Conduit

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.

Crafting

Usage

Conduit power

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

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Unique

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Data values

ID

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Block states

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Block entity

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

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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 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, if any, 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 if one or more of its child advancements have been completed.	nether/all_effects

Achievements

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.
		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

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  Basic arrangements of 16 prismarine bricks to activate a conduit.

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  Adding additional blocks around a conduit can extend the range of effect.

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  One possible setup to activate a conduit.

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  An unusual, but the valid setup of 16 prismarine block.

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  Closer look at the activated conduit.

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  A conduit attacking a drowned.

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  Valid block placements for conduit activation; note that the conduit itself must also be surrounded by water.

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  Animation of an activated conduit (click to enlarge).

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  A conduit with "Fancy Graphics" disabled in Bedrock Edition.

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  Optimal placement of fully powered conduits around a central conduit. North should be negative Z.

Notes

See also

• Beacon