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Fair warning, nights in GTNH are *dark* (gamma correction is disabled, on purpose). And you won't get a steady supply of torches until well into the game. And there are terrifying Infernal mobs that can do nasty things to you. Expect to wall yourself in a hole in the ground during the night until you get your first bed. Torches will be in short supply until your first coke[[Coke ovenOven]] when excess creosote, wool and sticks can make torches in quantity. (Tip. to have only a tiny bit of orientation in your absolute dark dirt shack, press f7 to know where the floor is). If you're lucky and find a coal vein, you can smelt the ore to make coal for torches. There is also a guide on the [[Questing Mechanics]]. Coal may drop from Small Coal Ore, but it's not a guarantee. One of the first quests offers five torches in exchange for wood, which you are strongly advised to pick.

Creosote is a byproduct of the [[Coke Oven]]. It can be loaded into metal buckets or Seared Tanks through the GUI or right-clicking on the Coke Oven itself. Creosote combined with wool and a stick gives 5x torches, or it can be burned in Furnaces, Iron Furnaces, or Railcraft Liquid Fueled Fire Boxes for early game steam power. In LV it's also used as a lubricant. If you truly have an excess of creosote, Coke Ovens can be voided by breaking the bottom center block and then rebuilding the multi-block structure. Automated voiding is gated in LV.

| Requires the [[Bricked Blast Furnace]] (BBF). Save up plenty of coke, coal, or charcoal.

Two hoppers, two chests and fluid containers are all that is required to make a [[Coke Oven]] self-sufficient for a long time. While not completely automated as it must be fed logs and have the Creosote emptied occasionally, a simple setup similar to the picture on the left will make charcoal easier. Note that only one input chest is needed - any side or the top will feed the Coke Oven, while a hopper anywhere on the bottom pointing into a chest will remove filled fluid containers and charcoal. The Coke Oven will stop working if it becomes full of Creosote. A small stack of Seared Tanks will keep it running longer until proper fluid handling is available.