Torch
The Torch is a helpful tool found for the first time in The Last Revelation. It makes its return in Tomb Raider Chronicles and also appears in many Custom Levels, as well as - in a new and improved form - in the Tomb Raider Reboot.
When found the Torch is unlit. Lara has to find spot where she can light it. This might be a simple camp fire, a lit wall Torch, a burning barrel etc.
A burning torch can then be used to light other things like ropes or candles, to burn through a wooden floor or to scare the Little Demons away. A Torch is also used in puzzles, for example in the Elemental Scale in The Last Revelation.
In the 2013 reboot Torches reprise their role as a puzzle element. They can be used as a light source and a way to set fire to other objects. The first occurrence is in the first level, the Scavenger Den. Unlike in the previous games the torch can be extinguished (e.g. by walking through water) and re-lit at a different place. Later on Lara finds a Fire Striker to re-light the torch without fire.
In Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris Lara can light up Braziers and Gas Vents (ToO) with her torch.
Images
The torch (TR5)
The torch on fire (TR5)
Lara crawling the depth of Scavenger Den with a torch (Reboot)
Lara re-igniting the torch (Reboot)
