Candle Guide

A guide with everything we know (for now) about candle and how to make it, very simple and direct.

Introduction

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a single person in possession of too much stress must be in want of a relief escape.

That in mind, if you make one guide, you can make two. I had a really hard time playing this game and struggle with almost everything, but I still love it, even if it makes me feel like:

One of those things I struggle with was the art of making Candles. But I tried and here is what I found.

A disclaimer: This guide is in English because is more accessible to everyone, but it’s not my first language, so there will be grammar errors (please enlighten me about those).

BTW, this guide probably has spoilers, since it lists every Candle recipe or location. But I will try to hide it as much as possible.

I hope you enjoy it!

What is a Candle?

In game context, it’s a type of “Craftable” item with an "Aspect" of a "Thing", "Candle", “Light and at least one "Principle". The player needs to use a "Workstation", a “Beeswax” and a “Skill” to craft an "Candle". Some types of "Candle" need specifics ingredients, mostly “Flowers”. With "Candle", player can improve an “Assistant” or even use it as resources for other purposes as long it matches the required. When "Considered", it generates a "Memory" and is destroyed. It’s a one-time use item.

What to do with a Candle?

The most useful thing to do with a Candle, is give it to Reverend Timothy when ask for his assistance. It boosts his Principle and it’s an extra card in addition to others. That’s mean you can give Reverend Timothy:

an Element of Soul, a Beverage, a Memory, a Sustenance, a Tool AND a Candle

The Candle can be used as resources to achieve a high Principle as long as its Aspect can be used, remind that the Candle Aspect are Thing, Candle and Light.

One exemple of a Workstations that accept Candles are Altars (thank you @Gingerbread Conductor!)

You can also Consider the Candle to gain a Memory. Most of non-craftable Candles can be considered for a Memory: Sight, which is very useful in early game. The Widow's Candle, in special, gives Memory: Salt (obrigada @alvarofreitas!).

There is a chapter just about "Memory", so it is easier to retrieve the information.

What are the Memories of each Candle?

By Consider a Candle you gain a Memory. Most of non-craftable Candles available (I'm talking about quantity) gives Memory: Sight, which is very useful in early game.

Below the list with the Memories from non-craftable Candles, special atention to The Widow's Candle, that gives Memory: Salt with not one or two, but three Principles"! (de novo, valeu @alvarofreitas!):

CANDLE	MEMORY
Bedside Candleholder	Memory: Solace Heart 2 Sky 1
Bottled Candle	Memory: Scent Nectar 1
Small Candlestick	Memory: Sight Lantern 1
Snowflake Candle	Memory: Regret Forge 1 Winter 2
Tall Candlestick	Memory: Sight Lantern 1
Watchful Candle	Memory: Foresight Forge 2 Lantern 1
Widow's Candle	Memory: Salt Knock 1 Moon 1 Winter 1

The craftable Candle, however, gives more interesting memories, in spacial Historywax Candle, that gives you Wild Surmise with three Principles!
Below are the list:

CANDLE	MEMORY
Aglaophotis-Scented Candle	Memory: Revelation Lantern 2
Beeswax Candle	Memory: Sight Lantern 1
Chalice Candle	Memory: Satisfaction Grail 2, Heart 1
Historywax Candle	Wild Surmise Lantern 3, Moth 3, Sky 3
Honeyscar-Scented Candle	Memory: Foresight Forge 2, Lantern 1
Moth-Orchid-Scented Candle	Memory: A Stolen Secret Knock 1, Moon 2
Pear-Scented Candle	Memory: Foresight Forge 2, Lantern 1

How to craft a Candle?

To make a Candle you need:

• an Element of the Soul
  
• a Workstation
  
• a Beeswax and
  
• a Skill

And, if you want to make a Scented (and more powerful) Candle:

• a Flower or
  
• or Sustenance, for Pear-Scented Candle

In total, there are 7 craftable Candles, and you can find more 8 uncraftable unique types of Candles in Hush House.

The craftable Candles are:

• Aglaophotis-Scented Candle
  
• Beeswax Candle
  
• Chalice Candle
  
• Historywax Candle
  
• Honeyscar-Scented Candle
  
• Moth-Orchid-Scented Candle
  
• Pear-Scented Candle

So, in summary:

Element of the Soul + Workstation (Kitchen range mostly) + Beeswax + Chandlery Skill + Flower (for Scented Candle) or Sustenance (for Pear-Scented Candle) 

Now, bit by bit:

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Element of the Soul

An Element of the Soul is a requirement for whatever you do in the game, however, Kitchen Range Workstation are the best for Chandlery and their standard Principle are Nectar and Grail, so save some card with thoses Principles when use thoses stations.

Aside from normal Element of Soul cards, you can use Maladied Soul Element too. It helps A LOT since Malady cards don’t exhaust themselves. There is a guide that explains their uses, you can read about it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3097120524

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Workstation

To make all Candle, the Workstation must accept Fuel, Flower and Sustenance which make all Kitchen ranges perfect to craft Candle (again their standard Principle are Nectar and Grail, so save cards with thoses Principles to use here).

The BEST WORKSTATION is Kitchen Range: Gaol since it accept all Chandlery Skill. The Dispensary and Alchemist's Glassware works pretty well too, but it doesn’t accept Sustenance.

Below the list with all Kitchen Range + Principle:

• Kitchen Range: Gaol (Scale, Lantern, Nectar, Grail)
  
• Kitchen Range: Servants (Scale, Heart, Nectar, Grail)
  
• Hearth: Hall of Voices (Moon, Edge, Nectar, Grail)

Other Workstation that accept Flower + Fuel:

• Dispensary (Nectar, Knock, Moth, Heart)
  
• Alchemist's Glassware (Winter, Lantern, Grail, Forge)

There are other workstation that accept just Fuel, but that means you will only be able to make Beeswax Candle.

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Beeswax

The essential item to make Candle is Beeswax. It’s an item with Fuel and Material Aspects and can be find on the map or gathering it at the Beehive after unlocking the “Kitchen Garden Room”.

The Beehive gives you Beeswax, Honey or a Memory (Regret for me, most of cases). The probability of receiving a Beeswax is high in warm seasons, like Spring and Summer. I’m saying this by experience, cause I never get honey or Beeswax other than those seasons (and BoH Wiki confirm it to me, you have 33% chance to get Beeswax in those seasons!). You can’t get Beeswaxat night, since… well, it’s night, how you are supposed to see in the darkness?

The only Element of the Soul that matches the gathering requisite of the Beehive is Hearth, so safe some when decide to get Beeswax.

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Skill

There are four Skills that allows you to craft Candles. All of them have Chandlery Aspect. They are:

• Glaziery & Lightsmithing
  
• Insects & Nectars
  
• Pyroglyphics
  
• Transformations & Liberations

To trigger the Candle Crafting, you need place the wax first, otherwise it will suggest other crafting stuff. By click in the smal triangle near the "Craftable" tab, you reset the settings to Candle Crafting.

I will explaing better the Skill in a chapter below. You can only make Candles with Chandlery Skills. I try and I fail - end up making Honeyscar Jasmine Tea, with is a new thing to me (thank you, @_Kotik, for your contribution).

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Flower

To make Scented Candle you need Flowers (and Pyrus Auricalcinus, with is a fruit you can only pick in Numa Season or u can craft it!). They are:

• Agave Aeterna
  
• Aglaophotis
  
• Fragrant Chalice
  
• Honeyscar Jasmine
  
• Moth Orchid
  
• Pyrus Auricalcinus

All the Flowers (and the fruit) bloom in the Hush House’s Gardens, but in different Seasons. I don’t know if you can pick them in Moor or the Beach, tell me if you find them there.

To gather them you must match its Principle at their Gathering Workstation. Normally it is Nectar, with make them accept Elements of Soul with Heart Aspect and Skills with Nectar Aspect.

You can just wait and see for yourself they bloom, or you can see a list of with Season they appear. There is a topic trace as Spoiler because it may be or not spoiler.

Season	Flower/Fruit
Spring	Moth Orchid
Summer	Agave Aeterna Fragrant Chalice Moth Orchid
Autumn	Fragrant Chalice Honeyscar Jasmine
Numa	Agave Aeterna Aglaophotis Honeyscar Jasmine Pyrus Auricalcinus

You can craft the fruit, btw:
To craft Pyrus Auricalcinus you need "Coil & Chasm", "Leaves & Thorns" or "Spices & Savours" skills + Nectar 10 + Wood or "Desires & Dissolutions" Skill + Moon 10 + Wood. It's REALLY useful since u don't need to wait for Numa Season to gathering it.

Which Skill should I focus on?

As I mention before, there are four “Skill” with “Chandlery Aspect”, which allows you to craft Candles, they are:

SKILL	INFO	BEST WORKSTATION
	Glaziery & Lightsmithing Lantern 2 Sky 1	Accepts Flower + Fuel + Sustenance: Kitchen Range: Gaol (Scale, Lantern, Nectar, Grail) Accepts Flower + Fuel: Alchemist's Glassware (Winter, Lantern, Grail, Forge)
	Insects & Nectars Nectar 2 Moon 1	Accepts Flower + Fuel + Sustenance: Kitchen Range: Servants (Scale, Heart, Nectar, Grail) Kitchen Range: Gaol (Scale, Lantern, Nectar, Grail) Hearth: Hall of Voices (Moon, Edge, Nectar, Grail) Accepts Flower + Fuel: Dispensary (Nectar, Knock, Moth, Heart)
	Pyroglyphics Forge 2 Lantern 1	Accepts Flower + Fuel + Sustenance: Kitchen Range: Gaol (Scale, Lantern, Nectar, Grail) Accepts Flower + Fuel: Alchemist's Glassware (Winter, Lantern, Grail, Forge)
	Transformations & Liberations 2 Forge 1 Moth	Accepts Flower + Fuel + Sustenance: Kitchen Range: Gaol (Scale, Lantern, Nectar, Grail) Accepts Flower + Fuel: Dispensary (Nectar, Knock, Moth, Heart) Alchemist's Glassware (Winter, Lantern, Grail, Forge)

Again, you can only make Candles with Chandlery Skills. I try and I fail - end up making Fragant Chalice Tea this time (thank you, @_Kotik, for your contribution).

Are there Recipes?

Yes, there are. Despite the recipe formula don’t change much, the only thing that you must consider is the Workstation Principle and the Flowers (when crafting Scented Candles).

Below are all recipes:

CANDLE	PRINCIPLES	INGREDIENTS
Aglaophotis-Scented Candle	Heart 2 Knock 2 Lantern 2 Rose 2	Beeswax Aglaophotis
Beeswax Candle	Lantern 1	Beeswax
Chalice Candle	Grail 2 Lantern 1	Beeswax Fragrant Chalice
Historywax Candle	Lantern 3	Beeswax Agave Aeterna
Honeyscar-Scented Candle	Forge 2 Rose 1	Beeswax Honeyscar Jasmine
Moth-Orchid-Scented Candle	Knock 2 Moth 1	Beeswax Moth Orchid
Pear-Scented Candle	Forge 4 Lantern 1 Nectar 4	Beeswax Pyrus Auricalcinus*

*About Pyrus Auricalcinus:
You can craft Pyrus Auricalcinus. You need "Coil & Chasm", "Leaves & Thorns" or "Spices & Savours" skills + Nectar 10 + Wood or "Desires & Dissolutions" Skill + Moon 10 + Wood. It's REALLY useful since u don't need to wait for Numa Season to gathering it.

Where can I find candles?

Now that’s interesting.

There are 7 craftable Candles in the game and more 8 uncraftable unique types of Candles in Hush House.

Those unique Candles are unique because you can't craft them, so when they are gone, they gone forever! They have different Principle from the crafts one and some have secrets!

Below the craftable Candles location
(P.s.: the only craftable Candle you can't find in the Hush House is the Pear-Scented Candle!):

CANDLE	PRINCIPLE	LOCATIONS
Aglaophotis-Scented Candle	Heart 2 Knock 2 Lantern 2 Rose 2	Atrium (x2) Well Descent Narthex
Beeswax Candle	Lantern 1	Radiant Stair (x3) Windlit Gallery (x2) Hidden Stair
Chalice Candle	Grail 2 Lantern 1	Long Tower: Solomon's Study
Historywax Candle	Lantern 3	Chancel of the Abbey Church (x2)
Honeyscar-Scented Candle	Forge 2 Rose 1	Keeper's Lodge Foundry Night Gallery
Moth-Orchid-Scented Candle	Knock 2 Moth 1	Servants' Hall Severn Chamber Our Lady Beneath

And here the unique ones locations:

CANDLE	PRINCIPLE	LOCATIONS
Bedside Candleholder	Lantern 1	Severn Chamber Violet Chamber Servants' Quarters - North Hermit Cell
Bottled Candle	Grail 2 Lantern 1	Stores Cell: Adepts Smuggler's Den
Small Candlestick	Forge 1 Lantern 1	Westcott Room (x2) Nave of the Abbey Church (x6)
Snowflake Candle	Winter 1	Glorious Stair (x3)
Tall Candlestick	Lantern 1	Motley Tower: Dispensary Refectory (x2) Westcott Room Solarium (x2) Chapter House (x2)
Watchful Candle	Lantern 1	Reading Room Atrium (x2) Violet Chamber Librarian's Quarters
Weighty Bedside Candleholder	Lantern 1	Motley Tower: Regensburg Room Servants' Quarters - North
Widow's Candle	Moon 1	Long Tower: Solomon's Study (x2) Long Tower: Solomon's Quarters (x2) Servants' Hall (x2) Servants' Quarters - South Servants' Quarters - North (x2) Foundry Wine Cellar Whispering Stair Gaol Cellar Narthex Our Lady Beneath (x2) Hall of Voices Chapel Calicite (x4) Catacombs (x2)

About the Candles with secrets:
In the “Servant’s Quarter – North” and “Motley Tower – Regensburg Room”, you will find a “Weighty Bedside Candleholder” and after considering it, the candle will be destroyed but you will find a “Gervinite” 😊

Conclusion

Well, that’s it! Not much to say, just that I learn about tea, candles, memories and more secrets of the Hush House.
This is an eternal Work in Progress, so I will update from time to time. I use Book of Hours Wiki and my own experience to make this Guide, please tell me if something is incorrect that will change it. All references used in this guide are at the end chapter.

I hope you enjoy and thank you for reading it!

References

Below are the reference used to do this guide. For information, I'm using Harvard University Referencing style.

• Book of Hours Wiki. (2024). Book of Hours Wiki. Available at: https://book-of-hours.fandom.com/wiki/Book_of_Hours_Wiki. (Accessed: 10 December 2024).

Steam guides used:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3141930591 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3097120524
I screenshot all picture and edit them in: Clip Studio Paint

Updates

• 31 December 2024 (Happy New Year!):
  
  • U can use Malady Cards
    
  • U can craft Pyrus Auricalcinus, a resource for Pear-Green-Thing Candle
    
  • Update "Workstations" and "Flower" info in "How to craft a Candle?"
    
  • Update "Which skill should I focus on?" to add best workstation + Pyrus Auricalcinus recipe
    
  • some design changes
• 19 December 2024:
  
  • Update "How to craft a Candle", "Which skill should I focus on?" (thank you, @_Kotik, for your contribution): cause I miss reading the wiki, initially thought it said all skill could be used to make candle, but it was talking about all chandley skill
    
  • Update "Where can I find candles?": u can't find Pear-Scented Candle in the map
    
  • add chapter "What are the memories of each candle?
    
  • and more images
• 16 December 2024:
  
  • Add sugestions in "What to do with a Candle?" Chapter (Thank you @alvarofreitas and @Gingerbread Conductor!)

[Dona Marie]

After see you comment I read and reread the wiki and noww I get it! The wiki was talking about the skill list with Chandely, not all skill set. I totally didn't understand what was written. Thank you for your contribution

[_Kotik]

I am sure you took this qoute out of context. Wiki doesn't mean that any skill can be used to craft candles just any skill with chandlery can be used to craft any craftable candle. And it's obvius that you can't craft candles with any skill because why you need chandely skills in that case?

[Dona Marie]

Ohh thanks for the addition! I'll put both information in the guide!

[Gingerbread Conductor]

Fun guide. You can also use candles in some workstations such as the altars. That might be worth adding.

[alvarofreitas]

Great guide. Not sure if it's a secret, but most non-craftable candles can be considered for a Memory: Sight, and much more useful early in the game, the Widow's Candle can be considered to give Memory: Salt.