Talk:Pumpkin Lantern/@comment-24832600-20161120221414

It is worth noting two things:

1. The item only loses durability when it is placed on the ground. Keeping it inside a chest or the inventory will cause it to last indefinitely.

2. If the item is placed in a chest and the player goes to the caves, the it will be treated as if it was on the ground and start losing durability. Just happened to me - went down to the caves for a couple of minutes and the lantern had lost some durability while being placed in a chest. I assume this extends to Chester as well.