Night Light

Don't Starve

DST

“It gives off a spooky light.”

–Wilson

“It's like fire, but purple!”

–Willow

“Is strange glow.”

–Wolfgang

“Eerie and yet beautiful.”

–Wendy

“UNKNOWN LIGHT SOURCE”

–WX-78

“Curiously luminescent.”

–Wickerbottom

“What kind of darkness is that?”

–Woodie

“It burns with a beautiful glow.”

–Maxwell

“Amazing. It emits a psychic attack along with light energy!”

–Wagstaff

“I'm möre cömförtable aröund my öwn fire.”

–Wigfrid

“It makes our skin crawl.”

–Webber

“Lights the night with 'mares.”

–Walani

“And I thought fluorescent tubes were a bad invention!”

–Warly

“Don't provide much comfort, do it?”

–Woodlegs

“WILBA LIKETH SHINY THING”

–Wilba

“Glowy”

–Wormwood

“It's like a garden light fueled by evil.”

–Wheeler

The Night Light is a Magic Structure in Don't Starve. It requires a Prestihatitator to prototype and costs 8 Gold Nuggets, 2 Nightmare Fuel, and 1 Red Gem to craft.

The Night Light provides a refuellable light similar to a Fire Pit, and can only be fueled using Nightmare Fuel. One Nightmare Fuel provides light for 175 seconds, and reaches maximum output with 3 Nightmare Fuel. It does not provide warmth, so it will not prevent Freezing. Once placed, the Night Light cannot be moved (only destroyed/deconstructed).

Standing next to an active Night Light lowers Sanity by 3 per minute (except for Willow, who gains up to +7/min). Being near the Night Light at dusk or night increases the total Sanity drain to 8 points per minute. The Sanity drain can be avoided by standing some distance away.

The Night Light's ghastly flames can still be affected by Night Hands.

Downloadable Content

In all DLCs, when a Night Light begins to smolder, it will not burst into flames, but instead, lights up as if it were fueled. Also, Night Lights can be extinguished by an Ice Flingomatic, Luxury Fan, or Ice. Also it does not provide warmth to cause Overheating during Summer or Dry Season.

Tips

Night Lights can be a useful light source in Caves and Ruins, where there is an abundance of Nightmare Fuel. It also has niche use on Maxwell, as it can make it easier for him to go insane due to his constant sanity regeneration, and his dependence on Nightmare Fuel makes it more likely for him to have spare amounts to fuel the Night Light. Otherwise, it no use on the surface where Nightmare Fuel is not as plentiful and materials to fuel other fires are.

Trivia

• The Night Light was added in the Insanity! update.
• The Night Light used to share its model with Maxwell's Light in the older versions of Don't Starve.
• The gem on a Night Light has five corners. However, the Red Gem used to craft it only has four.
• In older versions, the Fire Staff could be used as a way to fuel Night Lights. One shot fueled it for 175 seconds, the same as 1 Nightmare Fuel.

Gallery

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  Night Light as seen in the poster for the Insanity! update.
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  Original HD icon from Bonus Materials from CD Don't Starve.
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  Two Night Lights illuminating a base entrance.
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  The Night Light's progress without fuel.

Sounds

The steady crackle of the Night Light.

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