Igniting with lanterns (Quality of life)

[22gpx]

Later in the game once you've finally crafted a lantern, it becomes a bit tedious to light campfires or forges, since you no longer always have a torch in your off-hand. You basically have to keep crafting torches anytime you need them, or make sure you always have one in a torch holder nearby for convenience. But like, why can't I just open a little door/latch on my lantern and use the fire already inside to light things as I need? Just swap it from your off-hand to use it for igniting, just like you would with a torch. I don't think it's cheat-y or too overpowered either, because by the time you've made a lantern you're already in mid-to-late parts of the game anyway. I recommend this change mainly for quality of life and to make the game feel a little less clunky. I've always felt having a lantern over a torch was just more annoying, despite its benefits.

[Demoncyborg]

the quality of life seems great, until you accidentally leave the door open and the lantern extinguishes next time you take a dip (evil laughter)

[Rainbow Fresh]

30 minutes ago, Demoncyborg said:

the quality of life seems great, until you accidentally leave the door open and the lantern extinguishes next time you take a dip (evil laughter)

That's what I'd call fair

[Zaph42nd]

On 10/21/2026 at 7:43 PM, 22gpx said:

Later in the game once you've finally crafted a lantern, it becomes a bit tedious to light campfires or forges, since you no longer always have a torch in your off-hand. You basically have to keep crafting torches anytime you need them, or make sure you always have one in a torch holder nearby for convenience. But like, why can't I just open a little door/latch on my lantern and use the fire already inside to light things as I need? Just swap it from your off-hand to use it for igniting, just like you would with a torch. I don't think it's cheat-y or too overpowered either, because by the time you've made a lantern you're already in mid-to-late parts of the game anyway. I recommend this change mainly for quality of life and to make the game feel a little less clunky. I've always felt having a lantern over a torch was just more annoying, despite its benefits.

Like it, I think would also go well with an improved firestarter tool since right now there's no option to start a fire aside from the basic one you can craft at the start of the game (and that has durability limits that while largely negligible, can become annoying). Fire strikers could be a nice late-game option in this case as your lantern could burn out if left open too long (or gets extinguished by the rain or being submerged) and having to wait a few seconds less to restart the fire would be fair I think

[Demoncyborg]

24 minutes ago, Zaph42nd said:

Like it, I think would also go well with an improved firestarter tool since right now there's no option to start a fire aside from the basic one you can craft at the start of the game (and that has durability limits that while largely negligible, can become annoying). Fire strikers could be a nice late-game option in this case as your lantern could burn out if left open too long (or gets extinguished by the rain or being submerged) and having to wait a few seconds less to restart the fire would be fair I think

i think an improved firestarter is a bit redundant, the torch is already the improved firestarter, and then the lanterns would be as well if you could use it to re-light torches and other lamps as well in this context.

i feel like with it, you're more likely to forget this item (or, not want to waste the entire inventory slot) and then just end up making a disposable one with grass and sticks?