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Core objective

Planning advice

ShoreTiles Lighthouse Mechanics: Light, Fog, and Survival

The short answer
  • The Drowned advance toward the lighthouse when darkness arrives.
  • Official copy links new lighthouses and braziers to pushing back fog.
  • Range, durability, overlap, and upgrade values are not publicly documented.
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Platform
Windows
Version scope
Full release
Last checked
2026-09-04

The lighthouse is the survival objective: The Drowned advance toward it at night, and the run depends on keeping the light alive. Additional lighthouses are described as pushing back fog, while the launch post separately names braziers for fog control. Public sources do not document their precise radius, durability, or stacking rules.

What the light controls

The store frames the central lighthouse as vulnerable, while the launch announcement names it as the destination of the night attack. That makes paths leading inward strategically important even when enemies can surface from more than one side.

Separate the two confirmed fog tools

  • The store says players can raise new lighthouses to push back fog.
  • The launch announcement also says braziers push back fog.
  • Do not assume both objects share the same area, cost, toughness, or interaction rules.

How to test an area safely

  • Pause expansion and place one candidate effect near an otherwise unchanged boundary.
  • Compare adjacent tiles before and after placement using only visible feedback.
  • Repeat after a new run or patch before publishing a fixed range.
How we checked this advice

Facts, reports, and limits

Official factThe Drowned move toward the lighthouse at night.ShoreTiles on Steam · ShoreTiles Is Out Now — developer announcement

Official factNew lighthouses and braziers are described as ways to push back fog.ShoreTiles on Steam · ShoreTiles Is Out Now — developer announcement

Player reportPlayers are asking what “within its area” means; this page does not invent a radius.ShoreTiles General Discussions

References

Sources for this guide

  1. ShoreTiles on Steam ↗official · checked 2026-09-04
  2. ShoreTiles Is Out Now — developer announcement ↗official · checked 2026-09-04
  3. ShoreTiles official announcements ↗official · checked 2026-09-04
  4. ShoreTiles General Discussions ↗community · checked 2026-09-04