Torches
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Placeable | ![]() |
Use time | 15 (Very fast) |
Tooltip | Provides light |
Max stack | 999 ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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- Internal Tile ID: 4
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Torches are furniture items that produce light when placed, held, or dropped (via the Throw key), and are crucial at all stages of gameplay as primary light sources. Torches provide light permanently, and are never consumed. Regular torches can be found randomly in chests and Pots, as a bonus drop
from slimes, or purchased from the Merchant or Skeleton Merchant
for 50 each.
Torches can be placed on the sides or tops of most blocks, on background walls, and on the sides of trees and Wooden Beams. In the Desktop version they can be placed on any type of platform. A placed torch can be retrieved by pressing the ⚷ Open / Activate key on it or by freeing it with a pickaxe or drill. When the block a torch is attached to is broken, the torch will attach itself to any other block or wall directly adjacent to it. If all adjacent blocks surrounding a torch are removed (left, right, and bottom), and no wall exists behind it, it drops like any other item.
Torches are also mechanisms that can be toggled on and off via Wire.
Placing at least 100 torches in close proximity, at a depth of at least 200 below surface level in any biome, will start the Torch God mini-event.
Contents
Types[edit | edit source]

-Torch (regular)
-Orange
-Red
-Purple
-Blue
-Green
-Yellow
-White
-Ice
-Ultrabright
-Demon
-Cursed
-Ichor
Standard Torch[edit | edit source]
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 (always) or the Skeleton Merchant (during the second half of every in-game minute) for 50 each. Besides being used to craft various other light sources, they are also used to craft Flaming Arrow, Molotov Cocktails
, and the
Flaming Mace.
Colored Torch[edit | edit source]
Purple, Yellow, Blue, Green, Red, White and Orange Torches can be made by combining standard Torches with gems. There are nine available colors, one for each of the seven gem colors, plus the Pink Torch crafted with Pink Gel
and the Rainbow Torch
crafted with Rainbow Brick. With the exception of their colors and light levels, these function identically to a standard Torch. The Rainbow Torch cycles through various colors. The Pink Torch is used to craft the Peace Candle
, and the Rainbow Torch is used to craft the Rainbow Campfire
.
Ice Torch[edit | edit source]
Ice Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Ice Blocks or in Desktop and
Mobile Pink Ice Blocks, Purple Ice Blocks or Red Ice Blocks and give off a pale blue light. The Ice Torch has a slightly different graphic to the rest of the colored torches. Besides being used to craft the Frozen Campfire
and various Frozen
and Boreal
light sources, they are also used to craft Frostburn Arrows.
Bone Torch
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Bone Torches are sold by the Skeleton Merchant for 1 each during the first half of every in-game minute (a real-world second), other times he sells ordinary Torches. They are used to craft Bone Campfires
.
Ultrabright Torch
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Ultrabright Torches cannot be crafted, but are sometimes sold by the Traveling Merchant for 3 each. They shine brighter than normal torches when held. They are used to craft Ultra Bright Campfires
and Living Ultrabright Fire Blocks
.
Demon Torch[edit | edit source]
Demon Torches can be taken from the Ruined Houses in the Underworld, where they occur naturally. On Desktop,
Console, and
Mobile, they can also be crafted by combining standard torches with Obsidian. They function identically to standard, colored and Ice Torches, except that they cycle smoothly between red, purple, and blue flame colors. They are used to craft Demon Campfires
and Living Demon Fire Blocks
.
Cursed and Ichor Torch[edit | edit source]
These torches become available in Hardmode, and emit a bright green or yellow light, respectively. They are unique in that they can be held or placed in liquids and still function normally there. They are crafted by combining standard Torches with Cursed Flames (Cursed Torches) or Ichor (Ichor Torches). They are used to craft Cursed Campfires and Ichor Campfires
, respectively.
Desert Torch
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Desert Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Hardened Sand Blocks, Hardened Crimsand Blocks, Hardened Ebonsand Blocks or Hardened Pearlsand Blocks. They are used to craft Desert Campfires.
Coral Torch
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Coral Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Coral. The Coral Torch has a slightly different graphic to the rest of the colored torches. They can be placed in Water and still function normally there. They are used to craft Coral Campfires.
Corrupt Torch
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Corrupt Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Ebonstone Blocks, Hardened Ebonsand Blocks or Purple Ice Blocks. They are used to craft Corrupt Campfires.
Crimson Torch
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Crimson Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Crimstone Blocks, Hardened Crimsand Blocks or Red Ice Blocks. They are used to craft Crimson Campfires.
Hallowed Torch
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These torches become available in Hardmode. Hallowed Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Pearlstone Blocks, Hardened Pearlsand Blocks or Pink Ice Blocks. They are used to craft Hallowed Campfires.
Jungle Torch
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Jungle Torches are crafted by combining standard torches with Jungle Spores. They are used to craft Jungle Campfires.
Types list[edit | edit source]
Type | Tile ID | Color alteration (RGB)[1][2] | Sell | Notes | |||||
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R | G | B | Applied[3] on |
Applied on | |||||
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Torch Internal Item ID: 8
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4 | - | -5% | -20% | 10 | Standard Torch. | ||
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Purple Torch Internal Item ID: 430
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4 (5) | -10% | -100% | -10% | 40 | |||
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Yellow Torch Internal Item ID: 432
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4 (7) | -10% | -10% | -100% | 40 | |||
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Blue Torch Internal Item ID: 427
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4 (2) | -100% | -90% | +30% | 40 | |||
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Green Torch Internal Item ID: 429
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4 (4) | -100% | - | -90% | 40 | Can be found naturally in Jungle Shrines. | ||
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Red Torch Internal Item ID: 428
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4 (3) | - | -90% | -90% | 40 | |||
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Orange Torch Internal Item ID: 1245
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4 (11) | - | -50% | -100% | 12 | |||
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White Torch Internal Item ID: 431
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4 (6) | +40% | +40% | +40% | 1 | Brightest torch. | ||
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Ice Torch Internal Item ID: 974
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4 (10) | -25% | -15% | +40% | 12 | Sometimes found in Ice Chests. | ||
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Pink Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 3114
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4 (16) | - | -100% | - | 16 | |||
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Bone Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 3004
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4 (14) | -5% | -25% | +30% | 20 | Sold by the Skeleton Merchant for 1 each during the second half of every minute (equivalent to one real-world second). | ||
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Ultrabright Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 2274
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4 (13) | -25% | +35% | +50% | 60 | Sold randomly by the Traveling Merchant for 3 each. Very bright when held, but dimmer when placed. | ||
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Demon Torch Internal Item ID: 433
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4 (8) | -50% | -70% | - | 60 | Cycles color linearly; can be found naturally in The Underworld. | ||
+50% | -70% | -100% | |||||||
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Cursed Torch Internal Item ID: 523
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4 (9) | - | +60% | -50% | 30 | Placeable and functional under both water and lava; ![]() | ||
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Ichor Torch Internal Item ID: 1333
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4 (12) | +40% | +40% | -30% | 32 | Placeable and functional under both water and lava; ![]() | ||
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Rainbow Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 3045
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4 (15) | - | -100% | -100% | 50 | Cycles through those colors linearly; ![]() | ||
- | - | -100% | |||||||
-100% | - | -100% | |||||||
-100% | - | - | |||||||
-100% | -100% | - | |||||||
- | -100% | - | |||||||
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Desert Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4383
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4 (17) | +40% | -15% | -45% | 12 | |||
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Coral Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4384
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4 (18) | -75% | +30% | -20% | 12 | Placeable and functional under water. | ||
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Corrupt Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4385
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4 (19) | -5% | -60% | +40% | 12 | |||
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Crimson Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4386
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4 (20) | +40% | -30% | -50% | 12 | |||
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Hallowed Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4387
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4 (21) | +25% | -40% | +20% | 12 | |||
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Jungle Torch![]() Internal Item ID: 4388
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4 (22) | -25% | +45% | -10% | 12 |
Luck
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This content is transcluded from Luck § Torch Luck.(Maximum: +0.2 / Minimum: 0)
By placing or holding Torches in the correct locations, players can increase their luck:
- Placed torches in the Surface or Space layers are ignored. That is, above 0 feet height/Level Surface, only player held torches will affect luck.
- Torch luck does not apply in the Dungeon or Jungle Temple.
- In the Underground and below, each type of torch present in a 40 tile square radius around the player (and also any torch they are holding) will increase or reduce torch luck, with the total value limited to a maximum of 0.2 and a minimum of 0.
- With some exceptions, biome torches give good luck in their own biome, while giving a luck penalty in any other location.
- Ordinary torches give a penalty anywhere that a biome torch would be available, and especially the Snow Biome. Bone torches give a bonus in biomes without their own biome torch (and also the Ocean).
- Colored and Ultrabright Torches, along with other light sources such as candles, have no effect.
- The good luck, and luck penalty, are independently limited to a maximum of 0.2 for good luck and 0.3 for the luck penalties. Thus, multiple torches of a given type will have no increased benefit, and one or more incorrect torches will completely negate the benefits of torch luck.
- No matter what penalties accumulate, torch luck overall cannot go below 0 -- it can either provide a bonus to luck, or nothing at all.
Torch | Beneficial locations | Increased torch luck | Reduced torch luck |
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Snow biome, Underground Snow | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Desert, Underground Desert | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Jungle, Underground Jungle | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Hallow, Underground Hallow | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Corruption, Underground Corruption | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Crimson, Underground Crimson | 0.2 | 0.2 |
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Corruption, Underground Corruption | 0.2 | 0 |
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Crimson, Underground Crimson | 0.2 | 0 |
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Oceans | 0.2 | 0 or 0.2 (see notes) |
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Anywhere outside the Snow biome, Desert, Jungle, Corruption, Crimson, Hallow, Dungeon or Jungle Temple |
0.1 | 0 |
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None | 0 | 0, 0.1 or 0.3 (see notes) |
Notes:
- Coral torches reduce torch luck by 0.2 only when placed outside water and when outside the Ocean biomes. They increase luck in the Ocean biome whether or not they are in water.
- Regular torches reduce torch luck by 0.1 in the Desert, Jungle, Corruption, Crimson, and Hallow biomes and by 0.3 in the Snow biome. No effects in other locations.
- Bone Torches will provide some benefit in biomes without their own torch (Forest, Glowing Mushroom, Space, Underworld, "plain" Caverns) and also the Ocean.
To maximize luck, players should try to use biome torches underground in their respective biomes, and avoid using the torches for the wrong biome. They should also avoid using ordinary torches in any biome which has its own torch. Bone Torches are useful for biome borders, to avoid standing in one biome with the other biome's torches in range. Above the "level surface", players can boost their luck by holding the proper torch; clearly this will not help with fishing, or anything else that requires a non-torch tool. Combat can still be affected defensively, and by way of indirect attacks: Minions, sentries, armor effects.
If Torch God's Favor is toggled on, "regular" torches are automatically converted to the proper type when held and/or placed in the Hallow, Corruption, Crimson, Jungle, Desert and Snow biomes. Bone Torches and Demon torches can also be automatically placed in the Dungeon or Underworld respectively, but those still have no effect on luck there. (Bone Torches would give a bonus in the Underworld.)
Crafting[edit | edit source]
Recipes[edit | edit source]
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Used in[edit | edit source]
Standard Torch[edit | edit source]
Ice Torch[edit | edit source]
Pink Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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Bone Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Ultrabright Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
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Demon Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
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Cursed Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Ichor Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Rainbow Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Desert Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Coral Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Corrupt Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Crimson Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Hallowed Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Jungle Torch[edit | edit source]
Result | Ingredients | Crafting station |
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| By Hand |
Notes[edit | edit source]
- With the exception of the Coral Torch, Cursed Torch, and Ichor Torch, torches do not function under water. A torch thrown into water will not emit light once it submerges, and if a player enters water with a torch selected in the hotbar, the torch will not be visible and will emit no light. Placed torches are freed when water touches them, and drop as items.
- Holding the Auto Select key with the cursor over empty space will automatically prepare the torches in the player's inventory, allowing for quick placement or easy access to light.
- White Torches appear to produce the most light of any light source in the game.
- Torches provide more light when placed than they do when held or dropped, with the exception of the Ultrabright.
- Torches are the only item where it is possible to throw (via the Throw key) just one of the item. For all other items, the entire stack gets thrown.
- Throwing a torch will cause it to only go a few tiles forwards before falling straight down. For a light source that can be tossed farther, Glowsticks or Flares should be used (though note that Glowsticks are thrown by selecting them and then pressing the ⚒ Use / Attack button, not by pressing Throw).
- Despite appearing dim, Blue Torches can reach a respectable distance with the "Trippy" lighting mode selected, which is extended even farther under the effects of a Night Owl Potion.
- While in Smart Cursor mode, the player can only place torches in dark places.
- Rainbow torches are the hardest to obtain.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Orange Torches were apparently added because of a "really persistent nagging brit" in reference to the YouTuber ChippyGaming AKA James Bennett.[4]
- Torch flame animations continue to play while the game is paused.
- If a block is placed above a torch, the torch will lower. If there is no block above it, the torch gets higher. This can be seen best using a Trap Door and opening/closing it.
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 1.4.1: Crafting recipe for Jungle Torches changed.
- Desktop 1.4.0.5: Now used to initiate the Torch God mini-event.
- Desktop 1.4.0.3: Bad luck removed.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Max stack for all torches increased from 99 to 999.
- Introduced Desert, Coral, Corrupt, Crimson, Hallowed and Jungle Torches.
- Ice Torches can now also be crafted from Pink/Purple/Red Ice Blocks.
- Desktop 1.3.1: Torches can now be placed on actuated tiles.
- Desktop 1.3.0.3: Fixed a torch duplication bug.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Demon Torches can now be crafted.
- Introduced Rainbow, Bone and Pink Torches.
- Can now be placed on any platforms.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Can now be used to craft Molotov Cocktails.
- Desktop 1.2.3.1: Fixed torches being able to be placed on wrong sides of slopes (that leaves them in air).
- Desktop 1.2.3:
- Introduced Ultrabright Torches.
- Fixed exploit where you could throw torches to activate hotbar items without costs.
- Fixed issue where Ice Torch would not emit light when thrown on the ground.
- Fixed torch duplication bug.
- Desktop 1.2:
- Torches are now animated.
- Updated all colored torch sprites.
- Can now be placed on background walls.
- Introduced Ice, Orange, and Ichor Torches.
- Desktop 1.1:
- Can now be toggled on and off by Wire.
- Introduced Colored, Cursed, and Demon varieties.
- Desktop 1.0.5: Dropped Torches no longer emit light underwater.
- Desktop 1.0.1: Torches now work correctly when placed on wooden platforms.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Only valid for the "Color" and "Trippy" lighting modes.
- ↑ Information taken from the
Desktop 1.4.0.4 source code, function
inInitialize()
, functionTerrariaID.TorchID.cs
inDoUpdate_AnimateTileGlows()
, and functionTerraria.Main.cs
inDoUpdate_AnimateDiscoRGB()
There may be inaccuracies, as the currentTerraria.Main.cs
Desktop version is 1.4.1.2.
- ↑ This column represents the color alteration of the torch if it was applied to a completely lit, white tile. Note that this is merely a theoretical attempt at visualizing said color alteration; in-game colors are nearly always much darker and dimmer and less shiny. The column to the right may be more accurate.
- ↑ www.reddit.com ➝ thread: I am Redigit - Creator of Terraria. Ask Me Anything! ➝ question: "What made you add such a fantastic item like the Orange torch" (asked by user chippygaming) ➝ answer: "This really persistent nagging brit. :P"
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