I recently reached Volcano Manor in Elden Ring. I thought touching lava would mean instant death, like so much else in the game, but apparently not.

Grab your pickaxe and a waterbucket. It's time for exposure therapy.

Just dig two blocks wide. It's easy to stand so that you can look down and mine blocks under you - three down. Then look slightly up to the other block you're standing on and mine those three plus three more. Then back down and six, then ahead and six....... it's easy to go down^[tee hee hee] quickly, and then it's safe. You're always standing on a safe block.

This is why Dwarf Fortress is GOAT. Your dwarves start off with mental problems, and they only compound throughout their lives^[the realism is pretty on point...] leading to one of them going postal or creating an insane piece of art

I always dig straight down. Just don't have anything valuable on you. But straight down is where the diamonds are.

The danger is finding a cave these days