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Skull Lamp
Skull Lamp
Description
Also known as
Skull Light
Standing Skull Lamp
Added in
v0.15
Building Type
Light Source
Decoration
Upgradable
No
Custom
No
Variations
Ceiling Skull Lamp
Bone Chandelier
Uses
Light Source
Negatives
Can be difficult to place accurately
Other Effects
provides a Light Source
Stackable
No
Buildable on
Most surfaces & some Boats
Durability
Weak


The skull lamp is a decorative building and light source that was added in update v0.15 of The Forest.

Gameplay[]

A skull lamp is useful for improving the player's ability to see at night since they (unlike fires) do not need to be re-lit. They can be placed for lit pathways around the player's base. The large number of skulls in caves may indicate encouragement from the developers to place skull lamps in caves. Placing lots of these in a cave may affect performance of your game, though this depends of whether the game loads the cave system and above ground system at the same time.

Building[]

1
=
3
+
1
+
5
Skull
Lamp
Stick Skull Sap

If the skull lamp isn't suitable, the player can also build these other light sources provided there is a ceiling/roof to attach to:

1
=
26
+
8
+
5
Bone
Chandelier
Bone Skull Cloth
1
=
1
+
1
+
1
Ceiling
Skull
Lamp
Rope Skull Sap

Gallery[]

Update History[]

Version Changes
v1.0 Optimization - buildable lights and fires will now turn off from distance
v0.64 Fixed Temporary shelter, Log Cabin, and Skull lamp ghosts appearing as white outlines regardless of color setting in options
v0.46 (Multiplayer) Fixed arrow basket, bone basket, ceiling skull light, drying rack, rabbit skin, snack holder, meds cabinet, skull light, trophy, wall plant pot, explosive holder, catapult and water collector not following supporting dynamic structure for clients
v0.45 Arrow basket, bone basket, drying rack and skull light can now be nested with dynamic structures (i.e.: houseboat)
v0.44 It is now possible to rotate ceiling skull lamps and decorations in ghost mode

Added a cap to damaged building distort ratio for building with lower max HP, fixes really high distortion on smaller buildings like skull lights

Fixed ghost skull light placing floating above ground

v0.28 Increased skull lamp draw distance, and its light now fades in when enabled
v0.27 (Performance) skull lamps particles and light get turned off at a distance from player
v0.23 Survival book entry for skull lamp needed resources should match blueprint

Lowered intensity of skull light built

v0.15 Skull Lamp added to the game

New buildable item: Skull lamp