Sea Lantern

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	See Data Values

	“	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 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
Hand	0.45

Natural generation

Sea lanterns generate naturally in ocean monuments and underwater ruins as their light source.

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, 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 will emit 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.

Data Values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	ID Name
Sea Lantern	sea_lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Block	ID Name	Numeral ID
Sea Lantern	sealantern	169

Achievements

Main article: Achievements

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Availability				Xbox points earned	Trophy type (PS)
				Xbox	PS	Bedrock	Nintendo
	Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	No	No	Yes	No	50G	—

History

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.
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			beta 1.2.20.1		Sea lanterns now generate in underwater ruins.
1.5			beta 1.5.0.1		Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		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

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  The first picture of sea lanterns, along with prismarine.

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  A brightened version of the preview image.

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  A sea lantern illuminating an underwater ruin.

References

Blocks

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