Fire Types

In both Book and film version of How To Train Your Dragon many of the dragons have unique types of fire. These differences make the dragons attacks much more unique. Here are some examples.

Night Fury
The Night Fury's fire is an acetylene oxygen flame burning off of a semi-solid mass. When it hits a target it explodes on impact. The explosion is made up of a purple gaseous ring and a huge ball of fire at the center. The burst of flame will explode even if it does not hit a target (as can be seen when Hiccup is riding Toothless for the first successful test drive). A Night Fury's flame can also be sustained for long periods of time. This is shown only when Toothless is preparing to rest or sleep. He uses a sustained blowtorch-like flame to warm an area before resting there. Contrary to what the Vikings claim, Night Fury's fire probably burns hotter than the Deadly Nadder's. This is because acetylene and oxygen can burn at around 6,500 degrees fahrenheit (hot enough to melt graphite), while magnesium burns at around 5,600 degrees fahrenheit. However the mistake on the part of the Vikings is obviously understandable due to the fact that they had never seen a Night Fury.

Toothless' acetylene oxygen flame is actually energized enough to become plasmoid (at least according to Hiccup). This would explain why it explodes on contact. Plasma works almost like a cross betwene a liquid and a gas. Interestingly it can exist a many temperatures (not just extreme heat). Night Fury fire seems to carry this through. Toothless has been seen to use smaller blasts just to blow things over or illuminate dark areas. These blasts do not seem to be as hot as his others, and it is very likely that he can control the relative strength and heat of his blasts. Toohtless seems to refrain from using the higher temperatur, more lethal blasts against enemies when he can help it. This is almost certainly due to Hiccup's influence on him.

Hideous Zippleback
The Hideous Zippleback has one of the most interesting ways of producing fire. Unlike most other dragon who breath in a flammable gas and then ignite it while exhaling, the Zippleback has one head that produces the gas and exhales it without igniting it. It is unknown what chemicals make up this gas, but it is known that it has an explosive effect and produces a great deal of smoke. These Chemicals produce a huge, flowing, green fog. The fog is said to have a noxtious scent. It is bad enough to make anyone who breaths it in feel extremely nauseous. The gas, after being exhaled, is then lit by a spark from the other head.

Deadly Nadder
The Deadly Nadder's fire is very hot. It is said to be able to melt steel and turn a Viking into ash in seconds. The Nadder's fire is made up of magnesium. This results in the fire burning in a brilliant bright color with sparks flying off of it. Magnesium burns at around 5,600 degrees fahrenheit. The Nadder seems to be able to breath fire without taking a deep, open mouthed, inhale. It is never seen sustaining its fire for long periods. However, with how hot its fire is it never seems to need to.

Monstrous Nightmare
The Monstrous Nightmare has some of the most dangerous fire. It is very similar to napalm or kerosene gel, so it is quite possible that unlike other dragons who make fire with gas, they produce a flammable liquid and ignite it. When the Monstrous Nightmare breathes fire it stays this sticky almost lava like stream of fire towards its enemies. This fire is very destructive as it flows over houses and fields. Because the fire is sticky, the Monstrous Nightmare often coats itself in it.

Gronckle
The Grockle's fire is a very unusual one. These dragons first eat rocks, which melts in their stomach, and then fires them as balls of molten lava. These lava blasts are shot out with great force and can cause serious damage once they hit their target. Attempting to block one of these blasts with a shield would probably not work. Because the blasts have a fairly solid base the blast will plow through obstacles until it hits something hard enough to splatter the lava ball.

Terrible Terror
The Terrible Terror's fire were described more as sniper bullets than flamethrowers. Their fire projects in long concentrated streams with deadly precision. Gobber says that you know when their about to strike when you hear a little hissing sound. (they fly in packs so watch out)

Red Death
The Red Death is a tremendous dragon, and its fire is equally massive. One blast incinerates the entire Berk fleet. It is a billowing orange flame, and it has more ash than most other dragon flames. It creates large ammounts of black smoke. The Red Death inhales deeply before shooting fire. Once shot the fires origin is a purple hue, but it quickly turns to orange. The fire in the film can go over half a mile according to The Art of How to Train Your Dragon.

Grapple Grounder
The Grapple Grounder can shoot a light-blue ball, possibly of electricity or plasma or the sort. It can shoot multiple of the blue orbs at a time, but at a sacrifice of size. The balls have a somewhat magnetic field, drawing towards larger objects than it (ie, opponents or victims), however the more decreased the size the stronger the force is. This information could also infer it might be electric. If a Grapple Grounder takes a deep enough breath, or charges it long enough, the fire will come out as a big blackish sphere that explodes termendosely upon impact, almost fatal.

Whispering Death
The Whispering Death's fire takes the shape of rings of yellow fire and smoke. It also has the ability to spit normal fire as seen when Whispering Deaths attack Bork and his girlfriend from below.

Snaptrapper
Snaptrappers are known to spit acid and sweet-smelling gas instead of fire.

Timberjack
The Timberjack spits a fire similar to the Monstrous Nightmare's. It is slightly more sticky and globulous. It resembles burning embers and create beautiful glowing sparks. The Timberjack can be seen warming itself with its own fire during the Book of Dragons short.

Scauldron
The Scaldron's fire is an unusual one.These dragons first swallow a gallons of water, heat it in their stomach, and then fires the water in a scalding jet at its prey/vitim. The dragon gets its name from this ability. The water it spits is extremely hot and will usually finish off it's prey/victim with a single shot. Gobber claims it will melt the flesh right off your bones.

Thunder Drum
Instead of breathing fire, the Thunder Drum delivers a sonic blast that is deadly at close range. The blast ripples through the air and can push obsticals and enemies back at great speed. It is, as mentioned earlier, really only severely dangerous at close range, but it remains a devistating attack all the same.

Changewing
The Changewing spits acid and fire. Their acid is green, gurgling, sticky, and melts through most substances. The Changewing can spray large amounts of acid at a time. It is highly dangerous and is shown to eat through huge wooden trees in seconds. The dragon appears to be mostly immune to its own acid as it can walk through it without showing any signs of pain. The only known instance of it breathing fire is a 2D animation during the Book of Dragons short.

Boneknapper
The Boneknapper has a fairly regular looking fire. Similar to the Red Death, this dragon takes a deep breath before breathing a huge flowing stream of ashy fire. It does not appear to have extremely hot fire since the kids are able to survive very close to the fire during the Legend of the Boneknapper short.

Skrill
The Skrill spits an electrical white fire as its body crackles with static electricity. As soon as the dragon begins to breathe its fire-like breath, the electricity arches through its mouth and sparks along the gasses that form the body of the blast. It is one of the most unique types of blasts since it contains both an extremely hot fire and an electrical current. It also contains ozone.

Typhoomerang
The Typhoomerang flies in a scorching tornado of whirling fire. It is capable of creating a huge whirling burnmark with its fire. The fire also acts like a fertilizer, because once the plants are burned by the fire, they will regrow and become more fertile.

Smothering Smokebreath
The Smothering Smokebreath has two types of breath.

Fire
The Smothering Smokebreath has a very hot fire. The fire is hot enough to meld metal together in order to build its nest. According to the dreamworks website it burns around 5,500 to 5,900 degrees fahrenheit so it could be hotter than the fire of a Deadly Nadder. It also contains magnesium and lava.

Smoke
The Smothering Smokebreath breathes large amount of smoke from its mouth to create a thick cloak of fog to hide itself. They are often mistaken for ghosts and other super natural creatures, such as a "Fog Monster".