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, on walls, and on the sides of Trees and Wooden Beams. They cannot be placed on Wood Platforms. A placed Torch can be retrieved by right-clicking on it, freeing it with Pickaxes or Drills, or breaking all surrounding blocks.

Torches can be Wired as Mechanisms, which allows them to be toggled off and on.

Standard Torch
Standard Torches are crafted By Hand from Wood and Gel, produce an orange flame, and will not function under Water or Lava. Standard Torches are also purchasable from the Merchant for each.

Colored Torches
Colored Torches are crafted by combining standard Torches with Gems or with an Ice Block, each producing the corresponding color of light. There are seven available colors, one for each of the six Gem colors, and a seventh for ice. With the exception of their colors and light levels, these function identically to a standard Torch.

Cursed Torch
In Hardmode, Cursed Torches function identically to other types, except that they function under Water and Lava. They are crafted from standard Torches and Cursed Flames.

Ichor Torch
Ichor Torches are the Crimson variant of cursed torches, they are made from standard torches and Ichors and function the exact same way as cursed torches with brighter, yellowish light.

Demon Torch
Demon Torches can only be found naturally-placed in the Underworld's Ruined Houses, where they occur rather frequently, and cannot be crafted. They function identically to standard and colored Torches, except that they cycle smoothly between red, purple, and blue flame/light colors.

Types list
There are currently 12 different Torch types.

History
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