Damp Firework
Damp Fireworks are items which, when activated, create colorful explosions. The color, fade, shape and effect of the explosion are determined by what ingredients are used to create the Firework Star - one of the ingredients used to create a rocket. However, a firework rocket can be crafted without a firework star. When this happens, it will only have a rocket trail, with no colorful explosion. The height of a rocket can be altered by adding up to 3 gunpowder to the rocket recipe. This increases the flight duration by 1 per gunpowder. Multiple firework stars can also be used, in which case each one will go off simultaneously when the rocket detonates. Firework rockets can be activated by right-clicking any block with them, or they can be fired out of dispensers. The fireworks are customizable in colors, shapes, and height. There are 336 different kinds of rockets. Their flight path is random and sometimes are offset up to 5 blocks to the side, they also tend to spiral up. Fireworks are also affected by gravity.
There is a delay between detonation and the player hearing the sound, emulating real fireworks, but this sound travels much more slowly than in the real world.
If a rocket's path is hindered by any solid block it will do one of three things: stay under the block as if caught there until it explodes (more likely to happen if the firework has a shorter flight duration), explode upon contact (if this happens the explosion will appear above the block, even though the rocket did not go above it, unless there are more than one block), or stay under the block for a few seconds then fly off more to the side (more likely to happen with longer duration). If a rocket with any kind of explosion ingredient detonates under a block, the explosion pattern will appear flattened against the ground in a wide, disc-like fashion.
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Input » Output | ||||||||||||
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| Damp Firework | Gunpowder, Paper |
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When crafted this way (without a firework star), the rocket will have no explosion effects. | |||||||||||
| Damp Firework | Gunpowder, Paper, Firework Star |
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Adding more gunpowder increases the duration of the rocket. Up to three gunpowder can be used. Furthermore, multiple firework stars can also be used, in which case all will go off simultaneously when the rocket detonates. By limiting the amount of gunpowder to one, it is possible to use up to seven firework stars. |
When the rocket is launched in lava, the rocket will catch fire, but will reach its intended height and explode as normal. When launched in fire, the rocket will briefly catch and extinguish quickly, reach its intended height, and explode as normal. Neither lava nor fire changes the motion of the rocket. Fireworks can explode over the 256 block height limit. Firework rockets can also travel through nether portals if fired inside a nether portal; they will stay at the top of the portal, unable to go higher, then they will go through the portal. A rocket will not be visible under a cloud when it explodes. If you don't make the firework a star and or other type of special firework and just make it a regular firework rocket it will not make an explosion in the sky!
Duration
When the item is hovered over in the inventory it displays the flight duration (e.g. "Flight Duration: 1").
Rough distance (in blocks) that the rocket travels depending on the flight duration.
- 1 gunpowder: 12-21 blocks
- 2 gunpowder: 23-38 blocks
- 3 gunpowder: 40-57 blocks, with a few misfiring at 35 and 36 blocks.
Results obtained by 576 fireworks per type being set off. Using small balled and red firework stars.
Effects
Shape effects
A firework can only have one shape effect for each Firework Star used in the recipe. A combination of firework stars can be used on the same firework rocket when crafting.
| Type | Ingredient | Effect |
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| 0 | None | Small ball explosion (default) |
| 1 | Fire Charge | Large Ball explosion |
| 2 | Gold Nugget | Star-Shaped explosion |
| 3 | Mob Heads (any) | Creeper-Shaped (Creeper Face explosion) |
| 4 | Feather | Burst explosion |
Additional effects
In addition to the shape effects, you may add either or both of these additional effects.(Place one or both of them anywhere during the making of the Firework Star.)
| Ingredient | Effect |
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| Glowstone Dust | Twinkle (Crackle effect after the explosion) |
| Diamond | Trail effect after the explosion |
