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Redstone Lamp

A light source that emits light level 15 when powered by redstone and turns off when the signal stops. It is crafted from glowstone surrounded by redstone dust.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Redstone

Version Added

1.2

Item ID

redstone_lamp

Redstone Lamp at a glance

Crafting gives you Redstone Lamp, a redstone component filed under Redstone. Stack Redstone Lamp 64 high: 576 across a hotbar, 1728 in a shulker box, and 3456 in a double chest.

Wire Redstone Lamp into a circuit and it becomes part of the timing: redstone builds are made of components like this, each one deciding what the next block sees. On the hardness scale Redstone Lamp sits at 0.3. The light level of Redstone Lamp is 15, but only in the lit state. It carries the same 0.3 into an explosion. It sits between Redstone Dust and Redstone Repeater in Redstone, number 19 of 29 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Redstone DustRedstone Dust
Redstone DustRedstone Dust
GlowstoneGlowstone
Redstone DustRedstone Dust
Redstone DustRedstone Dust
Redstone LampRedstone Lamp

How to obtain

  • Crafting

Notes

Stays lit only while powered. Can be moved by pistons.

Frequently asked questions about Redstone Lamp

  1. Redstone Dust, Glowstone going into Redstone Lamp, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Redstone Lamp in Minecraft?

    Redstone Lamp is crafted from Redstone Dust and Glowstone at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

  2. Redstone Lamp as a block, the one this breaking time belongs to

    How long does Redstone Lamp take to break?

    Redstone Lamp carries a hardness value of 0.3, and it stands up to explosions at 0.3. Most blocks share the pattern on Redstone Lamp, and it is not one of the exceptions. No tool tag applies to Redstone Lamp, and no tool is needed to collect it either. On top of that Redstone Lamp emits 15 light in its lit state, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 is the release Redstone Lamp was read from, figure by figure on it.

  3. Redstone Lamp on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Redstone Lamp used for?

    A light source that emits light level 15 when powered by redstone and turns off when the signal stops. It is crafted from glowstone surrounded by redstone dust.

  4. 64 Redstone Lamp drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Redstone Lamp can you stack?

    256 Redstone Dust and 64 Glowstone is what 64 Redstone Lamp costs, so filling a single slot is 64 crafts. A shulker box of Redstone Lamp comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  5. Redstone Lamp coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.2

    When was Redstone Lamp added to Minecraft?

    Redstone Lamp was added in version 1.2.

Building with it

Four redstone dust around a glowstone give a lamp that lights at level 15 while powered and goes dark instantly when the signal stops. That instant response is what separates it from every other light source and why every automatic lighting build uses it.

In practice

A lamp lights instantly when powered and goes dark two ticks after the signal stops, which is short enough that a flicker reads as a flicker rather than a fade. Because it is a full block, a floor of lamps can be walked on and lit from underneath.

Related Astroworld Resources

Redstone Lamp in a redstone circuit

Timing, signal strength and wiring for Redstone Lamp on Astroworld Redstone

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