Firework Star

Firework Star

Type	Manufactured items‎
Durability	0 (Data)
Renewable	Trail Effect: No All Others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 402 hex: 192 bin: 110010010
Name	See Data values

Firework stars are items used to determine the color, effect and shape of firework rockets.

Obtaining

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)		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		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 firework rockets.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Firework Rocket	Any Firework Star + Paper + Gunpowder	3	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.

Effects

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)
1	Fire Charge	Large Ball explosion
2	Gold Nugget	Star-Shaped explosion
3	Head (any)	Creeper-Shaped (Creeper Face explosion)
4	Feather	Burst explosion

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)
Diamond	Trail effect after the explosion

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Item	Name ID
Firework Star	firework_star

Bedrock Edition:

Item	Name ID	Numeric ID
Firework Star	fireworks_charge	402

History

Java Edition
1.4.6			12w49a		Added firework stars.
1.13			17w47a		The ID has been changed from firework_charge to firework_star.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 402.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2		Added firework stars.
Legacy 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.

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.
• Putting firework stars on rockets used for flying with elytra will cause the player to take explosion damage.

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