Conduit

A conduit is a beacon-like block that provides Conduit Power and attacks monsters underwater.

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

A conduit drops as an item when broken with any tool or by hand, but a pickaxe is the fastest way to break it.

Like other precious blocks such as beacons and shulker boxes, when destroyed by an explosion, a conduit always drops as an item.

Block	Conduit
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time^[A]
Default	4.5
Wooden	2.25
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	0.4

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools as wielded by players with no status effects, measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Nautilus Shell + Heart of the Sea

Usage[]

Conduit power[]

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Schematic of a conduit in an activation frame.
Click the scale on the right to view the layers.
The conduit and water are required. The frame
must include 16-42 blocks of prismarine, dark
prismarine, sea lanterns, and/or prismarine
bricks. Unused frame-blocks and empty spaces
can be anything.

When activated, conduits give the "Conduit Power" effect to all players in contact with rain or water, within a spherical range of 32-96 blocks. This effect restores oxygen, gives underwater night vision and increases mining speed by 16.7% (1/6th). Conduits also damage any hostile mobs, like drowned, guardians, and elder guardians, within a range of 8 blocks of the conduit. Conduits can be activated in any biome and at any height or depth.

To activate, a conduit needs to be in the center of a 3×3×3 volume of water (source blocks, flowing water, and/or waterlogged blocks), which itself must be enclosed within an activation frame. The frame is built out of blocks in three 5×5 open squares centered on the conduit, one around each axis. Only prismarine, dark prismarine, prismarine bricks, and sea lantern blocks in the frame contribute to activation. A minimum of 16 blocks are required and produce an effective range of 32 blocks. Prismarine-type slabs (including double slabs), stairs, and walls cannot be used to activate the conduit. Any blocks (of any type) that are not part of the activation frame itself but are in the 5×5×5 outer shell likewise have no effect. Once activated, removing any blocks away from the conduit (frame blocks) does deactivate the conduit.^{[note 1]}

The effective radius of the conduit is 16 blocks for every seven blocks in the frame, though the effect does not activate until the minimum of 16 blocks is included in the build. Thus, it extends to 48 at 21 blocks, 64 at 28 blocks, 80 at 35 blocks, and 96 with a complete frame of 42 blocks. A complete frame also carries the additional advantage of attacking hostile mobs within 8 blocks of the conduit by 4 every 2 seconds, if they are in contact with water or rain.^{[note 2]}

Light source[]

Conduits emit a light level of 15, the brightest light level in the game, whether activated or not; including on land.

Sounds[]

Generic[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-177082

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	When the block is placed	`dig.stone`	1.0	0.8-1.0
Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	0.37	0.5
Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	0.4	1.0
Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	0.3	1.0
Players	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	0.12	1.0
Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	0.22	1.0

Unique[]

Java Edition:

Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Conduit activates	Blocks	When a conduit activates	`block.conduit.activate`	`subtitles.block.conduit.activate`	0.9	1.0	16
Conduit pulses	Blocks	While a conduit is active	`block.conduit.ambient`	`subtitles.block.conduit.ambient`	1.0	1.0	8
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Periodically every 3–5 seconds while active	`block.conduit.ambient.short`	None^{[sound 1]}	1.0	1.0	8
Conduit attacks	Blocks	When a conduit attacks something	`block.conduit.attack.target`	`subtitles.block.conduit.attack.target`	1.0	1.0	16
Conduit deactivates	Blocks	When a conduit deactivates	`block.conduit.deactivate`	`subtitles.block.conduit.deactivate`	0.7	1.0	16

↑ ^a ^b MC-218104

Bedrock Edition:

Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
Blocks	When a conduit activates	`conduit.activate`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	While a conduit is active	`conduit.ambient`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	Randomly while active	`conduit.short`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	When a conduit attacks something	`conduit.attack`	1.0	1.0
Blocks	When a conduit deactivates^{[sound 1]}‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.20.30]}	`conduit.deactivate`	1.0	1.0

↑ MCPE-128117

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Conduit	`conduit`	Block & Item	`mineable/pickaxe`	`block.minecraft.conduit`

Name	Identifier
Block entity	`conduit`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
Conduit	`conduit`	`412`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]}	`tile.conduit.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ Available with /give command.
↑ The block's direct item form has the same id as the block.

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	`Conduit`

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	`true`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this conduit.

Block entity[]

A conduit has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Block entity data
- Tags common to all block entities
- Target: The UUID of the hostile mob the conduit is currently attacking, stored as four ints. May not be present.

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Advancements[]

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	How Did We Get Here?	Have every effect applied at the same time	A Furious Cocktail	Have all of these 27 status effects applied to the player at the same time: Absorption Bad Omen Blindness Conduit Power Darkness Dolphin's Grace Fire Resistance Glowing Haste Hero of the Village Hunger Invisibility Jump Boost Levitation Mining Fatigue Nausea Night Vision Poison Regeneration Resistance Slow Falling Slowness Speed Strength Water Breathing Weakness Wither The source of the effects is irrelevant for the purposes of this advancement. Other status effects may be applied to the player, but are ignored for this advancement. This is a hidden advancement, meaning that it can be viewed by the player only after completing it, regardless of if its child advancement(s), if any, have been completed.	`nether/all_effects`

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
		Moskstraumen	Activate a Conduit	Place a conduit in a valid prismarine/sea lantern structure to activate it.	50G	Gold

History[]

Java Edition
1.13	18w15a		Added conduits.
	18w16a		The particle effect for the conduit has been changed to the (previously unused) entity_core texture file.
	18w19a		Conduits now produce sounds.
	18w20b		The eye of the conduit now shows whether it's hunting for hostile mobs or not: it shows an open eye when it's looking out for hostile mobs, and a closed eye otherwise.
	18w20c		Dark prismarine can now be used to activate a conduit.
1.13.1	18w31a		Conduits are now properly waterlogged.
1.18	Pre-release 1		The assigned tool is now the pickaxe.
Bedrock Edition
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.1		Added conduits.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.4		Conduits now produce sounds.
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51		Conduits can now give Conduit Power to nearby players in rain.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69	1.76	Patch 38	Added conduits.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Conduit" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

When it is activated, the conduit displays the heart of the sea's texture in the center of its model. However, when all 42 blocks have been placed (when the conduit is fully activated) the heart opens like an orange eye.
The achievement obtained by activating a conduit refers to the system of whirlpools in Nordland county, Norway.

Gallery[]

Basic arrangements of 16 prismarine bricks to activate a conduit.
Adding additional blocks around a conduit can extend the range of effect.
One possible setup to activate a conduit.
An unusual, but the valid setup of 16 prismarine block.
Closer look at the activated conduit.
A conduit attacking a drowned.
Valid block placements for conduit activation; note that the conduit itself must also be surrounded by water.
Animation of an activated conduit (click to enlarge).
A conduit with "Fancy Graphics" disabled in Bedrock Edition.
Optimal placement of fully powered conduits around a central conduit. North should be negative Z.