Sea Lantern

Sea Lantern

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  Java Edition

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  Bedrock Edition

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0.3
Hardness	0.3
Luminous	Yes (15)
Transparent	Partial (suffocates mobs, blocks sunlight, blocks beacons)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	14 QUARTZ

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A sea lantern is an underwater light source that appears in ocean monuments and ocean ruins.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Prismarine Shard + Prismarine Crystals

Breaking

A sea lantern can be obtained only when mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. When broken using anything other than a Silk Touch enchanted tool, it drops 2–3 prismarine crystals. The Fortune enchantment increases the number of prismarine crystals dropped. This method of obtaining sea lanterns is wasteful though; the 4 prismarine shards and up to 3 of the prismarine crystals used to craft it are non-retrievable.

Block	Sea Lantern
Hardness	0.3
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.45
Options
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

Each level of Fortune increases the maximum number of prismarine crystals dropped. The amount is capped at 5, so Fortune III simply increases the chance of getting 5 crystals.

Natural generation

Sea lanterns generate throughout ocean monuments, as well as in some ocean ruins.

Usage

Light source

Sea lanterns emit a light level of 15, the brightest possible light level in the game.

Conduit power

Sea lanterns can be used to activate a conduit by building a structure around it. By doing this, the conduit emits the Conduit Power effect in a certain radius, depending on how many blocks are used to power it. Prismarine, dark prismarine, and prismarine bricks can also be used for this purpose.

Note Blocks

Sea lanterns can be placed under note blocks to produce "Clicks and Sticks" sound.

Transparent block

The Sea lantern blocks all sunlight, players and mobs suffocate inside it, and it blocks a beacon beam, preventing the Beacon's activation. However, like transparent blocks, it does not prevent the opening of chests, monsters (including slimes) cannot spawn on it, and it does not transfer a redstone signal. This behavior also occurs in glowstone.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e glass sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.glass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.glass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.glass.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.glass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.glass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e glass sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	random.glass	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.4	0.6
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
Sea Lantern	sea_lantern	Block & Item	block.minecraft.sea_lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Sea Lantern	sea_lantern	sealantern	169	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.seaLantern.name

Achievements

[hide]
Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50	Gold

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.8			May 17, 2014				The first images of the sea lantern are previewed by Jeb on his Instagram page. The texture is different and has a more noticeable animation.
			May 29, 2014				Jeb names the new block "sea lantern".
			June 11, 2014				Jeb releases the new texture of the new sea lantern.
			14w25a				Added sea lanterns.
1.13			18w09a				Sea lanterns now generate in ocean ruins.
			18w15a				Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.16.0			build 1				Added sea lanterns.
							Unlike other editions, sea lanterns conduct redstone.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Sea lanterns now generate in ocean ruins.
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.1				Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
1.18.30			beta 1.18.30.26				Sea lantern's id is changed from sealantern to sea_lantern.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.23				Sea lanterns no longer conduct redstone.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added sea lanterns.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Sea lanterns now generate in ocean ruins.
							Sea lanterns are now used to activate a conduit.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
1.3.12							Added sea lanterns.

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  The first picture of an ocean monument, featuring prismarine and sea lanterns.

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  ← Texture

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  The sea lantern texture as revealed by Jens Bergensten on Twitter.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 169.

Issues

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

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A sea lantern illuminating an ocean ruin.

External links

• Block of the Week: Sea Lantern – Minecraft.net on September 22, 2017