Torch

The torch is a light source that can be placed on the ground, walls, or in caves. The torch is one of the items that provide light around some blocks in the game, depending on where they are placed.

Light Pattern
When placed down in an open, dark room, the torch emits nine blocks worth of light in a circle around it and can penetrate the normal maximum of six block with penatration reducing to five with one air block of separation, four with three air block of separation, three with four air block of separation, two with Six air blocks of separation and one with eight air block of separation.

Maximum brightness with six torches.