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Wood matches are a firestarting Tools and a small light source in The Long Dark.
Overview[]
Each match weighs a mere 0.008 of a kilogram. Using a wood match increases the base chance of successfully lighting a fire by five percent.
Light sources are equipped with the '1' key by default. Hold the left mouse button to strike the match for a small light source that lasts for a few seconds. While a lit match is held, your "Feels Like" temperature will rise by a few degrees. Sadly, such a small fire will not deter wolves.
Irrespective of real-life boxes of matches, these matches can be split into smaller stacks which spontaneously generates new boxes.
All types of matches are a limited resource in all survival modes.
Tips[]
- Firestrikers and Wood Matches are preferable to Cardboard Matches at low firestarting skill. This will likely matches from failed fires, thanks to the firestrikers higher Bonus Chance.
- Using a lit Torch to start campfires is an effective way to save matches/firestriker durability.
Trivia[]
- Wood Matches are branded as the product "Trusty Matches".
- Despite being contained inside a cardboard box, no tinder is given or harvestable when wooden matches are used up unlike cardboard boxes present across Great Bear Island.
- If a player lights a match and holds onto it for too long, the match will burn their fingers, but will not result in any condition loss
- When dropped on the ground, the box appears upside-down, obscuring the logo.
Gallery[]
Wood matches' viewmodel
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