User:Delvin4519/Dyed Candle

Dyed Candle

• White
• Light Gray
• Gray
• Black
• Brown
• Red
• Orange
• Yellow
• Lime
• Green
• Cyan
• Light Blue
• Blue
• Purple
• Magenta
• Pink

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Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	?
Hardness	?
Luminous	Yes, when lit 1 candle: 3 2 candles: 6 3 candles: 9 4 candles: 12
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

{
    "extratext": "View [[#Gallery|all renders]]",
    "title": "Dyed Candle",
    "images": [
        "White Candle.png",
        "Light Gray Candle.png",
        "Gray Candle.png",
        "Black Candle.png",
        "Brown Candle.png",
        "Red Candle.png",
        "Orange Candle.png",
        "Yellow Candle.png",
        "Lime Candle.png",
        "Green Candle.png",
        "Cyan Candle.png",
        "Light Blue Candle.png",
        "Blue Candle.png",
        "Purple Candle.png",
        "Magenta Candle.png",
        "Pink Candle.png"
    ],
    "rows": [
        {
            "field": "Common",
            "label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes (64)",
            "label": "Stackable"
        },
        {
            "field": "Any tool",
            "label": "Tool"
        },
        {
            "field": "(link to Template:blast resistance values#Missing value article, displayed as ?)",
            "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
        },
        {
            "field": "(link to Template:hardness values#Missing value article, displayed as ?)",
            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes, when lit <br> 1 candle: 3 <br> 2 candles: 6 <br> 3 candles: 9 <br> 4 candles: 12",
            "label": "(link to Light article, displayed as Luminous)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Waterlogging article, displayed as Waterloggable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Catches fire from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "White Candle",
        "Light Gray Candle",
        "Gray Candle",
        "Black Candle",
        "Brown Candle",
        "Red Candle",
        "Orange Candle",
        "Yellow Candle",
        "Lime Candle",
        "Green Candle",
        "Cyan Candle",
        "Light Blue Candle",
        "Blue Candle",
        "Purple Candle",
        "Magenta Candle",
        "Pink Candle"
    ]
}

A dyed candle is the dyed variant of the regular candle. It comes in the sixteen dye colors.

Obtaining

Breaking

Dyed candles can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

Block	Dyed Candle
Hardness	0.1
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.15
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• drops nothing
• drops something other than the block itself
• drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

White candles can be found in ancient cities, and brown, green, purple, and red candles can be found in trail ruins. Red candles also generate in the trial chambers.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Brown Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Brown Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Green Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Green Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Purple Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Purple Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Red Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.4% { "item": "Red Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.0444444444444444, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Bedrock Edition
Brown Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3% { "item": "Brown Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Green Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3% { "item": "Green Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Purple Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3% { "item": "Purple Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
Red Candle	Trail Ruins	Suspicious gravel	1	4.3% { "item": "Red Candle", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.04347826086956519, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }

Crafting

Ingredients	[hide]Crafting recipe
Candle + Matching Dye

Usage

Dyed candles have the same usages as regular undyed candles, as a light source and for cakes.

Unlike regular undyed candles or dyed shulker boxes, once a candle has been dyed, it is not possible to re-dye a dyed candle into another color.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e candle sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	step.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	step.candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.candle	1.0	1.0

Unique

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Cake squishes	Blocks	When a candle is placed on a cake	block.cake.add_candle	subtitles.block.cake.add_candle​	1.0	1.0	16
	​Candle crackles	Blocks	Randomly while lit	block.candle.ambient	subtitles.block.candle.crackle​	varies	varies	3
	​Candle extinguishes	Blocks	When a candle is extinguished	block.candle.extinguish	subtitles.block.candle.extinguish​	varies	varies	8

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When a candle is placed on a cake	cake.add_candle	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	Randomly while lit	ambient.candle	varies	varies
	Blocks	When a candle is extinguished	extinguish.candle	varies	varies

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	[hide]Translation key
White Candle	white_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.white_candle
Orange Candle	orange_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.orange_candle
Magenta Candle	magenta_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.magenta_candle
Light Blue Candle	light_blue_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_blue_candle
Yellow Candle	yellow_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.yellow_candle
Lime Candle	lime_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.lime_candle
Pink Candle	pink_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.pink_candle
Gray Candle	gray_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.gray_candle
Light Gray Candle	light_gray_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.light_gray_candle
Cyan Candle	cyan_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cyan_candle
Purple Candle	purple_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.purple_candle
Blue Candle	blue_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.blue_candle
Brown Candle	brown_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.brown_candle
Green Candle	green_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.green_candle
Red Candle	red_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.red_candle
Black Candle	black_candle	Block & Item	block.minecraft.black_candle

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
White Candle	white_candle	668	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.white_candle.name
Orange Candle	orange_candle	669	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.orange_candle.name
Magenta Candle	magenta_candle	670	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.magenta_candle.name
Light Blue Candle	light_blue_candle	671	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.light_blue_candle.name
Yellow Candle	yellow_candle	672	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.yellow_candle.name
Lime Candle	lime_candle	673	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.lime_candle.name
Pink Candle	pink_candle	674	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.pink_candle.name
Gray Candle	gray_candle	675	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.gray_candle.name
Light Gray Candle	light_gray_candle	676	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.light_gray_candle.name
Cyan Candle	cyan_candle	677	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.cyan_candle.name
Purple Candle	purple_candle	678	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.purple_candle.name
Blue Candle	blue_candle	679	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.blue_candle.name
Brown Candle	brown_candle	680	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.brown_candle.name
Green Candle	green_candle	681	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.green_candle.name
Red Candle	red_candle	682	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.red_candle.name
Black Candle	black_candle	683	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.black_candle.name

Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	[hide]Description
candles	1	1 2 3 4	Number of candles.
lit	false	false true	Whether or not these candles are lit.
waterlogged	false	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as these candles.

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	[hide]Description
candles	0x1 0x2	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	Number of candles, starting from 1 to 4.
lit	0x4	false	false true	0 1	Whether or not these candles are lit.

History

October 3, 2020							Black and white candles are shown unnamed at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of deep dark caves biome.
[hide]Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added dyed candles.
			20w46a				The textures of dyed candle items have been changed.
			20w48a				The textures of dyed candle items have been changed again, removing the smaller dyed candle in the inventory sprite.
							Dyed candles can no longer be placed on blocks that are not solid, such as chests and cobwebs.
			21w13a				Dyed candles can now be extinguished by splash water bottles and by lingering water bottles.
			21w18a				Dyed candles can no longer be extinguished when the player is in adventure mode.
			21w19a				Dyed candles are now accessible only through commands.
			Pre-release 1				Dyed candles now have a different texture when lit, having the top 20 pixels of the candle being lighter.
							Dyed candles have been added back into the creative inventory.
							Recipes for dyeing candles are once again available.
May 28, 2021							JAPPA tweets a new iteration of the new lit dyed candle textures.
May 31, 2021							JAPPA tweets another iteration of the new lit dyed candle textures.
1.17			Pre-release 3				The textures of lit dyed candles have been changed again, having subtler lighting on the top.
							The texture for lit dyed candles now also changes when on a cake.
1.19			Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1				White candles now generate in ancient cities.
1.20			23w12a				Brown, green, purple, and red candles can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
			23w16a				Brown, green, purple, and red candles no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins as all sand in the structure has been removed.
							Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; brown, green, purple, and red candle now are in the common loot.
1.20.5			24w09a				Dyed candles now have a unique subtitle, "Candle extinguishes" instead of "Fire extinguished", for being extinguished.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.17.10			beta 1.17.10.22				Added dyed candles.
Wild Update (Experimental)			beta 1.18.30.32				White candles naturally generate in ancient cities.
Next Major Update (Experimental)			Preview 1.19.80.22				Brown, green, red, and purple candles can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in trail ruins.
1.20.0			Preview 1.20.0.22				Brown, green, purple, and red candles no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins as all sand in the structure has been removed.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the hardness and blast resistance of light gray candles from 0 to 0.1.

Issues

Issues relating to "Delvin4519/Dyed Candle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

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Candles

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Screenshots

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  Old candle textures shown by Jappa.

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  New candle textures shown by Jappa.

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  Newer candle textures shown by Jappa.

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  Black candle textures shown by Jappa.

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  Candles in a room shown by Jappa.

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  Candles and signs with glowing text.