Equipable light source

[Bugs]

So I've searched manually in wiki and tried searching here but thus far the only equipable light source I've found is the miners helmet. Is there some way to make better equipment emit light that isn't from swinging a weapon? I'm still reasonably early game as I have a tendancy to explore and dig around rather than fight bosses all the time so the best equipment I have to wear is molten equipment but I still find I'm donning the miners helmet, just want to know if there's an upgrade I'm missing.

[Kamen Kreuz]

Shift automatically pulls out a torch or glowstick from your inventory and puts it away again when released. Besides that, you could get a Shadow Orb from breaking Shadow Orbs. It follows you and emits a small amount of light. The only other light items I know of are in hardmode.

[Von Faustien]

the miner hat

[flamedance58]

There aren't in early game.

Just make torches, it's a much easier system and in the end it's better to light everything up so you know where you've been,etc.
Also with that helmet taking up an equip slot you're losing out on whatever armor you're wearing's set bonus.

[Tealtyr]

Orb/fairy/wisp

[flamedance58]

Originally posted by Bugs:

... I'm still reasonably early game....

Originally posted by Ą̴̷̢͍̦̗̦̦̳̤̟̜̼̺̩:

Orb/fairy/wisp

Scratch out the Fairy and the Wisp, even then the Shadow Orb (RIP Orb of Light) is quite crap. I'd rather use torches instead of that poor bastardized item.

[Batabii • Suikoden I&II HD]

Originally posted by flamedance58:

Originally posted by Bugs:

... I'm still reasonably early game....

Originally posted by Ą̴̷̢͍̦̗̦̦̳̤̟̜̼̺̩:

Orb/fairy/wisp

Scratch out the Fairy and the Wisp,

Why?

Also nobody mentioned Shine Potion.

I still say torches are just fine. You can place them as you go, then you don't need to keep wasting potions or being helpless to attack.

You can also get a flare gun, but flares are basically like glow sticks, they disappear eventually.

[Emmote]

Originally posted by Batabii - SK: now more broken:

Why?

Also nobody mentioned Shine Potion.

I still say torches are just fine. You can place them as you go, then you don't need to keep wasting potions or being helpless to attack.

You can also get a flare gun, but flares are basically like glow sticks, they disappear eventually.

Because the OP isn't in hardmode yet and can't get them for now. But I agree with you, mentioning them at least lets him know they exist.

My favourite by far is to make a glowing mushroom and daybloom farm. Then you have a limitless supply of shine potions. :)
I find the Fairy and Wisp to be kinda annoying. They clip themselves into blocks and make it go dark. Shine potion goes out of you, so you're always in brightness. Shame about the duration though.

[Strange Hand]

Holding shift will hold a torch in your hand, regardless of what you currently have equipped. (Though it's gotta at least be in your inventory)

[Khoa]

my blue skeleton whisp provides pretty good light

[Emmote]

Originally posted by FlaminnnBurrito:

my blue skeleton whisp provides pretty good light

You don't find it clips into walls though plunging you into darkness while digging? Really annoying.

[Icedfate]

gonna admit, i used the miner's helmet all the way my first playthrough and through hardmode i only switched in my real helmet to fight the hardmode bosses.

I'm playing a fresh toon with a friend and
i too thought shadow orb was crap, but that must have fixed it in the 1.2 update, it shines brighter now. it was broken before.

i'm using shadow orb and its just fine, i've gotten used to shift and torches and realized i haven't even thought about my mining helmet.
in 1.2 you can place torches directly on the background wall, it used to be you could only plant them in the blocks and whenever i tried , if your clicking just 1 pixel off, the context turns into the mining pick and breaks the block instead and it was really frustrating

[Icedfate]

and there are no ichor torches, those are cursed torches and you make them out of torches + cursed flames that drop from hardmode corruption mobs

[Basilard]

I use the wisp, but it's far from ideal. Especially when digging, it's always too far ahead of you to see the one block you're caught on.

Where you are, the only light sources that aren't held items I know of are your helmet, or the already mentioned potion.

[DatHolzauge]

Originally posted by eviltwin61878:

and there are no ichor torches, those are cursed torches and you make them out of torches + cursed flames that drop from hardmode corruption mobs

http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ichor_Torch

So those are just made out of imagination then i guess :P

Originally posted by Bugs:

So I've searched manually in wiki and tried searching here but thus far the only equipable light source I've found is the miners helmet. Is there some way to make better equipment emit light that isn't from swinging a weapon? I'm still reasonably early game as I have a tendancy to explore and dig around rather than fight bosses all the time so the best equipment I have to wear is molten equipment but I still find I'm donning the miners helmet, just want to know if there's an upgrade I'm missing.

As others already mentioned there are serveral options to choose fom.

-Shadow Orb

-Pressing Shift-Key while Cursor hovers over background pulls out a light source you carry

-Wisp/Fairy. The first is great to explore the surroundings as it's a bit controllable.

-Flamelash. Basically a magic attack, but you have full controll over it and it emits a huge amount of light. Sparks of it used to travel through solid tiles. Don't know if they patched that by know though.

-All kind of other Weapons(Spectre Staff a.e.)

-Shine Potions


Best options imo for you would be the Flamelash+one other light source that stick's with you(Shadow Orb, Torches, S.Potions)

[Icedfate]

Originally posted by Emmote:

Originally posted by eviltwin61878:

and there are no ichor torches, those are cursed torches and you make them out of torches + cursed flames that drop from hardmode corruption mobs

How wrong you are.
http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Ichor_Torch

yeah your like the freaking 5th person to do that.
i stand corrected, i didn't know there was an icky torch, when the guy said putting them in water i thought they meant the cursed one