Nether Star

A nether star is an item acquired when a Wither is defeated.

Uses

• Can be used as decoration. If placed within an item frame, it can act as a trophy to display to other players.
• An ingredient required for crafting beacons.

Crafting

Beacon
Glass	Glass	Glass
Glass	Nether Star	Glass
Obsidian	Obsidian	Obsidian

Trivia

• Nether stars are immune to any type of explosions.
• The nether star, the End Crystal, the written book, and the Enchanted Golden Apple are the only non-potion and non-enchanted items to have an enchanted gleam.
• The nether star is one of only two items that appear when a Minecraft boss is killed, the other being the Dragon Egg.
• Nether stars are not affected by the looting enchantment.

Gallery

The texture of the Nether Star during 12w34a.

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Items
Raw Materials	Blaze Rod • Bone • Clay • Coal ( Charcoal) • Diamond • Ender Pearl • Feather • Flint • Ghast Tear • Glowstone Dust • Gold Ingot ( Nugget)  • Gunpowder • Iron Ingot • ( Nugget)  • Leather • Nether Wart • Nether Star • Prismarine Shard • Prismarine Crystal • Redstone Dust • Slimeball • String • Emerald • Firework Star • Rabbit Hide • Rabbit's Foot • Shulker Shell • Nautilus Shell • Phantom Membrane • Heart of the Sea • Scute • Honeycomb(upcoming)
Manufactured	Blaze Powder • Book • Bowl • Brick ( Nether)  • Eye of Ender • Fermented Spider Eye • Glass Bottle ( Water Bottle) • Glistering Melon • Magma Cream • Paper • Popped Chorus Fruit • Potions ( Splash • Lingering) • Stick • Sugar
Food	Beetroot • ( Beetroot Soup) • Bread • Cake • Carrot ( Golden Carrot) • Chorus Fruit • Cookie • Egg • Melon Slice • Milk • Mushroom Stew • Potato ( Baked • Poisonous) • Sweet Berries • Pumpkin Pie • Raw Beef ( Steak) • Raw Chicken ( Cooked) • Raw Cod ( Cooked) • Raw Porkchop ( Cooked) • Apple ( Golden • Notch) • Rotten Flesh • Spider Eye • Raw Rabbit ( Cooked) • Raw Mutton ( Cooked) • Rabbit Stew • Tropical Fish • Raw Salmon ( Cooked Salmon) • Pufferfish • Dried Kelp • Suspicious Stew • Honey Bottle(upcoming) • Honey(upcoming)
Plants	Seeds ( Beetroot • Wheat • Pumpkin • Melon) • Sugar Cane • Wheat • Kelp<!—- --> Bamboo • Pink Dye • Orange Dye • Yellow Dye • Cactus Green • Lime Dye • Light Blue Dye • Cyan Dye • Lapis Lazuli • Magenta Dye • Purple Dye • Gray Dye • Light Gray Dye • White Dye • Black Dye • Brown Dye • Blue Dye
Tools	Axe • Bucket ( Water • Lava) • Fishing Rod • Flint and Steel • Hoe • Pickaxe • Shears • Shovel • Book and Quill • Lead • Shield • Carrot on a Stick
Informative	Clock • Compass • Map • Exploration Map
Weapons	Bow ( Arrow) • Fire Charge • Snowball • Sword • Trident • Crossbow
Armor	Boots • Chestplate • Helmet • Leggings  • Horse Armor • Turtle Shell
Vehicles	Boat • Minecart ( with Furnace • with Chest • with TNT • With Hopper • with Command Block)
Utility	Saddle • Totem of Undying • Name Tag
Decoration	Music Discs
Creative only	Spawn Egg • Debug Stick
Unimplemented	Quiver • Ruby • Skis