Blaze powder is an item crafted from a blaze rod, which is dropped by a blaze when killed. Its main uses are to fuel brewing stands, brew potions of Strength, and make eyes of ender, which lead the player to strongholds and open End portals, which take the player to the End.
Obtaining
Crafting
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Eye of Ender | Blaze Powder + Ender Pearl |
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| Fire Charge | Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder |
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| Magma Cream | Blaze Powder + Slimeball |
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Brewing stand fuel
In addition to being a brewing ingredient, blaze powder is needed to fuel a brewing stand. Each piece of blaze powder can brew up to 20 batches of potions, thus up to 60 potions in total.
Brewing ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Mundane Potion | Blaze Powder + Water Bottle |
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| Potion of Strength | Blaze Powder + Awkward Potion |
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Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
 Blaze Powder | blaze_powder | Item | item |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaze Powder | blaze_powder | 429 | Item | item |
Videos
Note: This video was made before blaze powder was used to fuel brewing stands.
History
Java Edition
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 2 |  Added blaze powder.
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| Blaze powder can be used to craft eyes of ender and magma cream. | |||||||
| Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3 | Blaze powder can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a mundane potion, or in an awkward potion to create a potion of Strength. | ||||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Blaze powder can now be used to craft fire charges. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 1.3 |  The texture of blaze powder has been changed. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w42a | Blaze powder is now required to operate a brewing stand. | |||||
| 15w43a | Blaze powder now fuels 20 operations rather than 30. | ||||||
Bedrock Edition
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
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| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added blaze powder.
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| Blaze powder can be used to craft magma cream. | |||||||
| Blaze powder is used as an ingredient to brew potions. | |||||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Blaze powder is now used to craft fire charges. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Blaze powder is now used to craft eyes of ender. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Blaze powder is now required to operate a brewing stand. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added blaze powder. |
| Blaze powder can be used to craft eyes of ender and magma cream. | |||||||
| TU9 | Blaze powder can now be used to craft fire charges. | ||||||
| TU46 | CU36 | 1.38 | 1.38 | 1.38 | Patch 15 | Blaze powder is now required to operate a brewing stand. | |
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1.0 | Added blaze powder. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
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| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 377. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Blaze Powder" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
See also
External links
- "Taking Inventory: Blaze Powder" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, November 25, 2021.
