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Light blocks are invisible blocks, primarily intended for map makers, that can produce any light level.

Obtaining

Light blocks cannot be mined, or even targeted, similar to air. Light Blocks with light level 0 are functionally identical to air. They do not attach to any block, meaning that breaking an adjacent block does not remove the light block. However, they can be broken by replacing them with another block. The exception is water (including flowing water) which can occupy the same space as a light block. See this page for details.

Light blocks are not in the player's creative inventory. They can only be obtained using /give, with any data value from 0 to 15. This value determines the block's light level.

Usage

A light block is normally used in adventure maps (while most just apply Night Vision or Conduit Power effects). This is also used by teachers to light up assignments. ‌[edu only]

Each light block (as a block or as an item) has an associated light level, which can be anything between 0 and 15 inclusive. In the player's inventory, light blocks display their light level in the top-left corner and appear "brighter" at higher light levels.

When placed as blocks, light blocks are non-solid and completely invisible. Unlike barriers and structure void, they do not reappear when the player is holding another light block.

Light blocks can be pushed and pulled by pistons, are detected by observers, and can be waterlogged.

Light Source

Light blocks produce their associated light level.

Data values

ID

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Block? Block & Item?

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Blocklight_block470Block & Ungiveable Item[i 1]tile.light_block.name
Itemlight_block514Itemitem.light_block.name
  1. Unavailable with /give command

Metadata

See also: Data values

Each light block has a data value between 0 and 15 inclusive, which determines its light level.

Block states

See also: Block states
This article is missing information about java edition. 
Please expand the article to include this information. Further details may exist on the talk page.

Java Edition:

Name Default value Allowed values Description
waterloggedfalsetrue
false
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this light block.
level150
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
The amount of light this block outputs.

Bedrock Edition:

NameMetadata Bits Default value Allowed valuesValues for
Metadata Bits
Description
block_light_level0x1
0x2
0x4
0x8
00
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
The amount of light this block outputs.

History

Upcoming Java Edition
1.17
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Milk Bucket|Milk Bucket]]<br/>{{Item
| title=Milk Bucket
| image = Milk Bucket.png
| renewable = Yes
| effects = Clears all
| stackable = No
}}
A '''milk bucket'''{{fn|Known as '''Milk Bucket''' {{in|java}} and '''Milk''' {{in|bedrock}}.}} is a [[drink]] obtained from {{Control|use|text=using}} a [[bucket]] on [[cow]]s, [[mooshroom]]s and [[goat]]s that can be consumed to clear all [[Effect|effects]].

== Obtaining ==

=== Harvesting ===
Milk buckets can be obtained from [[cow]]s, [[mooshroom]]s, and [[goat]]s by pressing {{control|use}} while looking at them with an empty [[bucket]].

=== Mob loot ===
A milk bucket has a chance of dropping from a [[wandering trader]], if the trader is killed while holding it.{{only|java}}

== Usage ==

Holding {{control|use}} with a milk bucket starts the drinking sound and animation. {{IN|java}}, the animation is shown only in first-person camera mode.

When consumed, milk immediately removes all status [[effect]]s from the [[player]]. [[Fire]] is not a status effect; therefore, drinking milk doesn't extinguish a burning player.

The benefits of area status effects granted by [[beacon]]s and [[Conduit Power|conduit power]] are restored almost immediately in Bedrock Edition and after a few seconds in ''Java Edition''.

=== Crafting ingredient ===

{{crafting usage|Milk Bucket}}

== Sounds ==
{{el|je}}:
{{Sound table
|sound=Drink.ogg
|subtitle=Sipping
|source=player
|description=While a player is drinking milk
|id=entity.generic.drink
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.generic.drink
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Cow milk1.ogg
|sound2=Cow milk2.ogg
|sound3=Cow milk3.ogg
|source=player
|subtitle=Cow gets milked
|description=When a cow is milked
|id=entity.cow.milk
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.cow.milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Mooshroom milk1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom milk2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom milk3.ogg
|subtitle=Goat gets milked
|description=When a regular goat is milked
|source=neutral
|id=entity.goat.milk
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.goat.milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Goat screaming milk1.ogg
|sound2=Goat screaming milk2.ogg
|sound3=Goat screaming milk3.ogg
|sound4=Goat screaming milk4.ogg
|sound5=Goat screaming milk5.ogg
|subtitle=Goat gets milked
|description=When a screaming goat is milked
|source=neutral
|id=entity.goat.screaming.milk
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.goat.milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Wandering trader drink milk1.ogg
|sound2=Wandering trader drink milk2.ogg
|sound3=Wandering trader drink milk3.ogg
|sound4=Wandering trader drink milk4.ogg
|sound5=Wandering trader drink milk5.ogg
|subtitle=Wandering Trader drinks milk
|source=neutral
|description=While a wandering trader is drinking milk to become visible during daytime
|id=entity.wandering_trader.drink_milk
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.wandering_trader.drink_milk
|volume=0.5
|pitch=0.9-1.0
|distance=16
|foot=1}}

{{el|be}}:
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Drink.ogg
|source=player
|description=While a player is drinking milk
|id=random.drink
|volume=0.35
|pitch=0.9-1.1}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Cow milk1.ogg
|sound2=Cow milk2.ogg
|sound3=Cow milk3.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=When a cow is milked
|id=mob.cow.milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Mooshroom milk1.ogg
|sound2=Mooshroom milk2.ogg
|sound3=Mooshroom milk3.ogg
|description=When a regular goat is milked
|source=neutral
|id=mob.mooshroom.suspicious_milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0/0.9/1.1}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Goat screaming milk1.ogg
|sound2=Goat screaming milk2.ogg
|sound3=Goat screaming milk3.ogg
|sound4=Goat screaming milk4.ogg
|sound5=Goat screaming milk5.ogg
|description=When a screaming goat is milked
|source=neutral
|id=mob.goat.milk.screamer
|volume=1.0
|pitch=1.0}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Wandering trader drink milk1.ogg
|sound2=Wandering trader drink milk2.ogg
|sound3=Wandering trader drink milk3.ogg
|sound4=Wandering trader drink milk4.ogg
|sound5=Wandering trader drink milk5.ogg
|source=neutral
|description=While a wandering trader is drinking milk to become visible during daytime
|id=mob.wanderingtrader.drink_milk
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|foot=1}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Milk Bucket
|spritetype=item
|nameid=milk_bucket
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|showaliasids=y
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Milk
|spritetype=item
|nameid=milk_bucket
|aliasid=bucket / 1
|id=361
|form=item
|translationkey=item.milk.name
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==
{{load achievements|The Lie}}

== Advancements ==
{{Load advancements|Husbandry}}

== Video ==

<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|eyxea_d0b3s}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.8|[[File:Milk Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Milk has been introduced, but it has no purpose and is obtainable only through inventory editing.}}
{{History||v1.0.11|Milk can now be obtained by {{control|use|text=milking}} a [[cow]] with a [[bucket]]. However, it is not yet drinkable.}}
{{History||v1.0.17|Milk buckets can now be emptied.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.2|Milk has been incorporated into the [[crafting]] recipe of [[cake]].}}
{{History||1.2_01|[[Squid]] can now be milked by right-clicking on their mouth if part of their body was exposed to [[air]] or if they were not touching another [[block]]. An easy way to accomplish this is to pull a squid with a [[fishing rod]] away from other blocks and then milk it.}}
{{History||1.3_01|Squid milking has been removed.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|Milk can now be obtained by milking [[mooshroom]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2|Milk has been made drinkable.
|According to a tweet by [[Jeb]] on September 30th 2011, milk was made a cure for all status effects.<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|119842906528944129|@Nexusdog_UK I haven't! In beta 1.9 pre2 milk works like a clear-everything drink|September 30, 2011}}</ref>
|Milk is no longer emptiable.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 335.}}
{{History|||snap=18w20a|"Milk" has been renamed to "Milk Bucket".}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Milk Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of milk buckets has been changed.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w06a|[[Wandering trader]]s now drink from milk buckets at dawn, and have a change to drop them.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=21w13a|Milk can now be obtained by milking [[goat]]s.}}
{{History|upcoming java}}
{{History||Villager Trade Rebalance<br>(Experimental)|link=Java Edition 1.20.2|snap=23w31a|Wander traders now have a chance to [[trading|buy]] a milk bucket from the player.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.7.0|[[File:Milk Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added milk buckets. 
|Milk buckets are not yet drinkable.}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 4|Drinking milk now removes [[status effects]].
|Added milk buckets to the Creative inventory.{{verify|type=update}}{{info needed}}<!---same update?--->}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|Moved all bucket items, including milk, from the Equipment tab to the Items tab in the [[Creative inventory]].{{verify|type=update}}{{info needed}}<!---please check snapshots, only 1 major release version was checked each--->}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Milk Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of milk buckets has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.56|The ID of milk has been changed from <code>bucket/1</code> to <code>milk_bucket</code>.}}
{{History||1.16.200|snap=beta 1.16.200.52|Milk can now be obtained by milking [[goat]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Milk Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added milk buckets.}}
{{History|Ps4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Milk Bucket JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of milk buckets has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Milk Bucket JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added milk buckets.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== See also ==
*[[Water Bucket]]
*[[Lava]]
*[[Food]]
*[[Cake]]
*[[Honey Bottle]] (alternative to remove poison effect)
*[[Medicine]]

== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External Links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/taking-inventory--milk-bucket Taking Inventory: Milk Bucket] – Minecraft.net on October 8, 2019

{{Items}}

[[Category:Food]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Tools]]

[[cs:Mléko]]
[[de:Milcheimer]]
[[es:Cubo con leche]]
[[fr:Seau de lait]]
[[hu:Tej]]
[[it:Secchio di latte]]
[[ja:ミルク入りバケツ]]
[[ko:우유 양동이]]
[[nl:Emmer melk]]
[[pl:Wiadro mleka]]
[[pt:Balde de leite]]
[[ru:Ведро с молоком]]
[[th:ถังนม]]
[[uk:Відро молока]]
[[zh:奶桶]]</li><li>[[:Category:Minecraft Earth items|Category:Minecraft Earth items]]<br/>All items in ''[[Minecraft Earth]]''.
[[Category:Items]]
[[Category:Minecraft Earth|Items]]</li></ul>
21w13aAdded light blocks.
Bedrock Edition
1.13.0
{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Block Inspector|Block Inspector]]<br/>{{MinecraftEdu feature}}
{{stub}}

{{Item
| image = BlockInspector.png
| stackable = No {{verify}}
}}

'''Block Inspector''' is an item used to display the name of the block the player is looking at on screen.

== Data values ==
{{ID table
|generatetranslationkeys=java
|displayname=Block Inspector
|spritetype=item
|nameid=block_inspector|foot=1}}

==History==
{{History|MinecraftEDU}}
{{History||0.9848|[[File:BlockInspector.png|32px]] Added block inspectors.}}
{{History|foot}}

{{Items}}</li><li>[[Tropical Fish (item)|Tropical Fish (item)]]<br/>{{Item
| title = Tropical Fish
| image = Tropical Fish.png
| renewable = Yes
| heals = {{hunger|1}}
| stackable = Yes (64)
}}
'''Tropical fish''' is a [[food]] item that cannot be cooked.

== Obtaining ==

=== Fishing ===

Tropical fish can be obtained from [[fishing]]. The wait time of one being caught is decreased with the [[Lure]] enchantment and the chance of one being caught is slightly decreased with the [[Luck of the Sea]] enchantment (named as such because it increases treasure, not fish).

Tropical fish cannot be caught when fishing in [[jungle]] biome and variants.{{only|bedrock}}
<!--1-6 exp-->

=== Mob drops ===

[[Guardian]]s and [[elder guardian]]s have a 2.5% chance of dropping a random fish upon death. This has a 2% chance of being tropical fish. The chance of getting the fish drop can be increased by 1% per level of [[Looting]], but the type of fish is not affected.

[[Tropical fish]] always drop 1 tropical fish in its item form when killed. This drop is not affected by Looting.<ref>{{bug|MC-212795||Salmon & Fish mobs are not affected by Looting}}</ref>

== Usage ==

=== Food ===

Tropical fish restores {{hunger|1}} [[hunger]] and 0.2 [[Hunger#Mechanics|saturation]].

=== Trading ===

Expert-level fisherman [[villager]]s have a {{frac|1|7}} chance to buy a single tropical fish for one [[emerald]].{{only|bedrock}}

Expert-level fisherman villagers always offer to buy 6 tropical fish for an emerald.{{only|java}}

=== Wolves ===
{{IN|Bedrock}}, tropical fish can be used to feed [[wolves]], healing them by {{hp|1|mob=1}}. However, unlike other wolf food, tropical fish cannot be used to breed or speed up the growth of baby wolves. Tropical fish can be fed only to a wolf that is not at full health.

==Sounds==
{{Sound table/Entity/Food}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showitemtags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tropical Fish
|spritetype=item
|nameid=tropical_fish
|itemtags=fishes, axolotl_tempt_items
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showaliasids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Tropical Fish
|spritetype=item
|nameid=tropical_fish
|aliasid=clownfish
|id=266
|form=item
|translationkey=tile.clownfish.name
|foot=1}}

== Achievements ==

{{load achievements|Lion Hunter}}

== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|Husbandry;A Balanced Diet;Fishy Business}}

== History ==
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|[[File:Tropical Fish JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clownfish.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w25a|Clownfish are now obtainable as a rare [[drops|drop]] from [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardians]].}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The different data values for the <code>fish</code> ID have been split up into their own IDs.
|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 349.}}
{{History|||snap=18w08b|[[Tropical fish]] have been added as [[mob]]s, which [[drops|drop]] clownfish as their [[item]] form when killed.
|[[File:Tropical Fish JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clownfish has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w19a|"Clownfish" has been renamed to "Tropical Fish".}}
{{History|||snap=pre5|The [[item]] ID has now been changed to <code>tropical_fish</code>.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=19w11a|Fisherman [[villager]]s now [[trading|buy]] tropical fish.}}
{{History||1.17|snap=20w51a|Tropical fish can be used to [[breeding|breed]] the new [[axolotl]]s.
|Tropical fish can be used to make axolotls attack drowned and guardians.}}
{{History|||snap=21w20a|Axolotls can no longer be bred using tropical fish, but instead can only be bred with [[Bucket of aquatic mob|buckets of tropical fish]].}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.11.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Tropical Fish JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clownfish.}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Clownfish now restore [[hunger]] instead of [[health]].}}
{{History||v0.16.0|snap=build 1|Clownfish can now be [[drops|dropped]] by [[guardian]]s and [[elder guardian]]s.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.4.0|snap=beta 1.2.14.2|"Clownfish" has been renamed to "Tropical Fish".
|[[Tropical fish]] have been added as [[mob]]s, which [[drops|drop]] tropical fish as their [[item]] form when killed.
|[[File:Tropical Fish JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of tropical fish has been changed.}}
{{History||1.8.0|snap=beta 1.8.0.8|Tropical fish can now be used to fed [[ocelot]] to gain their trust.}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Tropical fish can now be [[trading|sold]] to fisherman [[villager]]s.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Tropical Fish JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clownfish.}}
{{History||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|"Clownfish" has been renamed to "Tropical Fish".
|[[File:Tropical Fish JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of tropical fish has been changed.}}

{{History|new 3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Tropical Fish JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clownfish.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

== See also ==

* [[Fishing]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{items}}

[[de:Tropenfisch (Nahrung)]]
[[es:Pez tropical (objeto)]]
[[ja:熱帯魚 (アイテム)]]
[[ko:열대어 (아이템)]]
[[it:Pesce tropicale (oggetto)]]
[[ru:Тропическая_рыба_(предмет)]]
[[zh:热带鱼(物品)]]
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[Category:Food]]</li></ul>
beta 1.13.0.4Added textures for light blocks.
beta 1.13.0.9Light Block File:Light Block (Light Level 1).png File:Light Block (Light Level 2).png File:Light Block (Light Level 3).png File:Light Block (Light Level 4).png File:Light Block (Light Level 5).png File:Light Block (Light Level 6).png File:Light Block (Light Level 7).png File:Light Block (Light Level 8).png File:Light Block (Light Level 9).png File:Light Block (Light Level 10).png File:Light Block (Light Level 11).png File:Light Block (Light Level 12).png File:Light Block (Light Level 13).png File:Light Block (Light Level 14).png File:Light Block (Light Level 15).png Added light blocks.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • Light Blocks are the only item in vanilla Minecraft to have an HD (32x32 instead of 16x16) texture.
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