Torch

Torch

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	Yes (14)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	0 NONE

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Torches are non-solid blocks that emit light.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Torch
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

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 torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

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

Natural generation

Torches can be found generated 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. In the End, four torches generate as part of the exit portal, around the second bedrock block from the top. Torches also generate in ancient cities.

Generated loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Torch	Mineshaft	Chest	1–16	65.7% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "1–16", "chance": 0.657, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest" }
	Trial Chambers	Supply chest	3–6	20.4% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.20351336037302348, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Supply chest" }
		Corridor chest	3–6	19.6% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "3–6", "chance": 0.19614132283617636, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Corridor chest" }
	Village	Savanna house chest	1–2	11.3% { "item": "Torch", "stacksize": "1–2", "chance": 0.11323884996174782, "structure": "Village", "container": "Savanna house chest" }

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Coal or Charcoal + Stick	4

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

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 sneaking. Being non-solid, 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 torch. Falling blocks break if they fall onto a solid block with a torch above it. If there is an air block under the torch, the falling blocks fall through the torch onto the surface below.

Light

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

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	[hide]Description
Blue Torch or Red Torch or Purple Torch or Green Torch	Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride + Torch		Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌
Jack o'Lantern	Carved Pumpkin + Torch
Lantern	Iron Nugget + Torch
Underwater Torch	Magnesium + Torch		‌

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e wood sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	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	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:

[hide] v t e wood sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.wood	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	0.18	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	[hide]Translation key
Torch	torch	Block & Item	wall_post_override	None	block.minecraft.torch
Wall Torch	wall_torch	Block	None	—	block.minecraft.wall_torch

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Torch	torch	50	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.torch.name

Block states

Java Edition:
Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction the top of the torch is facing.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
torch_facing_direction	0x1 0x2 0x4	west	west east north south top	1 2 3 4 5	The face of the block that the torch is attached to. If the torch is a wall torch, the top of the torch faces opposite to this direction.
			unknown	0	Unused

History

For a more in-depth breakdown of changes to textures and models, including a set of renders for each state combination, see /Asset history

[hide]Java Edition pre-Classic
May 16, 2009							Notch suggests adding torches, which would "light up a 3×3 tile" area.
[hide]Java Edition Indev
0.31			20091223-1457				Added torches.
							Torches currently render as blocks in the inventory.
							Torches can be placed in the air without any block supporting them and do not have a top texture.
							When removing a block, a torch now moves to another available block.
			20091231-2033				The top red part from the torch has been removed.
							Torches now render as items in the inventory.
			20100109				Torches are now slightly dimmer.
			20100124-2310				Torches now have a top texture.
			20100125				Torches now have particle effects.
			20100129				Torches have been made craftable.
20100212-1210							Torches no longer snap to other potential valid attachments once their supporting block is removed.
[hide]Java Edition Infdev
20100618							Falling blocks are implemented, which can be broken by torches.
[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.0							Torches can no longer be placed on leaves when fancy graphics are enabled.
October 4, 2010							Notch originally planned for torches to become temporary light sources that would eventually burn out and require re-lighting with flint and steel. This was planned to add with the Halloween Update.
v1.2.0			?				Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns.
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.2							Torches can now be crafted using charcoal, making them the first renewable light source in the game that is also obtainable and permanent.
1.6			Test Build 3				Torches can no longer be placed on leaves in fast graphics anymore.
							Torches can no longer be placed on glowstone.
1.6.6							Torches can now be placed on glowstone once again.
1.7							Torches and redstone torches can now be placed on top of fences.
1.8			Pre-release				Torches now generate in mineshafts, villages and strongholds.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Torches now generate as part of the exit portal structure.
1.2.1			12w07a				Torches can now be placed on top of glass blocks.
1.3.1			12w19a				Torches now spawn around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it.
			12w25a				Torches can now be placed on top of upside down slabs and stairs.
1.4.2			12w42b				Falling sand now properly "pops" when falling on torches.
1.4.4			1.4.3				Torches now have a bottom texture, visible on wall torches or torches placed on top of glass.
1.8			14w07a				Torches placed on walls are now rotated cuboids rather than a parallelepiped. Their top texture now also rotates accordingly.
			14w18a				Torches can now be placed on stained glass.
			?				Torches, as part of the exit portal, now generate incorrectly and fall into the portal as items.
			14w25a				Torches are now incorrectly affected by ambient occlusion.
			14w33c				Torches are no longer affected by ambient occlusion.
1.9			15w31a				Torches on the exit portal now regenerate when the ender dragon is re-summoned.
			15w43a				Torches can now generate within igloo basements.
			15w44a				Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
1.11			16w39a				Torches now generate in woodland mansions.
1.12			pre4				Torches can no longer be placed on top of jack o'lanterns.
1.13			17w47a				The non-up facing block states for the torch ID have been split up into wall_torch.
							Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 50.
			17w48a				Torches can now be placed on the top of jack o'lanterns once again.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of torches has been changed.
			18w46a				Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
			18w47a				Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
			18w48a				With the update of plains villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
			18w49a				With the update of savanna villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
							Torches can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
			18w50a				With the update of desert and taiga villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
1.14.3			pre3				Torches can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes.
1.19			22w13a				Torches now generate in ancient cities.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
Pre-release							Added torches.
v0.3.0							Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of torches in the inventory.
v0.8.0			build 1				Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns.
v0.9.0			build 1				Torches now spawn naturally in villages, mineshafts and strongholds.
			build 2				Torches can now be placed on monster spawners.
			build 5				The placing speed of torches has been improved.
			build 6				The lighting from torches is now brighter and more PC-like. What exactly this means is unknown.
v0.14.0			build 1				Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
[hide]Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Torches now generate within igloo basements.
							Four torches now generate as part of the exit portal after the ender dragon dies.
1.1.0			alpha 1.1.0.0				Torches now generate in mansions.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Up to four torches can now generate in bonus chests.
1.4.0			beta 1.2.20.1				Torches can now be used to craft underwater torches and colored torches.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of torches has been changed.
							Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
							Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Torches can now be found in savanna village house chests.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added torches.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Torches can now generate within igloo basements.
TU54	CU44	1.52	1.52	1.52	Patch 24	1.0.4	Torches now generate in woodland mansions.
							Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of stairs.
			1.90				The texture of torches has been changed.
							Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
			1.91				Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added torches.
1.9.19							Torches now generate in woodland mansions.

• 

  The first image of torches posted by Notch.

• 

  Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31.

• 

  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.

Issues

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

Gallery

Renders

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Screenshots

• 

  An example of a torch melting ice.

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  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.

In other media

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  Official T-shirt artwork depicting a scene that resembles a torch. Made by JINX.

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  An official light up torch by JINX.

See also

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

External links

• Taking Inventory: Torch – Minecraft.net on December 10, 2018