 1.5, Minecraft 1.5.1, Minecraft 1.5.2, Snapshot 13w18c, Snapshot 13w19a
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Is this still a concern in the current Minecraft version? If so, please update the affected versions in order to best aid Mojang ensuring bugs are still valid in the latest releases/pre-releases. If this has been done, we can reopen the issue.
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