Night Light

"Eerie and yet beautiful."

- Wendy

The Night Light (not to be confused with Maxwell's Light) is a Magic structure that costs 8 Gold Nuggets, 2 Nightmare Fuel, and a Red Gem to craft.

The Night Light works like a Campfire, but can only be fueled by Nightmare Fuel. Charging 1 Nightmare Fuel provides light for 175 seconds.

Standing next to the Night Light while it's burning lowers the player's Sanity by 3 per minute, unless the player is Willow, in which case she will gain up to 7 per minute depending on how close she is. The player can avoid this sanity drain by standing some distance away. If the player is near the Night Light at dusk or night, the total sanity drain will rise to 8 points per minute.

Tips
Despite it is seen as the most useless item in the game, it is really useful for ruin bases. Due to an ongoing bug in the ruins, when the nightmare stage totally turns into calm stage, all shadow creatures disappear and drop their nightmare fuel to the ground. This is why one can find redundant nightmare fuels in the ruins to craft and operate night light for his base either in ruins or in overworld.

Trivia

 * The Night Light was added in the Insanity! update.
 * The Night Light will not give off heat like a regular Fire, meaning it will not keep you from Freezing.
 * This also means it will not cause Overheating, making it slightly useful during Summer in Reign of Giants.
 * It takes three Nightmare Fuels in order for the Night Light to give its maximum light output.
 * In the Reign of Giants DLC, the The Night Light can be extinguished with a Luxury Fan, an Ice Flingomatic, and Ice.
 * In the older versions of Don't Starve, they shared models with Maxwell's Light.
 * The Night Light's ghastly flames can still be affected by Night Hands.
 * The gem on the Night Light has five corners, however the red gem only has four.

Bugs

 * In the Reign of Giants DLC, Night Lights can begin to smolder, but instead of bursting into flames, they are lit up as if they were fueled, giving off free light for some time.