Lantern
Renewable |
Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool | |
Blast resistance |
3.5 |
Hardness |
3.5 |
Luminant |
Lanterns: Yes (15) |
Transparent |
Yes |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Lanterns are blocks that emit light.
Soul lanterns are turquoise variants crafted from soul torches.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Natural generation[edit]
Regular lanterns can generate as lamps or lamp posts above farms and on some buildings in snowy tundra villages and in bastion remnants.
Breaking[edit]
When broken with a pickaxe, a lantern drops itself. When broken without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. A lantern always drops if its supporting block is removed.
Block | Lantern Soul Lantern | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 3.5 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[A] | ||
Default | 17.5 | |
Wooden | 2.65 | |
Stone | 1.35 | |
Iron | 0.9 | |
Diamond | 0.7 | |
Netherite | 0.6 | |
Golden | 0.45 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Crafting[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
---|---|---|
Lantern | Iron Nugget + Torch |
|
Soul Lantern | Iron Nugget + Soul Torch |
Trading[edit]
Apprentice-level librarian villagers have a 50%[Bedrock Edition only] or 66.7%[Java Edition only] chance of selling a regular lantern for an emerald as part of their trades.
Usage[edit]
The lantern is among the most luminous of light sources, emitting a light level of 15, while the soul lantern emits a light level of 10.
Lanterns can be placed above or below most solid blocks, although some require sneaking. More information can be found at Opacity/Placement.
When placed below a block the lantern appears to hang. They connect to chains seamlessly. it also melts snow slowly.
Piglins[edit]
Soul lanterns repel piglins.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block breaking | Blocks | Mining the block | block.lantern.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block broken | Blocks | Breaking the block | block.lantern.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | Placing the block | block.lantern.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.88 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.lantern.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.lantern.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Item tags (JE) | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lantern | lantern | None | None | block.minecraft.lantern |
Soul Lantern | soul_lantern | piglin_repellents | piglin_repellents | block.minecraft.soul_lantern |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|
Lantern | lantern | 461 | tile.lantern.name |
Soul Lantern | soul_lantern | 524 | tile.soul_lantern.name |
Block states[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
hanging | false | false true | If the lantern is hanging from a block. |
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
hanging | 0 | 0 1 | If the lantern is hanging from a block. |
History[edit]
October 6, 2010 | Notch says that with the addition of the lantern, torches would flicker out and need to be re-lit with flint and steel. The lantern would serve as a permanent source of light. | ||||
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January 5, 2011 | Lanterns were originally planned to be added in the Halloween Update, but were delayed due to lack of time. | ||||
January 13, 2011 | Notch says that lanterns were "postponed". | ||||
January 20, 2011 | Notch says he's "not sure" when lanterns can be implemented. | ||||
November 18, 2011 | Notch announces at the Mojang Panel at MineCon 2011 that lanterns would not be added due to large negative community response toward the effects the new item would have had on torches. | ||||
April 4, 2012 | Notch tweets that the team decided to not implement lanterns and instead other types of lighting were added, such as redstone lamps and glowstone. | ||||
November 9, 2018 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.14 | 18w46a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
18w49a | Lanterns can now spawn naturally in snowy tundra villages. | ||||
19w05a | Lanterns now have a unique sound for being placed and broken. | ||||
1.14.3 | pre3 | Lanterns can now be placed and hung on iron bars and glass panes. | |||
1.16 | 20w06a | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
20w07a | ![]() ![]() The textures of soul fire lanterns have been changed. The wood colors from the textures have been removed. They are also now animated.[1] | ||||
20w16a | Lanterns now generate as part of bastion remnants. | ||||
20w17a | "Soul Fire Lantern" has been renamed to "Soul Lantern". | ||||
The ID of soul lanterns has changed from soul_fire_lantern to soul_lantern . | |||||
1.16.2 | 20w30a | Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged. | |||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Lanterns can currently be obtained only from the creative inventory and with Experimental Gameplay enabled. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||
Lanterns are now craftable. | |||||
Lanterns now generate in snowy tundra villages. | |||||
1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Lantern sounds have been added. | |||
beta 1.11.0.4 | Lanterns can now be bought from librarian villagers. | ||||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | ![]() | |||
![]() ![]() Added soul fire lanterns. | |||||
beta 1.16.0.57 | "Soul Fire Lantern" has been renamed to "Soul Lantern". | ||||
Regular lanterns now generate in bastion remnants. | |||||
1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.54 | Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged. | |||
PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
1.90 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Lantern" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
A lantern inside a house that was made by a player.
A lantern naturally generated in a bastion remnant.
See also[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Regular lanterns were likely to be a "replacement" version of the torch if they were added in the 2010 Halloween Update.
- Lanterns are the fifth animated light-source in the game, the others being magma blocks, sea lanterns, fire and lava.
- Turtle eggs can support lanterns placed both above and below them, despite the fact that this causes the lanterns to visually float.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ MC-170869
- ↑ "Minecraft Snapshot 18w46a" – Minecraft.net, November 15, 2018
- ↑ "Decorating a village with Lanterns makes me feel all cozy and warm inside" – @JasperBoerstra, November 15, 2018
- ↑ MC-169684