Conduit

For the Minecraft Dungeons enchantment, see MCD:Anima Conduit.

Conduit

Rarity	Rare
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminant	Yes (15)
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A conduit is a beacon-like block that provides Conduit Power and attacks hostile mobs underwater.

	“	Conduits grant immense power. Literally – an area-of-effect status called “conduit power”. Conduit power combines the effects of water breathing, night vision, and haste status effects, which is a pretty nifty combo when underwater. Conduits also emit light and damage nearby hostile mobs in contact with water. Perfect for underwater base-building!	„
		— Duncan Geere

Obtaining

Breaking

in Java Edition, conduits drop as an item when broken with any tool or by hand.

in Bedrock Edition, conduits drop as an item when broken with any tool or by hand, but a pickaxe is the fastest way to break it.

Block	Conduit
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time
Default	4.5
Wooden	2.25
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	0.4

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Nautilus Shell + Heart of the Sea

Usage

Conduit power

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Schematic of a conduit in an activation frame.
Click the scale on the right to view the layers.
The conduit and water are required. The frame
must include 16-42 blocks of prismarine, dark
prismarine, sea lanterns, and/or prismarine
bricks. Unused frame-blocks and empty spaces
can be anything.

When activated, conduits give the "Conduit Power" effect to all players in contact with rain or water, within a spherical range of 32-96 blocks. This effect stops the breath meter from decreasing, gives underwater night vision and increases underwater mining speed (slower than above-water mining). Conduits also damage any hostile mobs, like drowned and guardians, within a range of 8 blocks of the conduit. Conduits can be activated in any biome and at any height or depth.

To activate, a conduit needs to be in the center of a 3×3×3 volume of water (source blocks, flowing water, and/or waterlogged blocks), which itself must be enclosed within an activation frame. The frame is built out of blocks in three 5×5 open squares centered on the conduit, one around each axis. Only prismarine, dark prismarine, prismarine bricks, and sea lantern blocks in the frame contribute to activation. A minimum of 16 blocks are required and produce an effective range of 32 blocks. Prismarine-type slabs (including double slabs), stairs, and walls cannot be used to activate the conduit.

The effective radius of the conduit is 16 blocks for every seven blocks in the frame, though the effect does not activate until the minimum of 16 blocks is included in the build. Thus, it extends to 48 at 21 blocks, 64 at 28 blocks, 80 at 35 blocks, and 96 with a complete frame of 42 blocks. A complete frame also carries the additional advantage of attacking hostile mobs within 8 blocks of the conduit by 4 every 2 seconds, if they are in contact with water or rain.

Other blocks used as part of the frame (including prismarine stairs, slabs, double slabs, and walls) have no effect on activation. Any blocks outside the frame but within the 5×5×5 cube that encompasses it likewise have no effect.

Light source

Conduits emit a light level of 15, the brightest light level in the game, whether activated or not; including on land.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16
	Conduit activates	Blocks	When conduit turns on	block.conduit.activate	?	0.9	?	16
	?	Blocks	While conduit is active	block.conduit.ambient	?	?	?	8
	Conduit pulses	Blocks	Plays periodically while conduit is active	block.conduit.ambient.short	?	?	?	8
	Conduit attacks	Blocks	When conduit attacks	block.conduit.attack.target	?	?	?	16
	Conduit deactivates	Blocks	When conduit turns off	block.conduit.deactivate	?	0.7	?	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Conduit	conduit	block.minecraft.conduit

Name	Namespaced ID
Block entity	conduit

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Conduit	conduit	412	tile.conduit.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	?

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this conduit.

Block entity

See also: Block entity format

A conduit has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template
  •  Target: The UUID of the hostile mob the conduit is currently attacking, stored as four ints. May not be present.

Achievements

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50G	Gold

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w15a			Added conduits.
		18w16a			The particle effect for the conduit has been changed to the (previously unused) entity_core texture file.
		18w19a			Conduits now produce sounds.
		18w20b			The eye of the conduit now shows whether it's hunting for hostile mobs or not: it shows an open eye when it's looking out for hostile mobs, and a closed eye otherwise.
		18w20c			Dark prismarine can now be used to activate a conduit.
1.13.1		18w31a			Conduits are now properly waterlogged.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.1			Added conduits.
		beta 1.5.0.4			Conduits now produce sounds.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			Conduits can now give Conduit Power to nearby players in rain.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added conduits.

Issues

Issues relating to "Conduit" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• When it is activated, the conduit displays the heart of the sea's texture in the center of its model. However, when all 42 blocks have been placed (when the conduit is fully activated) the heart opens like an orange eye.
• If it had been possible to activate a conduit with fewer than 16 blocks, its effective range would be 0 at 0–6 blocks, 16 at 7–13 blocks, and 32 already at 14–15 blocks.
• The achievement obtained by activating a conduit refers to the system of whirlpools in Nordland county, Norway.

Gallery

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  Basic arrangements of 16 prismarine bricks to activate a conduit.

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  Adding additional blocks around a conduit can extend the range of effect.

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  One possible setup to activate a conduit.

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  An unusual, but the valid setup of 16 prismarine block.

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  Closer look at the activated conduit.

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  A conduit attacking a drowned.

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  Valid block placements for conduit activation; note that the conduit itself must also be surrounded by water.

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  Animation of an activated conduit. (Click to see the animation)

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  A conduit with "Fancy Graphics" disabled in Bedrock Edition.

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  Optimal placement of fully powered conduits around a central conduit.

See also

• Beacon

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