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| Renewable | No |
|---|---|
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| Tool | Any tool |
| Blast resistance | 0 |
| Hardness | |
| Luminant | Yes (14) |
| Transparent | Yes |
| Flammable | No |
| Catches fire from lava | No |
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This page describes an education-related feature.
Colored torches are torches colored by chloride, available in blue, red, purple, and green.
- 1Obtaining
- 2Usage
- 3Data values
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
Colored torches break instantly and drop itself when broken using anything. The tool does not take any damage.[needs in-game testing]
Colored torches are also broken if pushed by a piston.[needs in-game testing]
Crafting[edit]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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] |
Usage[edit]
Torches can be placed on the top or the sides of most solid blocks, although some require sneaking (see placement for exceptions). Being non-solid, torches have no collision box.
Gravity-affected blocks like sand and gravel do not fall if the block below them has a torch on it and break when falling onto a torch.
Light[edit]
Torches emit a light level of 14. Torches also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance). Colored torches emit normal light, not colored light, and therefore the coloring is purely aesthetic.
Placement[edit]
In general, torches can be placed only on solid, opaque, full blocks; exceptions are listed below.
| Block name | Torch placeable |
|---|---|
| Slab | Top of top-half slabs |
| Fence | Top only |
| Cobblestone Wall | Top only |
| Glass | Yes |
| Stained Glass | Yes |
| Hopper | Top only |
| Snow | Top of 8-layer thick snow |
| Soul Sand | Yes |
| Piston | Yes |
| Monster Spawner | Yes |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
| Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red and green torch | colored_torch_rg | 202 | tile.colored_torch.red.nametile.colored_torch.green.name |
| Blue and purple torch | colored_torch_bp | 204 | tile.colored_torch.blue.nametile.colored_torch.purple.name |
Block data[edit]
Colored torches have the following data values:
Colored Torch Red/Green
| DV | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Red Torch |
| 1 | Green Torch |
Colored Torch Blue/Purple
| DV | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Blue Torch |
| 1 | Purple Torch |
Block states[edit]
| Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color_bit | 0 | 01 | What color the torch is. For rg 0 is red and 1 is green.For bp 0 is blue and 1 is purple. |
| torch_facing_direction | top | eastnorthsouthtopunknownwest | The direction the top of the torch is facing. |
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History[edit]
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 | Added colored torches. | |||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.0.27 | Added colored torches. | ||||
Trivia[edit]
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- As with Sparklers, the flame colors correspond to results from a flame test performed on these chloride salts.
See also[edit]