Torch
The Torch is a crafted portable light source in DayZ made from a Short Stick or Long Stick with Rags or Fat. It takes 5 inventory slots, weighs 240 g, can be fueled or refueled with Rags, Fat, or gasoline, and can be lit with a Fireplace, another burning Torch, Matches, a Road Flare, Petrol Lighter, Blowtorch, or Hand Drill Kit.
Quick item summary
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The Torch is an improvised portable light source used to illuminate dark areas while moving. Its initial burn time depends on the amount of wrapping material used when it is crafted. Survivors can extend its fuel with Rags, Fat, or gasoline, with gasoline capable of filling the fuel level to its maximum.
In-game description
“Improvised torch that will light your path in dark night.”
Main Uses
- Illuminate the area around you while moving at night
- Carry portable light through forests, roads, buildings, and camps
- Ignite a prepared Fireplace while the Torch is burning
- Provide a small mobile heat and light source
- Refuel a burning Torch with Rags, Fat, or gasoline
- Upgrade the Torch with Fat or gasoline for a longer fuel duration
- Use gasoline to extend the fuel level to its maximum
How to use this item
Craft a Torch with Rags
Combine a Short Stick or Long Stick with Rags to create an improvised Torch.
- Collect a Short Stick or Long Stick.
- Collect Rags.
- Combine the stick with the Rags.
- Select the Torch crafting action.
- Add more fuel or ignite the finished Torch.
Craft a Torch with Fat
A Short Stick or Long Stick can also be combined with Fat to create a Torch.
- Collect a Short Stick or Long Stick.
- Obtain Fat by skinning and quartering a suitable animal.
- Combine the stick with the Fat.
- Select the Torch crafting action.
- Ignite the finished Torch with a supported fire source.
Light a Torch
Ignite the Torch with a directly burning fire source or a supported fire-starting item.
- Place the Torch in your hands.
- Approach a lit Fireplace or another burning Torch, or equip a supported ignition source.
- Use Matches, a Road Flare, Petrol Lighter, Blowtorch, or Hand Drill Kit when available.
- Use the ignite action.
- Carry the burning Torch to illuminate the surrounding area.
Upgrade the Torch fuel
Combine the Torch with Fat or gasoline to significantly extend its fuel level. Only gasoline can raise it to the maximum.
- Place the Torch in your hands or inventory.
- Combine it with Fat or gasoline.
- Repeat the fuel action if more fuel is needed.
- Check the white Fuel bar beneath the Torch.
- Ignite it when ready, or upgrade it while it is already burning.
How to get Torch
- Craft one from a Short Stick and Rags.
- Craft one from a Long Stick and Rags.
- Craft one from a Short Stick and Fat.
- Craft one from a Long Stick and Fat.
- Split a Long Stick or cut Firewood to obtain Short Sticks.
- Cut suitable clothing with a sharp tool to obtain Rags.
- Skin and quarter suitable animals to obtain Fat.
- Loot a crafted Torch from another survivor or camp.
Spawn info
- • The Torch must be crafted and does not spawn as ordinary loot.
- • It can use either a Short Stick or Long Stick as its base.
- • Rags or Fat can be used as the initial wrapping material.
- • It takes 5 inventory slots and weighs 240 g.
- • The initial fuel level depends on how much wrapping material was added during crafting.
- • Rags, Fat, and gasoline can refuel a lit Torch.
- • Only gasoline can extend the fuel level to its maximum.
Crafting and item conversions
Important notes
- The Torch must be crafted.
- It can be made with a Short Stick or Long Stick.
- Rags or Fat can be used as the initial wrapping material.
- It takes 5 inventory slots and weighs 240 g.
- It has 50 absorbency.
- Its white Fuel bar shows the remaining burn duration.
- Adding more wrapping material during the initial craft creates a longer-lasting Torch.
- Fat or gasoline can significantly extend the Torch's fuel.
- Only gasoline can extend the Fuel bar to its maximum.
- Rags, Fat, and gasoline can refuel a Torch while it is burning.
- Fuel-slot materials become Badly Damaged after a fuel upgrade and cannot be removed.
- A Torch can be lit from a burning Fireplace or another burning Torch.
- Matches, Road Flares, Petrol Lighters, Blowtorches, and Hand Drill Kits can also ignite it.
- A burning Torch can ignite a prepared Fireplace.
- The Torch cannot be repaired.