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| Java Edition pre-Classic | |||||
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| May 16, 2009 | Notch suggests adding torches, which would "light up a 3×3 tile" area. | ||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | 20091223-2 |      Added torches.
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| Torches can be placed in the air without any block supporting them and do not have a top texture. | |||||
 Torches currently have a dark icon in the inventory. | |||||
| When removing a block, a torch now moves to another available block.[1] | |||||
| 20091231-1 |      The top red section from the torch has been removed. However, torches still do not have a top texture.
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 Torches have now become shorter. | |||||
| 20100109 | Torches are now slightly dimmer. | ||||
| 20100124-2 |      Torches now have a top texture. | ||||
| 20100125-2 | Torches now have particle effects. | ||||
| 20100129 | Torches have been made craftable. | ||||
| Unknown | |||||
| ? | Torches no longer snap to other potential valid attachments once their supporting block is removed. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.1.0 | Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fast mode. | ||||
| October 4, 2010 | Notch originally planned for torches to become temporary light sources that would eventually burn out and require re-lighting with flint and steel. This was planned to add with the Halloween Update. | ||||
| v1.2.0 | ? | Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns. | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.2 | Torches can now be crafted using charcoal, making them the first renewable light source in the game that is also obtainable and permanent. | ||||
| 1.6.6 | Torches can now be placed on glowstone. | ||||
| 1.7 | Torches can no longer be placed on leaves, whether they are found naturally on a tree or placed after being trimmed with shears. | ||||
| Torches and redstone torches can now be placed on top of fences. | |||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Torches now generate in mineshafts, villages and strongholds. | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Torches now generate as part of the exit portal structure. | |||
| 1.2.1 | 12w07a | Torches can now be placed on top of glass blocks. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w19a | Torches now spawn around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it. | |||
| 12w25a | Torches can now be placed on top of upside down slabs and stairs. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w42b | Falling sand now properly "pops" when falling on torches. | |||
| 1.4.4 | 1.4.3 | Torches now have a bottom texture, visible on wall torches or torches placed on top of glass.[2] | |||
| Minecraft 2.0 (2013 April Fools') | Torches now burn out after a random amount of ticks. | ||||
| They can be relit with flint and steel. | |||||
| Features added in this version were not implemented in subsequent updates. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w07a |    Torches placed on walls are now rotated cuboids rather than a parallelpiped. Their top texture now also rotates accordingly. | |||
| 14w18a | Torches can now be placed on stained glass. | ||||
| ? | Torches, as part of the exit portal, now generate incorrectly and fall into the portal as items.[3] | ||||
| 14w25a |      Torches are now incorrectly affected by ambient occlusion. | ||||
| 14w33c | Torches are no longer affected by ambient occlusion. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w31a | Torches on the exit portal now regenerate when the ender dragon is re-summoned. | |||
| 15w43a | Torches can now generate within igloo basements. | ||||
| 15w44a | Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Torches now generate in woodland mansions. | |||
| 1.12 | ? | Redstone torches can now be placed on the side of jack o'lanterns. Whether this also affects normal torches is unknown. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The non-up facing block states for the torch ID have been split up into wall_torch.
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| Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 50. | |||||
| 17w48a | Redstone torches can now be placed on the top of jack o' lanterns. Whether this also affects normal torches is unknown. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |       The texture of torches has been changed. | |||
| 18w46a | Torches can now be used to craft lanterns. | ||||
| 18w47a | Torches now generate in pillager outposts. | ||||
| 18w48a | With the update of plains villages, houses are generally better lit with torches. | ||||
| 18w49a | With the update of savanna villages, houses are generally better lit with torches. | ||||
| Torches can now be found in chests in savanna village houses. | |||||
| 18w50a | With the update of desert and taiga villages, houses are generally better lit with torches. | ||||
| 1.14.3 | pre3 | Torches can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w06a |       Added soul fire torches. | |||
| 20w15a | Soul fire torches can now be crafted using soul sand. | ||||
| 20w17a | "Soul Fire Torch" has now been renamed to "Soul Torch". | ||||
The IDs of soul torches have been changed from soul_fire_torch to soul_torch and soul_fire_wall_torch to soul_wall_torch. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| Pre-release | Added torches. | ||||
| v0.3.0 | Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of torches in the inventory. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 2 | Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns. | |||
| v0.9.0 | build 1 | Torches now spawn naturally in villages, mineshafts and strongholds. | |||
| build 2 | Torches can now be placed on spawners. | ||||
| build 5 | The placing speed of torches has been improved. | ||||
| build 6 | The lighting from torches is now brighter and more PC-like. What exactly this means is unknown. | ||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Torches now generate within igloo basements. | |||
| Four torches now generate as part of the exit portal after the ender dragon dies. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Torches now generate in mansions. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Up to four torches can now generate in bonus chests. | |||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Torches can now be used to craft underwater torches and colored torches. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 |     The texture of torches has been changed.
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| Torches now generate in pillager outposts. | |||||
| Torches can now be used to craft lanterns. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Torches can now be found in savanna village house chests. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 |      Added soul torches. | |||
| beta 1.16.0.57 | "Soul Fire Torch" has now been renamed to "Soul Torch". | ||||
| Soul torches can now be crafted using soul sand. | |||||
| beta 1.16.0.63 | Soul torches can now be crafted using charcoal. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added torches. |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of stairs. |
| 1.90 | [verify] The texture of torches has been changed.
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| Torches can now be used to craft lanterns. | |||||
| 1.91 | Torches now generate in pillager outposts. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | [verify] Added torches. | ||||
Torches in early Java Edition Indev 0.31
