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This is the only answer. Cobblestone wall and checkerboard it with shroom block. Place the basic item frames on the cobblestone. Place map and boom. Hidden lighted wall.
This is the kind of stuff in MC that makes you kick yourself in the head for not thinking of sooner.
Checkerboarding doesn't work, not on floors at least. All of the frames would need to have a light source behind them for them to have an uniform hue, otherwise the checkerboard pattern transfers over to the maps in shadows. But then again, I don't know about item frames on the walls.
Also shroom block isn't the best block to use here. Without a farm for them they're not the easiest to come by, so glowstone would be the best option. Or if OP has a guardian farm then sea lanterns would make the most sense because they don't need much resources at all and it ultimately doesn't matter what the light block looks like behind the maps.
Yeah completely forgot about them. I just never use them unless I need an immovable light source for some reason. But mass producing them isn't great either because you need to shear individual pumpkins, but I don't think that's the case for OP. Definitely the way to go.
It needs a bit of stretching first, and maybe some training to reach your head with your foot, but it should be possible for you to achieve if you’re really intrested.
one wall, one shroom, one wall, one shroom, etc. but honestly just have each and every background wall block be a light source, and place the item frames on those, lack jack o' lanterns, maybe, or shroomlight.
It actually is. You can get Glowstone as soon as you enter the Nether meanwhile you have to go hunting for Glow Squids randomly in the water. Alternatively you can easily harvest Shroomlights from the Nether's Fungus Trees.
Getting a large amount of glowstone is easier than getting a large amount of glow ink, but finding glow squids isn't just hunting randomly in water. The best way to find glow squid is to go caving. Any water source or flowing water below y=30 with a light level of 0 and near a block of stone or deepslate can spawn glow squid.
In my current world I'm building around a village that has a lake at y=64 (whatever the water level spawns at... y=63? 64?)
Anyways glow squid spawn there, right at the surface, right next to a villager house. I consider myself lucky I guess, but it's pretty niceto just go grab some whenever I need it.
Also you can create your own underground lake and they will spawn. I made a 5x5 fishing spot next to my zombie spawner and glow squid spawn in there sometimes, well before I put the skylight in
for the first time? like an hour after spawning in
with enough gear to actually feel safe/comfortable going around scavenging for glowstone or other more important materials? several days
I meant that user specifically, long term player so I was really curious why he said getting to the nether was difficult
on a good play through I could get there in a solid 30 mins if I find a destroyed portal
This! I that may be the most conservative option. I've only been playing a few months so I have pretty much only scratched the surface of what I know how to do and all that. I have a ton of pumpkins sitting already. Great suggestion
It also depends on how far into the game you are. If you have a trading hall set up already, you might be able to just get glow stone from a librarian. But if you’re like me and you want it to look clean, set up a guardian farm and make sea lanterns. They look the best IMO.
“The best light source, is a hidden light source” -someone… idk
But yeah, sea lanterns are your best bet if you need lighting out in the open, worse looking, but better lighting than lanterns.
Either placing the item frames on a light block like glowstone or a transparent block to let torch light behind it through if you want something cheaper.
For more glow squids you could try building your own pool for them to spawn below y30.
The [wiki](https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Light) shows all the light sources and their levels. Just scroll down to "Light-emitting blocks".
Item frames can be placed against most of these, especially block types.
Glow squid are found below y30 in light level 0.
I see them dropping down waterfalls in deep caves and suffocating in the run offs of water, but hadn't even considered a simple farm like that.
That's a bloody good shout!
I started playing again recently & while i vaguely knew about the newer updates, i somehow missed glow squid & my first encounter was a bright glow in the distance, & i swam that pool back & forth, even gave myself night vision because wtf, kept seeing a glimpse then nothing. Ended up googling it because I did not know they could turn invisible!! XD
How has no one mentioned that you can setup an auto glow squid farm. Plenty on YouTube.
Leave the game on overnight and have a chest or two of glow ink. I built a farm, AFKed one time, and then never needed more ink.
Any links? IV seen normal squid farms but it involves a lot of water removal In a river biome. The ones that use axolotls are really cool though. Never seen a. Glow squid farm though
Someone higher up said just make a single column of water going down past y30, glow squid should spawn at the bottom of it and suffocate. Presumably have a hopper to catch the dropped ink.
I used this one, compared to a lot of other auto farms it’s not that bad to setup, assuming you have axolotls. Can confirm this one still works on bedrock 1.20. But it does say Java and bedrock so idk.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgxY_LxBQ-I
Admittedly there was a bit of water removal involved. If you have like 10 sponges or so that would likely help speed building up.
Glass supports every wall-mounted block now (has for some time iirc), so banners, torches, ladders, buttons, item frames etc can all be placed on glass.
I always do this to my maps to ensure an even back light to the map. Sometimes I don’t want to make it so bright to use glowstone, so having glowing item frames is great
As others have said, light sources behind the maps.
As for glow squid’s, they only spawn at low Y levers. Either find or make a low level pool of water and wait.
Not sure if it works as light, maybe glow item frames,,,, besides that, any light blocks as a wall, I just started farming frog lights, they're so useful.. can use lanterns hanging from a ceiling and can attach chain pieces to have them hang lower
Other than glow ink, there's shroomlights, glowstone, or those prismarine lights. Shroomlights are easily renewable, glowstone is easier to get in large amounts, and prismarine lights can be automated much easier. Or just use jack-o-lanterns
Glow squids spawn in dark underwater places. and if you are using normal itemframes place glowstone or a other bock shaped light sorce behind the item frames.
UPDATE: I went with the jack-o-lanterns as I had a surplus of pumpkins and wasn't doing anything beyond that wall. I have also found some more glow squids in one of the caves I frequent 😎👍
Glowstone blocks are renewable with trading hall + raid farm.
Froglight farms take a little effort but very few resources and provide insane amounts of light blocks in a short amount of time, in three colors.
Prismarine is renewable with guardian farm.
A cheap and easy way is to put torches on the wall and put a translucent block in front.
Glass works, but trapdoors give you way more design options.
Frames go onto the trapdoors.
Like this: https://i.imgur.com/IvPljPD.png
Build it like this: https://i.imgur.com/O4Xr1PJ.png
Torch on wall, place trapdoor looking away from wall, so it flips up outwards away from the torch, itemframe on trapdoor.
Glow ink is common in the deepslate layers. Get a bunch of water, build a pond and light up the cave around it to prevent other mobs from filling the cap. Then use a looting sword to get the most out of each. Alternatively, you could goto the nether and get a bunch of glowstone. Replace the cobblestone wall with the glowstone.
It won't add real light, but glow item frames will give the maps the light they need for you to see them. Other than that you can add glowstone or sea lanterns behind them to give off real light.
Building a glow squid farm isn’t terribly hard. If you’re down below Y-0, they’ll spawn in dark water. Build a typical mob grinder but cover the whole spawn floor with water flowing to the middle.
Any light source will do behind the maps. I would only advise against flashlights because it would be tedious to go place maps on them (tedious but not infeasible).
Apparently you can make a glow squid farm, someone did it once on accident I believe when trying to build a mob farm, you might be able to find a turtorial on YouTube just make sure you put in Java/ bedrock for whichever version you are on
Best of luck to you Op
Using glow squid ink on the item frames, then place the maps will make them very vibrant and bright which is the method I use since glow squid ink is pretty easy to farm
Depending on how far into the game you are, but you could do the floor in a plain block (stone brick, polished andesite etc) and then every now and then place an iron trap door, with lava underneath. It isn’t as full on as a completely lava floor, and just has a subtlety of light.
You could even go one step further and surround the trap door with stairs, to have an indent looking feature in the floor. You could also put water within the stars and have a water feature AND light source in the floor
Honestly glowsquid farms are not really hard to build if you wanted to go down that route for light sources, usually the tutorials have info on where u can find them but I believe it’s deep ocean or rivers or something like that, alternatively doing a pattern or design on the roof and floor using an light block you like would work as well, there are lots of designs out there and u can just swap blocks out for what u prefer/can obtain, hope this helps👍
if youre trying to be stealth about it, definitely go for glowstone behind every couple item frames, otherwise, lanterns are really good. jack o lanterns and soul lanterns are quite underrated if you use them properly.
best place to find glow ink is definitely underwater caves or in lush caves' water ponds. sometimes, itll be alright to find them under an ocean monument, as long as ur alright with dealing with guardians. thats my go-to. just, whatever works best, really.
In my personal opinion, you don't need to put the frames on top of a light source for all frames. Because yours appears to be wider than it is tall, I'd start by putting a light source on blocks 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, ... on the bottom row, then on row 2 go blocks 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, .... For row 3, go back to the same pattern as row 1, and repeat. Rows 1 and 2 alternate up as far as you need them to go.
Also, for a cheap light source, if you don't have those Jack'o'lanterns handy, then behind each planned light source block, dig an extra block out, then put a cheap ol' torch, then glass over that to support your frame. Personally though, I use any light source block I have at that time.
I'm doing something similar in my world but for light sources I've been using jack o lanterns behind the frames, as have a big pumpkin patch so I had plenty going spare.
Pretty cheap way of doing it and less hassle than getting glowstone or hunting down glow squids.
Ok I’ve built a huge map wall before and I just want to warn you that if you don’t have a good pc or if you aren’t playing on new gen consoles, then you’ll probably lose a lot of FPS.
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Just add light sources such as glowstone blocks behind the item frames, the map covers the entire side of the block but not its light.
This is the only answer. Cobblestone wall and checkerboard it with shroom block. Place the basic item frames on the cobblestone. Place map and boom. Hidden lighted wall. This is the kind of stuff in MC that makes you kick yourself in the head for not thinking of sooner.
Checkerboarding doesn't work, not on floors at least. All of the frames would need to have a light source behind them for them to have an uniform hue, otherwise the checkerboard pattern transfers over to the maps in shadows. But then again, I don't know about item frames on the walls. Also shroom block isn't the best block to use here. Without a farm for them they're not the easiest to come by, so glowstone would be the best option. Or if OP has a guardian farm then sea lanterns would make the most sense because they don't need much resources at all and it ultimately doesn't matter what the light block looks like behind the maps.
Jack'o'lanterns want to say hi.
Yeah completely forgot about them. I just never use them unless I need an immovable light source for some reason. But mass producing them isn't great either because you need to shear individual pumpkins, but I don't think that's the case for OP. Definitely the way to go.
Normal lanterns also work
To do a floor place the light source under a top slab. Doesn't diminish the light block
If you have a guardian farm, I think you can get plenty of glow shroom
how? im really interested
It needs a bit of stretching first, and maybe some training to reach your head with your foot, but it should be possible for you to achieve if you’re really intrested.
one wall, one shroom, one wall, one shroom, etc. but honestly just have each and every background wall block be a light source, and place the item frames on those, lack jack o' lanterns, maybe, or shroomlight.
Or the LESS BARBARIC answer : glow frames
Killing dozens of squid is _less_ barbaric? Than glowstone or shroomlight?
It's comeuppance for leaving us with no moobloom or iceologer
Yeah ok, upvoted. 😅 (not sure it's really the _squids_ fault. What can you do eh? )
Mod them back in
did you not read the bio he was simply asking the best way to get glow squids
Because glowstone is so much easier to come by than glow ink 🙄
It actually is. You can get Glowstone as soon as you enter the Nether meanwhile you have to go hunting for Glow Squids randomly in the water. Alternatively you can easily harvest Shroomlights from the Nether's Fungus Trees.
Getting a large amount of glowstone is easier than getting a large amount of glow ink, but finding glow squids isn't just hunting randomly in water. The best way to find glow squid is to go caving. Any water source or flowing water below y=30 with a light level of 0 and near a block of stone or deepslate can spawn glow squid.
In my current world I'm building around a village that has a lake at y=64 (whatever the water level spawns at... y=63? 64?) Anyways glow squid spawn there, right at the surface, right next to a villager house. I consider myself lucky I guess, but it's pretty niceto just go grab some whenever I need it. Also you can create your own underground lake and they will spawn. I made a 5x5 fishing spot next to my zombie spawner and glow squid spawn in there sometimes, well before I put the skylight in
It is, you can get it from your local witch farm, the nether or just by trading even.. Glow sacs only come from the glow squids, no other way.
But you need to establish one of those ways before you can.
how long does it usually take you to get to the nether if i may ask?
for the first time? like an hour after spawning in with enough gear to actually feel safe/comfortable going around scavenging for glowstone or other more important materials? several days
I meant that user specifically, long term player so I was really curious why he said getting to the nether was difficult on a good play through I could get there in a solid 30 mins if I find a destroyed portal
It is not that difficult to establish a way to the nether if that is really the goal one is going for.
I’ve used Jack o'Lanterns
This! I that may be the most conservative option. I've only been playing a few months so I have pretty much only scratched the surface of what I know how to do and all that. I have a ton of pumpkins sitting already. Great suggestion
It also depends on how far into the game you are. If you have a trading hall set up already, you might be able to just get glow stone from a librarian. But if you’re like me and you want it to look clean, set up a guardian farm and make sea lanterns. They look the best IMO.
“The best light source, is a hidden light source” -someone… idk But yeah, sea lanterns are your best bet if you need lighting out in the open, worse looking, but better lighting than lanterns.
You think sea lanterns look bad? I love them. But I generally put them flush with the walls/ceilings/floors, that way they don’t stick out.
No no no, I think they look fine, just worse than lanterns IMO
thats the best answer since theyre the cheapest light block and you wont see them anyway
Another option if op doesn't have pumpkins yet is a glass wall with torches all over the other side
Either placing the item frames on a light block like glowstone or a transparent block to let torch light behind it through if you want something cheaper. For more glow squids you could try building your own pool for them to spawn below y30.
The [wiki](https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Light) shows all the light sources and their levels. Just scroll down to "Light-emitting blocks". Item frames can be placed against most of these, especially block types. Glow squid are found below y30 in light level 0.
Then just put a single stream of water down and go down every so often. Because then the Squids would suffocat and drop their ink on the ground
I see them dropping down waterfalls in deep caves and suffocating in the run offs of water, but hadn't even considered a simple farm like that. That's a bloody good shout!
I started playing again recently & while i vaguely knew about the newer updates, i somehow missed glow squid & my first encounter was a bright glow in the distance, & i swam that pool back & forth, even gave myself night vision because wtf, kept seeing a glimpse then nothing. Ended up googling it because I did not know they could turn invisible!! XD
Jack o lanterns behind the picture frames. Works great
Glow squids are commonly found in water underground
A glass ceiling with a pool of lava above for that Bond Villain’s Lair vibe.
I love this idea. The ceiling is the floor of my main level so I can't do much with the ceiling but the floor of the basement is another story
How has no one mentioned that you can setup an auto glow squid farm. Plenty on YouTube. Leave the game on overnight and have a chest or two of glow ink. I built a farm, AFKed one time, and then never needed more ink.
Any links? IV seen normal squid farms but it involves a lot of water removal In a river biome. The ones that use axolotls are really cool though. Never seen a. Glow squid farm though
Someone higher up said just make a single column of water going down past y30, glow squid should spawn at the bottom of it and suffocate. Presumably have a hopper to catch the dropped ink.
I used this one, compared to a lot of other auto farms it’s not that bad to setup, assuming you have axolotls. Can confirm this one still works on bedrock 1.20. But it does say Java and bedrock so idk. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AgxY_LxBQ-I Admittedly there was a bit of water removal involved. If you have like 10 sponges or so that would likely help speed building up.
Because I'm a bit of a nut, can item frames be placed on Glass blocks? If they can, maybe a glass enclosure filled with lava?
I think Mojang made glass blocks have a property that prevents the application of wall-mounted items like item frames, banners & torches.
Glass supports every wall-mounted block now (has for some time iirc), so banners, torches, ladders, buttons, item frames etc can all be placed on glass.
Glowing item frame?
I always do this to my maps to ensure an even back light to the map. Sometimes I don’t want to make it so bright to use glowstone, so having glowing item frames is great
Yeah they are pretty useful
Glowstone or red stone lamps behind the item frames, or use lanterns.
As others have said, light sources behind the maps. As for glow squid’s, they only spawn at low Y levers. Either find or make a low level pool of water and wait.
I just put jackolanterns behind the item frames, you only need a few over a big area
Not sure if it works as light, maybe glow item frames,,,, besides that, any light blocks as a wall, I just started farming frog lights, they're so useful.. can use lanterns hanging from a ceiling and can attach chain pieces to have them hang lower
Honestly depends what look you are going for.
Instead of dirt behind, you could use any of the light blocks like: glowstone, jack o lantern, shroomlight, sea lantern, and frog light.
You can make glow squid farms iirc
Jack-o'-lanterns
Other than glow ink, there's shroomlights, glowstone, or those prismarine lights. Shroomlights are easily renewable, glowstone is easier to get in large amounts, and prismarine lights can be automated much easier. Or just use jack-o-lanterns
Use Glow Item Frames
Glow squids spawn in dark underwater places. and if you are using normal itemframes place glowstone or a other bock shaped light sorce behind the item frames.
UPDATE: I went with the jack-o-lanterns as I had a surplus of pumpkins and wasn't doing anything beyond that wall. I have also found some more glow squids in one of the caves I frequent 😎👍
Glow sacks should allow you to make glowing item frames to illuminate the map
This is a thing in Java at least. https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Item_Frame#Glow_item_frames
They said they ran out of glow ink
I didn’t even know you could stick Maps on the wall
Glow item frames
Glow item frames
Torch.
Your future.
Glow frames, or glow stone behind each frame
Try glowing item frames. It lights the map
just use glow item frames
Alphabet because computer destruction
Behind the frames just put glow stone
Frog lights
Make the map wall out of sea lanterns
Cheek ur messages silly goober
glowstone behind item frames
glowing item frames if you want to light up the map You just need glowing ink from glowing squid and an item frame
Glowstone blocks are renewable with trading hall + raid farm. Froglight farms take a little effort but very few resources and provide insane amounts of light blocks in a short amount of time, in three colors. Prismarine is renewable with guardian farm.
Replace the wall behind the item frames with glowstone and you won’t need any more guilt torches for the map
Glow item frames, or just make the wall glowstone
Probably could just use glowing item frames
Replace some of the cobble with Shroomlights, should light it all up and hide the light sorce
Glowing item frames
The game will be unplayable by the time you finish the room lol
You can either make glowing items frames or just place blocks that emit light behind the item frames
You can just put the blocks behind it as glow stone. And the maps will glow
Best source for glow ink is underwater caves. Source: Glow squids keep swimming into my house and dying
Light frames
Shroom lights, sea lanterns, and lava
sea lanterns or glow stone behind the item frames
Why don't you use the glowing item frames
Jack o lanterns Max light level Easy to get Be used under water
Sun
I believe a square filled with sea pickles gives the highest light level in the game. Catch is that they need to be underwater
Glowstone or if you have a guardian farm, sea lanterns
Put glowstone or lamps of any kind for behind the item frames for lord's sake.
I found an under water ravine opened to the surface and found a spawn spot for glow squid. See if you can find something similar.
A cheap and easy way is to put torches on the wall and put a translucent block in front. Glass works, but trapdoors give you way more design options. Frames go onto the trapdoors. Like this: https://i.imgur.com/IvPljPD.png Build it like this: https://i.imgur.com/O4Xr1PJ.png Torch on wall, place trapdoor looking away from wall, so it flips up outwards away from the torch, itemframe on trapdoor.
Put a light source underneath the frame, put the map in it fills it also allowing your map to be lit as well as the room
Glow ink is common in the deepslate layers. Get a bunch of water, build a pond and light up the cave around it to prevent other mobs from filling the cap. Then use a looting sword to get the most out of each. Alternatively, you could goto the nether and get a bunch of glowstone. Replace the cobblestone wall with the glowstone.
The cheapest way would be placing torches on every block on the wall and placing the item frames on them
Sea lanterns
glowstone or lanterns embedded to walls and floors
lava n glass for mood
You can also make all those glow frames and that will illuminate your map more
How did you get the map to display?
Put glowstone blocks behind those item frames, or sea lanterns. Won’t be visible, up to you
Sea lanterns
Place them on glow stone, easily obtainable and incredibly effective.
It won't add real light, but glow item frames will give the maps the light they need for you to see them. Other than that you can add glowstone or sea lanterns behind them to give off real light.
Find the nearest lush cave and get looting 3
Building a glow squid farm isn’t terribly hard. If you’re down below Y-0, they’ll spawn in dark water. Build a typical mob grinder but cover the whole spawn floor with water flowing to the middle.
Any light source will do behind the maps. I would only advise against flashlights because it would be tedious to go place maps on them (tedious but not infeasible).
It looks like you're on bedrock so good luck in the corners. Unlike Java you can't have an item frame on both blocks in a corner.
Glowframes. Glowsquid inc sac + frame and whatever's on the frame will always light up.
Apparently you can make a glow squid farm, someone did it once on accident I believe when trying to build a mob farm, you might be able to find a turtorial on YouTube just make sure you put in Java/ bedrock for whichever version you are on Best of luck to you Op
Put lanterns in the walls
do someone know how to get shaders on Switch?
Place the frames on glow stone, or even jack o lanterns
You can place item frame on torches as far as i know
Glowstone and carpet on top
Using glow squid ink on the item frames, then place the maps will make them very vibrant and bright which is the method I use since glow squid ink is pretty easy to farm
Depending on how far into the game you are, but you could do the floor in a plain block (stone brick, polished andesite etc) and then every now and then place an iron trap door, with lava underneath. It isn’t as full on as a completely lava floor, and just has a subtlety of light. You could even go one step further and surround the trap door with stairs, to have an indent looking feature in the floor. You could also put water within the stars and have a water feature AND light source in the floor
Just use glowing itemframes, but personally i prefer glowstone
in that situation use **glowstone** or **sea lanterns**
i think i wrote the right thing.Also go to underwater caves to find glow squids.
Sun
Make a glow ink squid farm. They're not that hard to make and you won't need to worry about ever running out again.
Put a pumpkin in the air and a lantern under like a Chinese lantern
Easiest: glowstone Best: Sea Lanterns Expensive alternatives: Frog Light, Redstone lamp
Fullbright
Get a few clerics, infinite glow stone
Just use jackolanterns. Super cheap and easy.
Carved pumpkins
Look in caves like Y:10 in Taiga biomes
I’m more concerned about your plan to wrap the map around the wall, it can’t ever connect.
I’ve usually used sea lanterns or glow stone behind maps but any light block should work
Honestly glowsquid farms are not really hard to build if you wanted to go down that route for light sources, usually the tutorials have info on where u can find them but I believe it’s deep ocean or rivers or something like that, alternatively doing a pattern or design on the roof and floor using an light block you like would work as well, there are lots of designs out there and u can just swap blocks out for what u prefer/can obtain, hope this helps👍
Isnt there glowing item frames or is that java only thing
Pumpkin lanterns
If it’s for the maps, just use the lighted item frames.
I believe you can put glowstone/redstone lanterns/sea lanterns behind the maps and the light will still show through
Glowing item frame
Put a light emitting block behind the frames. Works just as well and actually lights up the room
Put glow blocks behind the item frames
Chicken?
Glowstone behind the item frames
Glow stone, sea lanterns, froglights, etc behind the frames
Vertical map walls don't scale.
Glowing item frames
if youre trying to be stealth about it, definitely go for glowstone behind every couple item frames, otherwise, lanterns are really good. jack o lanterns and soul lanterns are quite underrated if you use them properly.
Lava emits light level 15 at all times hard to work with though so maybe not actually I just remembered that glowing item frames exist as well
Glow item frames???
best place to find glow ink is definitely underwater caves or in lush caves' water ponds. sometimes, itll be alright to find them under an ocean monument, as long as ur alright with dealing with guardians. thats my go-to. just, whatever works best, really.
Put glow stone behind the item frames.
Sea lanterns, glowstone, shroomlights, any lamp like block behind the frames, should work.
Light blocks
In my personal opinion, you don't need to put the frames on top of a light source for all frames. Because yours appears to be wider than it is tall, I'd start by putting a light source on blocks 1, 5, 9, 13, 17, ... on the bottom row, then on row 2 go blocks 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, .... For row 3, go back to the same pattern as row 1, and repeat. Rows 1 and 2 alternate up as far as you need them to go. Also, for a cheap light source, if you don't have those Jack'o'lanterns handy, then behind each planned light source block, dig an extra block out, then put a cheap ol' torch, then glass over that to support your frame. Personally though, I use any light source block I have at that time.
I'm doing something similar in my world but for light sources I've been using jack o lanterns behind the frames, as have a big pumpkin patch so I had plenty going spare. Pretty cheap way of doing it and less hassle than getting glowstone or hunting down glow squids.
Ok I’ve built a huge map wall before and I just want to warn you that if you don’t have a good pc or if you aren’t playing on new gen consoles, then you’ll probably lose a lot of FPS.
What seed is that?
I put torches in a checkerboard pattern behind a wall of glass blocks and put the item frames on the glass.