Lantern

Lantern

Transparent	?
Luminance	15
Blast resistance	?
Tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Sounds	Break Place
Drops	Itself
Namespaced ID	lantern

Not to be confused with Sea Lantern.

For other uses, see Lantern (disambiguation).

Lanterns are blocks that emit light.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Lanterns can generate as lamp posts or lamp posts above farms and on some buildings in snowy tundra villages.

Trading

Apprentice-level Librarian villagers have a 50%‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or ²⁄₃‌^{[Java Edition only]} chance of selling a lantern for an emerald as part of their trades.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Nugget + Torch

Usage

Lanterns can be placed on the top or hanging under most solid blocks, although some will require sneaking. More information can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Light

Lanterns give off a light level of 15, which is one level higher than torches. They also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks.

Data values

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
hanging	false	false true	If the lantern is hanging from a block.

History

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.
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 will 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 towards 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					LadyAgnes tweets an image of a lantern, implying that they are once again in development.
Java Edition
1.14		18w46a			Added lanterns.
		18w49a			Lanterns can now spawn naturally in snowy tundra villages.
		19w05a			Lanterns now have a unique sound for being placed and broken.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.14.3		pre3			Lanterns can now be placed and hung on iron bars and glass panes.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.2			Added lanterns, which can currently only be obtained from the creative inventory 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			Added lantern sounds.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Lanterns can now be bought from librarian villagers.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					Added lanterns.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  The official header for snapshot 18w46a, featuring lanterns.

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  A screenshot from JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build.

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  A lantern inside a house that was made by a player.

See also

• Torch
• Sea lantern
• Lantern (disambiguation)

Trivia

• 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.
• When gravity affected blocks, such as sand, are dropped on lanterns, they will break, similarly to if they are dropped onto torches.

References

Blocks

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