
Whether or not there's water in the same place as this lantern. While the block is in the process of being broken
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If the object the lantern is placed on receive a block update that does not support the placement of the lantern, it is removed and drop as an item (e.g: lantern on a trapdoor and the trapdoor is flipped).

Press use on the lower half of the adjacent block to "place" the lantern down.Press use on the upper half of the adjacent block to "hang" the lantern up.If the latter is used and both the support/ceiling block is presented: Press use on the targeted block or a block adjacent to the air block the lantern is going to occupy to place it. given the block has top/bottom solid surface) does not affect the ability to hang of a lantern, similar to torches. The type of the block (solid, opaque, transparent, etc. Like torches, lanterns melt snow slowly.īoth lanterns and soul lanterns can be placed (if a support platform is presented) or hanging (if a ceiling block is presented).In addition to lighting, lanterns provide these effects: When placed below a block the lantern appears to hang. More information can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Lanterns can be placed on the top or bottom surfaces of most solid blocks, although some require sneaking. The lantern is among the most luminous of light sources, emitting a light level of 15, while the soul lantern emits a light level of 10. Apprentice-level librarian villagers have a 50% or 66.7% chance of selling a regular lantern for an emerald as part of their trades.
