[MC-231102] Specially rendered blocks lighting transition is not smooth

Specially rendered blocks lighting transition is not smooth.

Block types:

Head
Shulker box
Chest
Trapped chest
Signs
Hanging signs
Decorated pot
Banner
...

Fixed:

Bed (26.2 Snapshot 3)

Linked issues

is blocked by 1

MC-305999 Entities in any light level besides 0 render fully bright Resolved

relates to 4

MC-231099 Mobs light transition is not smooth compared to blocks Reopened

MC-197497 The block light transition from level 1 to 0 is not smooth when there is no sky light and Smooth Lighting is enabled Resolved

MC-165515 Smooth lighting does not work for beds and double chests Resolved

MC-1531 Smooth lighting doesn't work on item frames and paintings Open

Attachments

Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 5 - Singleplayer 28_01_2026 01_31_53.png

Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 5 - Singleplayer 28_01_2026 01_35_22.png

Minecraft 26.1 Snapshot 6 - Singleplayer 03_02_2026 16_08_04.png

Comments 12

Avoma 2021-07-04T13:04:09Z

Can confirm.

Avoma 2022-01-01T17:38:05Z

Can confirm in 1.18.1.

Avoma 2022-03-08T17:38:04Z

Can confirm in 1.18.2.

muzikbike 2022-03-24T13:26:01Z

Do doors count as "specially rendered"? Last I checked, all of their geometry was defined in the model file... did MC-67308's fix convert doors over to block entities?

ampolive 2022-03-24T13:28:13Z

I just assumed they were specially rendered as they are double blocks so I added them to the description, but I might very well be mistaken. I'll remove them again for now.

2 more comments

Maximus_3069 2026-01-28T04:36:17Z

Broken in the latest snapshot:

Maximus_3069 2026-02-03T19:08:46Z

STILL HAPPENING IN 26.1 snapshot 6

muzikbike 2026-05-24T21:33:40Z

I assume this is fixed for beds and signs now?

Maximus_3069 2026-05-31T03:43:45Z

I think so

[Mod]Les3awe 2026-05-31T09:58:15Z

Even though the special model types for the "minecraft:standing_sign" and "minecraft:hanging_sign" was removed in 26.2 Snapshot 7, the issue still persists.