Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25258217-20150429180219/@comment-190001-20150901050541

I do the same thing as KaiPax and the torches do seem to keep their badges indefinitely. And I can confidently say that the friend can light another torch (i.e. add another torch-lit badge) the next day: on my earth island, one particular person is responsible for lighting (priming) seven of the ten torches. :-)

Trying to avoid the torch badges when I'm collecting coins, shards, and diamonds is a bit of a pain, though, so I'm considering either selling the torches or moving them far away from any monsters and mines.