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Conduit
Utility BlocksCraftable

Conduit

An underwater block that, when surrounded by a prismarine frame, grants the Conduit Power status effect and damages nearby hostile mobs. It provides water breathing, night vision and haste.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.13

Item ID

conduit

Conduit at a glance

Conduit comes from crafting it, and Utility Blocks is where Conduit sits as a block. A slot of Conduit holds 64, nine slots of Conduit hold 576, and 1728 Conduit fill a chest of Conduit.

Hardness 3 is what Conduit is worth in the block data. For Conduit the blast resistance is not separate: it is 3 as well. The tool tag on Conduit is a pickaxe, with no tier requirement behind it. Conduit lights its surroundings at level 15. Conduit sits between Composter and Copper Door in Utility Blocks, number 89 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe for Conduit

Crafting
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Heart of the SeaHeart of the Sea
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
Nautilus ShellNautilus Shell
ConduitConduit

How to obtain Conduit

  • Crafting

Notes on Conduit

Activates with at least 16 prismarine, prismarine bricks, dark prismarine or sea lantern blocks arranged in a frame around it.

Frequently asked questions about Conduit

  1. Nautilus Shell, Heart of the Sea going into Conduit, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Conduit in Minecraft?

    Conduit is crafted from Nautilus Shell and Heart of the Sea at a Crafting Table, Conduit in one step.

  2. Conduit coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.13

    When was Conduit added to Minecraft?

    Conduit was added in version 1.13.

  3. Conduit as a block, next to the pickaxe its 3 hardness asks for

    How long does Conduit take to break?

    Look up Conduit and you get 3 hardness, with 3 blast resistance on Conduit. Since neither figure on Conduit is raised, Conduit behaves the same under a pickaxe and under a blast. The tool tag on Conduit is a pickaxe, with no tier requirement behind it. On top of that Conduit emits 15 light, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 defines Conduit here, so no timing of our own went into Conduit.

  4. 64 Conduit drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Conduit can you stack?

    64 Conduit fills a slot, and 64 Conduit costs 512 Nautilus Shell and 64 Heart of the Sea, which is 64 crafts of Conduit at the crafting table.

  5. Conduit on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Conduit used for?

    An underwater block that, when surrounded by a prismarine frame, grants the Conduit Power status effect and damages nearby hostile mobs. It provides water breathing, night vision and haste.

Building with Conduit

A conduit takes a heart of the sea and eight nautilus shells, and around it a frame of prismarine decides its range. Fully built it gives conduit power: breathing, night vision and mining speed underwater, plus damage to hostile mobs nearby, which is what makes a base on the seabed practical.