Placed campfires are unlit.
Placing a lit campfire is a hot task. Do something good for your hands and install this mod, because then you won't burn your hands when you place a campfire.
This mod sets the default state of a (soul) campfire to unlit.
It is compatible with Forge, NeoForge, Fabric (1.16 and since 1.20.4), Quilt (since 1.20.4). Please choose the correct version.

The Fabric / Quilt version needs the following mods:
This mod is compatible with The One Probe and shows the lit time and the infinity status in the block info. (since 1.6.2.0)
This mod is compatible with Jade and shows the lit time and the infinity status in the block info. (since 1.7.1.0)
Since 1.20.4-2.3.0.1 and 1.20.6-2.5.0.1 this mod is compatible with Lithium (Fabric).
Campfires and Soul Campfires are lit for 2000 ticks (individually configurable) and then extinguish by themselves. (can be deactivated)
Campfires extinguish when rain falls on it (configurable). Soul campfires can also be configured to extinguish during rain. (default disabled)
Campfires and soul campfires can be configured to be destroyed after they extinguish by themselves. (individually configurable) (default disabled)
By adding combustible/burnable items (like logs, sticks, coal, ...) to a lit (soul) campfire, the lit time can be extended. (default enabled)
It is possible to configure the campfires to be affected of the sleep time. When the option is active (default: disabled) The slept game ticks are added to the the lit time of a lit (soul) campfire.
A lit (soul) campfire can burn infinitely when you use Magma Cream on it. (item tag: "unlitcampfire:makes_campfire_infinite")
Generated (soul) campfires burn infinitely by default (configurable).
There is also a wiki where you can read all details about the mod.
There is also a resource pack called Unlit Campfire Icons where the fire of the campfire icons is removed.

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Yes, you are allowed to use this mod in your mod packs.
Sorry, but I do not backport any mod to an older version. Here is a list of all supported and planned versions: Minecraft mod versions of cech12
Yes, for Minecraft 1.16 there is a Fabric version of this mod. Since 1.20.4 Fabric and Quilt are officially supported. There is no plan to backport Fabric support to earlier Minecraft versions than 1.20.4. For 1.19, please check out the mod Survival Campfire.
There is a defaultconfig directory, where you can find it. If you change something there it has only an effect on new savegames. For existing savegames you need to go to the serverconfig directory of the savegame.
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