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	'''Gunpowder''' is an item used for [[Minecraft:explosion]]-related recipes, and as an ingredient in potions to create [[Minecraft:~~Splash Potions~~]].		'''Gunpowder''' is an item used for [[Minecraft:explosion]]-related recipes, and as an ingredient in potions to create [[Minecraft:splash potions]].

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{{hatnote|This item used to be known as Sulphur. For the block named as such, see [[Minecraft:Sulfur]]. For the element, see {{slink|Element|Sulfur}}.}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Gunpowder.png
| stackable = Yes (64)
| renewable = Yes
}}
'''Gunpowder''' is an item used for [[Minecraft:explosion]]-related recipes, and as an ingredient in potions.

== Obtaining ==
=== Mob loot ===

{{Drop sources|Gunpowder}}{{IN|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:wandering traders]] have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop 4 gunpowder when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].

=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|gunpowder}}

=== Trading ===
[[Minecraft:Wandering trader]]s can occasionally sell 4 gunpowder for 1 [[Minecraft:emerald]].
{{Trade sources}}

== Usage ==
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Brewing ingredient ===
{{brewing
|showname=1
|Gunpowder
|Matching Splash Potion
|base=Matching Potion
|ingredients=[[Minecraft:Gunpowder]] + <br>Any [[Minecraft:Potion]]
}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gunpowder
|spritetype=item
|nameid=gunpowder
|form=item
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Gunpowder
|spritetype=item
|nameid=gunpowder
|id=328
|form=item
|foot=1}}

== History ==
=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100130|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder, then known as sulphur.
|Sulphur is a [[Minecraft:crafting]] ingredient for [[Minecraft:TNT]].
|Sulphur drops from [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)|'black steve']].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-0025|Sulphur can be [[Minecraft:drop]]ped by [[Minecraft:mob]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100219|Sulphur now [[Minecraft:drops]] only from [[Minecraft:creeper]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100625-1917|Sulphur can now be found in [[Minecraft:dungeon]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=?|Added [[Minecraft:ghast]]s, which [[Minecraft:drop]] sulphur upon [[Minecraft:death]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3|"Sulphur" has been renamed to "Gunpowder".}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Gunpowder is now usable in [[Minecraft:brewing]] to create [[Minecraft:splash potion]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.1|dev=12w04a|[[Minecraft:Fire charge]]s are now [[Minecraft:craft]]ed with gunpowder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w38b|[[Minecraft:Witch]]es may now [[Minecraft:drop]] gunpowder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.6|dev=12w49a|Gunpowder can now be used to craft a [[Minecraft:firework star]] and a [[Minecraft:firework rocket]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w44a|Gunpowder now generates in [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]] chests.
|The average yield of gunpowder in [[Minecraft:dungeon]] chests has now doubled.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.11|dev=16w39a|Gunpowder can now be found in [[Minecraft:woodland mansion]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w11a|Gunpowder can now generate in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=19w05a|Added [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, which sell gunpowder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w07a|Gunpowder now drops when brushing [[Minecraft:suspicious sand]] in [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w12a|The probability for the gunpowder to generate in [[Minecraft:suspicious sand]] in [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]]s has been changed from {{frac|1|7}} to {{frac|1|8}}.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.2.0|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.3|Gunpowder now drops from [[Minecraft:creeper]]s. It is still unobtainable due to creepers not yet spawning naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|Creepers now spawn naturally, making gunpowder obtainable in Survival mode.
|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:TNT]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Added gunpowder to the [[Minecraft:Creative inventory]].
|Gunpowder is now usable in [[Minecraft:brewing]] to create [[Minecraft:splash potion]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.13.0|dev=build 1|Gunpowder can now be found inside [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Gunpowder can now be dropped by [[Minecraft:witch]]es.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:fire charge]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.1.0|dev=alpha 1.1.0.0|Gunpowder now generates inside [[Minecraft:woodland mansion]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|Gunpowder can now be used to craft [[Minecraft:firework rocket]]s and [[Minecraft:firework star]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|Gunpowder now generates inside [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.70|exp=Next Major Update|dev=Preview 1.19.70.23|Gunpowder now drops when brushing [[Minecraft:suspicious sand]] in [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]]s.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder.}}
|
{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|Gunpowder is now usable in [[Minecraft:brewing]] to create [[Minecraft:splash potion]]s.}}
|
{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|[[Minecraft:Fire charge]]s are now [[Minecraft:craft]]ed with gunpowder.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Added [[Minecraft:witch]]es, which have a chance to drop gunpowder upon death.|Gunpowder can now be used to craft a [[Minecraft:firework star]] and a [[Minecraft:firework rocket]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|ps4=1.36|psvita=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|Gunpowder now generates in [[Minecraft:desert pyramid]] chests.
|The average yield of gunpowder in [[Minecraft:dungeon]] chests has now doubled.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU54|xbone=CU44|ps3=1.52|ps4=1.52|psvita=1.52|wiiu=Patch 24|switch=1.0.4|Gunpowder can now be found in [[Minecraft:woodland mansion]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|xbone=none|ps3=1.76|ps4=1.76|psvita=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|switch=none|Gunpowder can now generate in [[Minecraft:shipwreck]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Gunpowder JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of gunpowder has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Added [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, which sell gunpowder.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Gunpowder JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added gunpowder.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 289.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== External links ==
*{{Mcnet|taking-inventory--gunpowder|Taking Inventory: Gunpowder|June 21, 2019|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}}

== Navigation ==
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