How do you get Glowstone Dust in Minecraft?

Glowstone Dust is obtained through mining. You never craft Glowstone Dust; 2 recipes spend it.

How many Glowstone Dust can you stack?

Glowstone Dust at 64 a slot, and Glowstone takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 16 Glowstone with nothing left over. A shulker box of Glowstone Dust comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

When was Glowstone Dust added to Minecraft?

Glowstone Dust was added in the early Alpha development period.

What is Glowstone Dust used for?

Glowstone Dust is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Glowstone and Spectral Arrow.

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Glowstone Dust

A glowing dust dropped by glowstone blocks, used to craft glowstone and to intensify potions in brewing. It is also dropped by witches.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Glowstone Dust at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Glowstone Dust: an item out of mining. A single slot takes 64 Glowstone Dust, a hotbar row 576, and 3456 fill a double chest.

Glowstone Dust additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Glowstone and Spectral Arrow. It sits between Glow Item Frame and Goat Horn in Miscellaneous, number 57 of 147 there.

Used to craft

2 items take Glowstone Dust on the crafting grid, Glowstone and Spectral Arrow among them, with Utility Blocks accounting for 1. Each link below opens that recipe with Glowstone Dust in the grid.

How to obtain

Mining

Mobs that drop it

0 to 2 per kill, and only Witch carries Glowstone Dust at all. Looting III turns Witch into 5 Glowstone Dust instead of 2, 1 per level.

Notes

In brewing, strengthens a potion to its Level II tier. Four dust craft one Glowstone block.

Frequently asked questions about Glowstone Dust

How do you get Glowstone Dust in Minecraft?
Glowstone Dust is obtained through mining. You never craft Glowstone Dust; 2 recipes spend it.
How many Glowstone Dust can you stack?
Glowstone Dust at 64 a slot, and Glowstone takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 16 Glowstone with nothing left over. A shulker box of Glowstone Dust comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
When was Glowstone Dust added to Minecraft?
Glowstone Dust was added in the early Alpha development period.
Which mobs drop Glowstone Dust?
0 to 2 per kill, and only Witch carries Glowstone Dust at all. Looting III turns Witch into 5 Glowstone Dust instead of 2, 1 per level.
What is Glowstone Dust used for?
Glowstone Dust is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Glowstone and Spectral Arrow.

Building with it

Witches drop glowstone dust and glowstone blocks break into two to four of it. In brewing it strengthens a potion rather than extending it, and four dust reassemble into a block, so a Nether ceiling harvest lights a whole base.

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