Colored Torch

"Blue Torch" redirects here. For the torch crafted from soul soil, see Torch.

Colored Torch

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	Yes (14)
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Colored torches are torches colored by metal chlorides, available in blue, red, purple, and green.

Obtaining

Only by crafting.

Breaking

Colored torches break instantly and drop itself when broken using anything. The tool does not take any damage. Colored torches are also broken if pushed by a piston.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Cerium Chloride or Mercuric Chloride or Potassium Chloride or Tungsten Chloride + Torch		Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green ‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Usage

Torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some require sneaking (see placement for exceptions). Being non-solid, torches have no collision box.

Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel do not fall if the block below them has a torch on it and break when falling onto a torch.

Light

Torches emit a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance). Colored torches emit normal light, not colored light, and therefore the coloring is purely aesthetic.

Placement

In general, torches can be placed only on solid, opaque, full blocks; exceptions are listed below.

Block name	Torch placeable
Slab	Top of top-half slabs
Fence	Top only
Cobblestone Wall	Top only
Glass	Yes
Stained Glass	Yes
Hopper	Top only
Snow	Top of 8-layer thick snow
Soul Sand	Yes
Piston	Yes
Monster Spawner	Yes

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Red and green torch	colored_torch_rg	202	Block & Giveable Item	tile.colored_torch.red.name tile.colored_torch.green.name
Blue and purple torch	colored_torch_bp	204	Block & Giveable Item	tile.colored_torch.blue.name tile.colored_torch.purple.name

Metadata

Colored torches have the following data values:

Colored torch (red/green)

	DV	Description
	0	Red Torch
	1	Green Torch

Colored torch (blue/purple)

	DV	Description
	0	Blue Torch
	1	Purple Torch

Block states

See also: Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
color_bit	0	0 1	What color the torch is. For rg 0 is red and 1 is green. For bp 0 is blue and 1 is purple.
torch_facing_direction	top	east north south top unknown west	The direction the top of the torch is facing.

History

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.20.1			Added colored torches.
Education Edition
1.0.27					Added colored torches.

Trivia

• As with Sparklers, the flame colors correspond to results from a flame test performed on these chloride salts.
• The torch's stick uses the pre-Texture Update texture.

See also

• Torch
• Underwater Torch
• Redstone Torch
• Redstone Lamp