How to Make Lanterns in Minecraft – Light Up Your Builds with Style!

Tired of basic torches cluttering your builds? Lanterns are a beautiful, bright, and more decorative light source in Minecraft. Whether you’re designing cosy cottages, spooky dungeons, or stylish villages, a lantern adds serious glow-up energy 💡

Here’s how to craft lanterns and use them to elevate your world!

🔥 Why Use Lanterns?

Lanterns are:

• Brighter than torches (15 light level)
• Aesthetic – they hang or sit on blocks beautifully
• Customisable – includes soul lanterns for a moody blue flame!

🛠️ How to Craft a Lantern

🧾 You’ll Need:

• 1 Torch (craft with stick + coal/charcoal)
• 8 Iron Nuggets (crafted by placing 1 iron ingot in the crafting grid)

🧪 Crafting Steps:

1. Open your Crafting Table
2. Place the torch in the centre
3. Surround it with iron nuggets (8 total)
4. Collect your Lantern! 🏮

🧊 How to Make a Soul Lantern (Blue Flame)

Want that eerie, mystical blue glow? Try a Soul Lantern:

🔹 Ingredients:

• 1 Soul Torch (soul soil/soul sand + stick + coal)
• 8 Iron Nuggets

Follow the same crafting recipe as above, but use the Soul Torch instead of a regular torch.

💡 Soul lanterns give off a slightly lower light level (10) but look incredible in nether builds, spooky zones, or underground temples.

🧱 Where Can Lanterns Be Placed?

Lanterns are versatile:

• Place them on top of solid blocks
• Hang them under blocks, fences, or chains
• Stack them for rustic lamp posts or street lighting

🌌 Want a medieval aesthetic? Combine lanterns with chains for hanging chandeliers!

🧠 Pro Tips

• Use soul lanterns to mark dangerous zones or nether paths
• Combine lanterns with trapdoors or fence posts for stylish street lights
• Use shaders? Lanterns look 🔥 with dynamic lighting!

🎮 Final Thoughts

Whether you’re lighting your cottage, castle, or cave, lanterns are the glow-up your builds deserve. They’re easy to craft, great to look at, and pack serious lighting power.

So ditch the torches—craft some lanterns and let your creativity shine ✨

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