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Sea Lantern in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Sea Lantern is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Sea Lantern.

What is Sea Lantern?

Sea Lantern is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0.3 and a blast resistance of 0.3. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Sea Lantern emits light level 15. Sea Lantern filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:sea_lantern. Command: /give @p minecraft:sea_lantern 1.

How to mine Sea Lantern

Sea Lantern can be broken with any tool, or even by hand.

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 0.45 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 1.5 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×.

Sea Lantern drops

When broken, Sea Lantern drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Light Source
  • Hand-Mineable
  • Craftable
  • Silk Touch Sensitive

Sea Lantern technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: Yes — luminance 15

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Sea Lantern (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:sea_lantern
  • Material family: default
  • Hardness: 0.3
  • Blast resistance: 0.3
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 15
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:sea_lantern 1

Overview

Sea Lantern is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Expect to collect Sea Lantern (silk touch required), Prismarine Crystals (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
  • This block emits light (level 15), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Sea Lantern can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
  2. Expect to collect Sea Lantern (silk touch required), Prismarine Crystals (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 0.45s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 1.5s.
  4. This block emits light (level 15), so it's useful for lighting builds and preventing mob spawns nearby.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:sea_lantern 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.
  • Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Sea Lantern?

Sea Lantern can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.

What does Sea Lantern drop when mined?

Breaking Sea Lantern drops Sea Lantern (silk touch required), Prismarine Crystals (only without silk touch).

How hard is Sea Lantern to mine?

Sea Lantern has a hardness value of 0.3. That works out to roughly 0.45s with the correct tool or 1.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Sea Lantern?

Yes - this page lists 1 known crafting recipe for Sea Lantern.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Sea Lantern?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:sea_lantern, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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