Colored torches are torches colored by metal chlorides, available in blue, red, purple, and green.
Obtaining
Breaking
Colored torches break instantly and drop as items when mined using any tool or by hand. Tools do not lose any durability after mining them. Colored torches are also broken if pushed by a piston.
Crafting
| 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 Edition and Minecraft Education only] |
Usage
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
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
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 |
Sounds
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.23 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.18 | 1.0 |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red and green torch | colored_torch_rg | 202 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.colored_torch.red.nametile.colored_torch.green.name |
| Blue and purple torch | colored_torch_bp | 204 | Block & Giveable Item[i 1] | tile.colored_torch.blue.nametile.colored_torch.purple.name |
Metadata
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
| 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. |
History
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 |             Added colored torches. | |||
| Education Edition | |||||
| 1.0.27 | Added colored torches. | ||||
Trivia
- As with sparklers, the flame colors correspond to results from a flame test performed on these chloride salts.
- The torch's stick uses the pre-Texture Update texture.
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