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Colored Torch

"Blue Torch" redirects here. For the torch crafted from soul soil, see Torch.
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This page describes an education-related feature. 
This feature is available only in Minecraft Education or when enabling the "Education" option in Bedrock Edition.

Colored torches are torches colored by metal chlorides, available in blue, red, purple, and green.

Obtaining

Breaking

Colored torches break instantly and drop itself when broken using anything. The tool does not take any damage. 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

Data values

ID

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Red and green torchcolored_torch_rg202Block & Giveable Item[i 1]tile.colored_torch.red.name
tile.colored_torch.green.name
Blue and purple torchcolored_torch_bp204Block & Giveable Item[i 1]tile.colored_torch.blue.name
tile.colored_torch.purple.name
  1. a b Available with /give command.

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

See also: Block states
Name Default value Allowed values Description
color_bit00
1
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_directiontopeast
north
south
top
unknown
west
The direction the top of the torch is facing.

History

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.20.1Purple Torch BE1.png Purple Wall Torch BE1.png Blue Torch BE1.png Blue Wall Torch BE1.png Green Torch BE1.png Green Wall Torch BE1.png Red Torch BE1.png Red Wall Torch BE1.png
Purple Torch (texture) EE1.png Blue Torch (texture) EE1.png Green Torch (texture) EE1.png Red Torch (texture) EE1.png Added colored torches.
Education Edition
1.0.27Purple Torch BE1.png Purple Wall Torch BE1.png Blue Torch BE1.png Blue Wall Torch BE1.png Green Torch BE1.png Green Wall Torch BE1.png Red Torch BE1.png Red Wall Torch BE1.png
Purple Torch (texture) EE1.png Blue Torch (texture) EE1.png Green Torch (texture) EE1.png Red Torch (texture) EE1.png 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.

See also