Unlit Torch

A standard Minecraft torch, placed in a space base which has no oxygen - so there is no Oxygen Distributor and the space is not sealed - will stop burning. It might emit some black smoke particles, but the light will go out.

This is called an Unlit Torch.

Unlit Torches generate naturally in dungeons on the Moon and Mars.

Unlit Torches will convert into regular, lit torches only if supplied with oxygen from an Oxygen Distributor or by sealing the room. OK ... almost regular torches - if you break a torch (lit or unlit) in a Galacticraft dimension and pick it up in your player inventory, you will see the item name is written 'Torch' in blue rather than white. This shows that it's a Galacticraft torch, which will have the behaviour described here if you place it.

Any vanilla Torch in the player's inventory will automatically change to a Galacticraft Torch in space dimensions. Any Galacticraft Torch in the player's inventory will automatically change to a vanilla Torch when you go back to the Overworld.

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