The 'god mode' cheat provides immunity from lava. Lava surges also can hit air units that travel over them through lava spouts. In the mission from Co-op Missions, ' The Vermillion Problem,' lava surges occur constantly and impide the allied commanders to attack several enemy locations, once the lava falls low, xenon crystals are revealed and are available to be collected by a worker to finish the mission. In the Wings of Liberty mission, ' Belly of the Beast,' the last part is an escape from rising lava.
The mission achievement, 'Red Lobster', requires the brutalisk to be killed by lava surge on normal difficulty. The richest mineral nodes are on low ground. In the Wings of Liberty mission, ' The Devil's Playground,' lava surges impede resource gathering. Lava takes a more dynamic role in certain missions, where it may rise and fall to flood low-lying areas of the map. After the loss of millions of lives on the East European Plain. The red giants of the east have long been fearful of the rise of Raven and were unprepared for the magnitude of an invasion from such a formidable enemy.
Martyrs Watch becomes playable after the introduction of Campaign during Chapter 5 when Mira Volkova becomes available to assign. Lava appears on maps as unpassable terrain and doodads and has no gameplay effect. Martyrs Watch is a playable faction of Warpath.
