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 |
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | May 17, 2014 | The 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, 2014 | Jeb names the new block "sea lantern". | ||||
| June 11, 2014 | Jeb releases the new texture of the new sea lantern. | ||||
| 14w25a | Sea lanterns added. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Added 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
- Underwater first image.png
The first picture of sea lanterns, along with prismarine.
- Prismarine Bright.png
A brightened version of the preview image.