# Varying Levels of Heat from a Fireplace

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varying-levels-of-heat-from-a-fireplace/9626>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varying-levels-of-heat-from-a-fireplace/9626 "2015-05-19T13:30:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![TonicEngine](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/tonicengine/32/924_2.png) [@TonicEngine](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TonicEngine)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varying-levels-of-heat-from-a-fireplace/9626/1 "2015-05-19T13:30:57Z")

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My apologies if you already knew this, but I’ve been playing for months and just figured it out:

Pile some wood in your fireplace (I used a stone fireplace but that probably doesn’t matter) and apply a lighter (or mini-flamethrower CBM) to get a small flame (yellow ‘4’). Now light it again. You get a hotter flame (a pink ‘4’). Now light it again! A raging inferno (red ‘4’)! Now you’ll have to take off some winter clothes or you will become so overheated you hallucinate.

Doesn’t work that way for random piles-of-sticks-on-the-ground fires, just fireplaces.

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**Author:** ![Azrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Azrad](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Azrad)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/varying-levels-of-heat-from-a-fireplace/9626/2 "2015-05-19T13:38:47Z")

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Turning a space on the ground from a small fire to a raging one is doable, if you have the mini-flamethrower CBM. Lighters won’t work. It’s a cheap way to quickly burn out a fungal infestation if you lack molotovs or actual flamethrowers.