Discover everything you need to know about lighting a fire in Prologue Go Wayback, including the required materials.
The world in Prologue Go Wayback is extremely cold, and surviving the rainy weather can be challenging. You manually build a fire using layers of tinder, kindling, and fuel before igniting it with a source like a ferro rod or matches. You start by gathering burnable materials like paper, cardboard, sticks, and logs, and arranging them in the correct order.
The required items can be easily obtained from the cabins scattered all around the map. The fire provides warmth and heat to combat cold weather, and can also be used to cook food. Matches are a limited but effective source of ignition. Continue to add more logs as needed to keep the fire’s heat output high enough to keep you warm. Keep your ignition source handy, such as a fire starter or a lighter.
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What is Lighting a Fire

Lighting a fire in Prologue Go Wayback is a manual process of stacking burnable materials on top of each other and igniting them with a fire source, such as matches or a lighter. Make sure to collect items like paper or cardboard (tinder), then kindling such as sticks, and finally logs or larger pieces of wood (fuel). Build the pile, then use a fire starter to light the tinder.
How To Light a Fire

Lighting a fire is a little bit of a complex task, as the process is not the same as in other survival games. Igniting sources and wood to light a fire in Prologue Go Wayback. You can locate these items in the cabin at the start of the game. You can get your hands on the matches, kindling, and logs.
1. Gather Materials

You need to collect the small, easily combustible items like paper, cardboard, or dry paper. Find the Kindling, which are larger items like sticks or small branches. Getting your hands on the fuel is very crucial. Place logs or chunks of wood on top to burn for a longer duration. It’s worth mentioning that your materials should be dry because wet items are harder to ignite.
Destroy the furniture in the cabins using the hammer in your inventory to acquire the wood. These pieces of wood will not last long, but can be crucial if you need some heat. Igniting the wet items will take longer to get ignited or may not ignite. It’s best to stay out of the rain and avoid swimming in deep water.
2. Place the Kindling

The next step is to place the tinder on a stable, non-flammable surface. Now, put the kindling over the tinder, creating a small bundle. Be careful while placing the logs or fuel on top of the kindling. The fire needs to be built from the bottom up, so place the most flammable items at the base and the longest-burning items at the top.
Mark the object with your crosshair, then press F to place items. Doing so allows you to set the object under your arm. Set the item down at your desired location by pressing the R key.
3. Light the Fire

You need to ignite the tinder using the fire starter items like a match, lighter, or ferro rod. Use the ferro rod to strike it to create sparks. The flames will start spreading to the kindling and then to the logs after the tinder is lit. Make sure to gently fan the flames to provide more oxygen and help the fire grow. Once the fire burns, you can add more fuel to keep it going.
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