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A jack o'lantern is a solid block that provides light.
Obtaining
Jack o'lanterns can be mined with any tool, or without a tool, but axes are the quickest.
| Block | Jack o'Lantern | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 1 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[A] | ||
| Default | 1.5 | |
| Wooden | 0.75 | |
| Stone | 0.4 | |
| Iron | 0.25 | |
| Diamond | 0.2 | |
| Netherite | 0.2 | |
| Golden | 0.15 | |
| Sword | 1 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
A jack o'lantern will also be removed and drop itself as an item if a piston tries to push it (trying to pull it does nothing) or moves a block into its space.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Pumpkin + Torch |
Mobs
Zombies, skeletons, wither skeletons, and zombie pigmen have a chance of wearing a jack o'lantern if they spawn during Halloween. If a mob wearing a jack o'lantern is killed using a tool enchanted with Looting, there will be a chance equivalent to the level of Looting used to drop the jack o'lantern, up to a maximum of a 3% chance of a drop.
Usage
Light source
Jack o'lanterns can be used as light sources underwater.
Jack o'lanterns have a luminance of 15 and the ability to provide light while submerged under water. Like most light sources, they will melt snow and ice.
Building golems
Jack o'lanterns can be used to build snow golems and iron golems as shown below. Snow golems require snow blocks for their bodies, while iron golems require iron blocks. The jack o'lantern must be placed last or the golem will not spawn.
This only work in the Java Edition and Bedrock Edition. In the Legacy Console Edition, a pumpkin must be placed as head.[verify]
Placement
Jack o'lanterns cannot be placed without a block under them, but once placed, will remain even if the block underneath is mined away. When placed, jack o'lanterns automatically face the player. Jack o'lanterns cannot be placed on a transparent block.
Jack o'lanterns are transparent in their rendering only, which means that they have the attributes that all opaque solid blocks have. For example, they can suffocate mobs, and blocks attached to another block (such as torches and rails) can be placed on top of them or on their sides.
Enchantments
Jack o'lanterns can receive the following enchantments, but only through an anvil.
Data values
Jack o'lanterns have the ID name minecraft:lit_pumpkin, and a data value of 91.
Block data
| Lowest two bits value | Facing |
|---|---|
| 0 | Jack o'lantern facing south |
| 1 | Jack o'lantern facing west |
| 2 | Jack o'lantern facing north |
| 3 | Jack o'lantern facing east |
Block state
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| facing | north | eastnorthsouthwest | The direction the jack o'lantern's carved face is facing. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the jack o'lantern. |
| Name | Metadata Bits | Default value | Allowed values | Values for Metadata Bits |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| direction | 0x10x2 | 0 | 0123 | 0123 | The direction the jack o' lantern is facing.
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Achievements
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Body Guard | Create an Iron Golem | — | 20G | Bronze | ||
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Hired Help | Summon an Iron Golem to help defend a village | What a Deal! | Summon an iron golem. | adventure/summon_iron_golem
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Video
Jack o'Lantern/video
History
| alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 | Added jack o'lanterns. | ||||
| 1.2.0_02 | All Jack o'lanterns on worlds were converted back into pumpkins in name only. | ||||
| beta | |||||
| 1.1_02 | Jack o'lanterns are labeled pumpkins when moused over in the inventory screen. | ||||
| 1.2 | Jack o'lanterns previously had the same icon and name in the inventory as pumpkins, making it impossible to tell which is which just by looking at them. However, it wasn't possible to stack jack o'lanterns with pumpkins. | ||||
| 1.5_01 | Jack o'lanterns that already exist in-game now all appear facing the opposite way they were placed before the update. Placing a Jack o'lantern will also have it placed facing away from you, as opposed to facing in your direction, as was the case before the update. | ||||
| 1.8 | With the introduction of pumpkin farming, jack o'lanterns are now a renewable resource, because the player can make their torches from charcoal. | ||||
| release | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w08a | Iron golems can now be made by using Jack o'Lanterns. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w39b | Previously, Jack o'Lanterns lit up blocks all around them evenly. This snapshot changed the light values that Jack o'lanterns emitted, similar to how furnaces were changed in 12w39a.[2] (images showing difference) The light value of Jack o'lantern blocks as seen from their front and bottom surfaces remained 15, but the light value as seen from the top, both sides, and back was changed to 13. | |||
| 12w40a | The previous change was reverted until the new lighting system could be optimized. | ||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w26a | Renamed Jack 'o' Lantern to Jack o'Lantern. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w26c | Jack o'lanterns can no longer be used to build golems. | |||
| 1.8.1 | 1.8.1-pre1 | Jack o'lanterns can be used to build golems again. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.8.0 | build 2 | Added jack o'lanterns. | |||
| 0.9.0 | build 1 | Smooth lighting removed from jack o'lanterns. | |||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Jack o'lanterns can now spawn golems. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added jack o'lanterns. | |
Issues
Issues relating to "Jack o'Lantern" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
- Jack Daytime.png
A staircase lit by jack o'lanterns during the daytime.
- Jack Nightime.png
A staircase lit by jack o'lanterns at night.
See also
- Jack-o'-lantern at Wikipedia
References


