Craftable Light Blocks

Craftable Light Blocks

Craft light blocks in survival, pick any light level, and see and adjust them – just like in creative mode.

Recipe

Surround a Torch with 8 Glass Panes:

Every Light Level

Put a light block into a Stonecutter and choose any of the 16 light levels (0–15). The level is shown right on the item, just like in the creative inventory.

Features

Hold a light block in survival mode and you can:

• See them – every light block around you shows up with its light level. Only you see the markers, other players don't.
• 🔆 Brighten them – right-click a light block to raise its light level.
• 🔅 Dim them – sneak + right-click to lower its light level.

Removing works just like vanilla: place any other block where the light block is. Break that block again and the light block is gone.

Optional extra – break with left-click: turn it on and you can pick light blocks up with a left-click. They drop with the same light level. It's off by default and can be switched on in the settings menu, with a command or in the config.

In creative mode, Minecraft already does all of this by itself.

Plugin or Datapack?

Both are included – pick the one that fits your game.

Plugin · Datapack
Works on · Paper / Purpur servers · Singleplayer & any server
Minecraft · 1.21.4 – 26.3 · 26.1 – 26.3
Marker range · 32 blocks (up to 160) · 16 blocks
Adjust & break from · normal reach · up to 3 blocks
Settings menu (clickable in chat) · ✅ · ✅
Respects land-claim plugins · ✅ · –
Configurable recipe · ✅ · –

Use either the plugin or the datapack – not both at once.

Commands *(operators only)

Plugin

Command · Effect
/lichtblock · Clickable settings menu
/lichtblock abbauen an\ · aus · Turn left-click breaking on/off
/lichtblock lichtstaerke an\ · aus · Turn right-click light level changing on/off
/lichtblock geben [player] [level] · Give light blocks, optionally with light level 0–15

Datapack

Command · Effect
/function lichtbloecke:einstellungen · Clickable settings menu (breaking & light level on/off)
/function lichtbloecke:geben {anzahl:16} · Give light blocks
/function lichtbloecke:geben_stufe {anzahl:16,stufe:7} · Give light blocks with light level 0–15
/function lichtbloecke:deinstallieren · Remove everything, then disable the pack

Permissions *(plugin)

Permission · Default · Effect
lichtbloecke.sehen · everyone · See light blocks while holding one
lichtbloecke.bearbeiten · everyone · Change the light level (and break light blocks, if turned on)
lichtbloecke.give · operators · Use /lichtblock geben
lichtbloecke.einstellungen · operators · Use the settings menu and on/off commands

Configuration *(plugin)

In plugins/Lichtbloecke/config.yml you can change the recipe's center item and result amount, allow colored glass panes, turn the stonecutter, left-click breaking (abbauen, off by default) and level changing on or off, and set the marker range.

Installation

🔌 Plugin

1. Put the .jar into your server's plugins folder
2. Restart the server

Datapack – Singleplayer

1. Select your world → Edit → Open World Folder
2. Put the ZIP into the datapacks folder
3. Type /reload in the world

Datapack – Server

1. Put the ZIP into /datapacks/
2. Run /reload

Good to know

The markers are particles – the only way to show something to a single player. After you put the light block away, they stay visible for up to 4 seconds.