Wall Torch

A torch that hangs on walls

Light and heat from a fixed point on a wall: that is what the Wall Torch gives in ARK: Survival Evolved, in the same way a Campfire, Standing Torch or Hand Torch does. Any wall can hold one. The game describes it as "A torch on a metal connector that lights and warms the immediate area. Must be placed on a wall."

Fuel and torch skins

Load it with Wood, Thatch, AnglerGel or Sparkpowder as fuel, then light it. You can also put a Torch into it as the light source, which the ARK Wiki points out is useful when that torch carries a skin, the Torch Sparkler Skin for example.

Engram and recipe

The engram unlocks at level 21 for 8 engram points, and the Standing Torch is its prerequisite. The wiki lists the Smithy and the Argentavis Saddle among its crafting stations. A craft takes 5 seconds, gives 1.2 XP and needs:

• 4 Thatch
• 2 Wood (or Fungal Wood)
• 1 Flint
• 1 Stone
• 1 Metal Ingot (or Scrap Metal Ingot)
• 1 Cementing Paste (or Achatina Paste)

Toughness and paint regions

The game counts it as a wooden structure, which leaves it immune to bare hands, stone weapons and ranged attacks that do not explode. The wiki also lists aggressive creatures that cannot damage it, among them the Direwolf, Raptor, Kaprosuchus, Thylacoleo, Basilisk and Velonasaur.

For dyes, its paint regions are the torch body, flame guard, wall mount, rings and cloth handle; region 5 is not used.

Weight and loot

A Wall Torch weighs 4 and stacks hold 3, so a full stack weighs 12. Our records count 49 crate types that can contain it, for example the Genesis Blue and Genesis Green crates on Genesis Part 2.