better early game mining light source then torches?

[mk16]

just wondering if theres anything that lights up more area then the torch that is easy to make in the early game?

 

[Shazam08]

None that I know of. Torches are pretty efficient.

If you're having trouble making torches, though, Tinker's Construct adds a torch that can be made from a stone rod instead of a stick.

 

[mk16]

None that I know of. Torches are pretty efficient.

If you're having trouble making torches, though, Tinker's Construct adds a torch that can be made from a stone rod instead of a stick.

yep i know. just hoping there was something with a little more coverage

 

[ThomazM]

Not that incredibly early-game, but if you started early on with Thaumcraft, you try Nitors - they're better looking as well.

 

[Not_Steve]

yep i know. just hoping there was something with a little more coverage

Jack o lantern nooks. Fmp swag

 

[Shazam08]

Jack o lantern nooks. Fmp swag

Someone's been playing Blood n' Bones.

 

[Bruigaar]

Ars Magica 2 light spell never build a torch again..


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[ThatOneSlowking]

Wait
People still use light sources?

 

[ThomazM]

Wait
People still use light sources?

Wait - I'm not the only one who can see perfectly well without any lights?! *gasp*
YOU UNDERSTAND ME!

 

[Not_Steve]

@Padfoote iirc the blood light is fairly early game and is pretty effective
Edit: that was gibberish

 

[Qazplm601]

who needs lights? half slabs FTW

 

[mk16]

Wait
People still use light sources?

well yeah, how else do you cheaply stop mobs from spawning and over-running you in monster?

 

[Qazplm601]

who needs lights? half slabs FTW

*cough* (i put them everywhere)

 

[Strikingwolf]

Padfoote iirc the blood light is fairly early game and is pretty effective
Edit: that was gibberish

I love that sigil that does the light orb things

 

[Iluvalar]

Best is to find a rubber tree from MFR. Each logs allow you to make charcoal AND the rubber make torches. So it's like double efficiency... Of course you use cobblestone rods to make torches another double efficiency...

Torches are pretty cheap in the first place.

 

[Padfoote]

@Padfoote iirc the blood light is fairly early game and is pretty effective
Edit: that was gibberish

"Early game".

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

well yeah, how else do you cheaply stop mobs from spawning and over-running you in monster?

By building a house

 

[mk16]

By building a house

read the op dammit! this is for in caves and such...

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

read the op dammit! this is for in caves and such...

Carry a weapon
By weapon i mean fist

 

[Revemohl]

Ars Magica 2 light spell never build a torch again..


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But then you need to spam them everywhere because they only have a light level of 7 or so in diminished mode, and 11 on normal mode. Ugh. They also need you to be able to walk on lava first, in the Nether, unless you get lucky enough.
As for the topic, force torches only use Dartcraft's wood and a charcoal equivalent, you get 6 per crafting instead of 4, and they emit more light than normal torches. You can also dye them or make them invisible (although you need one invisibility potion per torch).