Unlit Campfire Mod — Guide

Fuel and Maintenance

To keep a campfire burning indefinitely, players must interact with the block using combustible materials.

Adding Burnables

Players can right-click a lit campfire with burnable items to extend its lit time. This includes standard Minecraft fuels such as: * Logs and Wood * Sticks * Coal and Charcoal * Planks

Max Lit Time Extension: There is a limit to how much fuel a campfire can hold. By default, players can add up to an additional 2000 ticks of time beyond the base lit time. Once this cap is reached, no more fuel can be added until the timer drops.

Infinite Campfires

A campfire can be converted into a permanent light source that never extinguishes. * Method: Use Magma Cream on a lit (soul) campfire. * Item Tag: The mod uses the item tag unlitcampfire:makes_campfire_infinite, allowing pack developers to add other items (like Blaze Powder or Fire Charges) to this functionality. * World Generation: Campfires found in naturally generated structures (like Taiga villages) are set to burn infinitely by default so that villages remain lit.

Campfire Destruction

For players seeking a hardcore experience, the mod includes an optional setting where campfires are destroyed entirely once they extinguish themselves. This forces players to craft new campfire blocks rather than simply relighting them.

Visual Enhancements

For players who want full visual consistency, the mod author provides an optional resource pack titled Unlit Campfire Icons.

In the vanilla game, the item icon for a campfire in the inventory shows it already burning. This resource pack modifies the GUI icons for the Campfire and Soul Campfire items to appear unlit, matching the behavior of the mod when the blocks are placed in the world.

Core Mechanics

Placement and Lighting

When a player places a Campfire or Soul Campfire, it will appear in its 'unlit' state. To start the fire, players must use traditional ignition methods such as a Flint and Steel, Fire Charge, or any other tool capable of lighting blocks. This prevents immediate fire damage to the player upon placement.

Lit Time and Extinguishing

Once lit, campfires are no longer permanent light sources by default. They operate on a timer system: * Default Duration: 2000 game ticks (approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds). * Automatic Extinguishing: When the timer reaches zero, the campfire will naturally go out. This behavior can be toggled or adjusted in the configuration. * Run Out Indicator: As the fire nears its end (defaulting to 600 ticks remaining), the light level emitted by the campfire will begin to decrease, providing a visual warning to the player that the fire needs more fuel.

Environmental Interactions

• Rain Sensitivity: Campfires can be configured to extinguish when exposed to rain. This adds a survival challenge, requiring players to build shelters or roofs over their cooking stations.
• Particle Effects: While burning during rain, campfires produce significantly more smoke and steam particles (default factor of 2x), simulating the struggle of the fire against the moisture.
• Sleep Integration: If enabled, the time spent sleeping in a bed will be added to the campfire's tick counter, ensuring that fires do not simply vanish instantly while the player skips the night.