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A sculk torch: see where mobs can spawn, without a light level overlay mod

Combine a torch with a sculk sensor into a sculk torch. Held in either hand, it lights around you like a torch, and lays a faint creeper's face on every block around where monsters can spawn: light them up, and the faces go away.

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Part of Cassonade, a free vanilla+ mod for Minecraft 26.3 (Fabric)

Sculk Torch Torch + Sculk sensor

Light the spots it shows and the faces go away. Sculk sensors grow in the deep dark and only drop with Silk Touch.

A meadow at night seen with a sculk torch in hand, faint creeper faces lying on the grass where monsters can spawn, none around a torch

How it works

See where monsters can spawn before they do.

  • Held in either hand, it lights around you like a torch, as any torch in hand does with Cassonade.
  • In place of a flame, a sculk sensor's tendril sways at its top.
  • On every block up to 12 blocks around where a monster can spawn, a creeper's face lies flat, like a faint shadow, hidden by the blocks in front.
  • Dark where monsters can spawn at any time, in caves and under roofs; light where they can only at night, open to the sky.
  • It reads the light your game knows: place torches until no face is left.

Questions

How do I see where mobs can spawn?

Hold a sculk torch: a faint creeper's face shows on every block around where a monster can spawn. Place torches or other light until the faces are gone.

What do the dark and light faces mean?

A dark face is a spot dark enough at any time, like a cave. A light one is open to the sky: monsters spawn there only at night.

How do I craft the sculk torch?

Mine a sculk sensor with a Silk Touch tool in the deep dark, then combine it with a torch in any crafting grid.

Does it work in multiplayer?

Yes, on any server: your game reads the light it already knows.

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