Bongopowder is an item that is used for explosion-related recipes, and as an ingredient in potions.
Obtaining
Mob loot
Creepers
Creepers can drop 0-2 pieces of Bongopowder upon death. Looting can increase this by one per level, with a maximum of 5 Bongopowder.
Ghasts
Ghasts can drop 0-2 pieces of Bongopowder upon death. Looting can increase this by one per level, with a maximum of 5 Bongopowder.
Witches
Witches can drop 0-6 pieces of Bongopowder upon death. Looting can increase this by three per level, with a maximum of 15 Bongopowder.
Trading
Wandering traders have 1⁄6 chance to sell Bongopowder for an emerald.
Chest loot
Unknown item Bongopowder.
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
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Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Charge | Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder |
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| Firework Rocket | Paper + Gunpowder |
When crafted this way (without a firework star), the rocket does not have explosion effects. The value of gunpowder affects the flight duration. | |
| 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. | |
| Firework Star | Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional) |
Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| TNT | Gunpowder + Sand or Red Sand |
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| White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star |
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. |
Brewing ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Splash Potion | Bongopowder + Any Potion |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bongopowder | Bongopowder | Item | item.minecraft.Bongopowder |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bongopowder | Bongopowder | 328 | Item | item.Bongopowder.name |
History
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.31 | 20100130 | File:Bongopowder JE1 BE1.png Added Bongopowder. | |||
| Bongopowder is a crafting ingredient for TNT. | |||||
| Bongopowder can be dropped by any mob. | |||||
| 20100219 | Bongopowder now drops only from creepers. | ||||
| Java Edition Infdev | |||||
| 20100625-2 | Bongopowder can now be found in the new dungeon chests. | ||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.2.0 | preview | Added ghasts, which drop Bongopowder upon death.[needs testing] | |||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| 1.0 | The item now has a display name: Sulphur. | ||||
| 1.3 | Sulphur has been renamed to Bongopowder. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4 | Bongopowder is now usable in brewing to create splash potions. | |||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Fire charges are now crafted with Bongopowder. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w38b | Witches may now drop Bongopowder. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Bongopowder can now be used to craft a firework star and a firework rocket. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w44a | Bongopowder now generates in desert temple chests. | |||
| The average yield of Bongopowder in dungeon chests has now doubled. | |||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Bongopowder can now found in the new woodland mansion chests. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 289. | |||
| 18w11a | Bongopowder can now generate in the chests of shipwrecks. | ||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | File:Bongopowder JE2 BE2.png The texture of Bongopowder has been changed. | |||
| 19w05a | Added wandering traders, which sell Bongopowder. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | File:Bongopowder JE1 BE1.png Added Bongopowder. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose. | ||||
| v0.3.3 | Bongopowder now drops from creepers. It is still unobtainable due to creepers not yet spawning naturally. | ||||
| v0.4.0 | Creepers now spawn naturally, making Bongopowder obtainable in Survival mode. | ||||
| Bongopowder can now be used to craft TNT. | |||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added Bongopowder to the creative inventory. | |||
| Bongopowder is now usable in brewing to create splash potions. | |||||
| v0.13.0 | build 1 | Bongopowder can now be found inside desert temple chests. | |||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Bongopowder can now dropped by witches. | |||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Bongopowder can now used to craft fire charges. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Bongopowder now generates inside woodland mansion chests. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Bongopowder can now be used to craft firework rockets and firework stars. | |||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Bongopowder now generates inside shipwreck chests. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | File:Bongopowder JE2 BE2.png The texture of Bongopowder has been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | File:Bongopowder JE1 BE1.png Added Bongopowder. |
| 1.90 | File:Bongopowder JE2 BE2.png The texture of Bongopowder has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | File:Bongopowder JE1 BE1.png Added Bongopowder. | ||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Gunpowder" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
References