Oil lamp

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Oil lamp
Material Other
Stackable 8 if same ceramic
Drops Itself
Blocks


Oil lamp (empty)
Material Ceramic
Stackable 8 if same ceramic
Drops None
Blocks

A oil lamp is a source of lightening that does not extinguish over time.

Creation

The empty ceramic oil lamp shall be formed with 1 clay .

Ingredients Crafting Recipe
1x Lump of rendered fat
1x any ceramic oil lamp (empty)



Fat-rendered

Oil lamp (empty)


Oil lamp








Ingredients Crafting Recipe
1x 0.5L of olive oil
1x any ceramic oil lamp (empty)



Woodbucket-olive-oil

Oil lamp (empty)


Oil lamp







Harvesting

An oil lamp can be retreived with Right mouse button or the generic Left mouse button destroy interaction.

Types

10 ceramic colors exist.

Uses

An oil lamp provide infinite light even under rain with a power of 11.

The lamp can be held in primary hand or in secondary. It can placed on the ground or in the wall, creating lumination in that area.

History

  • Oil lamps were teased __ Mon YEAR in the devlog channel of the Discord server: "post's text".[1]
  • They were introduced in game version 1.__[2] along with _____.
  • 15 Sep 2025[3] they were tweaked to use the 4-sector ground storage system.
  • For game version 1.22.0-pre.1 they were given a new model and crafting recipe,[4], along with the introduction of oils and rendered fat.

Notes

- Known issue: Can be held or placed and light underwater as of 1.22.2.

Gallery

See also

Light sources

References


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