Candle in Minecraft

Crafting

Crafting: String, Honeycomb. Obtain from crafting table, trade with villager, or world finds. Break with hand; fastest with 0.15s. 17 variants.

  • crafting yields 1 pc
  • Sold by villagers: 1
  • Break — By hand
  • 17 variants
  • Minecraft 26.3
Candle in Minecraft
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At a glance

Recipe — below

  • Get with a command
    /give @s minecraft:candle
  • Place next to it
    /setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:candle

Crafting: String, Honeycomb. Break — by hand.

How to get a Crafting Table, trade with a villager, and world finds?

How to craft

Recipe for the first variant; the rest are the same, only the color or variety changes — see the table below.

Buy from a villager

Who sellsLevelPriceWhat it gives
Librarian5 — master3 emeraldsYellow Candle
Librarian5 — master3 emeraldsRed Candle

Deals open when villagers reach their level; discounts for village healing and Hero of the Village reduce prices. All deals — trading with villagers.

Variants

OptionIDWhat
CandlecandleString, Honeycomb
White Candlewhite_candleCandle, White Dye
Light Gray Candlelight_gray_candleCandle, Light Gray Dye
Gray Candlegray_candleCandle, Gray Dye
Black Candleblack_candleCandle, Black Dye
Brown Candlebrown_candleCandle, Brown Dye
Red Candlered_candleCandle, Red Dye
Orange Candleorange_candleCandle, Orange Dye
Yellow Candleyellow_candleCandle, Yellow Dye
Lime Candlelime_candleCandle, Lime Dye
Green Candlegreen_candleCandle, Green Dye
Cyan Candlecyan_candleCandle, Cyan Dye
Light Blue Candlelight_blue_candleCandle, Light Blue Dye
Blue Candleblue_candleCandle, Blue Dye
Purple Candlepurple_candleCandle, Purple Dye
Magenta Candlemagenta_candleCandle, Magenta Dye
Pink Candlepink_candleCandle, Pink Dye

Where to find

Where to find it, with chances per chest, mob, or block:

WhereWhat is it?ChanceCondition
Candle: Ancient City Chest Chest 24% —
Candle: Cake with Candle block 100% —
White Candle: Abandoned Camp Barrel Barrel 36% —
White Candle: Abandoned Camp Chest Chest 27% —
White Candle: Cake with White Candle block 100% —
Light Gray Candle: Cake with Light Gray Candle block 100% —
Gray Candle: Cake with Gray Candle block 100% —
Black Candle: Cake with Black Candle block 100% —
Brown Candle: Common find in suspicious gravel ruins excavations 4,4% —
Brown Candle: Cake with Brown Candle block 100% —
Red Candle: Common find in suspicious gravel ruins excavations 4,4% —
Red Candle: Cake with Red Candle block 100% —
Orange Candle: Cake with Orange Candle block 100% —
Yellow Candle: Cake with Yellow Candle block 100% —
Lime Candle: Cake with Lime Candle block 100% —
Green Candle: commonly found in suspicious gravel ruins path excavations 4,4% —
Green Candle: Cake with Green Candle block 100% —
Cyan Candle: Cake with Cyan Candle block 100% —
Light Blue Candle: Cake with Light Blue Candle block 100% —
Blue Candle: Cake with Blue Candle block 100% —
Purple Candle: common find in suspicious gravel ruins trop excavations 4,4% —
Purple Candle: Cake with Purple Candle block 100% —
Magenta Candle: Cake with Magenta Candle block 100% —
Pink Candle: Cake with Pink Candle block 100% —

How many blocks to break

WhatTimeIt drops
By hand 0.15 seconds yes

No enchantments, on land and not underwater. With 'Speed', underwater and in the jump — in the calculator.

Raw materials total

  • 1 String
  • 1 Honeycomb

Craft: 1.

Numbers

WhatValue
ID17 options — in the table
Stack64
What to breakBy hand
Unbreaking0,1
Explosion resistance0,1
Light12

Frequently asked questions

How do I craft Candle?

Crafted from: String, Honeycomb. The librarian also sells 3 Emeralds.

How long does it take to break Candle?

By hand — 0.15 seconds, fastest is 0.15 seconds. Break with hand. Drops when broken by hand.

How do I get Candle with a command?

Command: /give @s — each variant has its own ID; see the table on this page. Operator permissions or cheats required.

More in the wiki

Minecraft 26.3 data: recipes, durability, tools, and time formula — from game files and code.