Maxwell's Light

“I wonder how they work.”

–Wilson

“These are no fun. They light themselves.”

–Willow

“Scary light!”

–Wolfgang

“What a curious light.”

–Wendy

“THEY SENSE MY PRESENCE.”

–WX-78

“How magical!”

–Wickerbottom

“That's unnatural.”

–Woodie

“Aw, it remembers me.”

–Maxwell

“A light source that sensitive to motion! Revolutionary!”

–Wagstaff

“Dark magic lives here.”

–Wigfrid

“Well, these would've been handy before.”

–Webber

“Weird.”

–Walani

“A light is always welcome.”

–Warly

“'Tis a dark flame.”

–Woodlegs

“HOW LIKE A SPOOKY LIGHT”

–Wilba

“Bright rock”

–Wormwood

“Whoever put this here is my new best friend.”

–Wheeler

Maxwell's Light is a special Structure that appears in Chapters 5 and 6 of Adventure Mode. It will light up when approached, and will turn off when the player walks away from it.

Maxwell's Light cannot be destroyed and does not drain sanity when standing next to it. It is possible to light a Maxwell's Light with a Torch or Fire Staff. Standing among the eyes in the shadows around Maxwell's Lights will not cause them to disappear.

Trivia Edit

• Before The End of the Beginning update, Maxwell's Light used the same model as Night Lights.
• Some of the Maxwell's Lights in Chapter 6 have a much smaller light radius than those in Chapter 5.
• Maxwell's Lights make an appearance in Klei Entertainment's Don't Starve Together promo, A New Reign.

Bugs Edit

• If the player sleeps near a Maxwell's Light, it will not light up upon waking up until they move out of the Light's radius. This also applies when Woodie awakens from Werebeaver form or when resurrecting via Touch Stone.

GalleryEdit

Maxwell's Light in the game before The End of the Beginning.

Maxwell's Lights ingame with Wilson for scale.

Maxwell's Light's icon on the Map.

Maxwell's Lights as seen in the "A New Reign" cinematic.

Maxwell's Lights as seen on the Steam "Nightmare" wallpaper.

Naturally spawning world objects view
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Resources	Ancient Statue • Bones • Boulder • Flotsam • Grave • Harp Statue • Marble Pillar • Marble Tree • Maxwell Statue • Merm Head • Pig Head • Relic • Sinkhole • Skeleton • Stalagmite (Mini Glacier ) (Brainy Sprout • Charcoal Boulder • Coral Reef • Crate • Debris • Lava Pool • Limpet Rock • Magma Pile • Mussel Bed • Obsidian Boulder • Poisonous Hole • Sandy Pile • Tar Slick • Watery Grave • Wildbore Head • Wreck ) (Artichoke Boulder • A Smashing Pot • Basalt Eruption • Crashed Balloon • Hot Air Balloon • Ruined Sculptures • Stalacmite Throne • Stone Slab • Weathered Objects • Wicker Basket ) (Cave Hole • Driftwood • Lake • Marble Sculptures • Meteor Boulder • Moon Glass • Petrified Tree • Sea Bones )
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