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|type=Nonsolid Block
 
|type=Nonsolid Block
 
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|dirt=No
 
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|transparent=Yes
 
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|light=Yes, 14
 
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|tool=any
 
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'''Torches''' are [[Blocks|block]]s that emit [[light]]. When placed on a suitable surface, it adjusts its model in relation to how it is placed on a [[block]], so that it can be made to attach to any side of a block except the bottom side.
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'''Torches''' improve on the [[Crude Torch]] by harnessing the power of [[Netherrack]] to burn forever. They can be lit to create a '''Burning Torch''' by right-clicking it in the world on [[Fire]], burning [[Campfire]]s, [[Lava]], lit [[Brick Oven]]s, smouldering [[Wood]], other Torches, [[Crude Torch]]es, and [[Candle]]s, and placed in the world to provide light in the surrounding area.
  
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From just one block of [[wood]] and eight pieces of [[coal]] or [[charcoal]], 32 torches can be made, making them an easily obtainable item. Since the [[Adventure Update]], torches have warmer light when placed. They can also be found naturally in [[Abandoned Mine Shaft]]s, [[Stronghold]]s and [[NPC Villages]].
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Unlit and burning torches can be freely placed, picked up and replaced without loss, and can be attached to walls or the ground.
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== Properties ==
 
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[[File:2012-03-01 19.49.54.png|thumb|left|Torches in various positions on [[Chiseled Stone Brick]]s.]]
 
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Torches act as a full block, for the purpose of placing other objects or torches in the same area. Being treated as a block by [[sand]] and [[gravel]] this prevents them from falling down past a block with a torch on it. Instead, sand and gravel break when they fall on a torch. If they are placed directly above a torch they act as if they were on any other solid material, allowing them to be used as environmental triggers, such as [[Tutorials/Airlock|airlocks]]. To the player, torches act as non-solid blocks, allowing players to pass through torches and place them whilst clipping into the torch. Torches also melt nearby [[Snow (cover)|snow]] and [[ice]], making them useful to keep skylights from being snowed over and lakes from freezing in [[Biome|snow biomes]]. The torches will however only melt snow and ice from a radius of 2 blocks from the torch. The smoke from a torch extends up 2½ blocks.
 
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When a torch is placed in [[water]], it will be detached, as if you had destroyed it. The block it was placed in will have no water in it afterward, unless two adjacent water sources cause a third to be created. This can also be used to regain air while underwater.
 
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{{-|left}}
 
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== Torch placement ==
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:left;margin-top:0"
 
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! Block name !! Torch placeable
 
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|[[Bedrock]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Obsidian]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Water]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Brick]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Cobblestone]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Block of Diamond]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Block of Gold]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Block of Iron]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Jukebox]] || {{tc|Yes}}*
 
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|[[Moss Stone]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Stairs|Cobblestone Stairs]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Slabs|Double Slab]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Slabs|Single Slab]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Stone]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Door|Iron Door]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Monster Spawner]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Furnace]] || {{tc|Yes}}*
 
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|[[Coal Ore]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Diamond Ore]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Door|Wooden Door]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Fence]] || {{tc|Yes}}**
 
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|[[Gold Ore]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|Torch || {{tc|No}}
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="float:left;margin-top:0"
 
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! Block name !! Torch placeable
 
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|[[Iron Ore]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Redstone Ore]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Stairs|Wooden Stairs]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Wood Planks]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Chest]] || {{tc|Yes}}*
 
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|[[Ender Chest]] || {{tc|Yes}}*
 
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|[[Crafting Table]] || {{tc|Yes}}*
 
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|[[Wood]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Bookshelf]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Jack-O-Lantern]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Pumpkin]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Melon_(Block)|Melon]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Sign|Sign Post]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Sign|Wall Sign]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Cloth|Wool]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Rails]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Clay]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Farming|Farmland]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Grass]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Gravel]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Sponge]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Dirt]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Ice]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Lever]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Pressure Plate]]s || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Sand]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|}
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:0"
 
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! Block name !! Torch placeable
 
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|[[Soul Sand]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Stone Button]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Cactus]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Ladders]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Netherrack]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Glass]] || {{tc|Yes}}**
 
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|[[Glowstone]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Leaves]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Snow Block]] || {{tc|Yes}}
 
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|[[Snow (cover)|Snow]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Farming|Crops]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Decorations (Creative)|Red rose]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Decorations (Creative)|Yellow flower]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Fire]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Lava]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Mushrooms|Brown Mushroom]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Mushrooms|Red Mushroom]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Portal]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Redstone Wire]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Redstone Torch]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Sugar Cane]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[Sapling]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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|[[TNT]] || {{tc|No}}
 
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[[File:Torches on a chest.png|thumb|100px|right|Torches on a chest.]]
 
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''<nowiki>*</nowiki> Torches may be placed on the sides of openable blocks such as chests by holding shift and right-clicking on the block.
 
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''<nowiki>**</nowiki> Torches may only be placed on the top of fences or glass, not on the sides.
 
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== Crafting ==
 
== Crafting ==
  
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When making torches, you only get one for every piece of coal.
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{{Title}}
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{| class="wikitable"
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<onlyinclude>![[Unlit Torch]]
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|align="center"| [[Shaft]], <br/>[[Nethercoal]]
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!Name
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|{{Grid/Crafting
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! Ingredients
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| A1= Nethercoal  |B1=   
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! Input » Output
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| A2= Shaft  |B2=   
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| Output= Unlit Torch}}</onlyinclude>
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!Torch
 
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|align="center"| [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stick Shaft], <br/>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Coal Coal]
 
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|{{Grid/Crafting Table
 
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| A1=              |B1=  |C1=
 
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| A2= Coal (Item)  |B2=  |C2=
 
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| A3= Shaft        |B3=  |C3=
 
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| Output= Torch}}
 
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!Torch
 
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|align="center"| [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stick Shaft], <br/>[http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Charcoal Charcoal]
 
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|{{Grid/Crafting Table
 
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| A1=              |B1=  |C1=
 
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| A2= Charcoal (Item)        |B2=  |C2=
 
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| A3= Shaft        |B3=  |C3=
 
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| Output= Torch}}
 
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!Torch
 
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|align="center"| [http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Stick Shaft], <br/>[[Nethercoal]]
 
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|{{Grid/Crafting Table
 
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| A1=             |B1=  |C1=
 
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| A2= Nethercoal        |B2=  |C2=
 
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| A3= Shaft        |B3=  |C3=
 
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| Output= Torch}}
 
 
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== As a crafting ingredient ==
 
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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! Ingredients
 
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! Input » Output
 
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! [[Pumpkin]] + Torch
 
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| {{Grid/Crafting Table
 
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|A1=  |B1=        |C1=
 
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|A2=  |B2= Pumpkin |C2=
 
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|A3=  |B3= Torch  |C3=
 
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|Output= Jack-O-Lantern
 
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}}
 
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== Video ==
 
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{{:Torch/video}}
 
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== History ==
 
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{{History|indev}}
 
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{{History||0.31 (29 January 2010)|Torches added. They had a different icon in the [[inventory]], appearing much shorter: [[File:Minecraftindevtorch.jpg|64px]].}}
 
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{{History||unknown|In an early version of the game, when removing a block the torch moved to another available block.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA#t=4m13s</ref>}}
 
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{{History|alpha}}
 
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{{History||1.1.0|Torches can no longer be placed on tree leaves, but only in fancy mode.}}
 
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{{History|beta}}
 
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{{History||1.6.6|Torches can now be placed on [[glowstone]].}}
 
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{{History||1.7|Torches cannot be placed on leaves, whether they are found naturally on a tree or placed after being trimmed with [[shears]].
 
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|Torches and [[redstone torch]]es can be placed on top of [[fences]].}}
 
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{{History|release}}
 
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{{History||1.2.1|snap=12w08a|One may now place torches and redstone torches on top of [[glass]].}}
 
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{{History||1.3.1|rowspan=2|snap=12w19a|Torches now spawn around bonus chests if each side has a block at the same height around it.}}
 
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{{History|||snap=12w25a|Torches can now be placed on top of upside down slabs and stairs.}}
 
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{{History||1.4.2|rowspan=2|snap=12w38a|New block-placing sound for torches.}}
 
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{{History|||snap=12w42b|Falling sand now properly “pops” when falling on torches.}}
 
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{{History||1.5|snap=13w06a|Fixed floating torches on village lamp posts.}}
 
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{{History|foot}}
 
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== Trivia ==
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== Fire Spread ==
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In BTW, most sources of fire, including Torches, have to be placed carefully to prevent burning down your home. Fire sources will heat up some air blocks around and above them, making any flammable block within range catch fire.
  
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* Notch announced that torches would become temporary light sources that would eventually go out.<ref>http://notch.tumblr.com/post/1243370641</ref> They would need to be relit with [[Flint and Steel|flint and steel]]. The permanent torch would be replaced with [[lantern]]s, and all torches that exist already in saved games whether placed, stored or in inventory would become lanterns. This was supposed to take effect on October, 31<sup>st</sup> 2010 with the [[Halloween Update]], but it does not appear this will be the case anymore.<ref>http://twitter.com/notch/status/22743846228070400</ref>
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The air block above the '''Torch''' (represented by the red block in the picture below), will make any adjacent flammable block (represented by the glass blocks) burn down. So in the picture bellow, you are only to place flammable blocks around the glass blocks :
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*If you jump on a placed torch, you will hear a sound of stepping on a wooden block. This is only the sound effect however, so you will not actually stand on it. You must also be moving in a horizontal direction as well, so running and jumping on them is the way to check it.
 
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*It would take 1.26018466 × 10{{^|14}} torches to light the entire surface of a minecraft map. It would take approximately double that number to cover everything in a minecraft map, caves and all, counting the 12 million blocks as the edge of the map.
 
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*If a block falls onto a torch (sand or gravel), it breaks the block and gives the player the resource, but the gravel will not drop [[flint]]. However, if the torch is placed quickly enough after removing the base of a stack of falling blocks, the stack remains in place.
 
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*Because torches emit a light level of 14 and hostile mobs require a light level of 7 or less to spawn, separating them by up to 12 blocks will prevent hostile mobs from spawning. Light does not travel diagonally (see: [[wikipedia:Manhattan distance|Taxicab Geometry]]), so a torch at point (0,0,0) will supply a light level of 8 to point (3,2,1).
 
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*Torches, interestingly, are created when the [[Ender Dragon]] is defeated.
 
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*Breaking a torch with any tool does not decrease its [[Item durability]].
 
  
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== See also ==
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[[File:Fire spread02.png|300px|Visualization of the hot air created by the Torch. Nothing flammable can be placed where the Red block and the Glass blocks are.]]
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* [[Redstone Torch]]
 
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* [[Redstone Lamp]]
 
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* [[Lantern]]
 
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* [[Light]]
 
  
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== References ==
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Placing a non-flammable block just above the '''Torch''' will prevent any fire spread and guarantee that there's no accident.
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{{Reflist}}
 
  
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{{Blocks}}
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== Keep in Mind ==
  
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[[de:Fackel]]
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* Flammable blocks directly above or directly adjacent to the space directly above the torch can catch fire. Avoid placing them on wooden walls!
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[[es:Torch/es]]
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* [[Candle]]s improve on torches by not setting nearby flammable surfaces on fire.
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[[fr:Torche]]
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* Burning Torches will be extinguished if your head is submerged in water, but they can be re-lit.
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[[hu:Fáklya]]
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* [[Jack 'o' Lantern]]s are created using [[Candle]]s.
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[[ko:횃불]]
 
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[[nl:Fakkel]]
 
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[[pl:Pochodnia]]
 
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[[ru:Факел]]
 
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[[zh:火把]]
 

Revision as of 09:21, 10 February 2024

Torch
Item Unlit Torch.png
Item Burning Torch.png


Type

Nonsolid Block

Stackable

Yes (64)

Damage

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Protection

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Durability

{{{durability}}}

First Appearance

Indev 0.31 (December 23, 2009)

Filtering

{{{filters}}}

Buoyancy

{{{buoy}}}

Gravity

No

Flammable

{{{flammable}}}

Data Value

50

Torches improve on the Crude Torch by harnessing the power of Netherrack to burn forever. They can be lit to create a Burning Torch by right-clicking it in the world on Fire, burning Campfires, Lava, lit Brick Ovens, smouldering Wood, other Torches, Crude Torches, and Candles, and placed in the world to provide light in the surrounding area.

Unlit and burning torches can be freely placed, picked up and replaced without loss, and can be attached to walls or the ground.

Crafting

Name Ingredients Input » Output
Unlit Torch Shaft,
Nethercoal
Nethercoal
 
Grid layout Arrow (small).png
Unlit Torch
Shaft
 

Fire Spread

In BTW, most sources of fire, including Torches, have to be placed carefully to prevent burning down your home. Fire sources will heat up some air blocks around and above them, making any flammable block within range catch fire.

The air block above the Torch (represented by the red block in the picture below), will make any adjacent flammable block (represented by the glass blocks) burn down. So in the picture bellow, you are only to place flammable blocks around the glass blocks :

Visualization of the hot air created by the Torch. Nothing flammable can be placed where the Red block and the Glass blocks are.

Placing a non-flammable block just above the Torch will prevent any fire spread and guarantee that there's no accident.

Keep in Mind

  • Flammable blocks directly above or directly adjacent to the space directly above the torch can catch fire. Avoid placing them on wooden walls!
  • Candles improve on torches by not setting nearby flammable surfaces on fire.
  • Burning Torches will be extinguished if your head is submerged in water, but they can be re-lit.
  • Jack 'o' Lanterns are created using Candles.
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