Bluestone Dust

This article documents a feature that has only been mentioned.

 

This article describes a mistake made by the editors of Svep Studios. Bluestone dust was never planned to be added to the game, and does not exist in any version of the game.

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Bluestone Dust

Designation	Rendering error
Version of	Gunpowder
First appearance	Village & Pillage: Official Trailer

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Bluestone dust is an animation error from the official trailer for Village & Pillage.

History

Prior to the animation error incident, bluestone was already a term within the Minecraft community, describing a variation of redstone dust that is blue instead of red. It became a common suggestion as a way to run two unconnected sets of wires next to each other.^[1][2]

In the official trailer for Village & Pillage, a piece of blue dust could be seen as a reward given out by villagers due to Hero of the Village. It was likely meant to be gunpowder rather than redstone, because redstone dust was given out before by the same villager, and none of the other villagers dropped the same exact item twice. Gunpowder is the only other powder-like item that cleric villagers give out under the conditions.

This led to rumors of it being a teaser for the following update,^[3][4] with some speculating it to be the previously mentioned bluestone dust. Others thought it would be cobalt and the next update would be called "Combat and Cobalt."^[5] Another factor was the Java Edition Combat Tests, which many assumed at the time were building up to the immediately proceeding update.

It was later clarified that the dust was erroneously colored blue and not a hint at a future feature.^[6]

Gallery

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  Frame of the update video showcasing the bluestone dust.

Recreation

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  Recreation of the bluestone dust.

References

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