Torches

A Torch is a furniture item that produces light when placed, held, or dropped, and is crucial at all stages of gameplay as a primary light source. Torches provide light permanently, and are never consumed.

Torches can be placed on the sides or tops of most blocks, and can be placed on background walls. They can also be placed on the sides of trees and Wooden Beams. They cannot be placed on any type of Platform. A placed Torch can be retrieved by right-clicking on it or freeing it with Pickaxes or Drills. When the block a Torch is attached to is broken, it will attach itself to any possible block or wall directly next to it. If the block or wall is broken and the Torch has nowhere to go, it will drop like any other item. Since Torches give off light when dropped as an item, it is possible to throw a Torch down into a vertical cave to check what is down there.

Torches are also mechanisms, and can be toggled on and off while connected to Wire.

Torch
Standard Torches produce an orange flame, and cannot be placed in liquids. They are crafted with Wood and Gel, but can also be purchased from the Merchant for each.

Colored Torches
Purple, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red, White and Orange Torches can be made by combining standard Torches with Gems. There are seven available colors, one for each of the seven Gem colors. With the exception of their colors and light levels, these function identically to a standard Torch. Diamond torches (white) are the brightest placable torches in the game currently.

Ice Torch
Ice Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Ice Blocks, and give off a pale blue light. The Ice Torch has a slightly different graphic to the rest of the colored torches.

Demon Torch
Demon Torches are one of the two Torches that cannot be crafted (the other being the Ultrabright Torch); instead they must be taken from the Ruined Houses in the Underworld, where they occur naturally. They function identically to standard, colored and Ice Torches, except that they cycle smoothly between red, purple, and blue flame colors.

Cursed and Ichor Torches
These Torches are available during hardmode, and give off a bright green and yellow light. They are also unique in that they can be placed in liquids and function normally there. They are crafted by combining standard Torches with Cursed Flames or Ichor, meaning they can only be obtained on worlds with hardmode Corruption or Crimson.

Ultrabright Torch
Ultrabright Torches cannot be crafted but sometimes they are sold by Traveling Merchant. They shine brighter than normal torches only when held, and return to the brightness of a standard or White Torch when placed.

Types list
There are currently 13 different Torch types.

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