Firework Star

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

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

Obtaining[edit]

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

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.

The only usage of firework stars is to create fireworks.

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.

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

Shape Effects
Type	Ingredient	Effect
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

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

Official release
1.4.6			12w49a	Added firework stars.
Bedrock Edition
1.2			build 1	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.

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.