TorchMaster in All the Mods 10

TorchMaster is all about controlling mob spawning with simple, easy-to-use blocks. The headline feature is a special torch, the Mega Torch, which prevents mobs from spawning within a configurable radius. The mod also adds the Dread Lamp, which works toward the same goal.^[1]

The original idea came from RWTema's Extra Utilities 1, so if you remember that mod, you already know the concept.^[1]

Who it's for

If you're tired of mobs spawning in your base, farms or build areas, this mod is for you. You place a block and the area is protected, with no complicated setup.^[1]

What it blocks and what it doesn't

The torch is meant to block only natural spawning caused by low light levels. Mob spawners should keep working. The author added special handling for vanilla mob spawners, and spawners from other mods should work as well. If a modded spawner doesn't play nicely with the Mega Torch, the author asks you to open a ticket on the mod's GitHub repo.^[1]

In this pack

This pack includes TorchMaster 21.1.9, the NeoForge build for Minecraft 1.21.1. It has been in the pack since version 2.25 or earlier.^[2]

The mod's author describes the NeoForge and Fabric builds for Minecraft 1.21 and newer as experimental and only rudimentarily tested, after a complete rework of the project setup. If something behaves oddly, that's worth knowing before you rely on it.^[1]

Unverified The sources I have don't show where TorchMaster fits into the pack's progression, so I can't say when you'd normally unlock it or how it relates to the ATM Star path.

TorchMaster is all about controlling mob spawning with a few simple blocks. Here's the order I'd craft things in, and why.^[1]

Mega Torch: stop hostile spawns

Start with the Mega Torch. It prevents natural spawning of hostile monsters in a big radius around the torch, and that radius is configurable. That makes it the first thing to put down at your base.^[1][3]

Mega TorchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Torch	Torch	Torch
any diamond gem	any log	any diamond gem
any gold storage block	any log	any gold storage block

Recipe id: torchmaster:megatorch

The torch is meant to block only natural spawning from low light levels, so mob spawners should still work. The mod author added special handling for vanilla mob spawners.^[1]

Dread Lamp: stop passive spawns

Next, make the Dread Lamp. It prevents natural spawning of passive animals like squids, bats or ocelots in a big radius around the lamp. It's the one to reach for if those creatures bother you near your base.^[3]

Dread LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Obsidian	Obsidian
any glass panes	Glowstone	any glass panes
Obsidian	any black dye	Obsidian

Recipe id: torchmaster:dreadlamp

Feral Flare Lantern: invisible lights

The Feral Flare Lantern works differently from the Mega Torch and the Dread Lamp. Instead of blocking spawns, it places invisible lights.^[3]

Feral Flare LanternMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
any glass blocks	any glowstone dust	any glass blocks
Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:feral_flare_lantern

Frozen Pearl: clean up leftover lights

Once you've used a Feral Flare Lantern, keep a Frozen Pearl handy. It clears residual lights from a Feral Flare Lantern, so you can tidy up after it.^[3]

Frozen PearlMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot
Ice or Packed Ice	Ender Pearl	Ice or Packed Ice
Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:frozen_pearl

TorchMaster is built around a few placeable blocks that control where mobs can spawn and where hidden light gets placed. This section covers what the sources confirm about each one.^[1][3]

Mega Torch: stopping hostile spawns

The Mega Torch prevents natural spawning of hostile monsters in a big radius around it. It is meant to block the "natural" spawning that comes from low light levels.^[1][3]

Mega TorchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Torch	Torch	Torch
any diamond gem	any log	any diamond gem
any gold storage block	any log	any gold storage block

Recipe id: torchmaster:megatorch

Mob spawners are supposed to keep working. The mod has special handling for vanilla mob spawners, and spawners from other mods should work as well.^[1]

Dread Lamp: stopping passive spawns

The Dread Lamp does a similar job for passive mobs. It prevents natural spawning of passive animals such as squids, bats or ocelots in a big radius around the lamp.^[3]

Dread LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Obsidian	Obsidian
any glass panes	Glowstone	any glass panes
Obsidian	any black dye	Obsidian

Recipe id: torchmaster:dreadlamp

Feral Flare Lantern: invisible lights

The Feral Flare Lantern places invisible lights, so you can brighten an area without any visible torches.^[3]

Feral Flare LanternMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
any glass blocks	any glowstone dust	any glass blocks
Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:feral_flare_lantern

Because the lights are invisible, they can stick around after you no longer want them. The Frozen Pearl clears residual lights from a Feral Flare Lantern.^[3]

Frozen PearlMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot
Ice or Packed Ice	Ender Pearl	Ice or Packed Ice
Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:frozen_pearl

What the sources don't cover

Unverified The exact spawn-blocking radii, the exact range and limits of the Feral Flare Lantern's lights, and any settings that change how the torch and lamp treat spawners or specific mobs are not shown in the sources here. No config files for this mod were available for the pack, so check the pack's own files in game for those values.

TorchMaster in this pack gives you the Mega Torch, the Dread Lamp, the Feral Flare Lantern and the Frozen Pearl. Each one is made with a shaped crafting recipe.^[4]

There is no tier ladder here. None of these recipes uses another TorchMaster item as an ingredient, so you don't have to craft them in a set order. Make whichever one you want as soon as you have its materials.^[4]

Mega Torch

Mega TorchMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Torch	Torch	Torch
any diamond gem	any log	any diamond gem
any gold storage block	any log	any gold storage block

Recipe id: torchmaster:megatorch

Dread Lamp

Dread LampMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Obsidian	Obsidian	Obsidian
any glass panes	Glowstone	any glass panes
Obsidian	any black dye	Obsidian

Recipe id: torchmaster:dreadlamp

Feral Flare Lantern

Feral Flare LanternMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot
any glass blocks	any glowstone dust	any glass blocks
Empty slot	any gold ingot	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:feral_flare_lantern

Frozen Pearl

Frozen PearlMod recipe

Crafting Shaped

Crafting Shaped

Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot
Ice or Packed Ice	Ender Pearl	Ice or Packed Ice
Empty slot	Ice or Packed Ice	Empty slot

Recipe id: torchmaster:frozen_pearl

Torchmaster has a single quest in the pack, and it sits in the "Building Tips" chapter, which has 91 quests in total. The quest is "Torchmaster" quest. It is an item task, and the quest book doesn't say which item it wants.^[5]

Where it sits in the chapter

The path starts at "Building Tips!" quest, the opening quest of the chapter. From there you go to "Decoration!" quest, then to a quest in "Building Tips", which is the lighting quest. It accepts a long list of light sources, including the torch, lantern, glowstone, sea lantern and the copper bulbs. Torchmaster comes right after that one.^[5]

The lighting quest also leads to several other lighting quests. They sit beside Torchmaster, so you can do them in any order:^[5]

• "Chipped Lights" quest^[5]
• "Ars Nouveau Lights" quest^[5]
• "Macaw's Lights and Lamps" quest^[5]
• "Simply Light" quest^[5]
• "Wall Lamps" quest^[5]
• "XyCraft Lights" quest^[5]

What the quest tells you

The quest text introduces three Torchmaster blocks and what each one does. It recommends you check them out.^[5]

• Feral Flare Lantern: this is the actual light source. It places invisible light sources around 20 blocks or more around it.^[5]
• Mega Torch: it doesn't emit light, but it blocks all hostile mob spawns within 64 blocks of it. The quest points out that this is useful if you play with Night Vision.^[5]
• Dread Lamp: it does the opposite of the Mega Torch and blocks passive mob spawns in the same area.^[5]

The sources I have for TorchMaster only cover a couple of points in the pack's history, so this section is short. Torchmaster has been in All the Mods 10 since version 2.25 or earlier, and the pack list doesn't pin down the exact first release.^[2]

• All the Mods 10 2.25 or earlier: Torchmaster is already part of the pack at this point.^[2]
• All the Mods 10 4.15: Torchmaster was updated from 21.1.5-beta to 21.1.9.^[6]
• All the Mods 10 8.1: the pack ships Torchmaster 21.1.9, using the file torchmaster-neoforge-1.21.1-21.1.9.jar, so it's the same version that arrived in 4.15.^[2][6]

Unverified I don't have changelogs for the shipped jars, so I can't tell you what actually changed in Torchmaster between 21.1.5-beta and 21.1.9, or whether the pack changed any of its values or recipes along the way.