Minecraft:Torch

Template:For Template:Infobox block Torches are non-solid Minecraft:blocks that emit light.

Obtaining

Breaking

Torches can be broken instantly using anything, and drop themselves as an item. Template:Breaking row A torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

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

Natural generation

In the Minecraft:Overworld, torches can be found among the supports in a mineshaft's corridors, as part of village lamp posts and most houses, in various rooms in strongholds, in the basements of igloos, in woodland mansions, and on top of pillager outposts. Torches also generate around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it. Torches also generate in ancient cities.

Post-generation

When the ender dragon dies or is re-summoned using end crystals, the four torches on the exit portal regenerate. If the original torches are still in position, they drop as items, and the new torches take their place.

Usage

File:Torch Orientations.png

Torches in various positions on chiseled stone bricks.

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

Gravity-affected blocks like Minecraft:sand and Minecraft:gravel will not start falling if the space immediately beneath is occupied by a torch. Falling blocks break if they fall onto a solid block with a torch above it. If there is an Minecraft:air block under the torch, the falling blocks fall through the torch onto the surface below.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Light

Torches give off a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and Minecraft:ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance).

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

Data values

ID

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Block states

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History

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

• The first image of torches posted by Notch.
  The first image of torches posted by Notch.
• Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31.
  Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31.
• A torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.
  A torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.
• A wall torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.
  A wall torch from a Pocket Edition Alpha version with a cross outline box.

Gallery

Renders

• File:Wall Torch.gif
• File:Wall Torch BE.gif

Screenshots

• An example of a torch melting Minecraft:ice.
  An example of a torch melting Minecraft:ice.
• Torches on a pillar in a stronghold. The torch on the right has an orientation error.
  Torches on a pillar in a stronghold. The torch on the right has an orientation error.
• Preview from Jappa of the Texture Update torch texture.
  Preview from Jappa of the Texture Update torch texture.

In other media

• Official T-shirt artwork depicting a scene that resembles a torch. Made by JINX.
  Official T-shirt artwork depicting a scene that resembles a torch. Made by JINX.
• An official light up torch by JINX.
  An official light up torch by JINX.
• An official light up torch by JINX.
  An official light up torch by JINX.
• A torch as it appears in Template:Woodsword Chronicle
  A torch as it appears in Template:Woodsword Chronicle
• File:Minecraft Light Up Torch.png
• File:Torch Display.png

See also

• Template:BlockLink
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• Template:BlockLink
• Template:BlockSprite Colored torch
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External links

• Template:Mcnet

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