[Bug] Lantern Decays

39 votes

If you leave a Lantern, on, sitting on the floor of your house. After a time it will decay and disappear. It's iron...not sure how it could decay but maybe add a 'deploy' option, so it won't do that? Currently its the best lighting source for inside a house.

Done Not Planned QOL Suggestion Suggested by: Swartz (23 Oct, '21) • Upvoted: 17 Sep, '23 • Comments: 21

Comments: 21

23 Oct, '21
Bull Merged
The new lanterns in BW5 are great and you can stand them up on the ground but you still can not place them on a table without it phasing, getting stuck, or disappearing altogether on a table.
23 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"Lanterns are fixed but still have a problem" (suggested by Bull on 2021-10-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
23 Oct, '21
Robbin Rader Merged
I placed a lamp no the ground and it was there, sitting quietly lighting my life. I walked away after mining to place ore in box, and when I went back it was gone, no light nothing.

A previous experience with a lamp in a cave, it fell through the floor when i dropped it, and it teleported to the roof the of the cave and landed safely fully lit a few steps away. Much preferable to just vanishing. :)
23 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"[BUG] Lamp dissapearing in cave" (suggested by Robbin Rader on 2021-10-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
24 Oct, '21
Dilvish
Our lantern also just despawned on us, after sitting just a few minutes (perhaps up to 5 minutes, absolutely less than 10 minutes) on the floor of a cave. Very frustrating.
24 Oct, '21
Crazyhorse
Lanterns are awesome, but they will disappear after sitting on the ground long enough...they should be fixed not to do this unless they can be hooked (while lit) to a belt maybe? Or be able to hold it while mining (you can climb a ladder while holding it lit).
25 Oct, '21
Evenewlike Merged
Storm is coming and im waiting in a cave, and drop my Lantern..is too expensive to craft...im looking in my inventar for 2 seconds..and the lantern was gone
26 Oct, '21
Elissa - Producer Admin
"Lantern disappeared in the Cave..." (suggested by Evenewlike on 2021-10-25), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
28 Oct, '21
Steve
If made deployable, it would be convenient to use the left mouse button to deploy while holding the lantern.
08 Nov, '21
Jonathan
BW6 - Lantern vanished while on the ground in the cave mining. also happens in another BW.
14 Dec, '21
DiamonDagger Merged
As both lanterns can be tossed on the ground as an adhoc light can item despawning be turned off for them ? totally real world look at it, i put something on the ground 5 minutes later its still there, and i get that items on the ground in general aren't good, but these have a logical reasoning behind them.
06 Jan, '22
Johan Merged
I place 2 Lantern on Cave. But after i got out and get some wood also hunting a few animal. The lamp gone??? Please fix it. OMG
19 Jan, '22
Sean Cormier (RogueCmdr TTV) Merged
Eliminante decay on items like Lanterns and torches or make them semi deployable for placement purposes

Also Make Floor Torches have swapable or better torch versions or even make it floor torch stand where u can then place a cloth or wood torch in it or even hang the two lanterns..

I like using my lanterns in home for light but they decay and thats an expensive waste.
12 Feb, '22
IcaJoe
Lantern was lit and placed on carpentry bench. After some time it disappeared.
23 Jun, '23
Sabre070 - Designer Admin
"[BUG] Biofuel Lantern GONE when put inside cave" (suggested by Johan on 2022-01-06), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
23 Jun, '23
Sabre070 - Designer Admin
"[ SUGGESTION ] Bio Fuel and Normal Lantern despawning." (suggested by DiamonDagger on 2021-12-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
23 Jun, '23
Sabre070 - Designer Admin
"Latern disappers from ground after sleeping" (suggested by Daniel Forster on 2021-12-05), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
14 Jul, '23
RogueCmdr Merged
Bumping this (https://icarus.featureupvote.com/suggestions/272675/suggestion-no-decay). need better lighting. the Bio fuel lanterns shouldnt decay or atleast have a deployable opition..

Or even a mining helmet with better light. The biofuel lamp moves too much when on belt and decays fast when drop or even falls through cave walls.

Even some Biofuel chem light sticks be nice atleast with long decay or flare sticks..
14 Jul, '23
RogueCmdr Merged
Bumping this. need better lighting. the Bio fuel lanterns shouldnt decay or atleast have a deployable opition..

Or even a mining helmet with better light. The biofuel lamp moves too much when on belt and decays fast when drop or even falls through cave walls

Promoting this idea again here https://icarus.featureupvote.com/suggestions/465627/deployable-lantern
17 Jul, '23
Elissa - Producer Admin
"Suggestion - No decay" (suggested by Sean Cormier (RogueCmdr TTV) on 2022-01-19), including upvotes (10) and comments (1), was merged into this suggestion.
18 Jul, '23
Elissa - Producer Admin
"deployable lantern" (suggested by Sean Cormier (RogueCmdr TTV) on 2023-07-14), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.