Torch (item)

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Torch
A red torch, from Sonic Heroes.
Appearances
First appearance	Sonic Heroes
Game appearances	Sonic Heroes Shadow the Hedgehog
Statistics and overview
User(s)	Dr. Eggman Neo Metal Sonic
Purpose	Illuminating areas Marking invisible pathways Opening doors Prevent people exiting Hang Castle
Description	A skeleton statue lit with flames.

The torch is an object and gimmick that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is a large candle with flames which can be used for various gameplay purposes.

Description

Torches are large statues of different sizes and appearances which hold flames on top of them. They can be found scattered across the stages they appear in. In gameplay, the player is capable of igniting and extinguishing Torches, which will normally trigger a reaction in the environment that is often essential for the player to progress the game, similar to a switch. Touching a burning torch will damage the player.

Game appearances

Sonic Heroes

In Sonic Heroes, torches carries flames in two colors: blue and red. In this game, torches appear either as standing pedestals resembling a skeleton arm, floating round stands or are just on the ground. Torches are found exclusively in Hang Castle, Mystic Mansion and Terror Hall, where according to Dr. Eggman, they prevent those entering Mystic Mansion from leaving by conventional means as long as they are burning.

The player can light a torch using an offensive Power Formation move and extinguish them with Tornado Jump or the Jump Dash (if the player has collected three Power Cores for the latter). Extinguishing a red or blue torch grants 10 or 100 points respectively. For Team Dark and the Super Hard Mode versions of Mystic Mansion and Hang Castle (latter only), the player sometimes has to light torches to open a door blocking the path. In Team Chaotix's version of Mystic Mansion, the player's objective in the normal mission is to extinguish all 60 red torches and in the extra mission, the player's objective is to extinguish all 46 blue torches. The order of torches after accessing every Check Point and room are as following:

Location	Red torches	Blue torches
Check Point 1	10/60	4/46
Check Point 2	16/60	4/46
Check Point 3	30/60	17/46
Check Point 4	48/60	28/46
Web room with the giant blue torches	52/60	33/46
Room accessed with the Orb switch after the web room	52/60	36/46
Penultimate room	56/60	40/46
Final room	60/60	46/46

Shadow the Hedgehog

A giant lantern, from Shadow the Hedgehog.

In Shadow the Hedgehog, the torches are referred to as both giant lanterns and stone lanterns. Here, they look like thick, hexagon-shaped tubs with four claws inside them. They are only found in Cryptic Castle where Eggman used them to activate his castle's defenses against the Black Arms.

In the Dark mission of Cryptic Castle, the player's objective is to light five giant lanterns. To do so, the player has to hit them with the Environmental Objects resembling black poles with blue fire.

See also

• Torch

References

Sonic Heroes

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Shadow the Hedgehog (game)

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