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 (or a bow on partial completion of the barbarian training). 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 that are on the ground 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 than burning each one separately. This method of burning logs is called power firemaking.

Endless fires
Endless fires are useful because they don't require the player to bring along any logs or tinderbox. This saves inventory space allowing a player to cook more fish per load. Also they will not go out in the middle of cooking a load of fish as player-made fires often do.

Free-to-play

 * In Gunnarsgrunn, in the Long Hall and Peksa's Helmet Shop. These are often used by players training fishing at the river fishing spots just east of the village. They then either drop the fish or take them to the bank at Edgeville.
 * At the Goblin Village.
 * In the Dwarven Mine.
 * Near the entrance of the Karamja volcano.
 * West of the Lumbridge fishing shop, on a small knoll
 * Edgeville Dungeon near the Hobgoblins.

Pay-to-play

 * Inside most of the Fremennik Province houses.
 * At the Rogue's Den beneath the Toad and Chicken Inn in Burthorpe. This site is notable as banking services are available through Emerald Benedict so it is the closest endless fire to a bank.
 * At Nickolaus's campsite located near the ferrets at Eagles' Peak.
 * Southern point of Mos Le'Harmless. Players can only light it after completing Fairytale III - Battle at Orks Rift. To light it they need 85 Firemaking and 8 willow logs. It rewards a one-time reward of 10,000 firemaking experience.
 * In the middle of a group of Moss giants just north of Ardougne.

Trivia
Fire
 * 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. In cooking hotspots like the Rogue's Den, players often tell other players who are cooking on the fire to "get off".
 * There are a few log-less fires in the fire altar. However, they cannot be cooked on.
 * It is possible to light several fires to form almost any shape or letter, this is occasionally abused.
 * 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 look like normal logs, despite the different colours.
 * If a player lights a fire and moves to upper floor, the fire would not extinguish as seen by players. The fire is "memorized" by the player and can only be updated by reaching the same floor with fire again.
 * If making fires you will always walk west after making the fire unless an obstacle is in the way.
 * Based on an experiment performed with a Timepiece and several logs ranging from normal to willow logs, fires can last anywhere from approximately 1 minute and 5 seconds, to approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds. On average they last for about 1 minute and 15 seconds. The type of log used does not seem to affect the time.
 * While examining the fire on a burning Evil Tree, it says "Hot Stuff!"