- Internal Tile ID: 42, 270 (Firefly in a Bottle), 271 (Lightning Bug in a Bottle)
A Lantern is a small light source that hangs from ceilings (the underside of blocks). They occupy less space than a Chandelier, making them ideal for smaller spaces. Lanterns can be toggled on and off via wires, except for Firefly in a Bottle, Lightning Bug in a Bottle, Lavafly in a Bottle, and all soul in a bottle variants. Soul in a bottle variants also did not count as a light source for NPC's before 1.4.0.5.
There are two Lanterns that provide regeneration buffs, which are the Heart Lantern and the Star in a Bottle. The Heart Lantern provides a buff that increases health regeneration within a 170-tile by 125-tile rectangular region centered on the Heart Lantern, which stacks with Campfires' buff and Honey's buff. Toggling the Heart Lantern off will only deactivate the light source, and not the buff. The Star in a Bottle works in a similar way, but adds a mana regeneration buff instead of health.
The Skull Lantern and Jack 'O Lantern, while being named Lanterns, are not like the rest of the lanterns in that they need to be placed on a flat surface.
Crafting
Recipes
Noncraftable Lanterns
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Lantern | Notes | |
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Chain Lantern Internal Item ID: 136 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Brass Lantern Internal Item ID: 1390 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Caged Lantern Internal Item ID: 1391 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Carriage Lantern Internal Item ID: 1392 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Alchemy Lantern Internal Item ID: 1393 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Diabolist Lamp Internal Item ID: 1394 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Oil Rag Sconce Internal Item ID: 1395 |
Found in the Dungeon. | |
Obsidian Lantern Internal Item ID: 2642 |
Found in Ruined houses, does not break from lava. | |
Golden Lantern Internal Item ID: 2147 |
Dropped by Pirates. |
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Notes
- Unlike the others, the Chinese Lantern can be placed underwater.
- The Chinese Lantern is 2 wide x 2 high.
- The Large Dynasty Lantern, despite its name, is actually a chandelier.
- Lanterns cannot be placed on blocks toggled by actuators, and will pop off if the block they are hanging off of is toggled by one.
- Each world's dungeon contains three of the seven potential 'Dungeon Only' lanterns; each section of dungeon contains a different type of lantern. Which lanterns are present are randomized.
- On the 3DS multiplayer version of Terraria, you can gain infinite fireflies in a bottle by breaking the bottle first to gain one, then the chain to gain two.
Trivia
- The character on the Chinese Lantern (simplified Chinese: 开) means "open" and is pronounced kāi.
See also
History
- Desktop 1.4.0.5: Soul Bottles now count as a valid light source.
- Desktop 1.4.0.1:
- Spider, Lesion, Sandstone, Bamboo, Nebula, Solar, Stardust, and Vortex Lanterns added.
- Skyware Lantern item and placed sprites updated.
- Lavafly, Souls of Flight, Fright, Light, Might, Night, and Sight in a Bottle added.
- Star in a Bottle and Heart Lantern area of effect increased.
- Desktop 1.3.5: Crystal Lantern added.
- Desktop 1.3.2: Fixed Bone Lantern's (while off) wrong light display.
- Desktop 1.3.0.1:
- Diablost Lamp renamed to Diabolist Lamp.
- Meteorite, Granite, Marble and Martian Lanterns added.
- Star in a Bottle now provides a mana regeneration buff.
- Desktop 1.2.4: Palm Wood, Mushroom, Boreal Wood, Slime, Pumpkin, and Obsidian Lanterns added.
- Desktop 1.2.3: Craftable Lanterns added. Reduced the effect of campfire and heart lantern regeneration.
- Desktop 1.2.1.2: Heart Lantern added.
- Desktop 1.2.1: Hanging Jack 'O Lantern added.
- Desktop 1.2: Brass Lantern, Caged Lantern, Carriage Lantern, Alchemy Lantern, Diablost Lamp, Oil Rag Sconce, and Star in a Bottle added.
- Desktop 1.0.6: Chinese Lantern added.
- Desktop-Release: Introduced the Chain Lantern.
- Console 1.08: Added Firefly in a Bottle and Lightning Bug in a Bottle.
- Console-Release: Introduced.
- Switch 1.0.711.6: Introduced.
- Mobile-Release: Introduced.
- 3DS-Release: Introduced.