Conduit

Conduit

Inactive

Active (Java Edition)

Active (Bedrock Edition)

Rarity tier	Uncommon
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminous	Yes (15)
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	31 DIAMOND

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A conduit is a beacon-like block that provides the Conduit Power effect and attacks monsters underwater.

Obtaining

Breaking

A conduit drops as an item when broken with any tool or by hand, but a pickaxe is the fastest way to break it.

Like other precious blocks such as beacons and shulker boxes, it always drops when destroyed by an explosion.

Block	Conduit
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	4.5
Wooden	2.25
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	0.4
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

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Nautilus Shell + Heart of the Sea

Usage

Conduit power

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Schematic of a conduit in an activation frame. Click the scale on the right to view the layers. The conduit and water are required. The frame must include 16-42 blocks of prismarine, dark prismarine, sea lanterns, and/or prismarine bricks. Unused frame-blocks and empty spaces can be anything.

When activated, conduits give the "Conduit Power" effect to all players in contact with rain or water, within a spherical range of 32-96 blocks. The effect has the same benefits as Water Breathing, Night Vision, and Haste, but does not stack with them. Conduits also damage any hostile mobs, like drowned, guardians, and elder guardians, within a range of 8 blocks of the conduit. Conduits can be activated in any biome and at any height or depth.

To activate, a conduit needs to be in the center of a 3×3×3 volume of water (26 source blocks, flowing water, and/or waterlogged blocks, with the conduit in the center), which must be enclosed within an activation frame. The frame can be built out of blocks in three 5×5 open squares centered on the conduit, one around each axis. Only prismarine, dark prismarine, prismarine bricks, and sea lantern blocks in the frame contribute to activation. A minimum of 16 blocks are required and produce an effective range of 32 blocks. Prismarine-type slabs (including double slabs), stairs, and walls cannot be used to activate the conduit. Any blocks (of any type) that are not part of the activation frame itself but are in the 5×5×5 outer shell likewise have no effect. Once activated, removing any blocks from the conduit (frame blocks) deactivates the conduit.

The effective radius of the conduit is 16 blocks for every seven blocks in the frame, though the effect does not activate until the minimum of 16 blocks is included in the build. Thus, it extends to 48 at 21 blocks, 64 at 28 blocks, 80 at 35 blocks, and 96 with a complete frame of 42 blocks. When the frame is complete, the center of the conduit displays an orange iris-like shape.

Attacking mobs

A complete frame also carries the additional advantage of damaging hostile mobs within 8 blocks of the conduit, dealing 4HP magic damage every 2 seconds, if they are in contact with water or rain.

Monsters that are attacked by the conduit:

• Blaze
• Bogged
• Breeze
• Cave Spider
• Creaking
• Creeper
• Drowned
• Elder Guardian
• Ender Dragon
• Enderman
• Endermite
• Evoker
• Ghast
• Giant ‌
• Guardian
• Hoglin
• Husk
• Illusioner ‌
• Magma Cube
• Phantom
• Piglin
• Piglin Brute
• Pillager
• Ravager
• Shulker
• Silverfish
• Skeleton
• Skeleton Horse ‌
• Slime
• Spider
• Stray
• Vex
• Vindicator
• Warden
• Witch
• Wither
• Wither Skeleton
• Zoglin
• Zombie
• Zombie Horse ‌
• Zombie Villager
• Zombified Piglin

Light source

Conduits emit a light level of 15, the brightest light level in the game, whether activated or not, and even on land.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	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	0.37	0.5
	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

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Conduit activates	Blocks	When a conduit activates	block.conduit.activate	subtitles.block.conduit.activate​	0.9	1.0	16
	​Conduit pulses	Blocks	While a conduit is active	block.conduit.ambient	subtitles.block.conduit.ambient​	1.0	1.0	8
	None​​	Blocks	Periodically every 3–5 seconds while active	block.conduit.ambient.short	None​​	1.0	1.0	8
	​Conduit attacks	Blocks	When a conduit attacks something	block.conduit.attack.target	subtitles.block.conduit.attack.target​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Conduit deactivates	Blocks	When a conduit deactivates	block.conduit.deactivate	subtitles.block.conduit.deactivate​	0.7	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a conduit activates	conduit.activate	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	While a conduit is active	conduit.ambient	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while active	conduit.short	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When a conduit attacks something	conduit.attack	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When a conduit deactivates	conduit.deactivate	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Conduit	conduit	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.conduit

Name	[hide]Identifier
Block entity	conduit

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Conduit	conduit	412	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.conduit.name

Name	[hide]Savegame ID
Block entity	Conduit

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this conduit.

Block entity

A conduit has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

• [NBT Compound / JSON Object] Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities see Template:Nbt inherit/blockentity/template[show]
  • [Int Array] Target: The UUID of the hostile mob the conduit is currently attacking, stored as four ints. May not be present.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

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

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	Have all of these 33 status effects applied to the player at the same time:[hide] The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			18w15a				Added conduits.
			18w16a				The particle effect for the conduit has been changed to the (previously unused) entity_core texture file.
			18w19a				Conduits now produce sounds.
			18w20b				The eye of the conduit now shows whether it's hunting for hostile mobs or not: it shows an open eye when it's looking out for hostile mobs, and a closed eye otherwise.
			18w20c				Dark prismarine can now be used to activate a conduit.
1.13.1			18w31a				Conduits are now properly waterlogged.
1.18			Pre-release 1				The assigned tool is now the pickaxe.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.5.0			beta 1.5.0.1				Added conduits.
			beta 1.5.0.4				Conduits now produce sounds.
1.16.0			beta 1.15.0.51				Conduits can now give Conduit Power to nearby players in rain.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added conduits.

Issues

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

Trivia

• When it is activated, the conduit displays the heart of the sea's texture in the center of its model. However, when all 42 blocks have been placed (when the conduit is fully activated) the heart opens like an orange eye.
• The achievement obtained by activating a conduit refers to the system of whirlpools in Nordland county, Norway.

Gallery

Renders

• 

  Valid block placements for conduit activation; note that the conduit itself must also be surrounded by water.

• 

  A conduit with "Fancy Graphics" disabled in Bedrock Edition.

Screenshots

• 

  Basic arrangements of 16 prismarine bricks to activate a conduit.

• 

  Adding additional blocks around a conduit can extend the range of effect.

• 

  One possible setup to activate a conduit.

• 

  An unusual, but valid setup of 16 prismarine blocks.

• 

  Closer look at the activated conduit.

• 

  A conduit attacking a drowned.

• 

  Animation of an activated conduit (click to enlarge).

• 

  Optimal placement of fully powered conduits around a central conduit. North should be negative Z.

See also

• Beacon

External links

• Taking Inventory: Conduit – Minecraft.net on April 30, 2020