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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox item<br />
|name = Book<br />
|image = Book icon.png <br />
|release = 1 April 2015<br />
|update = 0.212<br />
|story = No<br />
|type = Fire Starting<br />
|equipable = No<br />
|stackable = yes<br />
|weight = 0.50<br />
|actions = <br />
|actions_radial = <br />
|actions_ground = <br />
|examine = Eventually, a source of knowledge. For now, something to burn when you are freezing.<br />
|key =<br />
}}<br />
A '''Book''' is a material item in ''[[The Long Dark]]''.<br />
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Books are a fuel source for fires. Using a book when starting a fire increases the probability of success by 35%, but books do not provide much heat or burn time. Books are commonly inside houses, especially larger homes and cabins.<br />
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Books have a fire duration of 18 minutes.<br />
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Although books are the worst fuel in terms of burn time to weight, they have the highest bonus chance to start a new fire. This makes books useful for the purpose of starting fires, especially earlier in the game. This helps to preserve [[Matches (disambiguation)|Matches]] until the [[Fire Starting]] skill has improved.<br />
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==Fire Starting info==<br />
{{Infobox Fire Starting<br />
|name = Book<br />
|type = Fuel<br />
|start = 35%<br />
|duration = 18<br />
|heat = 2<br />
|density = 0.6<br />
}}<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
* Non-Research Books cannot be read.<br />
* The player is implied to start with and carry a book at all times (their Journal).<br />
* Books are unique among all items in ''The Long Dark'' for having multiple models. There are 12 in total with unique cover art, with 3 open variants.<br />
* Different types of (non-Research Books) will stack together in the player's inventory or if placed in containers;. This irreversibly changes their model into that of the generic book when removed (featured above).<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Book.png|Old model.<br />
File:Book Old.jpg|Ditto, orange variant<br />
File:Book Variants.jpg|All Book variants. The open versions are the same as the ones below them.<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookA.png|Backpack icon<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookB.png|Unused Backpack icon<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookCOpen.png|Ditto<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookD.png|Ditto<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookDOpen.png|Ditto<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookE.png|Ditto<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookEOpen.png|Ditto<br />
File:Ico GearItem BookF.png|Ditto<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Update history==<br />
{{Update history|<br />
* {{Update list|type=update|update=The Long Dark/Changelog#.212|date=1 April 2015}}<br />
** Added to game.<br />
}}<br />
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{{Fire Starting}}<br />
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