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Blue Candle in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Blue Candle is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Blue Candle.
What is Blue Candle?
Blue Candle is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.1 and a blast resistance of 0.1. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Blue Candle does not emit light. Blue Candle filters 0 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:blue_candle. Command: /give @p minecraft:blue_candle 1.
How to mine Blue Candle
Blue Candle can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.
Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):
- With the correct tool: approximately 0.15 seconds
- By hand (no tool): approximately 0.5 seconds
Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.
Blue Candle drops
When broken, Blue Candle drops:
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Transparent
- Hand-Mineable
- Craftable
Blue Candle technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: Yes — luminance 1
- Map color: Map color/data Green Candle Green Cyan Candle Cyan Light Blue Candle Light Blue Blue Candle Blue Purple Candle Purple Magenta Candle Magenta Pink Candle Pink }}
Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Candle (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:blue_candle
- Material family: default
- Hardness: 0.1
- Blast resistance: 0.1
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: Yes
- Blocks light: 0
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:blue_candle 1
Overview
Blue Candle is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Blue Candle can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0.15s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 0.5s.
- Blue Candle is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:blue_candle 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Blue Candle?
Blue Candle can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Blue Candle drop when mined?
Breaking Blue Candle drops Blue Candle.
How hard is Blue Candle to mine?
Blue Candle has a hardness value of 0.1. That works out to roughly 0.15s with the correct tool or 0.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
Can I craft Blue Candle?
Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Blue Candle.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Blue Candle?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:blue_candle, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.