Glow Stick

For other uses, see Stick (disambiguation).

This page describes an education-related feature.

This feature is available only in Minecraft Education or when enabling the "Minecraft Education features" cheat setting in Bedrock Edition.

Glow Stick

Rarity tier	Common
Durability	100
Renewable	No
Stackable	No

Glow sticks are chemistry-related items, which can be lit up in the player's hand for a limited time. There are fourteen color variations of glow sticks.

Obtaining

In Bedrock Edition, glow sticks cannot be obtained by the /give command. They also cannot be obtained in Survival. Cheats must be enabled to obtain glow sticks in Survival mode, or in Minecraft Education.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Notes
Polyethylene + Hydrogen Peroxide + Matching Dye + Luminol		‌^{[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]}

Usage

While equipped, players can use glow sticks to shake them, causing them to appear bright regardless of the light level. This is only an aesthetic change, as no light is emitted to the surrounding area. A particle effect is visible until the durability runs out. The glow stick's durability depletes while lit, in both Survival and Creative modes.

Sounds

Sounds
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	Flint and Steel click	Blocks	While a glow stick is being activated	`fire.ignite`	`subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use`	1.0	0.5/0.7

Data values

ID

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Glow Stick	`glow_stick`	`601`	Item	`item.glow_stick.red.name` `item.glow_stick.green.name` `item.glow_stick.brown.name` `item.glow_stick.blue.name` `item.glow_stick.purple.name` `item.glow_stick.cyan.name` `item.glow_stick.gray.name` `item.glow_stick.pink.name` `item.glow_stick.lime.name` `item.glow_stick.yellow.name` `item.glow_stick.lightBlue.name` `item.glow_stick.magenta.name` `item.glow_stick.orange.name` `item.glow_stick.white.name`

Item data

See also: Data values

Glow sticks use the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	item.glow_stick.black.name (unused)
	1	Red Glow Stick
	2	Green Glow Stick
	3	Brown Glow Stick
	4	Blue Glow Stick
	5	Purple Glow Stick
	6	Cyan Glow Stick
	7	item.glow_stick.silver.name (unused)
	8	Gray Glow Stick
	9	Pink Glow Stick
	10	Lime Glow Stick
	11	Yellow Glow Stick
	12	Light Blue Glow Stick
	13	Magenta Glow Stick
	14	Orange Glow Stick
	15	White Glow Stick
	32	item.glow_stick.black.name (active, unused)
	33	Red Glow Stick (active)
	34	Green Glow Stick (active)
	35	Brown Glow Stick (active)
	36	Blue Glow Stick (active)
	37	Purple Glow Stick (active)
	38	Cyan Glow Stick (active)
	39	item.glow_stick.silver.name (unused, active)
	40	Gray Glow Stick (active)
	41	Pink Glow Stick (active)
	42	Lime Glow Stick (active)
	43	Yellow Glow Stick (active)
	44	Light Blue Glow Stick (active)
	45	Magenta Glow Stick (active)
	46	Orange Glow Stick (active)
	47	White Glow Stick (active)

/give does not allow the following data values: 0, 7, 32, 39.

History

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Added glow sticks.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Black and light gray glow sticks are unused and do not have a texture.
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.10	Light gray glow sticks can now be crafted.^[1]
1.13.0	beta 1.13.0.4	Making a glow stick results in an edible item called `item.glow_stick.black.name`.^[2]
1.16.0	beta 1.15.0.51	Light gray glow sticks can no longer be crafted.
1.16.200	beta 1.16.200.52	Making a glow stick results in correct items again.
?		Making a glow stick with dye has been made an upgrade
?		Putting 2 glow sticks in a crafting table now outputs a correct glow stick.
1.17.0	?	Two black glow sticks now generate in fake end portal rooms in woodland mansions instead of ender pearls.^[3]
1.18.0	beta 1.18.0.21	Glow sticks no longer generate in woodland mansions.
1.21.0	Preview 1.21.0.21	Glow sticks now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0.27		Added glow sticks.
1.0.27		Black and light gray glow sticks are unused and do not have a texture.
1.21.03	Preview 1.21.01.0	Glow sticks now appear in the Creative inventory.

Issues

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

Trivia

The glowing reaction of Luminol during oxidation exists in real life. It is used for detecting blood in crime scenes.
Players cannot enchant glow sticks with Unbreaking or Mending, despite it having durability.
The black and light gray glow sticks use the same texture as the red glow stick.