Minecraft:Lantern

Template:Infobox block A lantern is a Minecraft:block that emits Minecraft:light. It is brighter than a Minecraft: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 Minecraft:pickaxe is the fastest. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

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

Usage

Template:MainSimilarly to other types of lanterns, lanterns can either be placed on top of, or hung from, the surfaces of most solid blocks (though some blocks will require Template:Control).

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

Lanterns can also be placed by pressing Template:Control on a block adjacent to an air block the lantern could occupy, much like other types of lantern. Pressing Template:Control on the top half of the adjacent block will hang the lantern from the bottom of an above block, and pressing Template:Control 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, upon the invalid surface receiving a Minecraft:block update.

Light

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

When the Minecraft:Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft:Minecraft Preview, the inside of lanterns emits colored point lighting with Template:Color. 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 Minecraft:piston tries to push it. It cannot be pulled by Minecraft:sticky pistons.

Data values

ID

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Block states

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History

Trivia

• Minecraft:Turtle eggs can support lanterns placed both above and below them, despite the fact that this causes the lanterns to appear floating.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>
• Before they were added to Minecraft:Minecraft, lanterns were already present in Minecraft:Minicraft.

Gallery

• A lantern inside a house that was made by a Minecraft:player.
  A lantern inside a house that was made by a Minecraft:player.
• A lantern naturally generated in a Minecraft:bastion remnant.
  A lantern naturally generated in a Minecraft:bastion remnant.
• The first image of lanterns, which was posted by LadyAgnes.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  The first image of lanterns, which was posted by LadyAgnes.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
• The official header for snapshot Minecraft:18w46a, featuring lanterns.<ref>Template:Snap</ref>
  The official header for snapshot Minecraft:18w46a, featuring lanterns.<ref>Template:Snap</ref>
• A screenshot from Minecraft:JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>
  A screenshot from Minecraft:JAPPA showing lanterns used in a village build.<ref>Template:Tweet</ref>

See also

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