Lantern (disambiguation)

Lanterns are planned crafted objects which were originally planned to be introduced in the Halloween Update. This feature was delayed because of the lack of time and will be implemented in a future update.

With the addition of the lantern, torches will flicker out and must be relit with the Flint and Steel. The lantern will serve as a permanent source of light. When the update occurs, ALL torches placed on the map, in the inventory, and in Storage Chests prior to the update will be converted to lanterns. To do this, the lanterns will use the (former) block ID of torches along with a re-skin.

The Lightstone introduced in the Halloween Update are a potential item requirement to craft lanterns, as it has the greatest luminance as a raw material. This would also make lanterns relatively inaccessible and a risky item to get, as has been hinted at by Notch.