Gothic 1 Remake: How To Put Your Torch Away

You cannot put away a lit torch in Gothic 1 Remake using a normal stow button. Once a torch is burning, you must drop it on the ground by drawing a weapon, extinguish it in water, sleep in a bed, or let it burn out before you can safely pick the unlit torch back up into your inventory.

How To Put Torch Away In Gothic 1 Remake

You cannot directly put a lit torch back into your inventory in Gothic 1 Remake. If the torch is already burning, drawing a weapon makes the Nameless Hero stick the torch into the ground instead of stowing it.

This is the part that makes the torch system feel awkward. A torch can be equipped from the hotbar like a normal item, but once it is lit, the game treats it like an active flame. It has to be placed, extinguished, or left to burn out before it can be handled like a normal inventory item again.

If the torch is still burning on the ground, it can be picked back up and carried again. To actually get it back as an unlit inventory item, the flame needs to go out first. That can happen by water, sleep, or waiting for the burn timer to finish.

How To Extinguish A Torch

The fastest way to extinguish a torch in Gothic 1 Remake is to put it in water or start swimming while holding it. Water snuffs the flame, which lets the torch return to being a safe item instead of a burning object.

A torch can also go out if it is placed into a puddle or shallow pool. If a bed is nearby, sleeping also works because the Nameless Hero places the torch down and it should be out by the time he wakes up.

Method	What Happens	Best Use
Draw a weapon	The torch is stuck into the ground and keeps burning.	Useful before a fight in a dark area.
Walk into water or swim	The torch goes out.	Fastest way to snuff it if water is nearby.
Place it in shallow water	The torch goes out immediately.	Good for puddles or shallow pools.
Sleep in a bed	The torch is placed down and goes out by the time you wake up.	Useful near a sleep location.
Let it burn out	The torch eventually becomes safe to pick back up as an unlit item.	Best when you can leave it somewhere easy to find.

What Happens When You Draw A Weapon

When you draw a weapon while holding a torch, the Nameless Hero puts the lit torch into the ground. This lets you fight while the torch keeps lighting the area around it.

This is useful in caves, ruins, and dark paths because the torch becomes a temporary light source. Instead of fighting blind, you can place the torch, pull out a weapon, and keep the area lit while dealing with enemies.

The downside is that the torch is now sitting where it was placed. If you move on without picking it back up, it stays behind. This is why torches work best when placed on paths, cave entrances, or areas you expect to pass through again.

Best Way To Use Torches

The best way to use torches in Gothic 1 Remake is to treat them like placed light sources instead of normal equipment. Use them in dark areas, place them before combat, and leave them somewhere obvious if you need to come back for them.

Torches are common enough that losing one is not usually a disaster, but the system is still annoying if one gets lit by accident. Putting your torch on a less-used hotbar slot, like 0, helps prevent accidental torch use during normal exploration or combat.

I would place torches at cave entrances, crossroads, or routes that need repeated travel. That turns the awkward stow system into something useful because the torch becomes a marker instead of a wasted item lying somewhere in the dark.

Gothic 1 Remake Torch Quick Answers

Question	Answer
Can you put away a lit torch?	No, there is no normal stow button for a lit torch.
How do you put a torch away?	Extinguish it with water, sleep, or wait for it to burn out, then pick it back up as an unlit item.
What happens if you draw a weapon?	The Nameless Hero sticks the lit torch into the ground.
Can you pick a lit torch back up?	Yes, if it is still on the ground, you can pick it back up and keep carrying it.
How do you extinguish a torch fast?	Use water, swim, place it in shallow water, sleep, or wait for it to burn out.
Should you worry about wasting torches?	Not too much, since torches are common, but careless hotbar use can still be annoying.
What hotbar slot is best for torches?	A less-used slot like 0 helps prevent accidentally lighting one.

Final Blurb

Gothic 1 Remake does not let a lit torch go straight back into the inventory. Once it is burning, it has to be dropped, extinguished, slept off, or left to burn out before it can safely return as an unlit item.

The system is clumsy, but it has one upside: torches work well as placed light sources before fights or in dark routes. Keep them on a safer hotbar slot, use water when it is nearby, and place torches where they can still help instead of losing them in the dark like The Colony needed one more small insult.

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