Torch

A little bit of light to help beat back the night.

Notes

A crafted handheld light source for exploring caves and the night, the Torch provides modest illumination and can also be burned as fuel (8,000 fuel value) in early campfires or kilns. Its low damage (1, 0.2× vs animals) and fragile durability (100 uses) make it impractical as a weapon — keep a stack handy for lighting dark spaces rather than combat.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe

Ingredient	Qty	Type
Wood	2	category

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe

Material	Qty / craft
Bio Residue	≈ 0.04

Approximate — a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats

Labor	50 calories
Craft time	0.5 min
Throughput	≈ 120 Torch / hour (base)

As a tool

Recycling & waste

• 0.1× Wood Scrap

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

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• 2× Wood (any)

Approximate — category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

• Can Be On Surface
• Fuel
• Product
• Tools
• Torch

Obtained from

• Torch

See also

ArrowBiodieselBirch LogBoardCedar LogCeiba Log