Tool

Torch

The light you spawn with: no bench, a cheap recipe, and a lit end that hurts. Your first nights run on it until something better shows up.

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Characteristics

Category: Tool

Stack size: 1

Durability: 50

Craftable: Yes

Researchable: Yes · 10 Scrap

Damage: 5

Swing time: 1.3 s

Overview

In-game description

A Torch. Lights your way at night and can be used as a weapon.

Every fresh spawn holds a rock in one hand and this in the other, and for the first night it is your light, your weapon and your heater. Lit, it shows a small circle around you and adds a bit of fire to every swing. Against another naked with a rock, that swing often decides who keeps the beach.

Losing it costs almost nothing. A new one needs no bench, just wood, one cloth and one low grade fuel. On day one the fuel is usually the only part you lack, and a barrel or two on the road tends to fix that.

Tip

At night in the snow, a lit torch in your hand keeps you a little warmer. Not a jacket, but it buys time to reach a campfire.

The downside is visibility. A flame at night is a beacon, and anyone with a bow sees it before they see you. Once you have a base, hang one in a torch holder by the door and take a flashlight on trips out.