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A candle is a light source, which exists in an uncolored variant and 16 dyed ones. Candles can be lit with flint and steel and extinguished by water or with the use of a bowl. They can also be waterlogged, but cannot be lit while waterlogged.

Obtaining

Candles can be mined using any tool, or without a tool.

Block Candle
Hardness 0.1
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.15

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Candle String +
Honeycomb

Dyed Candle Candle +
Matching Dye


Usage

Light

Four Candles (lit)

Candles can be used as a light source, emitting light like a sea pickle. A single candle emits a light level of 3. Up to four similarly-colored candles may be placed in one block, with each candle increasing the emitted light level by 3, for a maximum light level of 12. They also emit fire particles.

Candles are not lit when they are placed, and must be lit using flint and steel, fire charge, or any flaming projectile. Candles may be waterlogged, but waterlogged candles cannot be lit. Lit candles can be extinguished using water or by the player interacting with the candle.

Cakes

Candle Cake

A single candle of any color may be used onto an uneaten cake, turning it into a candle cake, which acts as a normal single candle. Only one candle may be placed on a cake. If the candle cake is eaten or destroyed, the candle is dropped.

Sounds

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Cake squishesBlocksPlacing the block on cakeblock.cake.add_candlesubtitles.block.cake.add_candle??16
Candle cracklesBlocksRandomblock.candle.ambientsubtitles.block.candle.crackle??3
Block brokenBlocksBreaking the blockblock.candle.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break??16
Fire extinguishedBlocksCandle gets put outblock.candle.extinguishsubtitles.block.fire.extinguish??8
None[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.candle.fallNone[sound 1]??16
Block breakingBlocksMining the blockblock.candle.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit??16
Block placedBlocksPlacing the blockblock.candle.placesubtitles.block.generic.place??16
FootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.candle.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps??16
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Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Candlecandleitem.minecraft.candle
White Candlewhite_candleitem.minecraft.white_candle
Orange Candleorange_candleitem.minecraft.orange_candle
Magenta Candlemagenta_candleitem.minecraft.magenta_candle
Light Blue Candlelight_blue_candleitem.minecraft.light_blue_candle
Yellow Candleyellow_candleitem.minecraft.yellow_candle
Lime Candlelime_candleitem.minecraft.lime_candle
Pink Candlepink_candleitem.minecraft.pink_candle
Gray Candlegray_candleitem.minecraft.gray_candle
Light Gray Candlelight_gray_candleitem.minecraft.light_gray_candle
Cyan Candlecyan_candleitem.minecraft.cyan_candle
Purple Candlepurple_candleitem.minecraft.purple_candle
Blue Candleblue_candleitem.minecraft.blue_candle
Brown Candlebrown_candleitem.minecraft.brown_candle
Green Candlegreen_candleitem.minecraft.green_candle
Red Candlered_candleitem.minecraft.red_candle
Black Candleblack_candleitem.minecraft.black_candle

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
candles11
2
3
4
Number of candles.
litfalsefalse
true
Whether or not these candles are lit.
waterloggedfalsefalse
true
Whether or not there's water in the same place as these candles.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
candles0x1
0x2
00
1
2
3
0
1
2
3
Number of candles, starting from 1 to 4.
lit0x4falsefalse
true
0
1
Whether or not these candles are lit.

History

October 3, 2020 Black Candle White Candle Black and white candles are shown at Minecraft Live 2020.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Nether Star|Nether Star]]<br/>{{Distinguish|Firework Star}}
{{Item
| image = Nether Star.gif
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| rarity = Uncommon
}}
The '''nether star''' is a rare item [[drops|dropped]] by the [[wither]] that is used solely to [[Crafting|craft]] [[beacon]]s.

== Obtaining ==

=== Mob loot ===

The nether star can be obtained only by defeating the [[wither]] [[Mob#Boss mobs|boss]], which is created using [[soul sand]] and [[Head|wither skeleton skulls]]. One nether star is dropped each time; the dropped amount is not affected by the [[Looting]] enchantment. {{IN|java}}, nether stars dropped by withers take 10 minutes to despawn and are immune to explosions. {{IN|bedrock}}, nether star items never despawn, neither by time nor by explosions.

== Usage ==

The nether star has the same animated glint as [[enchanted]] items, [[potion]]s, and [[end crystal]]s.

A dropped nether star item cannot be destroyed by [[explosion]]s. However, it can still be destroyed by a falling [[anvil]],‌{{only|java}} [[fire]], [[lava]], [[cacti]], or [[the Void]].

It is used to [[Crafting|craft]] a [[beacon]].

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|match=start}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|The beginning;The beginnig?.}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Withering Heights}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Star
|spritetype=item
|nameid=nether_star
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Star
|spritetype=item
|nameid=nether_star
|aliasid=netherstar
|id=518
|form=item
|translationkey=item.netherStar.name
|foot=1}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|H6k28iUefMo}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w34a|[[File:Nether Star JE1.png|32px]] The texture of the nether star has been added.}}
{{History|||snap=12w36a|[[File:Nether Star JE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.
|Nether stars are [[drops|dropped]] by the [[wither]].}}
{{History|||snap=12w37a|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed so that they no longer have a dark outline.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|[[Drops|Dropped]] nether stars can no longer be destroyed by [[explosion]]s.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 399.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|Nether star has become a [[renewable resource]], as [[soul sand]], one of the blocks used to construct withers, is now renewable through [[bartering]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 4|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Nether Star.gif|32px]] The texture of nether stars has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||1.3.12|[[File:Nether Star JE2 BE1.gif|32px]] Added nether stars.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
File:Nether Star JE3 BE2.png|The nether star without enchanted animated glint.
File:Star Drop.png|The nether star dropped by the wither.
File:Wither, left- Nether Star, right.png|A wither to the left, and a nether star to the right.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External Links==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--nether-star Taking Inventory: Nether Star] – Minecraft.net on May 11, 2023

{{Items}}

[[cs:Netheritová hvězda]]
[[de:Netherstern]]
[[es:Estrella del Inframundo]]
[[fr:Étoile du Nether]]
[[hu:Alvilági csillag]]
[[it:Stella del Nether]]
[[ja:ネザースター]]
[[ko:네더의 별]]
[[nl:Netherster]]
[[pl:Netherowa gwiazda]]
[[pt:Estrela do Nether]]
[[ru:Звезда Нижнего мира]]
[[tr:Nether Yıldızı]]
[[uk:Зірка Незеру]]
[[zh:下界之星]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]</li><li>[[Bread|Bread]]<br/>{{dungeons hatnote|type=item}}
{{Item
| title = Bread
| image = Bread.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|5}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Bread''' is a [[food]] [[item]] that can be eaten by the [[player]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Crafting ===

{{Crafting
  |A2=Wheat
  |B2=Wheat
  |C2=Wheat
  |Output=Bread
  |type=Foodstuff
}}

=== Chest loot ===

{{LootChestItem|bread}}

=== Trading ===

Novice-level farmer [[Villager|villagers]] sell 6 bread for one [[emerald]] as part of their [[Trading|trades]]. {{IN|java}} they only have a 40% chance of offering this trade.

=== Villager gifts ===

Farmer villagers may use wheat they have harvested to craft bread, which they can trade with other villagers.

Farmer villagers may throw bread at players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.{{only|java}}

== Usage ==

=== Food ===
{{see also|Tutorials/Hunger management|title1= Hunger management}}

Bread can be eaten with the use control while it is selected in the [[hotbar]]. Eating bread restores {{hunger|5}} [[hunger]] and 6.0 [[Hunger#Mechanics|hunger saturation]].

=== Breeding ===

Villagers can pick up bread items to become willing, allowing them to breed. Villagers require 3 bread to become willing.

=== Composting ===
Placing bread into a [[composter]] has an 85% chance of raising the compost level by 1. It is more efficient to compost [[wheat]] than bread made from wheat.

== Sounds ==

{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==

=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bread
|spritetype=item
|nameid=bread
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Bread
|spritetype=item
|nameid=bread
|id=261
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==

{{load achievements|Bake Bread}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet}}

== History ==

{{History|java indev}}
{{History||20100206|[[File:Bread JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Bread has been added, which now restores {{hp|5}}.}}
{{History||20100223|Bread now requires 3 [[wheat]] (1 row of 3) instead of 6 (2 rows of 3) to be crafted.}}
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||?|Bread is no longer stackable.}}
{{History||20100625-2|Bread can now be found in the new [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.8|snap=Pre-release|Bread is now stackable to 64.
|Bread now restores {{hunger|5}} instead of {{hp|5}}.
|[[Dungeon]] [[chests]] now contain more bread, now that it stacks.
|Bread can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] storerooms and [[mineshaft]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Bread can now be found in the new [[stronghold]] altar [[chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.1|snap=12w01a|Bread can now be found in the new [[village]] blacksmith chests.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w16a|Bread can now be found in the new [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=12w21a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 3–4 loaves of bread for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w37a|[[File:Bread JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The dark outline has now been removed from the bread texture.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w16a|Bread can now be used to feed [[horse]]s.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 2–4 loaves of bread for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w26c|[[Horse]]s no longer can eat bread.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|The average yield of bread from [[mineshaft]] and [[dungeon]] [[chest]]s has now been decreased.}}
{{History||1.11|snap=16w39a|Bread can now found in the new [[woodland mansion]] chests.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 297.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Bread JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bread has now been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Bread can now generate inside chests in cartographer houses, tanneries and plains [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Bread can now generate inside chests in mason houses, and savanna and snowy [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Bread can now generate inside chests in village temples, toolsmith, and desert and taiga [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w03a|Placing bread into the new [[composter]] now has an 80% chance of raising the compost level by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w05a|Bread now has an 85% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.}}
{{History|||snap=19w13a|Farmer villagers now give bread to players under the [[Hero of the Village]] effect.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Bread JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bread.}}
{{History||v0.5.0|Bread now restores {{hp|5}} instead of {{hp|2}}.}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Bread JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The dark outline has now been removed from the bread texture.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Bread now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Bread can now be found inside [[minecart with chest]]s in [[mineshaft]]s.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.0.4|snap=alpha 1.0.4.0|[[Villager]]s now require bread to become willing, in order to [[breeding|breed]].
|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 2-4 loaves of bread for 1 [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.1.0|snap=alpha 1.1.0.0|Bread can now be found in [[woodland mansion]] [[chest]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.2.0|snap=beta 1.2.0.2|Bread can now be found inside [[bonus chest]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Bread JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bread has now been changed.
|Bread can now be found inside [[plains]] [[village]] houses [[chest]]s, plains tannery house chests, village cartographer house chests and plains weaponsmith chests.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Bread can now be found in village chests other than plains.
|Bread can now be used to fill up [[composter]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Farmer [[villager]]s now [[trading|sell]] 6 bread for one [[emerald]].}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Bread JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added bread.}}
{{History||xbox=TU5|Bread is now stackable to 64. 
|Bread now restores [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU12|[[File:Bread JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The dark outline has now been removed from the bread texture.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Bread JE3 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of bread has now been changed.}}

{{History|new3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Bread JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added bread.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--bread Taking Inventory: Bread] – Minecraft.net on February 25, 2021

{{Items}}

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]

[[cs:Chléb]]
[[de:Brot]]
[[es:Pan]]
[[fr:Pain]]
[[hu:Kenyér]]
[[it:Pane]]
[[ja:パン]]
[[ko:빵]]
[[nl:Brood]]
[[pl:Chleb]]
[[pt:Pão]]
[[ru:Хлеб]]
[[th:ขนมปัง]]
[[uk:Хліб]]
[[zh:面包]]</li></ul>
20w45aCandle White Candle Orange Candle Magenta Candle Light Blue Candle Yellow Candle Lime Candle Pink Candle Gray Candle Light Gray Candle Cyan Candle Purple Candle Blue Candle Brown Candle Green Candle Red Candle Black Candle
Candle (item) JE1 White Candle (item) JE1 Orange Candle (item) JE1 Magenta Candle (item) JE1 Light Blue Candle (item) JE1 Yellow Candle (item) JE1 Lime Candle (item) JE1 Pink Candle (item) JE1 Gray Candle (item) JE1 Light Gray Candle (item) JE1 Cyan Candle (item) JE1 Purple Candle (item) JE1 Blue Candle (item) JE1 Brown Candle (item) JE1 Green Candle (item) JE1 Red Candle (item) JE1 Black Candle (item) JE1 Added candles.
20w46aCandle (item) JE2 White Candle (item) JE2 Orange Candle (item) JE2 Magenta Candle (item) JE2 Light Blue Candle (item) JE2 Yellow Candle (item) JE2 Lime Candle (item) JE2 Pink Candle (item) JE2 Gray Candle (item) JE2 Light Gray Candle (item) JE2 Cyan Candle (item) JE2 Purple Candle (item) JE2 Blue Candle (item) JE2 Brown Candle (item) JE2 Green Candle (item) JE2 Red Candle (item) JE2 Black Candle (item) JE2 The textures of candle items have been changed.
20w48aCandle (item) JE3 White Candle (item) JE3 Orange Candle (item) JE3 Magenta Candle (item) JE3 Light Blue Candle (item) JE3 Yellow Candle (item) JE3 Lime Candle (item) JE3 File:Pink Candle (item) JE3.png Gray Candle (item) JE3 Light Gray Candle (item) JE3 Cyan Candle (item) JE3 Purple Candle (item) JE3 Blue Candle (item) JE3 Brown Candle (item) JE3 Green Candle (item) JE3 Red Candle (item) JE3 Black Candle (item) JE3 The textures of candle items have been changed again, removing the smaller candle in the inventory sprite.
Candles can no longer be placed on blocks that are not solid, such as chests and cobwebs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Candle" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

  • Candles are similar to the concept of burnt-out torches from the Halloween Update.
  • Using the command /setblock ~ ~ ~ minecraft:candle[lit=true,waterlogged=true] allows for a both lit and waterlogged candle.
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