Lanterns are blocks that emit light.

Soul lanterns are turquoise variants crafted from soul torches.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Natural generation [ edit ]

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 ]

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.

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

Crafting [ edit ]

Trading [ edit ]

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 ]

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. it also melts snow slowly.

Piglins [ edit ]

Soul lanterns repel piglins.

Sounds [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Lantern lantern 461 tile.lantern.name Soul Lantern soul_lantern 524 tile.soul_lantern.name

Block states [ edit ]

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 ]

Issues [ edit ]

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

Gallery [ edit ]

The official header for snapshot 18w46a, featuring lanterns. [2]

A screenshot from JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build. [3]

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

See also [ edit ]

Trivia [ edit ]

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.[4]