Soul Torch

Soul Torch

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	Yes (10)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	0 NONE
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

Soul torches are non-solid blocks that emit light. They are a variant of the torch crafted with the addition of soul soil or soul sand.

Obtaining

Breaking

Soul torches can be broken instantly using anything, and drop themselves as an item.

Block	Soul Torch
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

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

A soul torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

• Its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
• Water flows into its space
• A piston pushes it or moves a block into its space

When lava flows into a soul torch's space, it will be destroyed without dropping anything.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coal or  Charcoal + Stick + Soul Soil or  Soul Sand	4

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Soul Torch	Ancient City	Chest	1–15	36.5% { "item": "Soul Torch", "stacksize": "1–15", "chance": 0.36541317641224724, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }

Usage

Soul torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some blocks require sneaking. Being non-solid, soul torches have no collision box. More information about placement can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel will not start falling if the space immediately beneath is occupied by a soul torch. Falling blocks break if they fall onto a solid block with a soul torch above it. If there is an air block under the soul torch, the falling blocks fall through the soul torch onto the surface below.^[1]

Light

Soul torches give off a light level of 10. Because their light level is lower than 12, soul torches do not melt snow or ice.

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the top part of soul torches emits colored point lighting with
 #36d9e6. This causes the bottom part of the soul torch to render a small square shadow.

Mobs

Soul torches repel piglins but not piglin brutes.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Soul Lantern	Iron Nugget + Soul Torch

Sounds

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.wood	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]	use.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Soul Torch	soul_torch	Block & Item	piglin_repellents wall_post_override	piglin_repellents	block.minecraft.soul_torch
Soul Wall Torch	soul_wall_torch	Block	piglin_repellents	—	block.minecraft.soul_wall_torch

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Soul Torch	soul_torch	523	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.soul_torch.name

Block states

Java Edition:
Wall

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16			20w06a				Added soul fire torches.
			20w15a				Soul fire torches can now be crafted using soul sand.
			20w17a				"Soul Fire Torch" has now been renamed to "Soul Torch".
							The IDs of soul torches have been changed from soul_fire_torch to soul_torch and soul_fire_wall_torch to soul_wall_torch.
1.19			22w13a				Soul torches may now be found in ancient city chests.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added soul fire torches.
			beta 1.16.0.57				"Soul Fire Torch" has now been renamed to "Soul Torch".
							Soul torches can now be crafted using soul sand.
			beta 1.16.0.63				Soul torches can now be crafted using charcoal.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In Minecraft Education, or in Bedrock Edition when the Education Edition toggle is on, the flame particle of the soul torch is white.^[3]

Gallery

Renders

See also

• Torch
• Copper Torch
• Redstone Torch
• Redstone Lamp
• Underwater Torch
• Colored Torch
• Soul Lantern

References