[MC-199977] Fire, soul fire, campfires, and soul campfires being held by endermen are rendered too dark

Note

This is not a report about how blocks held by endermen do not emit light. Please consider that. (Thanks!)

The bug

When endermen are summoned holding fire, soul fire, campfires, or soul campfires, the fire is rendered too dark. This can easily be reproduced by running the command:

/summon minecraft:enderman ~ ~ ~ {NoAI:1,carriedBlockState:{Name:"fire"}}

and then lighting a fire next to the enderman.

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Observed Behavior

Fire and campfires held by endermen are rendered too dark.

Expected Behavior

Fire and campfires held by endermen would not be rendered too dark. They should be rendered the same brightness as how these blocks appear when placed down.

Linked issues

relates to 1

MC-256649 Hanging signs aren't rendered when held by endermen or as block display entities Resolved

testing discovered 1

MC-260687 Fire, soul fire, campfires, and soul campfires are rendered too dark as block display entities Open

Attachments

MC-199977.mp4

Comments 16

Avoma 2021-01-22T10:01:20Z

Can confirm in 21w03a.

Avoma 2021-02-04T17:04:38Z

Can confirm in 21w05a.

Avoma 2021-02-22T09:17:12Z

Can confirm in 21w07a.

Avoma 2021-04-03T12:55:14Z

Can confirm in 21w13a.

Avoma 2021-04-17T09:46:29Z

Can confirm in 21w15a.

6 more comments

Avoma 2021-04-29T08:20:03Z

Can confirm in 21w17a.

Brevort 2021-05-23T21:20:20Z

Also can be reproduced with the VanillaTweaks 3D items where holding a campfire will render dark.

Avoma 2021-06-11T14:30:14Z

Can confirm in 1.17.

Avoma 2021-07-10T17:50:54Z

Can confirm in 1.17.1.

Avoma 2021-10-03T10:27:42Z

Can confirm this in 21w39a. Here are some extra details regarding this problem.

The Bug:

Fire and campfires held by endermen are rendered too dark.

Steps to Reproduce:

Summon some endermen that are holding these items.

/summon minecraft:enderman ~4 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,carriedBlockState:{Name:"minecraft:fire"}}
/summon minecraft:enderman ~3 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,carriedBlockState:{Name:"minecraft:campfire"}}
/summon minecraft:enderman ~2 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,carriedBlockState:{Name:"minecraft:soul_fire"}}
/summon minecraft:enderman ~1 ~ ~ {NoAI:1b,carriedBlockState:{Name:"minecraft:soul_campfire"}}

Compare the brightness of the blocks held by the endermen to the brightness of how they appear when placed down.

Observed Behavior:

Fire and campfires held by endermen are rendered too dark.

Expected Behavior:

Fire and campfires held by endermen would not be rendered too dark. They should be rendered the same brightness as how these blocks appear when placed down.

Avoma 2021-12-24T16:36:14Z

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

Avoma 2022-03-22T19:54:59Z

Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w11a.

Avoma 2022-06-21T16:28:38Z

Can confirm in 1.19 and 22w24a.

Avoma 2022-09-08T15:33:35Z

Can confirm in 1.19.2.

AMGAMES04 2024-11-13T16:58:10Z

Can confirm in 24w46a

Rochedo08 2025-05-31T04:51:09Z

Can confirm 1.21.5