Torch

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This article is about the common light-emitting torch. For other uses, see Torch (disambiguation).
Torch
Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Tool

Any tool

Blast resistance

0

Hardness

0

Luminant

Torches: Yes (14)
Soul torches: Yes (10)

Transparent

Yes

Flammable

No

Catches fire from lava

No

Torches are non-solid blocks that emit light.

Soul torches are turquoise variants crafted with the addition of soul soil or soul sand.

Obtaining

Natural generation

Torches can be found randomly generated among the supports in a mineshaft's corridors, various rooms in strongholds, as part of village lamp posts, in the basements of igloos, in woodland mansions, and in pillager outposts. Torches generate around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it. In The End, torches generate as part of the exit portal, around the second pillar block from the top. Whenever the Ender Dragon dies or respawns, these torches regenerate.

Breaking

Torches can be broken instantly using anything, and drop themselves as an item.

A torch is removed and drops itself as an item if:

  • its attachment block is moved, removed, or destroyed
  • water or lava flows into its space
  • a piston pushes it or moves a block into its space

Chest loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Torch Mineshaft Chest 1–16 65.7%
Village Savanna house chest 1–2 11.3%
Bedrock Edition
Torch Mineshaft Chest 1–16 65.7%
Village Savanna house chest 1–2 11.3%

Crafting

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe
Torch Coal or
Charcoal +
Stick

4
Soul Torch Coal or
Charcoal +
Stick +
Soul Soil or
Soul Sand

Usage

File:Torch Orientations.png
Torches in various positions on chiseled stone bricks.

Torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some blocks require sneaking. Being non-solid, torches have no collision box. More information about placement can be found at Opacity/Placement.

Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel cannot fall if space immediately beneath is occupied by a torch. These blocks break if they fall onto a torch.

Light

Torches give off a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance).

Soul torches give off a light level of 10. Due to their lower light level, soul torches do not melt snow or ice.

Piglins

Soul torches repel piglins.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Blue Torch or
Red Torch or
Purple Torch or
Green Torch
Cerium Chloride or
Mercuric Chloride or
Potassium Chloride or
Tungsten Chloride +
Torch

Cerium Chloride: Blue
Mercuric Chloride: Red
Potassium Chloride: Purple
Tungsten Chloride: Green
[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Jack o'Lantern Carved Pumpkin +
Torch

Lantern Iron Nugget +
Torch

Soul Lantern Iron Nugget +
Soul Torch

Underwater Torch Magnesium +
Torch

[Bedrock and Education editions only]

Sounds

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitleSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.oggBlock brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.wood.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break1.00.816
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggNone[sound 1]BlocksFalling on the block with fall damageblock.wood.fallNone[sound 1]0.50.7516
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggBlock breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.wood.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit0.250.516
File:Wood dig1.oggFile:Wood dig2.oggFile:Wood dig3.oggFile:Wood dig4.oggBlock placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.wood.placesubtitles.block.generic.place1.00.816
File:Wood hit1.oggFile:Wood hit2.oggFile:Wood hit3.oggFile:Wood hit4.oggFile:Wood hit5.oggFile:Wood hit6.oggFootstepsBlocksWalking on the blockblock.wood.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

SoundSourceDescriptionNamespaced IDVolumePitch
?BlocksOnce the block has brokendig.wood1.00.8
?BlocksFalling on the block with fall damagefall.wood0.41.0
?BlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.wood0.230.5
?BlocksJumping from the blockjump.wood0.121.0
?BlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.wood0.181.0
?BlocksWalking on the blockstep.wood0.31.0
?BlocksWhen the block is placeduse.wood1.00.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameNamespaced IDBlock tags (JE)Item tags (JE)FormTranslation key
Torchtorchwall_post_overrideNoneBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.torch
Soul Torchsoul_torchpiglin_repellents
wall_post_override
piglin_repellentsBlock & Itemblock.minecraft.soul_torch
Wall Torchwall_torchNoneBlockblock.minecraft.wall_torch
Soul Wall Torchsoul_wall_torchpiglin_repellentsBlockblock.minecraft.soul_wall_torch

Bedrock Edition:

NameNamespaced IDNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Torchtorch50Block & Itemtile.torch.name
Soul Torchsoul_torch523Block & Itemtile.soul_torch.name

Metadata

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, torches use the following data values:

Template:/DV

Block states

See also: Block states

Template:/BS

History

Java Edition pre-Classic
May 16, 2009Notch suggests adding torches, which would "light up a 3×3 tile" area.
Java Edition Indev
0.3120091223-232px 32px 32px 32px 32px Added torches.
Torches can be placed in the air without any block supporting them and do not have a top texture.
32px Torches currently have a dark icon in the inventory.
When removing a block, a torch now moves to another available block.[1]
20091231-132px 32px 32px 32px 32px The top red section from the torch has been removed. However, torches still do not have a top texture.
32px Torches have now become shorter.
20100109Torches are now slightly dimmer.
20100124-232px 32px 32px 32px 32px Torches now have a top texture.
20100125-2Torches now have particle effects.
20100129Torches have been made craftable.
Unknown
?Torches no longer snap to other potential valid attachments once their supporting block is removed.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.1.0Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fast mode.
October 4, 2010Notch 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
1.2Torches can now be crafted using charcoal, making them the first renewable light source in the game that is also obtainable and permanent.
1.6.6Torches can now be placed on glowstone.
1.7Torches 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.
1.8Pre-releaseTorches now generate in mineshafts, villages and strongholds.
Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4Torches now generate as part of the exit portal structure.
1.2.112w07aTorches can now be placed on top of glass blocks.
1.3.112w19aTorches now spawn around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it.
12w25aTorches can now be placed on top of upside down slabs and stairs.
1.4.212w42bFalling sand now properly "pops" when falling on torches.
1.4.41.4.3Torches 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.
1.814w07a32px 32px 32px 32px Torches placed on walls are now rotated cuboids rather than a parallelpiped. Their top texture now also rotates accordingly.
14w18aTorches 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]
14w25a32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Torches are now incorrectly affected by ambient occlusion.
14w33c32px 32px 32px 32px 32px Torches are no longer affected by ambient occlusion.
1.915w31aTorches on the exit portal now regenerate when the ender dragon is re-summoned.
15w43aTorches can now generate within igloo basements.
15w44aTorches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
1.1116w39aTorches 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.
1.1317w47aThe non-up facing block states for the torch ID have been split up into wall_torch.
Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 50.
17w48aRedstone torches can now be placed on the top of jack o' lanterns. Whether this also affects normal torches is unknown.
1.1418w43a32px 32px 32px 32px 32px
32px The texture of torches has been changed.
18w46aTorches can now be used to craft lanterns.
18w47aTorches now generate in pillager outposts.
18w48aWith the update of plains villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
18w49aWith the update of savanna villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
Torches can now be found in chests in savanna village houses.
18w50aWith the update of desert and taiga villages, houses are generally better lit with torches.
1.14.3pre3Torches can now be placed on iron bars and glass panes.
1.1620w06a32px 32px 32px 32px 32px
32px Added soul fire torches.
20w15aSoul 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-release32px 32px
32px Added torches.
v0.3.0Survival players no longer start out with an infinite amount of torches in the inventory.
v0.8.0build 2Torches are now used to craft jack o'lanterns.
v0.9.0build 1Torches now spawn naturally in villages, mineshafts and strongholds.
build 2Torches can now be placed on spawners.
build 5The placing speed of torches has been improved.
build 6The lighting from torches is now brighter and more PC-like. What exactly this means is unknown.
v0.14.0build 1Torches can now be found inside minecart with chests in mineshafts.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0alpha 0.17.0.1Torches now generate within igloo basements.
Four torches now generate as part of the exit portal after the ender dragon dies.
1.1.0alpha 1.1.0.0Torches now generate in mansions.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2Up to four torches can now generate in bonus chests.
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Torches can now be used to craft underwater torches and colored torches.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.332px 32px 32px 32px 32px
32px The texture of torches has been changed.
Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Torches can now be found in savanna village house chests.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.5132px 32px 32px32px32px
32px 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 1.16.0.63Soul torches can now be crafted using charcoal.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.132px 32px 32px 32px 32px
32px Added torches.
TU54CU44 1.52 Patch 241.0.4Torches can now be placed on the full-block side of stairs.
1.90 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px 32px[verify]
32px The texture of torches has been changed.
Torches can now be used to craft lanterns.
1.91 Torches now generate in pillager outposts.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.032px 32px 32px 32px 32px[verify]
32px Added torches.

See also

References

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