Fire


 * This article refers to a fire used by lighting logs. For other uses, see Fire (disambiguation).



A fire is simply a small pile of burning logs lit on fire using the Firemaking skill. To make a fire, players need logs, which can be obtained through the Woodcutting skill, by cutting trees. The logs can then be lit on fire using a tinderbox. Tinderboxes are usually sold in general stores for 1 coin. Uncooked foods can be cooked on fires. Some foods can only be cooked on a range; for example, a potato always burns when cooked on a fire. Players can turn cooked meat into burnt meat by using it once again on the fire.

Lighting
To light logs, players just need to use a tinderbox with logs, which can be in their inventory or lying on the ground. However, in RuneScape Classic a player could only light the logs whilst on the ground. Another way is to right-click the logs and select the 'light logs' option. If the player uses a Gnomish firelighter with the logs before lighting it, they can make coloured flames, which will be the same colour as the firelighter used.

A log can also be lit by most bows after finishing the firemaking section of Barbarian Training.

After lighting a fire, players automatically walk one step to the west. If the way is blocked, they will instead take one step east. If both ways are blocked, players will go south. If all three other ways are blocked, players will step to the north. A fire cannot be lit everywhere; you will not be able to make a fire inside most buildings, on top of another fire, or when standing on objects such as ferns or flowers. A fire cannot be lit in front of a closed door; but can be lit in front of an open door.

If players light one fire and have a clear path to the west for more fires, they can immediately light the next fire by using a tinderbox with the logs just after they finished lighting the first log. This way the fire will start burning before the player even attempts to light it. This is a much faster way to burn logs that burning each one separately. This method of burning logs is called power firemaking.

Trivia

 * It is possible to stand, or rest on a fire in RuneScape. This is possibly allowed because if players are not able to step on a fire, then other players could block doorways.
 * It is also possible to cook while standing on a fire without a fire in front of the player.
 * There are a few log-less fires in the fire altar. However, they cannot be cooked on.
 * There is an endless fire in the goblin's village, the pub in Barbarian's village and Rogue's Den. They can be cooked on.
 * It is possible to light several fires to form almost any shape or letter.
 * Strangely enough, the fire has 5 logs when burning, but one set of logs consists only of 3 logs.
 * In the fire altar if you examine one of the fires it says "Burn me!" If you examine any other fire outside of the altar it says "Hot!"
 * Strangely, whenever you light logs into a fire, the logs always turn brown, like normal logs, despite the different colours.