Sea Lantern - Minecraft Block Guide | Properties, Recipe & Uses (2025)

What is Sea Lantern in Minecraft?

A sea lantern is a beautiful, animated block that produces a bright, white light. It has a crystalline, bluish white texture with a pattern that seems to pulse with light. Its main purpose is to be a powerful and elegant underwater light source. It is one of the brightest light sources in the game, providing the maximum light level of 15. Players raid ocean monuments to collect sea lanterns and use them to light up their underwater bases, build modern houses, or create magical looking structures. It is a highly sought after block for builders who want a clean, bright, and animated light source.

How to get Sea Lantern in Minecraft

There are two main ways to get a sea lantern. The first way is to find it. Sea lanterns generate naturally as part of the structure of ocean monuments, the large underwater temples guarded by guardians. They are often found in long lines, lighting up the hallways. To collect the sea lantern block, you must mine it with a tool that has the Silk Touch enchantment. If you break it with a regular tool, it will shatter and drop two to three prismarine crystals, but you will not get the block itself. The second way is to craft it. To do this, you will need four prismarine shards and five prismarine crystals. You get both of these items by defeating guardians. Place the shards in the four corners and the crystals in the remaining slots to craft one sea lantern.

How to use Sea Lantern in Minecraft

The main use for a sea lantern is as a decorative light source. It provides a very bright light, making it great for lighting up large areas and preventing mobs from spawning. Unlike torches, it works perfectly underwater, which makes it the best choice for lighting up an underwater base or an aquarium. Its clean, white, and animated texture makes it a very popular block for modern and futuristic builds. It looks great as a ceiling light, a floor light, or as part of a wall. A sea lantern is also one of the blocks that can be used to power a conduit, which provides powerful underwater buffs to the player.

How to craft Sea Lantern in Minecraft

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What can Sea Lantern make in Minecraft

No items can be crafted.

My Story

How This All Started

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That was probably a mistake.

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