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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 or through Trading) and it may be dropped by a Witch. Glowstone dust no longer requires a pickaxe to obtain.

Uses

Glowstone dust has three main uses:

  • To rebuild a Glowstone Block
  • As a brewing ingredient to increase the potency of a potion's effect at the cost of its effect duration
  • As a brewing ingredient to create Thick Potions

Crafting

Ingredients Input » Output
Wooden Door Template:Grid2/Crafting Table

As a brewing ingredient

Ingredients Input » Output
Glowstone Dust
+
Water Bottle
=
Thick Potion
Template:Grid2/Brewing Stand

History

alpha
1.2.0Glowstone dust introduced.
beta
1.6.6The crafting recipe for glowstone blocks was changed from 9 units of glowstone dust to 4.

Trivia

  • In the code, Glowstone Dust is referenced as "lightStoneDust" (formerly "yellowdust")
  • The icon for Glowstone Dust is a recolored version of the Redstone Dust icon.

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