Hardcore Torches

Now available for Fabric!

Hardcore Torches mod brings realism to Minecraft's lighting system by making torches, lanterns, and campfires temporary light sources. After placement, they gradually burn out and extinguish.

Main Features

By default, torches burn for 40 minutes and become immovable after placement. Lanterns last 3 times longer, are fueled by coal, and can be freely moved. Campfires are lit with fuel items and burn 8 times longer than when used in a furnace.

Flexible Configuration

You can configure:

• Duration of light source burning
• Ability to pick up placed torches
• Extinguishing in rain
• Crafting pre-lit or requiring ignition with flint and steel
• And many other parameters

Configuration via Tags

Some configuration parameters are set up through the tag system. You can create a datapack or use mods like CraftTweaker to add items to tags.

Blocks: hardcore_torches:blocks/free_torch_light_blocks - blocks you can right-click with a torch to light it

Items: Item tags consist of three parts:

• consume, damage, free - whether the item will be consumed, lose durability, or remain unchanged
• torch, lantern - whether the tag applies to torches or lanterns
• light, extinguish, smother - lights the block, makes it smoldering, or extinguishes it (lanterns currently only support light)

Example: hardcore_torches:items/damage_torch_light_items - items that lose durability when lighting torches (flint and steel)

Development Plans

Future updates plan to add:

• Candles that also burn out over time
• Different torch types for modded coals
• Torch bandolier for convenient placement
• Additional configuration options
• And much more