Redstone Lamp

A redstone lamp is a block that produces light when activated with a redstone signal.

Obtaining[]

Natural generation[]

Redstone lamps generate naturally in ancient cities.

Breaking[]

A redstone lamp can be mined with any tool^[1] or by hand, dropping itself as an item.

Block	Redstone Lamp
Hardness	0.3
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.45

Crafting[]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Redstone Dust + Glowstone

Usage[]

A redstone lamp can be used to produce switchable light.

Redstone lamps are redstone mechanisms and can be activated by:

• An adjacent active power component, including above or below: for example, a redstone torch (except that a redstone torch does not activate a redstone lamp it is attached to), a block of redstone, a daylight sensor, etc.
• An adjacent powered block (for example, an opaque block with an active redstone torch under it), including above or below
• A powered redstone comparator or redstone repeater facing the redstone lamp
• Adjacent powered redstone dust configured to point at the redstone lamp (or on top of it) or directionless; a redstone lamp is not activated by adjacent powered redstone dust that is configured to point away from it.

A redstone lamp activates instantly, but takes 2 redstone ticks to turn off (4 game ticks, or 0.2 seconds barring lag).

An active redstone lamp produces block light 15. An inactive redstone lamp produces no light.

A redstone lamp acts like an opaque block; it blocks sky light, mobs suffocate in it, and it conducts redstone power. It also allows mobs to spawn on them while it is unlit.

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	random.glass	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	0.4	0.6
	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

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Redstone Lamp	redstone_lamp	Block & Item	block.minecraft.redstone_lamp

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Redstone Lamp	redstone_lamp	123	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.redstone_lamp.name
Lit Redstone Lamp	lit_redstone_lamp	124	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 4]	Identical[i 3]	—

Block states[]

Java Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
lit	false	false true	If the redstone lamp is lit.

Video[]

History[]

Java Edition
1.2.1		12w07a			Added redstone lamps.
		1.2			The texture of redstone lamps has now been darkened, and the texture of lit redstone lamps has been slightly changed.
1.2.4		release			A 2-tick delay to deactivation has been added to redstone lamps.
1.3.1		12w21a			As both redstone dust and glowstone are now renewable via trading, redstone lamp is now renewable.
?					Levers can be placed on redstone lamps.
1.13		17w47a			The different block IDs for the redstone lamp has now been merged into one ID.
					A lit block state has been added to redstone lamps.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 123 and 124.
January 11, 2018					Jasper Boerstra tweets an image of updated redstone lamp textures.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of redstone lamps has now been changed.
1.19		Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1			Redstone lamps now generate as part of ancient cities.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.13.0		build 1			Added redstone lamps.
Bedrock Edition
?					Levers can be placed on redstone lamps.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of redstone lamps has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU12	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added redstone lamps.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The texture of redstone lamps has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added redstone lamps.

Lit redstone lamp "item"[]

The following content is transcluded from Technical blocks/Lit Redstone Lamp.

Java Edition
1.2.1		12w07a			Lit redstone lamps have an item form corresponding to its block ID. It can be obtained via inventory editors with numeric item ID 124.
					Interestingly, unlike most items of this type, lit redstone lamps are themselves dropped by lit redstone lamps.[2]
					Pick Block on a lit redstone lamp block would highlight any existing lit redstone lamp blocks in the hotbar, rather than normal redstone lamps.
1.2.4		release			Lit redstone lamps now drop normal redstone lamp items when broken in most cases. They can still be obtained by breaking one with a Silk Touch enchanted tool.
1.2.5		pre			Pick Block on a lit redstone lamp now always returns a normal, unpowered redstone lamp.
1.3.1		12w16a			Lit redstone lamp items can now be obtained in singleplayer worlds via the /give command using the respective numeric ID.
1.7.2		13w37a			The direct item form of lit redstone lamps has been removed from the game. It can no longer exist as an item in any way, only as a placed block.
					The ability for lit redstone lamps to drop lit redstone lamp items via Silk Touch has not been removed, however. As a result, attempting to obtain a lit redstone lamp this way in this version crashes the game with a NullPointerException.
		13w38a			Lit redstone lamp blocks now drop unlit items regardless of tool.[3][verify]
?					Added BlockStateTag, which allows to obtain all valid block states of respective block. This tag allows to obtain many technical blocks otherwise cannot be obtained, including lit redstone lamp.
Bedrock Edition
?					Lit redstone lamps probably exist as an item.

Appearances[]

Java Edition
1.2.1		12w07a			The lit redstone lamp item uses this model in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
		1.2			The lit redstone lamp item uses this model in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
					This is due to the redstone lamp texture changing in this version.
1.3.1		12w22a			The lit redstone lamp item now uses this model in inventories, when held in first or third person view or as a dropped item.
					This is a result of all 3D items being rotated 90 degrees anticlockwise from their prior appearances.
1.4.2		12w34a			The lit redstone lamp item now uses this model in inventories, when held in first or third person view, as a dropped item or when in an item frame.
					This is a result of all 3D items being brightened to a miniscule degree.

Names[]

Java Edition

• 12w07a - 13w36b: Redstone Lamp

Issues[]

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

Trivia[]

• Multiple tiled redstone lamps produce a pattern that resembles the truncated square tiling t{4,4}.
• Redstone lamps are transparent on maps.^[4][5]

Gallery[]

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  A redstone lamp shown during the day that is switched off.

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  A redstone lamp shown during the day that is switched on.

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  A redstone lamp shown during the evening that is switched off.

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  A redstone lamp shown during the evening that is switched on.

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  Demonstrating how wire powers redstone lamps.

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  Demonstrating how repeaters power redstone lamps.

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  Demonstrating how a solid block powers redstone lamps.

Since lamps themselves are solid blocks, they power other lamps. This causes the cross-shaped patterns of lit lamps.

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  Floor torch with no lamp above it.

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  Floor torch with a lamp above it.

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  Wall torch with no lamp above it.

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  Wall torch with a lamp above it.

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  A way you can use lit redstone lamps in building.

A glowing roof can be done by laying wire across the blocks, or lining the top of the lamps with redstone blocks. Floors and walls are also do-able. A glowing floor can be created by using "knight's move" shape underneath the floor with torches. A glowing wall uses wall-mounted torches that power blocks above them.

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  A redstone lamp floor.

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  A redstone lamp wall.

Notes[]

References[]

External Links[]

• Block of the Week: Redstone Lamp – Minecraft.net on March 30, 2018