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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 fireworks.

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting 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 explode almost 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) Fireworks small ball
1 Fire Charge Large Ball explosion Firework Large Ball
2 Gold Nugget Star-Shaped explosion Firework Star Shape
3 Head (any) Creeper-Shaped (Creeper Face explosion) Creeper firework
4 Feather Burst explosion Firework Burst

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
Diamond Trail effect after the explosion Firework Trail Effect

Video

Firework Star/video

History

release
1.4.612w49aAdded firework stars.
Legacy Console Edition
TU19CU7 1.12 Patch 1Added firework stars.
TU46CU36 1.38 Patch 15Updated 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.


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