Additional Lanterns Wiki & Guide

Craft a chain from the material you want, then combine that chain with a torch or light source in the crafting grid to get the matching lantern. Every material in the mod follows the same pattern, so once you learn one recipe you can make them all.

Take any finished lantern and combine it with a dye in the crafting grid to get the colored version. You can also craft the colored chain first and then turn that into a colored lantern if you prefer to dye earlier in the process.

Place the chain block first, attaching it to a ceiling or overhang, then place the lantern on the bottom of the chain. The lantern hangs below the chain rather than replacing it, so you can build chains of any length before capping them with a lantern.

Make sure you are targeting the bottom face of the chain block, not the side. If the chain is floating without a solid block above it, the lantern may not attach — anchor the chain to a ceiling or another chain first.

Yes, they are functional light sources with the same light level as a vanilla lantern. The difference is purely cosmetic — material, color, and the matching chain — so you can swap them into any build without changing your lighting setup.

Lanterns placed in water will be waterlogged and still emit light, similar to vanilla lanterns. This makes them useful for underwater builds, aquariums, and dock lighting where you want a themed material to match the surroundings.

Hide the lantern inside a wall, under a floor, or behind a trapdoor or slab so the light still spreads but the block itself is concealed. Chains let you tuck lanterns into ceiling recesses where the glow reads as ambient rather than as a visible fixture.

Match the lantern to the dominant block in the area — stone lanterns for masonry, wood lanterns for cabins and docks, gem lanterns for magical or nether-themed builds. Colored variants let you tie the light into an accent palette without changing the fixture's shape.

Because the mod only adds standard light-emitting blocks and chains, it works with most building mods and shader packs without special patches. If a shader mishandles a specific material, try a different lantern variant in that spot to isolate the issue.

Lanterns are cheap light sources, but hundreds of them in one chunk can still add up, especially with dynamic lighting shaders. If you notice lag, replace decorative clusters with a few hidden lanterns and rely on the light spread instead.