How to Make Lantern in Minecraft: Materials, Crafting Guide, Uses, Tips & FAQs × Enchantments Mods Tutorials Passive Mobs Neutral Mobs Hostile Mobs Boss Mobs Other Mobs Crafting Potions Smelting Tools Armors Consumables Dimensions Overworld Nether The End Sky Dimension Projects Create Edit Log in Manage your profile Editing Story Queue Video Queue Editing Stats Writer Home SEO Redirection Admin Gaming Wiki Edits Taxonomy Home Edit Site Menu Mapping Dashboard Tag Pages Community Social Feed Queue Feed Center Notification Center Affiliate Home Manage Pages Bottom Tagline Dash Timeless Stories Logout Minecraft Wiki How to make a Lantern in Minecraft Minecraft Wiki 833 pages • Updated: Oct 07 Enchantments Mods Tutorials Passive Mobs Neutral Mobs Hostile Mobs Boss Mobs Other Mobs Crafting Potions Smelting Tools Armors Consumables Dimensions Overworld Nether The End Sky Dimension Projects In: Minecraft Blocks, Crafting How to make a Lantern in Minecraft Edit Improve this page In Minecraft, there are many different types of light sources to choose from. Whether you want to use the customary torch or a block of glowstone, you always need a source of light. Having a source of light is helpful for illuminating your base but it’s also helpful for making sure mobs do not spawn around you. One great way to light up your base is by crafting a Lantern. br br Lanterns were added to Minecraft in 1.14 along with the village and pillage update. They were added as a decoration block and they are actually pretty simple to make. However, you cannot place them on a wall like a torch. There are two types of lanterns in Minecraft: a regular lantern and a soul lantern. br ContentsRequired materials to make a Lantern How to make a lantern in Minecraft In a Nutshell Step-by-Step Guide with Pictures Explainer VideoFAQsQ How do you make colored lanterns in Minecraft Q Are lanterns better than torches in Minecraft ConclusionOther Minecraft Guides Required materials to make a Lantern br Materials you will need in order to make a lantern are:Torch8 Iron Nuggets br How to make a lantern in Minecraft br In a Nutshell br To make a lantern, you will need to place 1 torch and 8 iron nuggets in the 3x3 crafting grid. Place a torch in the center of the grid, and fill rest of the grid with 8 iron nuggets. Now that a lantern has been made, simply click it and drag it into your inventory. br Step-by-Step Guide with Pictures br Here is the step-by-step pictorial guide you need to follow to make a lantern in minecraft: br Making a lantern is super easy. To start, all you need to do is craft a torch. br Step-1 To craft a torch, you need a stick and a piece of coal. Follow the recipe below to craft a torch, or refer to this detailed guide. br br Step-2 Once you have your torch, you need to get iron nuggets. To do this, simply place one iron ingot in your crafting UI and it will turn into 9 iron nuggets. You only need 8 nuggets so you will have one leftover. br br Step-3 Now that you have your iron nuggets and your torch, all you need to do is surround your torch with the iron nuggets. br br Step-4 Now that you have your lantern, there is one other item you should know about. This item is the Soul Lantern. The Soul Lantern is just like the regular Lantern, except for the fact that it has a blue texture to it. br To craft the Soul Lantern, all you need to do is use a different type of torch in the same recipe. This is a Soul Torch. To craft a soul torch, all you need to do is add a piece of soul sand to the normal torch recipe like below. br br Explainer Video br br FAQs br Q How do you make colored lanterns in Minecraft br A. Although there is no way to create a colored lantern in Minecraft, there is a mod called Colored Lanterns that you can add to your game. You can use This linkto find the mod. br Q Are lanterns better than torches in Minecraft br A. Lanterns are slightly better than torches. Torches have a light level of 14 and lanterns have a light level of 15. This means that they emit more light than a torch. br Conclusion br Now that you know how to create both a lantern and a soul lantern, keep in mind that you can only place lanterns either on the ground or from the ceiling. Another thing to know is that the only way to get a lantern when breaking it is by using a pickaxe to mine the lantern. You can use them as decoration blocks to give your base a more medieval aspect to it. br Other Minecraft Guides br How to breed villagers in minecraftHow to make a fire resistance potion in minecraftHow to make an elevator in minecraftHow to tame and ride a horse in minecraftHow to make charcoal in minecraftHow to make a chest in minecraftHow to make a bucket in minecraftHow to make a brewing stand in minecraftHow to make a water elevator in minecraftHow to make circles and spheres in minecraftHow to make a potion of poison in minecraft br br br Thanks! Help us improve this page Edit Rate this Content! Thanks! 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