Firework Star

Firework Star

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Trail Effect: No All Others: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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

Obtaining

Firework stars are obtainable only 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. One head, gold nugget, feather, or 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.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only] 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 explode almost simultaneously when the rocket detonates.

Effects

Shape effects

A firework star can have only one shape effect.

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, any combination of these additional effects may be added to a firework star.

Additional Effects

Ingredient	Effect	Sample image
None	Default
Glowstone Dust	Twinkle (Crackle effect and sounds after the explosion)
Diamond	Trail effect after the explosion
Glowstone Dust Diamond	Twinkle + Trail effect after the explosion

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Firework Star	firework_star	item.minecraft.firework_star

Bedrock Edition: ^{[until BE 1.16.100]}

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Firework Star	fireworkscharge	402	item.fireworksCharge.name

‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16.100]}

Name	Namespaced ID	Alias ID (BE)	Numeric ID	Translation key
Firework Star	firework_star	fireworkscharge	402	item.fireworksCharge.name

Sounds

See also: Firework_Rocket § Sounds

History

Java Edition
1.4.6		12w49a			Added firework stars.
1.13		17w47a			The ID of firework stars has now 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		The crafting interface has now been updated to allow the crafting of firework stars and firework rockets.

Trivia

• Going by descriptions, there are 2.9×10¹⁹ unique firework stars (plus 1 if including the blank firework) and 1.9×10¹³⁶ unique firework rockets (plus 3 if including ones made with blank stars), but going by their visual effects, there are 2.1 trillion (2.1×10¹²) distinct firework stars and 3.9×10⁸² distinct firework rockets.
• Putting firework stars on rockets causes the player to take explosion damage when using them for flying with elytra.

Gallery

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  Tricolor (Magenta, Pink, Orange, White dye) + Star shaped with Twinkle and Trail effect.

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