Pumpkin Lantern

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Pumpkin Lantern
"Spooky illumination"
Crafting
Recipe	×1 ×1
Tab
Tier
Properties
Durability	10 min in Summer 12 min 30 sec in Winter
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Provides small amounts of light
Code
"pumpkin_lantern"

Pumpkin Lantern
"Spooky illumination"
Crafting
Recipe	×1 ×1
Tab
Tier
Properties
Durability	7 min 30 sec in Summer 10 min in Spring and Autumn 12 min 30 sec in Winter
Stacks up to	Does not stack
Perk
Provides small amounts of light
Code
"pumpkin_lantern"

Pumpkin Lantern glowing at night

“Spooky!”

–Wilson

“Fire on the inside is amazing!”

–Willow

“Now is actual head! Wolfgang afraid!”

–Wolfgang

“You're not so scary.”

–Wendy

“IT HAS AN EERIE LIGHT”

–WX-78

“Carving the Cucurbita pepo is such a nice pastime.”

–Wickerbottom

“It'd better not tip over.”

–Woodie

“Why hello, Mr. Crane.”

–Maxwell

“Dö yöu wish tö fight, vegetable?”

–Wigfrid

“Just like we used to make at home!”

–Webber

“Spooky!”

–Walani

“Trick 'r' neat!”

–Warly

“A wee bit heavy fer a lantern.”

–Woodlegs

A Pumpkin Lantern or Jack O'Lantern is a stationary light source, though it can be carried in the inventory and (re)placed any time. It requires 1 Pumpkin and 1 Fireflies to craft and an Alchemy Engine to prototype. It only illuminates during dusk and night.

The Pumpkin Lantern perishes (leaving nothing) after being on the ground for 10 minutes (1 ¼ game days) in Summer and after 12 minutes 30 seconds (about 1 ¾ game days) in Winter. Once on the ground, it can be picked up by pressing the Space Key at any time or by Left Mouse Button (LMB) while not having any tools or weapons equipped; otherwise, it will be attacked and smashed, leaving the Fireflies behind (which can be seen at night). The Pumpkin Lantern's perish/spoilage timer will not reset when picked up and deposited on the ground again.

Reign of Giants

In the Reign of Giants DLC, the Pumpkin Lantern lasts for 7 minutes 30 seconds in Summer, 10 minutes in Spring and Autumn, and 12 minutes 30 seconds in Winter.

Trivia

• Upon examining the Pumpkin Lantern, Maxwell says, "Why hello, Mr. Crane." This is a reference to Ichabod Crane from Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
• Before the Hungry for Your Hunger update, players were able to "murder" Pumpkin Lanterns in the inventory to retrieve its ingredients.

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