This article is about the Minecraft Education exclusive item. For the add-on block, see 15 Year Party Supplies. For the weapon in Minecraft Dungeons, see MCD:Sparkler.
A sparkler is a chemistry-related item that emits particles when lit. Sparklers are available in the colors orange, blue, red, purple, and green.
Obtaining
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Chloride + Magnesium + Stick |
         |
Calcium Chloride: Orange Cerium Chloride: Blue Mercuric Chloride: Red Potassium Chloride: Purple Tungsten Chloride: Green |
All sparklers other than blue, purple, orange, red, and green can be obtained only via inventory editing, and they use the texture of a blue sparkler.
Usage
Using a sparkler ignites it, causing its texture to change. When lit, the sparkler emits colored particles; the durability meter depletes while the sparkler is burning, it takes 60 seconds for the durability meter to deplete. Sparklers are one of the few items that can be held in the off-hand in Bedrock Edition. Unlit sparklers have normal lighting like most items, while lit sparklers appear to glow when held in the player's hand, similar to glow sticks.
If the player has a lit sparkler in their inventory and goes into the water, the sparkler is destroyed immediately. It, however, doesn't get destroyed if dropped in water. It also cannot float.
Despite having durability, sparklers cannot be enchanted with Unbreaking or Mending.
Sounds
| Sounds | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Closed captions | Source | Description | Identifier | Translation key | Volume | Pitch |
| ? | Sound | While a sparkler is active | sparkler | ? | 0.25 | 0.8/1.2 | |
| ? | Blocks | While a sparkler is being lit | random | ? | 1.0 | 2.4/2.6 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Sparkler | sparkler | 600 | Item | itemitemitemitemitem |
Item data
Sparklers uses the following data values:
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 |
0 | item.sparkler.black.name (unused) |
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1 | Red Sparkler |
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2 | Green Sparkler |
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3 | item.sparkler.brown.name (unused) |
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4 | Blue Sparkler |
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5 | Purple Sparkler |
|
6 | item.sparkler.cyan.name (unused) |
|
7 | item.sparkler.silver.name (unused) |
|
8 | item.sparkler.gray.name (unused) |
|
9 | item.sparkler.pink.name (unused) |
|
10 | item.sparkler.lime.name (unused) |
|
11 | item.sparkler.yellow.name (unused) |
|
12 | item.sparkler.lightBlue.name (unused) |
|
13 | item.sparkler.magenta.name (unused) |
 |
14 | Orange Sparkler |
|
15 | item.sparkler.white.name (unused) |
 |
32 | item.sparkler.black.name (active, unused) |
 |
33 | Red Sparkler (active) |
 |
34 | Green Sparkler (active) |
|
35 | item.sparkler.brown.name (active, unused) |
|
36 | Blue Sparkler (active) |
 |
37 | Purple Sparkler (active) |
|
38 | item.sparkler.cyan.name (active, unused) |
|
39 | item.sparkler.silver.name (active, unused) |
|
40 | item.sparkler.gray.name (active, unused) |
|
41 | item.sparkler.pink.name (active, unused) |
|
42 | item.sparkler.lime.name (active, unused) |
|
43 | item.sparkler.yellow.name (active, unused) |
|
44 | item.sparkler.lightBlue.name (active, unused) |
|
45 | item.sparkler.magenta.name (active, unused) |
|
46 | Orange Sparkler (active) |
|
47 | item.sparkler.white.name (active, unused) |
History
Bedrock Edition
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.20.1 |           Added sparklers. | |||||
| 1.21.0 | Preview 1.21.0.21 | Sparklers now appear in the Creative inventory when the Education edition toggle is on. | |||||
Minecraft Education
| Minecraft Education | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.27 | Added sparklers. | ||||||
| 1.21.03 | Preview 1.21.01.0 | Sparklers now appear in the Creative inventory. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Sparkler" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Trivia
- The formula for sparklers roughly work in real life. Magnesium itself burns white in air, while the metal salts add color to the flame.
