How many items can produce light?

There is a list of light-emitting blocks on the Minecraft Wiki.

These blocks along with the light levels the produce are as follows:

  • Fire - 15
  • Jack-O-Lantern - 15
  • Lava - 15
  • Glowstone - 15
  • End Portal Block - 15
  • End Gateway Block - 15
  • Active Redstone Lamp - 15
  • Beacon - 15
  • Sea Lantern - 15
  • Torch - 14
  • End Rod - 14
  • Lit Furnace - 13
  • Nether Portal Block - 11
  • Redstone Ore, when touched - 9
  • Active Redstone Repeater- 9
  • Ender Chest - 7
  • Lit Redstone Torch - 7
  • Magma Block - 3
  • Brown Mushroom - 1
  • Brewing Stand - 1
  • Dragon Egg - 1
  • End Portal Frame - 1

While not technically blocks, additional light sources include:

  • Sunlight - 15
  • Sunlight when raining or snowing - 12
  • Sunlight, when thundering - 10
  • Moonlight - 4

Additionally:

Certain blocks will only allow light to pass through diffusely. These are water and ice, which reduce light by an additional 2 levels per block, and leaves and cobwebs, which diffuse sunlight but only reduce light by the normal 1 level per block.

There are also quite a few lighting bugs to consider.


In the new Aquatic Update, sea pickle also produced light from 6-15 (only if waterlogged) depend on how much pickle are there.