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[i 1] | tile.colored_torch.red.name tile.colored_torch.green.name |
Blue and purple torch | colored_torch_bp | 204 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | 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[]
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1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Education Edition | |||||
1.0.27 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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[]
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