Crude Torch
Crude Torches are basic portable light sources that are crafted from Coal, or Charcoal and Shafts. They can be lit to create a Burning Crude Torch by right-clicking it in the world on Fire, burning Campfires, Lava, lit Brick Ovens, smouldering Wood, other Crude Torches, standard Torches, and Candles, and placed in the world to provide light in the surrounding area for one day only (20 minutes) before irreversibly burning out.
Once lit, Crude Torches no longer stack, and its burn time will run regardless of whether it is in the inventory (which can be checked by the green bar on the icon), or placed in the world, with older torches becoming more charred on the shaft.
Burning crude torches can be freely placed, picked up and replaced without loss, and can be attached to walls or the ground.
Burning crude torches will be destroyed if placed in the world when it rains, if they're in the player's inventory while it rains or if he jumps into 2 deep high water or tries to swim while carrying the torch in its inventory.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | ||||||
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| Crude Torch | Shaft, Coal or Charcoal |
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Fire Spread
In BTW, most sources of fire, including Torches, have to be placed carefully to prevent burning down your home. Fire sources will heat up some air blocks around and above them, making any flammable block within range catch fire.
The air block above the Torch (represented by the red block in the picture below), will make any adjacent flammable block (represented by the glass blocks) burn down. So in the picture bellow, you are only to place flammable blocks around the glass blocks :
Placing a non-flammable block just above the Torch will prevent any fire spread and guarantee that there's no accident.
Keep in Mind
- Flammable blocks directly above or directly adjacent to the space directly above the torch can catch fire. Avoid placing them on wooden walls!
- Burning Crude Torches will be destroyed if your head is submerged in water.
- Torches made from Nethercoal don't run out and get doused when submerged.
- Unlike rain, snow doesn't destroy torches when held or placed.
