Flame Altar

Flame Altar
Place this Flame Altar above the Shroud to mark your home. Build inside the marked area around the Flame Altar.
Info
Type	Flame Altar
Rarity	Rare
Stack Size	1
Crafting
Crafter	Manual Crafting
Crafting Time	Instant
Quantity	1
Resources
5 Stone

The Flame Altar marks the spot for a base. Changes to the world within the boundaries of the Flame Altar are permanent (unless the Altar is extinguished), while any change outside the boundaries of the Flame Altar will reset after 30 minutes or game restart.

Currently, only 8 Flame Altars can be placed simultaneously in the world.

Obtaining

The recipe is available by default and can be crafted through Manual Crafting.

Functionality

• Allows permanent building of a base and reshaping of terrain, including Base Area upgrades.
• Allows players to increase their "Strengthen The Flame" upgrades.
• Allows players to reset their skill tree at a cost of 10 Runes which does not increase with successive reallocations.
• Acts as a Fast Travel point.
• Acts as a heat source for resting buffs.

Upgrade Altar

Upgrading the Flame increases the maximum size the Flame Altar covers.

Altar Level	Maximum Size	Materials Required	Flame Level
Level 1	40x40x40	None	1
Level 2	80x80x80	1 Shroud Core	1
Level 3	120x120x120	5 Shroud Core	2
Level 4	160x160x160	10 Shroud Core	3

Strengthen the Flame

Strengthen the Flame is the most important upgrade in the game, and increases the following:

• Increases all Attributes by 1 (from Flame level 2 onward).
• Increases Maximum Shroud Time by 1 Minute.
• Increases Shroud Passage Level, gaining entry to previous red Deadly Shroud locations.

Flame Level	Recipe	Stats
Level 2	5 Resin 5 Red Mushroom 5 Bones 5 Shroud Liquid 1 Spark 5 Animal Fur	Altar Activation Capacity: 4 Shroud Passage Level: 2 Character Attribute Bonuses: 1 Time in the Shroud: 6 minutes
Level 3	10 Wax 10 Salt 5 Spark 10 Shroud Wood 10 Flintstone 10 Charcoal 1 Scavenger Matron Head	Altar Activation Capacity: 6 Shroud Passage Level: 3 Character Attribute Bonuses: 2 Time in the Shroud: 7 minutes
Level 4	15 Goo 15 Mycelium 10 Spark 15 Indigo Plant 15 Amber 15 Copper Ore 1 Fell Wispwyvern Head	Altar Activation Capacity: 7 Shroud Passage Level: 4 Character Attribute Bonuses: 3 Time in the Shroud: 8 minutes
Level 5	20 Mint Mushroom Meat 20 Fossilized Bone 20 Spark 20 Ammonia Gland 20 Tin Ore 20 Rooibos 1 Fell Monstrosity Head	Altar Activation Capacity: 8 Shroud Passage Level: 5 Character Attribute Bonuses: 4 Time in the Shroud: 9 minutes
Level 6	40 Sulfur 40 Saffron 40 Spark 40 Iron Ore 40 Lapislazuli 40 Yucca Fruit 1 Fell Sicklescythe Head	Altar Activation Capacity: 8 Shroud Passage Level: 6 Character Attribute Bonuses: 5 Time in the Shroud: 10 minutes

Removal

To remove the Flame Altar, interact with the Flame Altar, select the "Extinguish Flame" option, and then confirm. The Flame Altar starts a 30 second timer (during which the removal can be cancelled) and then disappears. Built structures, placed items, terrain changes, and so on will remain in place until the area resets normally - i.e. 30 minutes or server restart. Placing a new altar before the reset will protect the area again, but the new altar will not inherit any size upgrades applied to its predecessor. The Flame Level remains a global constant even if all Flame Altars are extinguished - it will not "go down" in level.