Thermal Stone



"Heat without the flame... what fun is that?"

- Willow The Heat Stone is a survival item for keeping players warm in Winter. It accumulates heat once near a fire, either placed on the ground, in a Chest, or carried in the player's inventory (including Backpacks). It requires 10 Stones, 1 Pickaxe, and 3 Flint to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype.

While having a charge, it emits warmth and delays the moment a character starts to freeze. It provides a maximum amount of 120 points of insulation. Additionally, as a heat source, its maximum temperature is 60°C, and its five visual states correspond to the following temperature ranges, from coolest to hottest:

Freezing White : < 0°C

Blue : 0°C - 25°C

Grey : 25°C - 40°C

Yellow :40°C - 50°C

Glowing Orange : 50°C - 60°C

A fully charged stone, along with providing a lot of warmth, also creates a small radius of light visible at dusk and night, preventing Charlie from attacking the player. The size of the fire affects the maximum charge the Stone can attain. The Heat Stone will also provide any given Chest the same small radius of light it provides the player when it is stored in said chest.

Stage
The color of the Heat Stone represents its heat.



Reign of Giants
The Heat Stone has been renamed to Thermal Stone to best fit its functionality, since;

The Heat Stone can be used to cool the player in the Reign of Giants DLC. It can be cooled by placing it next to an Endothermic Fire, or by placing it in an Ice Box which will cool it further. This is useful in the Summer to prevent Overheating.

Trivia

 * This item was added in the Doorway to Adventure update.
 * Carrying multiple Heat Stones gives marginal benefit as they would all cool down at the same rate, although all heat stones will transfer their heat to the player as long as the temperature of the each stone is greater than the player's temperature.
 * Having some heat stones always waiting by the fire would allow for quick switching, instead of waiting for a single one to charge.
 * The crafting recipe allows even the most worn pickaxe to be used, so it could be a good idea to use a pickaxe with 3% durability (the lowest possible) to craft this item.
 * At its coldest state the Heat Stone actually freezes the player, so it's advised to remove it from the inventory when in this state.
 * Carrying multiple Heat Stones around in the highest temperature states will increase the intensity of the light given off, and can act as a sort of very low capacity, rechargable, portable light source.