Sea Lantern

Transparency	Yes
Luminance	15
Blast resistance	1.5
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Prismarine Crystals (2–3)
Data value	dec: 169 hex: A9 bin: 10101001
Name	PC: sea_lantern PE: sealantern

Sea lanterns are underwater light sources that appear in ocean monuments.

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.