Soul Torch

What is Soul Torch?

A soul torch is a blue light source made from coal or charcoal, a stick and a soul block. It emits light level 10 and can sit on an appropriate top surface or attach to a wall. You can turn one into a soul lantern with iron nuggets.

Why players overlook it

Routine mining favors a regular torch because it gives more light and takes fewer ingredients. The extra soul block matters when you have not been to the Nether and only want to brighten a straightforward passage.

How to get it

• Gather soul sand or soul soil and combine one block with a stick and coal or charcoal in a vertical column. A recipe makes four torches.
• Keep a few aside if you are preparing a batch of soul lanterns.

Crafting recipe

Shaped crafting

1. Coal or Charcoal
2. Stick
3. Soul Sand or Soul Soil

• 1×Coal or Charcoal
• 1×Stick
• 1×Soul Sand or Soul Soil

→4× Soul Torch

What is it used for?

• Use soul torches as a color-coded marker along a Nether route or around a cool-toned display.
• Ordinary piglins avoid soul torches, providing a way to influence their movement around a build.

When it comes in handy

At a fork in a mine or portal hub, give the return route blue lights and leave side passages with ordinary ones. This keeps the way back easy to recognize without signs at every turn.

Limitations

They are dimmer than normal torches. They do not make you immune to piglins, and piglin brutes are a different threat. Lighting gaps still need attention in a build meant to prevent spawning.

Java and Bedrock

The item is available in both editions. The guide covers the uses checked for the listed releases.

Sources

Checked November 12, 2026 for Java 26.3 and Bedrock 26.60 series (including 26.63 where available).

• Minecraft Wiki · Soul Torch ↗