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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. This may be used as a birthday cake.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.candle.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.candle.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.candle.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
None[sound 1]Entity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.candle.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.candle.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016
  1. a b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition: [sound 1]

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.candle1.01.0
BlocksWhen the block is placeddig.candle1.01.0
BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.candle1.01.0
BlocksFalling on the block with fall damagestep.candle1.01.0
BlocksWalking on the blockstep.candle1.01.0
BlocksJumping from the blockstep.candle1.01.0
BlocksFalling on the block without fall damagestep.candle1.01.0
  1. MCPE-130605 — Candles has a few missing sounds from Java

Unique

Java Edition:

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
Fire extinguishedBlocksCandle gets put outblock.candle.extinguishsubtitles.block.fire.extinguish??8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
CandlecandleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.candle
White Candlewhite_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.white_candle
Orange Candleorange_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.orange_candle
Magenta Candlemagenta_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.magenta_candle
Light Blue Candlelight_blue_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.light_blue_candle
Yellow Candleyellow_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.yellow_candle
Lime Candlelime_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.lime_candle
Pink Candlepink_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.pink_candle
Gray Candlegray_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.gray_candle
Light Gray Candlelight_gray_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.light_gray_candle
Cyan Candlecyan_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.cyan_candle
Purple Candlepurple_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.purple_candle
Blue Candleblue_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.blue_candle
Brown Candlebrown_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.brown_candle
Green Candlegreen_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.green_candle
Red Candlered_candleBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.red_candle
Black Candleblack_candleBlock & Itemblock.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 unnamed at Minecraft Live 2020 as part of deep dark caves biome.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.17
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[:Category:Dyes|Category:Dyes]]<br/>These are items that can be used to dye sheep, wool blocks, or combined to make other dyes.

[[Category:Items]]

[[es:Categoría:Tintes]]
[[fr:Catégorie:Teinture]]
[[hu:Kategória:Festékek]]
[[zh:Category:染料]]</li><li>[[Water Bucket|Water Bucket]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Water Bucket
| renewable = Yes
| image = Water Bucket.png
| stackable = No
}}

A '''water bucket''' is a [[bucket]] filled with [[water]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Interacting ===
To fill an empty [[bucket]] with water, {{control|use}} it on a [[water]] source block. The water is consumed in the process. Flowing water does not fill a bucket.

{{control|Using}} an empty bucket on a [[cauldron]] filled with water (water level 3) empties the cauldron and fills the bucket.

Water buckets can also be filled by placing an empty one in the fuel slot of a [[furnace]], and a wet [[sponge]] into the oven slot. The bucket is filled when the [[smelting]] process completes, which also leaves the sponge dry and ready to be reused.

=== Chest Loot ===

{{LootChestItem|water-bucket}}

== Usage ==
{{Control|Using}} a water bucket on a solid block places a water source block against that block, emptying the bucket; using a water bucket on a [[waterlogging|waterloggable]] block waterlogs the block. In [[the Nether]], however, the water evaporates, making a fire extinguishing sound and displays smoke particles while nothing gets placed.

=== Dispensers ===
A [[dispenser]] can be loaded with a water bucket, and when activated it places a water block directly before it, emptying the bucket. A dispenser loaded with an empty bucket and a water source right in front of it draws the source into the bucket when activated.

=== Cauldrons ===
A single water bucket can fill a [[cauldron]], and using an empty bucket on a water-filled cauldron fills the bucket. Empty buckets cannot be filled from partly-filled cauldrons.

=== Filling bucket with mobs ===
Water buckets can be used on a [[fish]], [[axolotl]] or [[tadpole]] to create a [[bucket of aquatic mob]].

=== Transportation ===
{{main|Tutorials/Elevators#Water elevators}}
Water buckets can be used as a means of quickly descending great heights in the [[Overworld]] and [[the End]], either by creating a waterfall or using the water bucket while falling to create a safe water landing.

Water buckets can also be used to climb vertical surfaces anywhere but [[the Nether]] by repeatedly creating higher waterfalls from the bottom and swimming up them.

== Sounds ==
{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket fills
|source=player
|description=When a bucket is filled with water
|id=item.bucket.fill
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.fill
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|subtitle=Bucket empties
|source=block
|description=When the bucket is placed
|id=item.bucket.empty
|translationkey=subtitles.item.bucket.empty
|volume=1.0 <ref group=sound>Except for the second copy of {{cd|empty1}}, which is 0.9</ref>
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Fill water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Fill water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Fill water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a bucket is filled with water
|id=bucket.fill_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Empty water bucket1.ogg
|sound2=Empty water bucket2.ogg
|sound3=Empty water bucket3.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a water bucket is emptied
|id=bucket.empty_water
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Water Splash Old.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a water bucket is placed in a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=bucketsplash>{{Bug|MCPE-135919}}</ref>
|id=cauldron.fillwater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|source=block
|description=When a water bucket is removed from a cauldron<wbr><ref group=sound name=bucketsplash/>
|id=cauldron.takewater
|volume=0.1
|pitch=1.0
|foot=1}}

==Data values==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Water Bucket
|spritetype=item
|nameid=water_bucket
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Water Bucket
|spritetype=item
|nameid=water_bucket
|aliasid=bucket / 8
|id=362
|form=item
|translationkey=item.bucketWater.name
|foot=1}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Tactical fishing;The Cutest Predator;Bukkit bukkit}}

==History==
{{History|java infdev}}
{{History||20100615|[[File:Water Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added water buckets.}}
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.2.6|{{control|use|text=Using}} a water bucket on [[block]]s with GUIs ([[chest]]s, [[furnace]]s, etc.) no longer places the water.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Water buckets can now be used to fill [[cauldron]]s.}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w15a|[[Dispenser]]s have now been given the ability to dispense water buckets. They can also collect if activated again.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|A water bucket is now shown as the icon when [[water]] is used as a layer in [[Superflat]].}}
{{History|||snap=14w25b|[[Smelting]] a wet [[sponge]] while an empty bucket is in the fuel slot fills the bucket with water.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w44a|A full [[cauldron]] can now be emptied with a bucket, yielding a water bucket.}}
{{History|||snap=15w50a|Added sounds for collecting and pouring water using a bucket.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to the ''[[Flattening]]'' this item's numerical ID was 326.}}
{{History|||snap=18w08b|Water buckets can now be used to pick up [[fish]] mobs.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Water Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of water buckets has now been changed.
|Water buckets can now suck up liquids directly adjacent to the side they are facing. How this works is unknown, given the water bucket clearly already contains a liquid.}}
{{History|||snap=18w48a|Water buckets can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] fishing cottages.}}
{{History|||snap=19w02a|Water buckets can now be used to put out [[campfire]]s.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w51a|Water buckets can now be used to collect [[axolotl]]s.}}
{{History||1.19|snap=22w11a|Water buckets can now be used to collect [[tadpole]]s.}}
{{History||1.19.3|snap=22w45a|Water buckets can now be emptied into [[waterlogging|waterlogged]] blocks, instead of placing water against them.<ref>{{bug|MC-127110|||Fixed}}</ref>}}
{{History|upcoming java}}
{{History||Villager Trade Rebalance<br>(Experimental)|link=Java Edition 1.20.2|snap=23w31a|[[Wandering trader]]s now have a chance to [[trading|buy]] a water bucket from the player.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[File:Water Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added water buckets.
|Water buckets were simply called "Bucket".}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Water buckets no longer stack to 64.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Dispensers can now shoot out water from water buckets.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Water buckets can now be used to pick up [[fish mob]]s.
|Moved all bucket items, including water buckets, from the Equipment tab to the Items tab in the [[Creative inventory]].{{verify|type=update}}{{info needed}}<!---please check snapshots, only 1 major release version was checked each--->}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Water Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of water buckets has now been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of water buckets has been changed from <code>bucket/8</code> to <code>water_bucket</code>.}}
{{History||1.17.0|snap=beta 1.16.230.52|Water buckets can now be used to collect [[axolotl]]s.}}
{{History||1.18.10|snap=beta 1.18.10.24|Water buckets can now be used to collect [[tadpole]]s behind the "Wild Update" experimental toggle.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Water Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added water buckets.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|[[Dispenser]]s have now been given the ability to shoot out the [[liquids]] inside water buckets. They can also suck up the liquids if activated again, but a bug prevents the empty [[bucket]] from being filled. Whether this was ever fixed is unknown.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Water Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of water buckets has now been changed.}}

{{History|New Nintendo 3DS Edition}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Water Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added water buckets.}}
{{History|foot}}

==Issues==
{{issue list}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Water Bucket SDGP.png|Water bucket in the [[Super Duper Graphics Pack]].
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Items}}

[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Tools]]

[[de:Wassereimer]]
[[ja:水入りバケツ]]
[[pt:Balde de água]]
[[th:ถังน้ำ]]
[[uk:Відро води]]
[[zh:水桶]]</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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