Firework Star


Obtaining

Firework stars are only obtainable through crafting, but can also be found in the creative inventory.

Trivia

  • Firework Stars look very similar to gunpowder, but they have a different shape.
  • Firework Stars also have the appearance of a more circular clay clump, but with gunpowder`s color.
  • The color or colors⃂₠of the dye or dyes⃂₠used in creating a Firework Star changes the color of the colored bits on the inventory sprite of the Firework Star.

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Trivia

  • Going by descriptions, there are 29 quintillion (2.9*1019) unique firework stars (plus 1 if you count the blank one in creative mode) and 19 quadragintillion (1.9*10136) unique firework rockets (plus 3 if you count ones made with blank stars), but going by their visual effects, there are only 2.1 trillion (2.1*1012) distinct firework stars and 39 sesvigintillion (3.9*1082) distinct firework rockets.


Crafting

Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe Description
Gunpowder+
Matching Dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool, minecraft +
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Up to eight dyes can be added.
Up to one of any head, a gold nugget, a feather, or a fire charge can be added.
Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
Matching Firework Star+
Any Dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool, minecraft

























































Adds a "fade to color" effect to the firework star, overwriting any existing fades.
Up to eight dyes can be added.

Usage

The only usage of firework stars is to create fireworks.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe Description
Firework Rocket Any Firework Star⃂+
Paper⃂+
Gunpowder
Adding more gunpowder increases the duration of the rocket. Up to three gunpowder can be used. Up to five firework stars can also be used with three gunpowder. Up to seven firework stars can be used by using firework stars instead of additional gunpowder. All firework stars will go off simultaneously when the rocket detonates.

On console, only 1 rocket is produced per recipe.

Shape effects

A firework can only have one shape effect for each firework star used in the recipe.

Shape Effects
Type Ingredient Effect Sample image
0 None Small ball explosion (default) Fireworks small ball.png
1
Fire Charge
Large Ball explosion Firework Large Ball.png
2
Gold Nugget
Star-Shaped explosion Firework Star Shape.png
3
Head
(any)
Creeper-Shaped (Creeper Face explosion) Creeper firework.png
4
Feather
Burst explosion Firework Burst.png

Additional effects

In addition to the shape effects, you may add either or both of these additional effects.

Additional Effects
Ingredient Effect Sample image

Glowstone Dust
Twinkle (Crackle effect after the explosion) Firework Twinkle Effect.png

Diamond
Trail effect after the explosion Firework Trail Effect.png

Video

History

Official release
1.4.6 12w49a Added firework stars.
Console Edition
TU19 CU7 1.12 Patch 1 Added firework stars.
TU46 CU36 1.38 Patch 15 Updated crafting interface to allow crafting Firework Stars and Fireworks.

Effects

When crafting a Firework Star adding one of these items to the crafting recipe adds a unique effect.

  • Gold Nugget = Star Shape
  • Diamond = Trail
  • Glowstone Dust = Twinkle
  • Fire Charge = Big Ball
  • Feathers = Burst
  • Any mob head = Creeper Face


If the player does not add any of the items listed above, then their firework star will have a small ball effect. The trail and twinkle effects are compatible with the other effects.

Video Tutorial

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Tactical Minecraft EP.03 Fireworks-0