Sea Lantern
| Transparency |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
15 |
| Blast resistance |
1.5 |
| Tool |
Any tool |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Drops |
|
| Data value |
dec: 169 hex: A9 bin: 10101001 |
| Name |
PC: sea_lantern |
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“ | It's dark at the bottom of the ocean. Black, cold, and full of unseen dangers. But a handful of Minecrafters, those brave enough to delve deep below the waves, have reported seeing lights in that darkness. Just before they're attacked by spined monsters with a single, enormous eye. Aargh! | „ |
| —Duncan Geere[1] |
Sea lanterns are underwater light sources that appear in ocean monuments.
Contents
Obtaining[edit | edit source]
Sea lantern itself can only be obtained when mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. When broken using anything other than a Silk Touch enchanted tool, it drops 2–3 prismarine crystals. The Fortune enchantment increases the amount of prismarine crystals dropped. This method of obtaining sea lanterns is wasteful though; the 4 prismarine shards and up to 3 of the prismarine crystals used to craft it are non-retrievable.
| Block | Sea Lantern |
|
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.3 | |
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 0.45 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Natural generation[edit | edit source]
Sea lanterns generate naturally in ocean monuments as their light source.
Crafting[edit | edit source]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Prismarine Shard + Prismarine Crystals |
Usage[edit | edit source]
Light source[edit | edit source]
Sea lanterns emit a light level of 15, the brightest possible light level in the game. They produce the same amount of light as glowstone, redstone lamps, jack o'lanterns, and beacons.
Video[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
| Official release | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | May 17, 2014 | The first images of the sea lantern are previewed by Jeb on his Instagram page. The texture is different and has a more noticable animation. | |||
| May 29, 2014 | Jeb names the new block "sea lantern". | ||||
| June 11, 2014 | Jeb releases the new texture of the new sea lantern. | ||||
| 14w25a | Sea lanterns added. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.16.0 | build 1 | Added sea lanterns. | |||
| Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added sea lanterns. | |
Issues[edit | edit source]
Issues relating to “Sea Lantern” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- The animation shows a very faint 'rippling' effect.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The first picture of sea lanterns, along with prismarine.
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A brightened version of the preview image.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Sea Lantern" – Minecraft.net, September 22, 2017
