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Sea Lantern
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Sea Lantern

A light source emitting light level 15 that works underwater, commonly found in ocean monuments. Crafted from prismarine shards and crystals.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Utility Blocks

Version Added

1.8

Item ID

sea_lantern

Sea Lantern at a glance

Minecraft files Sea Lantern under Utility Blocks: a block you get from crafting and naturally generated. A slot of Sea Lantern holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Sea Lantern has a hardness of 0.3. Light level 15 comes off Sea Lantern without any help. Mining Sea Lantern and blowing it up both run into 0.3. It sits between Sculk Catalyst and Sea Pickle in Utility Blocks, number 279 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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Sea LanternSea Lantern

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Naturally generated

Notes

Generates in ocean monuments. Drops 2-3 prismarine crystals when mined without Silk Touch.

Frequently asked questions about Sea Lantern

  1. Prismarine Shard, Prismarine Crystals going into Sea Lantern, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Sea Lantern in Minecraft?

    Sea Lantern is crafted from Prismarine Shard and Prismarine Crystals at a Crafting Table, in a single step. It also comes from naturally generated, not just the recipe above.

  2. Sea Lantern coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.8

    When was Sea Lantern added to Minecraft?

    Sea Lantern was added in version 1.8.

  3. 64 Sea Lantern drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Sea Lantern can you stack?

    64 Sea Lantern fill one slot, and filling it costs 256 Prismarine Shard and 320 Prismarine Crystals: 64 crafts. A shulker box of Sea Lantern comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

  4. Sea Lantern as a block, the one this breaking time belongs to

    How long does Sea Lantern take to break?

    Sea Lantern answers to 0.3 hardness, and it answers to 0.3 when something explodes. Nothing separates the two figures on Sea Lantern, so there is no explosive trick around it. There is no mining tag on Sea Lantern, so reaching for a tool on it buys you no speed. On top of that Sea Lantern emits 15 light, which few blocks do. Java 26.2 keeps Sea Lantern on file as printed, which is what it shows here.

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

    What is Sea Lantern used for?

    A light source emitting light level 15 that works underwater, commonly found in ocean monuments. Crafted from prismarine shards and crystals.

Building with it

Four prismarine shards and five crystals make a sea lantern at light level 15, and it is the brightest block that also looks like part of the wall. Underwater it is the standard light, since torches cannot be placed and glowstone reads too warm.

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