Talk:Caves/@comment-2601:2C4:700:3F1B:DFB:611:C4F6:2109-20180823070128

I just loaded up vanilla DST for the first time in a very long time, and discovered that:

Time does NOT pass in the cave while you are on the surface. I had picked a light bulb and dropped it where you start in the cave before leaving. Several days later (about a week of game days), I returned, and the light bulb was still there. The quality of it had not degraded at all, and the light flower had not grown a new bulb.

I don't think time passes on the surface while you're in a cave, either, but I haven't actually tested that. Discovering that light flowers in vanilla DST are non-renewable unless you live in the caves for several days at a time was a rude shock.