Sea Lantern

Sea Lantern

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.3
Hardness	0.3
Luminant	Yes (15)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

	“	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

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

Obtaining

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 number 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
Default	0.45

Each level of Fortune increases the maximum number of prismarine crystals dropped. Note that the amount is capped at 5, so Fortune III simply increases the chance of getting 5 crystals.

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III	Silk Touch
blocks/sea_lantern	Sea Lantern	[2 (50%) or 3 (50%)]	[2 (25%) or 3 (50%) or 4 (25%)]	[2 (16.7%) or 3 (33.3%) or 4 (33.3%) or 5 (16.7%)]	[2 (12.5%) or 3 (25%) or 4 (25%) or 5 (37.5%)]	1 (100%)

Natural generation

Sea lanterns generate throughout ocean monuments, as well as in some ocean ruins.

Recipes

From crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Prismarine Shard + Prismarine Crystals

Usage

Light 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, lanterns, beacons, and conduits.

Conduit power

Main article: Conduit

Sea lanterns can be used to activate a conduit by building a structure around it. By doing this, the conduit emits the Conduit Power effect in a certain radius, depending on how many blocks are used to power it. Prismarine, dark prismarine, and prismarine bricks can also be used for this purpose.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.glass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.glass.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.glass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.glass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.glass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
?	Breaking the block	dig.glass	?	0.8
?	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.glass	?	?
?	Mining the block	hit.glass	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.glass	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.glass	?	?
?	Walking on the block	step.glass	?	?
?	Placing the block	use.glass	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Sea Lantern	sea_lantern	block.minecraft.sea_lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Sea Lantern	sealantern	169	tile.sealantern.name

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
1.8		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 noticeable 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			Added sea lanterns.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 169.
		18w09a			Sea lanterns now generate in underwater ruins.
		18w15a			Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.16.0		build 1			Added sea lanterns.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Sea lanterns now generate in underwater ruins.
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.1			Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added sea lanterns.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12					Added sea lanterns.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The animation shows a very faint 'rippling' effect.

Gallery

• 

  The first picture of sea lanterns, along with prismarine.

• 

  A brightened version of the preview image.

• 

  A sea lantern illuminating an underwater ruin.

References

Blocks

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