Minecraft
How to Craft a Lantern in Minecraft
To craft a lantern in Minecraft you need eight iron nuggets and one torch. On the Crafting Table the torch sits in the center and the nuggets fill the other eight squares. Below are the items, the recipe, and where those pieces come from.
Lantern| Item | Qty | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
 Iron Nugget |
8 | Put one iron ingot in any crafting grid. You can also smelt iron tools or armor for one nugget each. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
 Torch |
1 | Put coal above a stick in the inventory 2×2 or on a Crafting Table. This ingredient is crafted too — station below. |
Lantern specs
- Difficulty
- Early game
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also on snowy village lamp posts. Librarian villagers can trade one.
- Where to get it
- Craft on a Crafting Table with a torch in the center and nuggets in the other eight squares.
- Item ID
-
minecraft:lantern - Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 3.5
- Blast resistance
- 3.5
- Material
- Metal
- Diggable
- Yes
- Give command
-
/give @p minecraft:lantern 1
| Item | Time to break |
|---|---|
| Golden Pickaxe | 0.44s |
| Netherite Pickaxe | 0.58s |
| Diamond Pickaxe | 0.66s |
| Iron Pickaxe | 0.88s |
| Stone Pickaxe | 1.31s |
| Wooden Pickaxe | 2.63s |
| Hand | 26.25s · No |
Ingredient specs
Stick
Early game- Where to get it
- Put two Wooden Planks in a vertical pair in the inventory grid. One pair makes four sticks.
- Where it lives
- Crafted anywhere you have planks. Also dropped by witches and found in some chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:stick- Numerical ID
280- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Iron Ingot
Early game- Where to get it
- Mine iron ore with a stone pickaxe or better, then smelt it in a furnace. Iron golems and zombies can also drop ingots.
- Where it lives
- Overworld caves and mountains. Also buried treasure and village chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_ingot- Numerical ID
265- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
- Furnace time
- 10 s
Iron Nugget
Early game- Where to get it
- Put one iron ingot in any crafting grid. You can also smelt iron tools or armor for one nugget each.
- Where it lives
- Crafted from an ingot. Also shipwreck treasure and ruined portal chests.
- Item ID
minecraft:iron_nugget- Numerical ID
452- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Coal
Early game- Where to get it
- Break coal ore with any pickaxe. One ore drops coal.
- Where it lives
- Overworld stone and cliffs. Veins show up in caves from high mountains down.
- Item ID
minecraft:coal- Numerical ID
263- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Material
- Item
- Diggable
- No
Torch
Early game- Where to get it
- Put coal above a stick in the inventory 2×2 or on a Crafting Table.
- Where it lives
- Crafted. Also in mineshafts, villages and strongholds.
- Item ID
minecraft:torch- Numerical ID
50- Stackable
- Yes
- Max stack
- 64
- Renewable
- Yes
- Hardness
- 0
- Blast resistance
- 0
- Material
- Wood
- Diggable
- Yes
How to craft these materials
Iron Nugget
Iron IngotIron Nugget ×9Shapeless: the slots can sit anywhere on the grid.
Eight nuggets and a torch
One iron ingot in any crafting grid becomes nine nuggets; you need eight, so one ingot covers the metal. A torch is coal on a stick in the inventory 2×2 — that pair dumps four torches, and you only take one. Charcoal from a smelted log works in the torch if you have not found coal ore yet.
Torch in the center
Open the Crafting Table. Drop the torch in the very middle square, then put an iron nugget in every remaining square. One lantern appears on the right; take it. The 2×2 inventory grid cannot hold this 3×3.
Stand it or hang it
Aim at the top of a solid block to stand the lantern, or at the underside to hang it. It gives off light 15, one step brighter than a torch, so a path or a porch stays lit without lining every block with extra torches.
