Glowstone Dust

This article is about the dust. For the block, see Glowstone.

Glowstone Dust

Type	Raw Materials
Durability	N/A
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Data value	dec: 348 hex: 15C

Glowstone Dust is obtained by mining glowstone blocks, which are only found in the Nether or acquired through Trading). Glowstone blocks drop 2-4 pieces of dust. Using a tool with a fortune enchantment will increase the amount of dust dropped, but it will never exceed 4. Glowstone dust can also be dropped by Witches.

In the Xbox 360 Edition, Blazes drop 0-2 Glowstone Dust.

In Pocket Edition, glowstone dust can be obtained by creating and activating the nether reactor, which drops enough dust for around usually 15 glowstone blocks. Glowstone blocks can be crafted with the PE crafting table and does not require the stonecutter.

[edit] Uses

Glowstone dust has four uses:

• As a crafting ingredient to rebuild a Glowstone
• As a brewing ingredient to increase the potency of a potion's effect at the cost of its effect duration
• As a brewing ingredient to create Thick Potions
• As a crafting ingredient to add the sparkle effect to firework stars

[edit] Crafting

Ingredients	Input » Output
Glowstone Dust
Glowstone Dust + Gunpowder + Dye (Forms Twinkle effect)

[edit] As a brewing ingredient

Ingredients	Input » Output
Glowstone Dust + Water Bottle = Thick Potion

[edit] History

[edit] Trivia

• In the code, Glowstone Dust is referenced as "lightStoneDust" (formerly "yellowdust").
• In 1.5 texture folder, Glowstone dust is named "yellowDust.png"
• The icon for Glowstone Dust is a recolored version of the Redstone icon.
• On the Xbox 360 Edition, in TU9, glowstone dust is dropped by killed blazes.

[edit] Gallery

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  Two units of glowstone dust, dropped on Netherrack.