Firework Star

This article is about the item in Minecraft. For other namesakes, see Firework (disambiguation).

"Firework Charge" redirects here. For the item that can start fires, see Fire Charge.

Firework Star

Rarity tier	Common
Renewable	With Trail Effect: No (except via vault) Without Trail Effect: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

A firework star is a crafting ingredient used to create explosive firework rockets, which deal damage based on the number of stars added. Firework stars can be crafted using various combinations of dyes and other items, which affect the appearance, colors, and visual effects of the resulting explosions.

Obtaining

In Survival mode, firework stars are obtainable only through crafting. In Creative mode, the generic version‌^{[JE only]} or all 16 color variants‌^{[BE only]} can be found in the Creative inventory.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Extra ingredients (optional)		More dyes (up to a total of eight) can be added for a mixed color. 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.
Matching Firework Star + Any Dye		Adds a "fade to color" effect to the firework star, overwriting any existing fades. Up to eight dyes can be added.

Additionally, in Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only, a single unit of bone meal, lapis lazuli, cocoa beans, or ink sacs can be used to set the base color of a firework star. They cannot be mixed with any other ingredient (whether color or effect ingredients), nor used to add a "fade to color" effect.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or  Lapis Lazuli or  Cocoa Beans or  Ink Sac		‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] No other ingredients are allowed.

Usage

The only usage of firework stars is to create firework rockets. Firework stars crafted with rockets trigger damaging explosions after their duration ends, including when used to propel the player while using elytra.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Firework Rocket	Any Firework Star + Paper + Gunpowder	3	Up to three gunpowder can be used, which increases flight duration. Any remaining spaces can be filled with firework stars to combine various effects. All firework stars explode almost simultaneously when the rocket detonates.

Effects

Shape effects

A firework star can have only one shape effect.

Shape effects

Type	Ingredient	Effect	Sample animation
0	None	Small ball explosion (default)
1	Fire Charge	Large ball explosion and heavy sound.
2	Gold Nugget	Star-shaped explosion
3	Head (any)	Creeper-shaped (creeper face) explosion
4	Feather	Burst explosion

Additional effects

In addition to the shape effects, any combination of these additional effects may be added to a firework star.

Additional effects

Ingredient	Effect	Sample animation
None	Default
Glowstone Dust	Twinkle (Crackle effect and sounds after the explosion)
Diamond	Trail effect after the explosion
Glowstone Dust Diamond	Twinkle + trail effect after the explosion

Sounds

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Firework Star	firework_star	Item	item.minecraft.firework_star

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Firework Star	firework_star	fireworkscharge	520	Item	item.fireworksCharge.name

Item data

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.4.6			12w49a				Added firework stars.
							Firework stars in the Creative inventory come in only one variation; they do not have any color.
1.13			17w47a				The fade effects on fireworks can now be added by combining the firework star with dyes.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				Added firework stars.
							Firework stars come in all 16 colors in the Creative inventory.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU19	CU7	1.12	1.12	1.12	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added firework stars.
							Firework stars cannot be obtained within the Creative inventory.
TU46	CU36	1.38	1.38	1.38	Patch 15		The crafting interface has been updated to allow the crafting of firework stars and firework rockets.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Firework Star" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• There are 29,617,272,422,916,505,236 (29.6 quintillion) unique firework stars.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  Tricolor (magenta, pink, orange, white dyes) + star-shaped with twinkle and trail effect.