Candle

Candle

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.1
Hardness	0.1
Luminous	Yes, when lit 1 candle: 3 2 candles: 6 3 candles: 9 4 candles: 12
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	Varies  2 SAND  3 WOOL  22 COLOR_LIGHT_GRAY  21 COLOR_GRAY  29 COLOR_BLACK  26 COLOR_BROWN  28 COLOR_RED  15 COLOR_ORANGE  18 COLOR_YELLOW  19 COLOR_LIGHT_GREEN  27 COLOR_GREEN  23 COLOR_CYAN  17 COLOR_LIGHT_BLUE  25 COLOR_BLUE  24 COLOR_PURPLE  16 COLOR_MAGENTA  20 COLOR_PINK
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A candle is a dyable block that emits light when lit with a flint and steel. Up to four of the same color of candle can be placed in one block space, which affects the amount of light produced.

Dyed candles are the dyed variants of candles that come in all sixteen colors. Once dyed, they cannot be changed into a different color.

Obtaining

Breaking

All candles can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

Block	Candle Dyed Candle
Hardness	0.1
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.15 (JE) 0.15 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Candle	String + Honeycomb
Dyed Candle	Candle + Matching Dye

Natural generation

Non-dyed candles and white candles can be found in ancient cities. Non-dyed and red candles can also be found in the trial chambers.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Brown Candle	Trail Ruins	Common suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Brown Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Common suspicious gravel" }
Candle	Ancient City	Chest	1–4	23.7% { "item": "Candle", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.23725332720231262, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
Green Candle	Trail Ruins	Common suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Green Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Common suspicious gravel" }
Purple Candle	Trail Ruins	Common suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Purple Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Common suspicious gravel" }
Red Candle	Trail Ruins	Common suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Red Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Common suspicious gravel" }
White Candle	Abandoned Camp	Common chest	1–3	27.5% { "item": "White Candle", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.2747977375984192, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Common chest" }
		Barrel	1–3	35.5% { "item": "White Candle", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.35542388369628897, "structure": "Abandoned Camp", "container": "Barrel" }

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Librarian	Master	100%	75%	3 × Emerald	Red Candle	12	30	0.05
		100%	25%	3 × Emerald	Yellow Candle	12	30	0.05

Usage

Light

All candles can be used as a light source, emitting light like a sea pickle. A single candle emits a light level of 3. Up to four identically colored candles may be placed in one block, with each candle increasing the emitted light level by 3, for a maximum light level of 12. They also emit fire particles.

Candles		Light level
1		3
2		6
3		9
4		12

Candles are not lit when they are placed, and must be lit using flint and steel, fire charge, or any flaming projectile. If any candle is already lit, more candle(s) that may be added (if possible) are also lit. In Bedrock Edition, a mob/player that is burning or any sword enchanted with Fire Aspect can also be used to light candles. Any candle may be waterlogged, but waterlogged candles cannot be lit. Lit candles can be extinguished using water (even a water bottle‌^{[Java Edition only]}), wind charges, or by the player interacting with the candle.

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the center of all types of lit candles emits colored point lighting with
 #d3852b. This causes the bottom part of the candle to render a small shadow below it.

Cakes

A single candle of any color may be used on an uneaten cake, turning it into a candle cake, which acts as a normal, singular candle on top of a cake. If the candle cake is eaten at all or destroyed, the candle is dropped. Interacting with the lit candle (but not the cake) extinguishes it. Interacting with a lit candle cake causes the player to eat it if possible, but if the held item is a flint and steel or fire charge, the appropriate block becomes lit, if possible (otherwise nothing happens).

Lit candled cakes emit the same point lighting as regular candles.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

candle sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.candle.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.candle.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.candle.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.candle.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.candle.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[sound 1]}

candle sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	step.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.candle	​ ?	1.0	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Candle	candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.candle
White Candle	white_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_candle
Orange Candle	orange_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_candle
Magenta Candle	magenta_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_candle
Light Blue Candle	light_blue_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_candle
Yellow Candle	yellow_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_candle
Lime Candle	lime_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_candle
Pink Candle	pink_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_candle
Gray Candle	gray_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_candle
Light Gray Candle	light_gray_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_candle
Cyan Candle	cyan_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_candle
Purple Candle	purple_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_candle
Blue Candle	blue_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_candle
Brown Candle	brown_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_candle
Green Candle	green_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_candle
Red Candle	red_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_candle
Black Candle	black_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_candle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Candle	candle	667	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -412)	tile.candle.name
White Candle	white_candle	668	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -413)	tile.white_candle.name
Orange Candle	orange_candle	669	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -414)	tile.orange_candle.name
Magenta Candle	magenta_candle	670	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -415)	tile.magenta_candle.name
Light Blue Candle	light_blue_candle	671	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -416)	tile.light_blue_candle.name
Yellow Candle	yellow_candle	672	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -417)	tile.yellow_candle.name
Lime Candle	lime_candle	673	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -418)	tile.lime_candle.name
Pink Candle	pink_candle	674	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -419)	tile.pink_candle.name
Gray Candle	gray_candle	675	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -420)	tile.gray_candle.name
Light Gray Candle	light_gray_candle	676	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -421)	tile.light_gray_candle.name
Cyan Candle	cyan_candle	677	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -422)	tile.cyan_candle.name
Purple Candle	purple_candle	678	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -423)	tile.purple_candle.name
Blue Candle	blue_candle	679	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -424)	tile.blue_candle.name
Brown Candle	brown_candle	680	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -425)	tile.brown_candle.name
Green Candle	green_candle	681	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -426)	tile.green_candle.name
Red Candle	red_candle	682	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -427)	tile.red_candle.name
Black Candle	black_candle	683	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -428)	tile.black_candle.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Development

October 3, 2020							Black and white candles are shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of the deep dark biome.
May 28, 2021							JAPPA tweets a new iteration of the new lit dyed candle textures.
May 31, 2021							JAPPA tweets another iteration of the new lit dyed candle textures.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added candles and dyed candles.
			20w46a				The textures of candle and dyed candle items have been changed.
			20w48a				The textures of candle and dyed candle items have been changed again, removing the smaller candle in the inventory sprite.
							All candles can no longer be placed on blocks that are not solid, such as chests and cobwebs.
			21w13a				All candles can now be extinguished by splash water bottles and by lingering water bottles.
			21w18a				All candles can no longer be extinguished when the player is in adventure mode.
			21w19a				All candles are now accessible only through commands.
			pre1				Candles and dyed candles now have a different texture when lit, having the top 20 pixels of the candle being lighter.
							All candles have been added back into the creative inventory.
							Recipes for dyeing and crafting candles are once again available.
			pre3				The textures of dyed lit candles have been changed again, having subtler lighting on the top.
							The texture for lit candles now also changes when on a cake.[1]
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				Non-dyed candles and white candles now generate in ancient cities.
							Non-dyed candles can also generate in ancient city chests.
1.20			23w12a				Brown, green, purple, and red candles can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
			23w16a				Brown, green, purple, and red candles no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins as all sand in the structure has been removed.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins, brown, green, purple, and red candles are now common loot.
1.20.3 Experiment Update 1.21			23w45a				Non-dyed candles now generate in trial chambers.
1.20.5			24w09a				Candles now have a unique subtitle, "Candle extinguishes" instead of "Fire extinguished", for being extinguished.[2]
1.20.5 Experiment Update 1.21			24w13a				Red candles now generate in trial chambers next to ominous vaults.
26.1			snap11				Yellow and red candles can now be bought from librarian villagers.
26.3			snap1				White candles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.22				Added candles and dyed candles.
1.18.30 Experiment Wild Update			Preview 1.18.30.33				Non-dyed candles and white candles naturally generate in ancient cities.
							Non-dyed candles can also generate in the chest of ancient cities.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.22				Brown, green, red, and purple candles can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.22				Brown, green, purple, and red candles no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins as all sand in the structure has been removed.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness and blast resistance of light gray candles from 0 to 0.1.
1.20.60 Experiment Update 1.21			Preview 1.20.60.20				Non-dyed candles now generate in trial chambers.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Lit candles now play ambient sounds properly.[3]
1.21.100			Preview 1.21.100.22				Candles can no longer be lit with a Fire Aspect book.[4]
26.10			Preview 26.10.26				Yellow and red candles can now be bought from librarian villagers.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				White candles can now generate as part of abandoned camps in barrels and chests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues

Issues relating to "Candle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Using the command /setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:candle[lit=true,waterlogged=true] allows for a both lit and waterlogged candle. The same thing can be done using the debug stick.
• If used in an outdated Bedrock Edition world, it has a flat unknown texture and cannot be placed.

Gallery

Renders

Candles

Lit candles

Cake with candle

Cake with lit candle

Item textures

Screenshots

• 
  Old candle textures shown by Jappa
• 
  New candle textures shown by Jappa
• 
  Newer candle textures shown by Jappa
• 
  Black candle textures shown by Jappa
• 
  Candles in a room shown by Jappa
• 
  Ditto
• 
  Candles and signs with glowing text

References

External links

• Taking Inventory: Candle – Minecraft.net on September 30, 2021