How To Make Hidden Lighting In Minecraft

This article is about the invisible light-producing block. For light producing blocks in general, meet Light § Low-cal level.

Light blocks (in Bedrock Edition) or lights (in Java Edition) are invisible blocks, primarily intended for map makers, that can produce any light level from 0 to xv. The light cake is too the just light-emitting cake capable of producing light level viii.

Obtaining [ ]

Light blocks cannot exist mined, similar to air, and tin can exist targeted only if the player is property a Calorie-free particular in the main hand. Light blocks with a low-cal level of 0 are functionally identical to air.

They do not attach to any block, meaning that breaking an side by side cake does non remove the light block. However, they can exist broken past replacing them with some other block. The exception is h2o (including, in Boulder Edition, flowing h2o), which tin occupy the same infinite as a calorie-free block. See Waterlogging for more data.

Lite blocks are not in the thespian's Creative inventory. They can be obtained using commands such as /give. In Boulder Edition, specifying the information value from 0 to 15 determines the cake's light level; if the data value is not specified, the low-cal block emits a low-cal level of 0. The command is: /requite <target> light_block [amount: int] [data: int (0 - 15)] [components: json]. In Java Edition, using /requite <target> minecraft:light{BlockStateTag: {level:"<int>"}} can give a calorie-free block with a specific light level and respective model. If the level is below 0, the non-bulb texture is used, and above 15 the level 15 texture. If the cake land is not specified or non betwixt 0 and 15, the light block emits a light level of 15.

Usage [ ]

A Light block with a calorie-free level of ix.

A low-cal block is intended for employ in adventure maps.

Each low-cal cake (as a block or every bit an item) has an associated calorie-free level, which can be anything from 0 to 15. In the thespian'due south inventory, calorie-free blocks display their light level in the tiptop-left corner and announced "brighter" at higher light levels.

In Boulder Edition, light blocks announced to be slippery, much like ice. This tin be seen past walking over the top of one with the help of another block.

Lite blocks have a hitbox only when a light block is selected in the main hand; the particle appears simply when selected in the primary hand, and in creative mode.

When pressing use on a calorie-free block while a low-cal block is held in the main paw, the light level of the light block increases past ane, if the low-cal level is already 15, it resets to 0.

Light blocks are detected past observers and tin exist waterlogged. It can exist pushed and pulled by pistons.‌^{[ Boulder Edition only ]}

Lite source [ ]

Low-cal blocks produce their associated calorie-free level.

Sounds [ ]

Coffee Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Clarification	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	In one case the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None ^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall harm	`block.rock.fall`	None ^{[sound 1]}	0.v	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of existence broken	`cake.rock.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hitting`	0.25	0.v	sixteen
Cake placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`cake.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	one.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`cake.stone.step`	`subtitles.cake.generic.footsteps`	0.fifteen	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Boulder Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resources location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the cake has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`autumn.stone`	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.v
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`bound.rock`	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without autumn damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the cake	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	`use.stone`	ane.0	0.viii

Data values [ ]

ID [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Grade	Block tags	Translation key
Light	`calorie-free`	Block & Detail	`dragon_transparent` `wither_immune`	`block.minecraft.light`

Bedrock Edition:

Proper name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i one]}	Translation cardinal
Light Cake	`light_block`	`470`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.light_block.name`

↑ ID of block'south directly particular form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block'south direct particular grade has the same id with the cake.

Block states [ ]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Clarification
waterlogged	`simulated`	`true` `simulated`	Whether or not at that place's water in the same place equally this light cake.
level	`15`	`0` `ane` `2` `3` `iv` `5` `6` `seven` `8` `9` `x` `xi` `12` `13` `14` `fifteen`	The corporeality of low-cal this block outputs.

Boulder Edition:

Proper name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
block_light_level	`0x1` `0x2` `0x4` `0x8`	`0`	`0` `i` `2` `3` `four` `five` `6` `7` `eight` `ix` `10` `11` `12` `xiii` `14` `15`	`0` `1` `2` `3` `four` `5` `vi` `7` `8` `9` `10` `xi` `12` `13` `14` `xv`	The amount of calorie-free this block outputs.

History [ ]

Java Edition
1.17	21w13a	Added lights, with the same textures equally in Bedrock Edition. However, due to a issues, they were rendered opaque in-game instead of transparent equally in Bedrock Edition.^[1]
	21w13a	Unlike in Bedrock Edition, while a player is holding the detail, a particle is displayed like to a barrier.
	21w18a	Textures of lights have been changed.
	21w20a	Lights are now revealed past save-mode construction blocks.^[two]
	21w20a	The textures of lights take been changed once again.
1.xviii	21w42a	The respective detail texture of lights is now used equally the particle instead of four yellowish stars, matching Bedrock Edition. Yet the texture for the four stars all the same exists.
1.19	22w11a	Withers and ender dragons can no longer suspension calorie-free blocks.
Bedrock Edition
one.13.0	beta one.xiii.0.4	Added textures for Lite Blocks.
one.13.0	beta 1.13.0.nine	Added Light Blocks.
1.17.xxx	beta 1.17.twenty.22	Light Blocks now reveal a particle when the player is property the particular. Unlike in Coffee Edition, the respective detail texture is used as the particle instead of four yellow stars.
	beta 1.17.xxx.twenty	Right-clicking a light block with some other now changes its calorie-free level by 1.
	beta 1.17.xxx.twenty	Left-clicking a Calorie-free Block while holding a calorie-free block at present removes it.
i.18.0	beta 1.xviii.0.22	Lite blocks are now invulnerable to explosions.

Issues [ ]

Issues relating to "Light Cake" are maintained on the bug tracker. Study issues in that location.

Trivia [ ]

In Java Edition, light blocks were the only particular to take a high-definition texture (32×32 instead of xvi×16) until they were given new textures in 21w18a.^[3]

References [ ]

↑ MC-222013 – "Light blocks have transparent textures, but don't allow transparency" – resolved every bit "Fixed"
↑ MC-221833 – "Light blocks are not shown within structure block bounds with Show Invisible Blocks on" – resolved as "Fixed"
↑ MC-221617