Trivia
- Texture-wise, it looks almost identical to the redstone dust texture, but with a desaturated color.
Info
| Type | Raw materials |
|---|---|
| Durability | N/A |
Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to  | Yes |
| Stackable | Yes (64) |
| First appearances | See History |
| Data value | dec:289 hex:121 bin:100100001 |
Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition  | gunpowder |
Gunpowder is an item that is used for explosive-related actions.
Videos
Creepers
Creepers Creeper Health points 20 () Attack strength Varies by proximity and difficulty. Maximum damage: Normal: 49 ( × 24.5) Charged: 97 ( × 48.5) Size Height: 1.7 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of 
have a chance of dropping up to 2 pieces of gunpowder upon death.
Ghasts
Ghasts Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The 
have a chance of dropping up to 2 pieces of gunpowder upon death.
Witches
Witches Witch Health points 26 ( × 13) Size Height: 1.95 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Light level of 7 or less. When lightning strikes within 3-4 blocks of a villager. Inside Witch Huts. First appearances 
have a chance of dropping up to 6 pieces of gunpowder upon death.
Natural generation
Gunpowder can be found in 59.0% of desert temple Desert Temple Biome Desert Consists of See Blocks Can generate post-generation No First appearances See History Desert temples are generated structures. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 Loot 2.2 Blocks 3 Video 4 History 5 
chests, 57.8% of dungeon Dungeon Biome Any Consists of Cobblestone Moss Stone Monster Spawner Chest Can generate post-generation No First appearances See history Dungeons are naturally generated structures that appear in the Overworld. Contents 1 Generation 2 Structure 2.1 
chests, and 57.8% of woodland mansion Woodland mansion Biome Roofed Forest Consists of See Structure. Can generate post-generation N/A First appearances See history This article may need cleanup to comply with the style guide. Please help improve this if you can. 
chests, all in stacks of 1⃢₀ₓ8.
Crafting ingredient
| Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition | Ingredients | Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid  recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Charge | Blaze Powder+ Coalor Charcoal+ Gunpowder | ||
| Firework Rocket | Any Firework Star Firework Star Type ? Durability 0 (Data) Renewable Trail Effect: No All Others: Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 402 hex: 192 bin: 110010010 Name firework_charge Firework stars are items used to determine  +Paper+ Gunpowder | Adding more gunpowder increases the duration of the rocket. Up to three gunpowder can be used. Up to five firework stars can also be used with three gunpowder. Up to seven firework stars can be used by using firework stars instead of additional gunpowder. All firework stars will go off simultaneously when the rocket detonates. On console, only 1 rocket is produced per recipe. | |
| Firework Rocket | Paper+ Gunpowder | When crafted this way (without a firework star), the rocket will have no explosion effects. On console, only 1 rocket is produced per recipe. | |
| Firework Star Firework Star Type ? Durability 0 (Data) Renewable Trail Effect: No All Others: Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 402 hex: 192 bin: 110010010 Name firework_charge Firework stars are items used to determine | Gunpowder+ Matching Dye Dyes Type Items Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See history Data value dec: 351 hex: 15F bin: 101011111 Name dye Dyes are a set of 16 items used to change the color of wool,  +Extra ingredients (optional) | Up to eight dyes can be added. Up to one of any head, a gold nugget, a feather, or a fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| TNT | Gunpowder+ Sandor Red Sand |
Brewing ingredient
| Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition | Ingredients | Brewing recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Splash Potion | Gunpowder+ Any Potion |
History
Issues
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Uses
Gunpowder can be crafted into TNT, requiring five of them, and Fire Charges. Gunpowder is essential in order to create splash potions, which is usually applied to potions with negative effects. Fire Charges were added in Minecraft snapshot 12w04a. These have the same properties as Flint and Steel, except they can be launched from a Dispenser. Gunpowder is one of the ingredients used to make the Firework Rocket, and is required to make Firework Stars.
History
In Indev, mob drops were randomized, so when a pig was killed, it could drop gunpowder instead of a Raw Porkchop. This was the same with all other mobs that left behind an item when killed.
In Beta 1.0, Gunpowder was renamed to Sulfur, but it was reverted to its original term in Beta 1.3.
In Beta 1.9 pre-release 4, Gunpowder was made usable in Brewing to create Splash Potions.
Gunpowder was added to the Pocket Edition in 0.4.0.
