Lantern

This article is about the normal variant. For the soul variant, see Soul Lantern. For the copper variant, see Copper Lantern. For other uses, see Lantern (disambiguation).

Lantern

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminous	Yes (15)
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	6 METAL
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A lantern is a block that emits light. It is brighter than a torch, and can be placed on top of or hang from the bottom of most blocks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Lanterns can be broken with any tool, and always drop as an item, but using a pickaxe is the fastest.

Block	Lantern
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	15.25 (JE) 5.25 (BE)
Wooden	12.65 (JE) 2.65 (BE)
Stone	11.35 (JE) 1.35 (BE)
Copper	11.05 (JE) 1.05 (BE)
Iron	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)
Diamond	10.7 (JE) 0.7 (BE)
Netherite	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Golden	10.45 (JE) 0.45 (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

Natural generation

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Iron Nugget + Torch

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Librarian	Apprentice	67%	50%	Emerald	Lantern	12	5	0.05

Usage

Like other types of lanterns, lanterns can be placed on top of or hung from the surfaces of most solid blocks, though some blocks require sneaking.

To place a lantern on top of a block, aim at the block's top face, and press use. To hang a lantern from the bottom of a block, aim at the block's bottom face, and press use. Also similarly to other lanterns, if a lantern is hung from the bottom face of a chain, the lantern and the chain will connect seamlessly.

Lanterns can also be placed by pressing use on a block adjacent to an air block the lantern could occupy, much like other types of lantern. Pressing use on the top half of the adjacent block will hang the lantern from the bottom of an above block, and pressing use on the bottom half of the adjacent block will place the lantern down on the top face of a bottom block.

Like other types of lantern, if a lantern exists on an invalid surface (a surface where the soul lantern could not normally be placed on), the lantern will break and drop itself when the invalid surface receives a block update.

Light

The lantern is among the most luminous of light sources, emitting a light level of 15. Lanterns also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance).

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the inside of lanterns emits colored point lighting with
 #f39a5e. The casing of the lantern blocks a part of the light and casts some shadows around the lantern.

Piston interactivity

A lantern is destroyed when a piston tries to push it. It cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

Sounds

Java Edition:

lantern sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	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 placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.lantern.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.88	16
	​Block breaking	Entity-Dependent	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.lantern.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lantern.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.lantern.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

lantern sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.lantern.break	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.lantern.place	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.lantern.hit	​ ?	0.25	0.5
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lantern.fall	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.lantern.step	​ ?	0.3	1.1
None	None​[sound 1]	None	Undefined sound event	jump.metal	None​[sound 1]	0.15	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.lantern.fall	​ ?	0.2	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Lantern	lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Lantern	lantern	463	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -208)	tile.lantern.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

History

Development

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

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.
			19w11a				Librarian villagers now sell lanterns for 1 emerald.
1.14.3			pre3				Lanterns can now be placed and hung on iron bars and glass panes.
1.16			20w16a				Lanterns now generate as part of bastion remnants.
1.16.2			20w30a				Lanterns can now be waterlogged.
1.17			21w13a				The model of the hanging lanterns has now been tweaked so that the backside textures of the chains are mirrored.
1.21.4			24w44a				Now drop when broken with any tool.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.9.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			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.
							Lanterns are now available outside of Experimental Gameplay.
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 texture of lantern items has been changed to match the new soul lanterns.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Lanterns can now be waterlogged.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the hardness and blast resistance of both regular and soul lanterns from 5 to 3.5.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Lanterns are mined faster when using an improper tool.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90							Added lanterns.
1.91							Lantern sounds have been added.
							Lanterns can now be bought from librarian villagers.
							Lanterns now generate in snowy tundra villages.

Issues

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

Trivia

• Turtle eggs can support lanterns placed both above and below them, despite the fact that this causes the lanterns to appear floating.^[1]
• Before they were added to Minecraft, lanterns were already present in Minicraft.

Gallery

• 
  A lantern inside a house that was made by a player
• 
  A lantern naturally generated in a bastion remnant
• 
  The first image of lanterns, which was posted by LadyAgnes^[2]
• 
  The official header for snapshot 18w46a, featuring lanterns^[3]
• 
  A screenshot from JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build^[4]

See also

• Torch
• Sea lantern

References