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=== Assistant: Ahhh got it 😄 — Blender moment. ===
Ahhh got it 😄 — Blender moment. No worries, this is a very common issue. Let’s narrow it down cleanly.

Here’s a quick checklist, top to bottom, that fixes ~90% of “light won’t render” problems in Blender:

==== Lights do not show in Solid view. ====
* Press Z → Rendered
* Or click the rightmost sphere icon (viewport shading)

🔎 If the light suddenly appears → that was it.

==== Lights behave differently depending on engine. ====

Check top-right:
* Eevee → real-time, faster
* Cycles → path-traced, physically accurate

⚠️ If you’re in Workbench, lights won’t render at all.

➡️ Switch to Eevee or Cycles

==== Lights can be disabled without you noticing. ====

Select the light → Outliner:
* 👁️ (viewport) must be ON
* 🎥 (camera icon) must be ON

If the camera icon is off → it won’t render.

==== Default strength is often invisible in real scenes. ====

Try this:
* Point / Spot light → Strength: 1000–5000 W
* Area light → 100–1000 W
* Sun light → Strength: 1–5

Also check:
* Light radius / size not massive
* Light is close enough to the object

==== Your World might be too bright. ====

Go to:
* World Properties
* Lower Strength to 0–0.2

If the scene suddenly looks right → your world light was drowning it out.

==== If faces are inverted, they won’t light properly. ====
* Select object
* Edit Mode → A
* Shift + N (Recalculate Normals)

Enable:
* Overlay → Face Orientation
* Blue = correct, Red = flipped

==== Check the material: ====
* Not using Emission only
* Roughness not 1.0
* Color not pure black

Quick test:
* Assign Principled BSDF
* Base Color: gray
* Roughness: 0.5

==== If using Eevee: ====
* Enable Lights in viewport shading dropdown
* Enable Shadows in Render Properties
* Increase Shadow Cube Size (1024+)

==== If using Cycles: ====
* Increase Light Bounces
* Check Clamp Indirect Light isn’t too low
* Try switching Device: GPU / CPU to test

==== Do this and tell me what happens: ====
# New file
# Add Cube
# Add Point Light
# Set Strength → 2000
# Switch to Rendered View
# Eevee or Cycles

If that works → your original scene has a setting conflict, not a Blender bug.

===== - Eevee or Cycles? =====
* What type of light?
* Blender version?
* Does it show in viewport but not final render (F12)?

I’ll zero in on it immediately.