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How to Craft Soul Lantern in Minecraft

Soul Lantern in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Blue light source with level 10. The recipe first appears in the game's files in Minecraft 1.16.

On a Crafting Table, 8 Iron Nuggets and 1 Soul Torch turns into a Soul Lantern. Read it row by row: three Iron Nuggets, then two Iron Nuggets down either side and a Soul Torch in the middle column, then three Iron Nuggets. The grid returns 1 Soul Lantern.

Soul Lantern Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Soul Lantern is minecraft:soul_lantern. In commands the namespace may be left off, so soul_lantern works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p soul_lantern
Give a full stack of 64
/give @p soul_lantern 64
Give it to a named player
/give Steve soul_lantern 1

Cheats have to be on for Soul Lantern to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

Soul Lanterns emit a blue light at level 10. They repel piglins in the Nether. Soul Lantern uses a shaped recipe: the ingredients only work in the pattern shown.

This recipe first appears in the game's own data files in Minecraft 1.16, and not in the release before it.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with iron nugget (craft from iron ingots) and soul torch (craft from coal, stick and soul sand).

The Full Stack Sum

A full stack of 64 iron nuggets gives 8 soul lanterns, across 8 crafts at 8 for 1. On top of that: 8 soul torches. Craft 8 empties the box exactly.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
Iron NuggetIron NuggetIron Nugget8xCraft from iron ingots
Soul TorchSoul TorchSoul Torch1xCraft from coal, stick and soul sand

Gather 8x Iron Nugget (craft from iron ingots) and Soul Torch (craft from coal, stick and soul sand), then take the lot to a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

5 crafts deep: Stick, Iron Ingot, Soul Torch, Iron Nugget, then the Soul Lantern. All in: 1 Coal, 1 Soul Sand, 1 Iron Ore and 2 Planks.

  1. 1
    2StickStick4Stick
  2. 2
    Iron IngotIron IngotIron IngotFurnace
  3. 3
    CoalCoalStickStickSoul TorchSoul Torch4Soul Torch
  4. 4
    Iron IngotIron IngotIron NuggetIron Nugget9Iron Nugget
  5. 5
    Soul LanternSoul LanternSoul Lanternthis page

Gather this first

CoalCoalCoalSoul SandIron Ore2Planks

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    Iron NuggetIron Nugget8x Iron Nugget

  2. 2

    Soul TorchSoul TorchSoul Torch

  3. 3

    Soul Lantern

Minecraft crafting recipe for Soul Lantern: 8 x Iron Nugget, 1 x Soul Torch in a crafting table, making 1 Soul Lantern.

Tips & Notes

  • One craft costs 8x Iron Nugget and 1x Soul Torch. Start with the Iron Nugget: craft from iron ingots.

Uses for Soul Lantern

  • Blue light source with level 10
  • Repels piglins

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Soul Lantern on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Soul Lantern in Minecraft?
To craft a Soul Lantern you need 8 Iron Nuggets and 1 Soul Torch at a Crafting Table. Copy the grid above cell for cell, and one craft produces one Soul Lantern.
What do you need to make a Soul Lantern from scratch?
Counting all the way down, a Soul Lantern comes to 1 Coal, 1 Soul Sand, 1 Iron Ore and 2 Planks, spread over 5 crafts.
Where do you find the materials for a Soul Lantern?
The materials for a Soul Lantern each come from somewhere different. Iron Nugget: craft from iron ingots. Soul Torch: craft from coal, stick and soul sand.
How many Soul Lanterns do you get from one craft?
The Soul Lantern recipe makes one Soul Lantern per craft.
What is the item ID for Soul Lantern in Minecraft?
Soul Lantern is registered as minecraft:soul_lantern. Commands accept the short form soul_lantern as well, and Bedrock spells it the same. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Soul Lantern?
The command for Soul Lantern is /give @p soul_lantern. Add a number for more than one, so /give @p soul_lantern 64 hands you a full stack, and it only runs with cheats enabled.
Is the Soul Lantern recipe the same in Java and Bedrock Edition?
Yes, the Soul Lantern recipe is the same in both editions. Java and Bedrock both build a Soul Lantern from 8 Iron Nuggets and 1 Soul Torch at a Crafting Table, in the same layout, one at a time.
What version of Minecraft added the Soul Lantern?
The recipe for soul lantern ships in Minecraft 1.16 and in none of the releases before it. The Soul Lantern recipe above matches the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
8 Iron Nuggets and 1 Soul Torch in, 1 Soul Lantern out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
That Bedrock agrees
Bedrock 1.26.40.05, same 2 ingredients.
How far back it goes
Java 1.16 is the first release that knows this recipe at all. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The recipe book unlock
What unlocks it in the recipe book. Java 26.2.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Soul Lantern per craft against the stack size.

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