Colored Torch

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

This page describes an education-related feature.

This feature is available only in Education Edition or when enabling the "Education Edition" option in Bedrock Edition.

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.

1 Obtaining
- 1.1 Breaking
- 1.2 Crafting
2 Usage
- 2.1 Light
- 2.2 Placement
3 Data values
4 History
5 Trivia
6 See also

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	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Red and green torch	`colored_torch_rg`	`202`	Block & Item	`tile.colored_torch.red.name` `tile.colored_torch.green.name`
Blue and purple torch	`colored_torch_bp`	`204`	Block & 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[]

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 torche's stick uses the pre-Texture Update texture.

See also[]

Blocks

Natural
Soil	Clay Dirt Coarse Rooted Dirt Path Grass Block Gravel Mycelium Nylium Podzol Sand Red Soul Sand Soul Soil
Stone	Andesite Bedrock Basalt Smooth Blackstone Gilded Calcite Cobblestone Mossy Deepslate Diorite Dripstone Block End Stone Glowstone Granite Infested Block Magma Block Netherrack Obsidian Crying Pointed Dripstone Sandstone Red Stone Terracotta Tuff
Ore/Mineral	Amethyst Bud Cluster Ancient Debris Budding Amethyst Coal Ore Deepslate Copper Ore Deepslate Diamond Ore Deepslate Emerald Ore Deepslate Gold Ore Deepslate Nether Gold Ore Iron Ore Deepslate Lapis Lazuli Ore Deepslate Nether Quartz Ore Redstone Ore Deepslate
Liquid/Related	Bubble Column Ice Blue Packed Lava Powder Snow Snow Block Water
Non-physical	Air Cave‌^{[JE only]} Void‌^{[JE only]} Fire Soul

Biology
Wood/Hypha	Logs Stripped Wood Stripped Stems Stripped Hyphae Stripped
Plant	Azalea Flowering Bamboo Shoot Beetroots Big Dripleaf Small Stem Cactus Carrots Cave Vines Cocoa Chorus Plant Flower Dead Bush Fern Large Flowers Grass Tall Hanging Roots Leaves Lily Pad Melon Stem Moss Block Carpet Potatoes Pumpkin Carved Stem Saplings Seagrass Tall Spore Blossom Sugar Cane Sweet Berry Bush Vines Wheat Crops Hay Bale
Fungus	Fungi Glow Lichen Mushrooms Blocks Nether Sprouts Nether Wart Nether Wart Block Warped Roots Shroomlight Twisting Vines Weeping Vines
Fauna	Coral Dead Coral Blocks Dead Coral Fans Dead Sea Pickle
Faunal Product	Bee Nest Bone Block Cobweb Dragon Egg Turtle Egg
Algae	Kelp Dried Block

Building
Decoration	Carpets Chain Iron Bars Glass Pane Stained Glass Pane Tinted Glass Glazed Terracotta Honeycomb Block Slabs Stairs Walls Wool
Mineral Block	Block of Amethyst Block of Coal Block of Copper Cut Raw Block of Diamond Block of Emerald Block of Gold Raw Block of Iron Raw Block of Lapis Lazuli Block of Netherite Block of Quartz Chiseled Pillar Smooth Bricks Block of Redstone
Manufactured	Bookshelf Bricks Chiseled Deepslate Cobbled Deepslate Concrete Concrete Powder Cut Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Cut Red Sandstone Chiseled Smooth Deepslate Bricks Cracked Deepslate Tiles Cracked End Stone Bricks Nether Bricks Cracked Chiseled Red Planks Polished Andesite Polished Basalt Polished Blackstone Bricks Cracked Chiseled Polished Diorite Polished Granite Polished Deepslate Prismarine Bricks Dark Purpur Block Pillar Smooth Stone Stone Bricks Cracked Mossy Chiseled
Lighting	Candle End Rod Jack o'Lantern Lantern Soul Sea Lantern Torch Soul
BE & EE only	Elements Hardened Glass Pane

Utility
Interactable	Anvil Barrel Beacon Brewing Stand Blast Furnace Cartography Table Chest Ender Crafting Table Enchanting Table Fletching Table Furnace Grindstone Lectern Loom Shulker Box Sign Smithing Table Smoker Stonecutter
Usable	Banners Beehive Beds Bell Cake with Candle Campfire Soul Cauldron Lava Powder Snow Water Composter Conduit Farmland End Gateway End Portal End Portal Frame Fences Flower Pot Frosted Ice Heads Ladder Lodestone Jukebox Nether Portal Respawn Anchor Scaffolding Spawner Sponge Wet TNT
Mechanism	Button Dispenser Daylight Detector Doors Dropper Fence Gates Honey Block Hopper Lever Lightning Rod Note Block Observer Piston Sticky Head Moving Pressure Plates Rail Activator Detector Powered Redstone Dust Comparator Lamp Repeater Torch Slime Block Target Trapdoors Trapped Chest Tripwire Hook Tripwire
Bedrock Edition only	Item Frame Glow
Education Edition only	Chalkboard
BE & EE only	Compound Creator Element Constructor Lab Table Material Reducer Colored Torches Underwater Torch Underwater TNT Allow Border Deny Heat Block

Upcoming JE 1.19 & BE 1.19.0
Vegetation	Sculk Sculk Vein
Faunal Product	Frog Egg Froglight
Utility	Sculk Catalyst Sculk Shrieker

Creative only
All editions	Player Head
Java Edition only	Petrified Oak Slab
Bedrock Edition only	Empty Monster Spawner
BE & EE only	Allow Border Deny

Commands only
All editions	Barrier Command Block Chain Repeating Unstable TNT
Java Edition only	Custom Player Head Sculk Sensor
Bedrock Edition only	Chiseled Purpur Wooden Slab Smooth Stone Bricks tile.purpur_block.smooth.name
JE & BE only	Jigsaw Block Light Block Structure Block Structure Void
Education Edition only	Camera

Unused
Bedrock Edition only	Bell Stand Glowing Obsidian Invisible Bedrock Nether Reactor Core Smokeless Campfire info_update info_update2 reserved6 Stonecutter (old)

Removed
Java Edition only	Cloth Gear Dead Coral Block Infinite Lava Source Infinite Water Source Locked Chest Shrub
Bedrock Edition only	grass_carried leaves_carried

Extreme metadata variants
All editions	Seamless Stone Slab Six-sided Hay Bale Weird Piston
Java Edition only	Faceless Jack o'Lantern Overripe Melon Stem Overripe Pumpkin Stem Potted non-flower block Green Shrub
Bedrock Edition only	Diorite Bell Granite Bell Polished Six-sided Bone Block Six-sided Purpur Pillar Six-sided Quartz Pillar

Unimplemented
All editions	Branches Colored Wood Planks Coral Slab Dirt Slab Empty Barrel Fish Barrel Furniture Paeonia Spike Block Wax Block Copper Button

Joke features
Java Edition only	An Ant Block of Coal Box of Infinite Books Burnt-out Torch Cursor Etho Slab Funky Portal Leftover Swaggiest stairs ever Tinted Glass Pane USB Charger Block

Colored Torch

Contents

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

Crafting[]

Usage[]

Light[]

Placement[]

Data values[]

ID[]

Metadata[]

Block states[]

History[]

Trivia[]

See also[]

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