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Lanterns are blocks that emit light.

Soul lanterns are turquoise variants crafted from soul torches.

Obtaining[edit | edit source]

Natural generation[edit | edit source]

Regular lanterns can generate as lamps or lamp posts above farms and on some buildings in snowy tundra villages and in bastion remnants.

Breaking[edit | edit source]

When broken with a pickaxe, a lantern drops itself. When broken without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. A lantern always drops if its supporting block is removed.

Block

Lantern

Soul Lantern

Hardness

3.5

Tool

Breaking time[A]

Default

17.5

Wooden

2.65

Stone

1.35

Iron

0.9

Diamond

0.7

Netherite

0.6

Golden

0.45

  1. Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[edit | edit source]

Name

Ingredients

[hide]Crafting recipe

Lantern

Iron Nugget +

Torch

Soul Lantern

Iron Nugget +

Soul Torch

Trading[edit | edit source]

Apprentice-level librarian villagers have a 50%‌[Bedrock Edition only] or 66.7%‌[Java Edition only] chance of selling a regular lantern for an emerald as part of their trades.

Usage[edit | edit source]

The lantern is among the most luminous of light sources, emitting a light level of 15, while the soul lantern emits a light level of 10.

Lanterns can be placed above or below most solid blocks, although some require sneaking. More information can be found at Opacity/Placement.

When placed below a block the lantern appears to hang. They connect to chains seamlessly. Lanterns, like torches, melt snow slowly.

Piglins[edit | edit source]

Soul lanterns repel piglins.

Sounds[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

Sound

Subtitle

Source

Description

Namespaced ID

Translation key

Volume

Pitch

Attenuation

distance

Block broken

Blocks

Once the block has broken

block.lantern.break

subtitles.block.generic.break

1.0

0.8

16

Block breaking

Blocks

While the block is in the process of being broken

block.lantern.hit

subtitles.block.generic.hit

0.25

0.5

16

None[sound 1]

Blocks

Falling on the block with fall damage

block.lantern.fall

None[sound 1]

0.5

0.75

16

Block placed

Blocks

When the block is placed

block.lantern.place

subtitles.block.generic.place

1.0

0.88

16

Footsteps

Blocks

Walking on the block

block.lantern.step

subtitles.block.generic.footsteps

0.15

1.0

16

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Bedrock Edition:[more information needed]

Data values[edit | edit source]

ID[edit | edit source]

Java Edition:

Name

Namespaced ID

Block tags (JE)

Item tags (JE)

Form

Translation key

Lantern

lantern

None

None

Block & Item

block.minecraft.lantern

Soul Lantern

soul_lantern

piglin_repellents

piglin_repellents

Block & Item

block.minecraft.soul_lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Name

Namespaced ID

Numeric ID

Form

Translation key

Lantern

lantern

461

Block & Item

tile.lantern.name

Soul Lantern

soul_lantern

524

Block & Item

tile.soul_lantern.name

Metadata[edit | edit source]

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, lanterns use the following data values:

DV

Description

0

Standing lantern

1

Hanging lantern

Block states[edit | edit source]

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name

Default value

Allowed values

Description

hanging

false

false

true

If the lantern is hanging from a block.

Bedrock Edition:

Name

Default value

Allowed values

Description

hanging

0

0

1

If the lantern is hanging from a block.

History[edit | edit source]

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 can 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 toward 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.

1.14.3

pre3

Lanterns can now be placed and hung on iron bars and glass panes.

1.16

20w06a

Added soul fire lanterns.

20w07a

The textures of soul fire lanterns have been changed. The wood colors from the textures have been removed. They are also now animated.[1]

20w16a

Lanterns now generate as part of bastion remnants.

20w17a

"Soul Fire Lantern" has been renamed to "Soul Lantern".

The ID of soul lanterns has changed from soul_fire_lantern to soul_lantern.

1.16.2

20w30a

Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged.

Upcoming Java Edition

1.17

21w13a

The model of the hanging lanterns has now been tweaked that the backside textures of the chains are mirrored.

Bedrock Edition

1.9.0

beta 1.9.0.2

Added lanterns.

Lanterns can currently be obtained only from the creative inventory and with Experimental Gameplay enabled.

1.10.0

beta 1.10.0.3

Lanterns now have animated textures.

Lanterns are now craftable.

Lanterns now generate in snowy tundra villages.

1.11.0

beta 1.11.0.1

Lantern sounds have been added.

beta 1.11.0.4

Lanterns can now be bought from librarian villagers.

1.16.0

beta 1.16.0.51

The item texture of lanterns has been changed.

Added soul fire lanterns.

beta 1.16.0.57

"Soul Fire Lantern" has been renamed to "Soul Lantern".

Regular lanterns now generate in bastion remnants.

1.16.100

beta 1.16.100.54

Lanterns and soul lanterns can now be waterlogged.

PlayStation 4 Edition

1.90

Added lanterns.

Issues[edit | edit source]

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

Trivia[edit | edit source]

  • Regular 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.

  • Turtle eggs can support lanterns placed both above and below them, despite the fact that this causes the lanterns to visually float.[2]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • The official header for snapshot 18w46a, featuring lanterns.[3]

  • A screenshot from JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build.[4]

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

  • A lantern naturally generated in a bastion remnant.

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. MC-170869

  2. MC-169684

  3. "Minecraft Snapshot 18w46a" – Minecraft.net, November 15, 2018

  4. "Decorating a village with Lanterns makes me feel all cozy and warm inside"@JasperBoerstra, November 15, 2018

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