Conduit

This article is about the block. For the status effect, see Conduit Power. For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see Anima Conduit. For the artifact in the Hidden Depths DLC in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Conduit.

Conduit

Rarity color	Rare
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminant	Yes (15)
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

A conduit is a beacon-like block that provides Conduit Power and attacks hostile mobs underwater.

Obtaining

Breaking

In Java Edition, conduits drop as an item when broken with any tool or by hand.

In Bedrock Edition, conduits drop as an item when broken with any tool or by hand, but a pickaxe is the fastest way to break it.

When destroyed by an explosion, the block always drops as an item.

Block	Conduit
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time
Default	4.5
Wooden	2.25
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	0.4

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Nautilus Shell + Heart of the Sea

Usage

Conduit power

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Schematic of a conduit in an activation frame.
Click the scale on the right to view the layers.
The conduit and water are required. The frame
must include 16-42 blocks of prismarine, dark
prismarine, sea lanterns, and/or prismarine
bricks. Unused frame-blocks and empty spaces
can be anything.

When activated, conduits give the "Conduit Power" effect to all players in contact with rain or water, within a spherical range of 32-96 blocks. This effect restores oxygen, gives underwater night vision and increases mining speed by 16.7% (1/6th). In Bedrock Edition, Conduits also damage any hostile mobs, like drowned, guardians, and elder guardians, within a range of 8 blocks of the conduit. Conduits can be activated in any biome and at any height or depth.

To activate, a conduit needs to be in the center of a 3×3×3 volume of water (source blocks, flowing water, and/or waterlogged blocks), which itself must be enclosed within an activation frame. The frame is built out of blocks in three 5×5 open squares centered on the conduit, one around each axis. Only prismarine, dark prismarine, prismarine bricks, and sea lantern blocks in the frame contribute to activation. A minimum of 16 blocks are required and produce an effective range of 32 blocks. Prismarine-type slabs (including double slabs), stairs, and walls cannot be used to activate the conduit. Any blocks (of any type) that are not part of the activation frame itself but are in the 5×5×5 outer shell likewise have no effect. Once activated, removing any blocks away from the conduit does not deactivate the conduit.

The effective radius of the conduit is 16 blocks for every seven blocks in the frame, though the effect does not activate until the minimum of 16 blocks is included in the build. Thus, it extends to 48 at 21 blocks, 64 at 28 blocks, 80 at 35 blocks, and 96 with a complete frame of 42 blocks. A complete frame also carries the additional advantage of attacking hostile mobs within 8 blocks of the conduit by 4 every 2 seconds, if they are in contact with water or rain.

Light source

Conduits emit a light level of 15, the brightest light level in the game, whether activated or not; including on land.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Unique

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Conduit activates	Blocks	When conduit turns on	block.conduit.activate	subtitles.block.conduit.activate	0.9	1.0	16
	Conduit pulses	Blocks	While conduit is active	block.conduit.ambient	subtitles.block.conduit.ambient	1.0	1.0	8
	None	Blocks	Plays periodically while conduit is active	block.conduit.ambient.short	None	1.0	1.0	8
	Conduit attacks	Blocks	When conduit attacks	block.conduit.attack.target	subtitles.block.conduit.attack.target	1.0	1.0	16
	Conduit deactivates	Blocks	When conduit turns off	block.conduit.deactivate	subtitles.block.conduit.deactivate	0.7	1.0	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Form	Translation key
Conduit	conduit	Block & Item	block.minecraft.conduit

Name	Resource location
Block entity	conduit

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Conduit	conduit	412	Block & Item	tile.conduit.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Conduit

Block states

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this conduit.

Block entity

A conduit has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

See also: Block entity format

• Block entity data
  • Tags common to all block entities
  •  Target: The UUID of the hostile mob the conduit is currently attacking, stored as four ints. May not be present.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 26 effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects, if any, may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. Note: This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless if one or more of its child advancements have been completed.	nether/all_effects

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other platforms
		Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50G	Gold

History

Java Edition
1.13		18w15a			Added conduits.
		18w16a			The particle effect for the conduit has been changed to the (previously unused) entity_core texture file.
		18w19a			Conduits now produce sounds.
		18w20b			The eye of the conduit now shows whether it's hunting for hostile mobs or not: it shows an open eye when it's looking out for hostile mobs, and a closed eye otherwise.
		18w20c			Dark prismarine can now be used to activate a conduit.
1.13.1		18w31a			Conduits are now properly waterlogged.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0		beta 1.5.0.1			Added conduits.
		beta 1.5.0.4			Conduits now produce sounds.
1.16.0		beta 1.15.0.51			Conduits can now give Conduit Power to nearby players in rain.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added conduits.

Issues

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

Trivia

• When it is activated, the conduit displays the heart of the sea's texture in the center of its model. However, when all 42 blocks have been placed (when the conduit is fully activated) the heart opens like an orange eye.
• The achievement obtained by activating a conduit refers to the system of whirlpools in Nordland county, Norway.

Gallery

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  Basic arrangements of 16 prismarine bricks to activate a conduit.

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  Adding additional blocks around a conduit can extend the range of effect.

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  One possible setup to activate a conduit.

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  An unusual, but the valid setup of 16 prismarine block.

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  Closer look at the activated conduit.

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  A conduit attacking a drowned.

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  Valid block placements for conduit activation; note that the conduit itself must also be surrounded by water.

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  Animation of an activated conduit (click to enlarge).

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  A conduit with "Fancy Graphics" disabled in Bedrock Edition.

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  Optimal placement of fully powered conduits around a central conduit. North should be negative Z.

See also

• Beacon

Environment

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