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Gunpowder, formerly known as Sulphur, is an item that can be obtained by killing a Creeper or Ghast and can be found in some dungeon chests.

Uses

Five units of gunpowder are needed to create a block of TNT.

Ingredients Input » Output
Sand + Gunpowder Template:Grid/Crafting Table

History

In Indev, mob drops were randomized, so when a Pig was killed it could drop gunpowder instead of Pork (seen here).

Gunpowder was renamed Sulphur in Beta 1.0, but reverted to its original term in version 1.3.

Trivia

  • Ghasts are not a recommended source of gunpowder because they float and spawn in the Nether, increasing the chance that the item will drop into a lava lake or inaccessible area.
  • In the Beta 1.9 prerelease, Ghasts drop the Ghast Tear


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