Black Candle
minecraft:black_candle
The Black Candle is a decorative block in Minecraft. It is crafted by combining a candle with black dye, and it drops itself when broken.
Players place it as a light source or as a decoration. It can be lit or left unlit, and it can also be waterlogged.
Texture file: block/black_candle.png · browse every texture in the game
Block data
| Identifier | minecraft:black_candle |
|---|---|
| Block states | 16 |
| Default state ID | 27130 |
| Properties | candles, lit, waterlogged |
| Has item form | Yes |
Block states
Every property this block can take, straight from reports/blocks.json.
| Property | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|
candles | 1, 2, 3, 4 | 1 |
lit | true, false | false |
waterlogged | true, false | false |
Drops
From loot_table/blocks/black_candle.json.
Obtained from 1 recipe
black_candle
Tags
2 tags contain this block.
#minecraft:candles#minecraft:candles
Extracted from Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-5 on 22 October 2026. 9Minecraft is not affiliated with Mojang or Microsoft.