What it does
A Campfire is a crafting station as much as a light. It provides Heat Source quality for recipes like Soup, Burger, Nutrient Bar and clean water, and it illuminates a safe pocket of cave. The recipe is three flammable items and a firestarter at INT 4.
Its limitations are serious: 10u weight means you cannot carry it comfortably, and any water tile destroys it instantly. Build campfires near a safe water source, cook what you need, and move on. Do not treat a campfire as a permanent base.
Effects and usage
- Provides Heat Source quality for cooking and boiling recipes.
- Emits light and warmth in a small radius.
- Burns for about 15 minutes and is destroyed by water.
- Craftable at INT 4 from 3 flammable items and a firestarter.
How to get it
Craftable at INT 4; also found in camps and life-pods.
The recipe requires INT 4. If you are below that level, the craft can fail or disappear from the menu. See the crafting guide for the exact failure thresholds, or open the crafting calculator to check the ingredients.
Field notes
- Place it on dry ground, not next to a groundwater pool.
- Boil groundwater into clean water before filling canteens.
- Cook perishables before they rot; the fire is a deadline, not a home.
- Use a Lighter or Firestarter; do not waste a valuable tool on the recipe.