Firework

Fireworks are new in version 1.28.

Description

Fireworks are essentially a rocket with a delayed explosive. They are launched vertically and can be crafted to form different shapes and colors with the explosion. They may be launched by hand or out of a Dispenser.

Description (From Recipaedia)

Fireworks burst in the sky creating beautiful patterns. They can be launched by hand, but it's better to launch them en masse using the dispenser. And better still to wire multiple dispensers with electricity and create a beautiful, programmed fireworks display. Fireworks come in 8 colors, 8 shapes, 2 altitude modes (low and high). Additionally each firework can be made to flicker. Color and shape of the head determines color and shape of the burst. Thick shafts burst high, narrow shafts burst low. Red stabilizers indicate flickering.

Crafting

Fireworks are crafted using a variety of materials: Sulfur Chunk, Saltpeter Chunk, Canvas, Gunpowder, Coal Chunk and a Paint Bucket. Will give you 20 fireworks and one Bucket.

The arrangement of materials in the top row of the crafting interface will determine the shape of the explosion.

The sparkle is controlled by the middle row of the crafting interface, as well as the color of the burst. Replace the canvas with gunpowder to make them sparkle. The color of paint used will set the color of the burst.

The height of the explosion is set by the materials in the bottom row of the crafting interface. Add more gunpowder to make them explode 'high'.

See 'appearance' below for more details.

Appearance

There are four characteristics that you can set when crafting the fireworks. All combinations of these characteristics are possible, making a total of 256 varieties.

Shapes (top row)

Small burst
Large burst
Circle
Disc
Sphere
Short trails
Long trails
Flat trails

Colors (middle row)

Use the paint bucket to set the colors:

White
Cyan
Red
Blue
Yellow
Green
Orange
Purple

Sparkle (middle row)

Each variety can be flickering or steady.

Steady
Flickering

Height (bottom row)

Can be set to explode either high or low. The low variety will shoot for about 1 second before exploding and the high variety will take about 2 seconds to explode.

Low
High

Notes

Can be thrown by hand
Can be launched from a Dispenser
They will not explode if launched horizontally
Can be crafted to create different shapes and colors
They are stackable up to 40 and are NOT flammable.
You can launch them from dispensers and set the timing of the launches with delay gates to create a longer lasting light show or have different explosions at varying times for a more complex show. The timing may even be controlled by a more advanced electric circuit to make them synchronized to some music.

Trivia

In one of the first relases of version 1.28, there was Dark colored fireworks, but they were repleaced by Purple colored fireworks after an update