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Sea lanterns are underwater light sources that appear in ocean monuments.

Obtaining

Sea lantern itself can only be obtained when mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. When broken using anything other than a Silk Touch enchanted tool, it drops 2–3 prismarine crystals. The Fortune enchantment increases the amount of prismarine crystals dropped. This method of obtaining sea lanterns is wasteful though; the 4 prismarine shards and up to 3 of the prismarine crystals used to craft it are non-retrievable.

Block Sea Lantern
Hardness 0.3
Breaking time (secs)
Default 0.45

Natural generation

Sea lanterns generate naturally in ocean monuments as their light source.

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Prismarine Shard +
Prismarine Crystals

Sea Lantern

Usage

Light source

Sea lanterns emit a light level of 15, the brightest possible light level in the game. They produce the same amount of light as glowstone, redstone lamps, jack o'lanterns, and beacons.

Video

Sea Lantern/video

History

release
1.8May 17, 2014The first images of the sea lantern are previewed by Jeb on his Instagram page. The texture is different and has a more noticable animation.
May 29, 2014Jeb names the new block "sea lantern".
June 11, 2014Jeb releases the new texture of the new sea lantern.
14w25aSea lanterns added.
Legacy Console Edition
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Added sea lanterns.

Issues

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

Trivia

  • The animation shows a very faint 'rippling' effect.

Gallery

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