How do you make Glowstone powder?

Glowstone dust is an item obtained from mining glowstone, and is mainly used to create potions with increased strength and decreased duration.

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Obtaining[]
Crafting ingredient[]
Brewing ingredient[]
Data values[]
How do you make Glowstone dust?
Can you craft Glowstone?
What is Glowstone powder used for?
How do I get more Glowstone?

Obtaining[]

Mining[]

When broken using anything other than a Silk Touch-enchanted tool, a glowstone block drops 2-4 glowstone dust. A Fortune enchantment increases the chances of higher drops, with Fortune III allowing an average yield of 3.5 glowstone dust per block.

Mob loot[]

Witches have a chance of dropping 0–6 glowstone dust upon death. This is increased by 3 per level of Looting, for a maximum of 0-15 glowstone dust.

Trading[]

In Bedrock Edition, journeyman-level cleric villagers sell one glowstone dust for 4 emeralds as part of their trades.

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		Up to eight dyes can be added. 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.
Glowstone	Glowstone Dust
Spectral Arrow	Glowstone Dust + Arrow	2	‌[Java Edition only]
White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star	Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Head or Gold Nugget or Feather or Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		‌[Bedrock and Education editions only] Up to eight dyes can be added. 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.

Brewing ingredient[]

Name

Ingredients

Brewing recipe

Thick Potion

Glowstone Dust +
Water Bottle

Increased Potency

Glowstone Dust +
Potion of Healing or
Potion of Regeneration or
Potion of Strength or
Potion of Swiftness or
Potion of Harming or
Potion of Poison or
Potion of Leaping

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Glowstone Dust	`glowstone_dust`	Item	`item.minecraft.glowstone_dust`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Glowstone Dust	`glowstone_dust`	`394`	Item	`item.glowstone_dust.name`

History[]

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0	preview	Added glowstone dust.
Glowstone dust currently uses nine dust to craft 1 glowstone block.
Also, each glowstone block drops only one glowstone dust.
Java Edition Beta
1.6.6	The crafting recipe for glowstone blocks has been changed from 9 glowstone dust to 4.
Each glowstone block now drops 2-4 glowstone dust when broken.
Java Edition
1.0.0	Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3	Glowstone dust can now be brewed in a water bottle to create a thick potion.
Glowstone dust now strengthens the potions of Swiftness, Healing, Harming, Poison, Regeneration and Strength.
Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4	Glowstone dust now strengthens the new potion of Regeneration.
1.3.1	12w21a	Glowstone dust has become a renewable resource, as priest villagers now sell glowstone blocks.
1.4.2	12w38b	Witches now have a chance of dropping glowstone dust.
1.4.6	12w49a	Glowstone dust can now be used to craft a firework star with a twinkle effect.
1.8	14w27a	Glowstone dust now strengthens the new potion of Leaping.
1.9	15w31a	Glowstone dust is now used to craft spectral arrows.
Glowstone dust can no longer be added to extended potions.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 348.
18w07a	Glowstone dust now strengthens the new potion of the Turtle Master.
1.14	18w43a	The texture of glowstone dust has been changed.
1.16	20w07a	Glowstone dust has a 2⁄109 (~1.83%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–4.
20w09a	Glowstone dust now has a 10⁄226 (~4.42%) chance of being offered by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
1.16.2	20w28a	Glowstone dust can no longer be obtained from bartering with piglins.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.2.0	Added glowstone dust. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.
v0.5.0	Glowstone dust is now obtainable through the nether reactor.
Glowstone dust can be used to craft glowstone blocks.
v0.12.1	build 1	Glowstone dust can now be obtained through the Nether instead of the nether reactor.
Glowstone dust is now available in the creative inventory.
Glowstone dust can now be used to brew thick potions and to strengthen potions.
v0.14.0	build 1	Added witches, which have a chance of dropping glowstone dust upon death.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0	beta 1.2.0.2	Glowstone dust can now be used to craft a firework star with a twinkle effect.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The texture of glowstone dust has been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.4	Glowstone dust can now be bought from cleric villagers.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.57	Glowstone dust can now be obtained from bartering with piglins.
1.16.100	beta 1.16.100.54	Glowstone dust can no longer be obtained from bartering with piglins.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added glowstone dust.
TU8	0–2 glowstone dust is now dropped when a blaze is killed.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90	The texture of glowstone dust has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0	Added glowstone dust.

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How do you make Glowstone dust?

Glowstone Dust is an item used to craft Glowstone, create thick Potions, and create potions with increased strength and decreased duration. It can be obtained either by breaking glowstone in the Nether (2–4 glowstone dust) or by killing a Witch (up to 6 glowstone dust).

Can you craft Glowstone?

The crafting recipe for glowstone is 3×3 glowstone dust. The drop rate of glowstone dust from mined glowstone is 1. The material type of glowstone is currently "glass". The crafting recipe of glowstone has changed to 2×2 glowstone dust.

What is Glowstone powder used for?

Glowstone dust is an item obtained from mining glowstone, and is mainly used to create potions with increased strength and decreased duration.

How do I get more Glowstone?

On the default Minecraft look, Glowstone Blocks are light brown block with lighter gold-brown spots. It is found hanging from the ceiling of Nether caverns, making it a bit dangerous to mine. However, with a bit of exploration, it shouldn't be too hard to find some close to the ground in a small cavern.