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This article is about the dust. For the block, see Glowstone (Block).


Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining glowstone blocks (only found in the Nether) with a pickaxe.

Uses

When mined properly, each glowstone block yields 2 to 4 glowstone dust that can be reconstituted into a block. A glowstone block, like a jack-o-lantern, is a portable light source brighter than a torch. Believe it or not, glowstone dust has no other crafting uses, but it may be required to craft lanterns in a future update. 

Ingredients Input » Output
Glowstone Dust Template:Grid/Crafting Table

History

Glowstone dust was introduced in Alpha as part of the Nether environment in the Halloween 2010 update. In Beta 1.6.6, the crafting recipe for glowstone blocks was changed from 9 units of glowstone dust to 4.

Trivia

  • In the coding, Glowstone Dust is referenced as "yellowdust".
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