Copper Lantern

Copper Lantern

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        "Waxed Weathered Copper Lantern",
        "Waxed Oxidized Copper Lantern"
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A copper lantern is a copper variant of a lantern that displays a green flame and oxidizes over time.

A copper lantern can be mined with anything, but pickaxes are the fastest. A copper lantern also breaks and drops itself if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if its supporting block is moved or destroyed.

Block	Copper Lantern
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	5.25
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Copper	1.05
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Copper Lantern	Copper Nugget + Copper Torch
Waxed Copper Lantern	Matching Unwaxed Copper Lantern + Honeycomb

This section describes content that is currently in development.

 

This content has appeared in development versions for Third Drop 2026, but the full update adding it has not been released yet.

An oxidized copper lantern is generated in abandoned camps.

Similarly to other types of lanterns, copper lanterns can either be placed on top of, or hung from, the surfaces of most solid blocks (though some blocks will require sneaking).

To place a copper lantern on top of a block, aim at the block's top face, and press use. To hang a copper lantern from the bottom of a block, aim at the block's bottom face, and press use. Also similarly to other lanterns, if a copper lantern is hung from the bottom face of a chain, the lantern and the chain will connect seamlessly.

Soul lanterns can also be placed by pressing use on a block adjacent to an air block the copper lantern could occupy, much like other types of lantern. Pressing use on the top half of the adjacent block will hang the lantern from the bottom of an above block, and pressing use on the bottom half of the adjacent block will place the lantern down on the top face of a bottom block.

Like other types of lantern, if a copper lantern exists on an invalid surface (a surface where the copper lantern could not normally be placed on), the copper lantern will break and drop itself, upon the invalid surface receiving a block update.

The copper lantern is among the most luminous of light sources, emitting a light level of 15. Copper lanterns also melt snow layers within 2 blocks and ice within 3 blocks (taxicab distance).

When the Render Dragon Features for Creators experiment is enabled in Minecraft Preview, the inside of all copper lanterns emits colored point lighting with
 #86ca59 for the unaffected unwaxed variant, and
 #e8c398 for all other variants. The casing of the copper lantern blocks a part of the light and casts some shadows around the lantern.

Non-waxed copper lanterns have four stages of oxidation (including the initial normal state). Lightning bolts and axes can remove the oxidation on copper lanterns. Using a honeycomb on a copper lantern prevents it from oxidizing.

As the block begins to oxidize (exposed), it gets discolored and green spots begin to appear. As the oxidation continues (weathered), the block is a green color with brown spots. In the last stage (oxidized), the block is teal with several green spots.

Unlike copper bulbs, the light level of a copper lantern is unaffected by its oxidation stage; even an oxidized copper lantern will still emit a light level of 15.

Java Edition:

lantern sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.lantern.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.lantern.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.88	16
	​Block breaking	Entity-Dependent	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.lantern.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lantern.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.lantern.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

lantern sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.lantern.break	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.lantern.place	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.lantern.hit	​ ?	0.25	0.5
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.lantern.fall	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.lantern.step	​ ?	0.3	1.1
None	None​[sound 1]	None	Undefined sound event	jump.metal	None​[sound 1]	0.15	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	block.lantern.fall	​ ?	0.2	1.0

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Copper Lantern	copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.copper_lantern
Exposed Copper Lantern	exposed_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.exposed_copper_lantern
Weathered Copper Lantern	weathered_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.weathered_copper_lantern
Oxidized Copper Lantern	oxidized_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.oxidized_copper_lantern
Waxed Copper Lantern	waxed_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.waxed_copper_lantern
Waxed Exposed Copper Lantern	waxed_exposed_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.waxed_exposed_copper_lantern
Waxed Weathered Copper Lantern	waxed_weathered_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.waxed_weathered_copper_lantern
Waxed Oxidized Copper Lantern	waxed_oxidized_copper_lantern	Block & Item	lanterns	lanterns	block.minecraft.waxed_oxidized_copper_lantern

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Block tags	Translation key
Copper Lantern	copper_lantern	1338	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1083)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.copper_lantern.name
Exposed Copper Lantern	exposed_copper_lantern	1339	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1084)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.exposed_copper_lantern.name
Weathered Copper Lantern	weathered_copper_lantern	1340	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1085)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.weathered_copper_lantern.name
Oxidized Copper Lantern	oxidized_copper_lantern	1341	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1086)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.oxidized_copper_lantern.name
Waxed Copper Lantern	waxed_copper_lantern	1342	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1087)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.waxed_copper_lantern.name
Waxed Exposed Copper Lantern	waxed_exposed_copper_lantern	1343	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1088)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.waxed_exposed_copper_lantern.name
Waxed Weathered Copper Lantern	waxed_weathered_copper_lantern	1344	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1089)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.waxed_weathered_copper_lantern.name
Waxed Oxidized Copper Lantern	waxed_oxidized_copper_lantern	1345	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -1090)	minecraft:is_pickaxe_item_destructible	tile.waxed_oxidized_copper_lantern.name

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Wax On	Apply Honeycomb to a Copper block!	Use a honeycomb on any of these 15 waxable copper block variants: Block of Copper Chiseled Copper Copper Bars Copper Bulb Copper Chain Copper Chest Copper Door Copper Golem Statue Copper Grate Copper Lantern Copper Trapdoor Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs Lightning Rod The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages, but cannot already be waxed.
	Wax Off	Scrape Wax off of a Copper block!	Use an axe to revert any of these 15 waxed variants of copper blocks: Block of Copper Chiseled Copper Copper Bars Copper Bulb Copper Chain Copper Chest Copper Door Copper Golem Statue Copper Grate Copper Lantern Copper Trapdoor Cut Copper Cut Copper Slab Cut Copper Stairs Lightning Rod The block can be in any of its four oxidation stages.

Java Edition
1.21.9			25w32a				Added copper lanterns.
			25w36a				The texture of the copper lantern has been changed to make them more discernible to color blind players.
Upcoming Java Edition
26.3			snap1				Oxidized copper lanterns can now generate as part of abandoned camps.

Bedrock Edition
1.21.111			Preview 1.21.110.23				Added copper lanterns.
1.21.120			Preview 1.21.120.21				The texture of the copper lantern has been changed to make them more discernible to color blind players.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Oxidized copper lanterns can now generate as part of abandoned camps.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Issues relating to "Copper Lantern" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 
  Three stages of the lantern in a swamp.
• 
  All four types hanging.