Gunpowder is a handy item that you may use to craft various items in Minecraft, such as Potions, Rockets, and TNT. Sadly, gunpowder is not craftable. But there are multiple ways to gather gunpowder in the game.
From killing creepers to building extensive farms, this guide will give you the detailed process of gathering as much gunpowder in Minecraft.
How to Get Gunpowder in Minecraft
The easiest way to gather Gunpowder in Minecraft is bykilling Creepers. Creepers are scary, as they can creep up behind you silently and explode. But if you kill it before it explodes, you may get at least one gunpowder from it.
It is best to remember thatCreepers will not drop any gunpowder if they explode. Furthermore, if you have a weapon with the Looting enchantment, you may get more than one gunpowder when you kill it.
Ghasts,found in the Nether, also drop gunpowder in the same ratio as the Creeper. Similarly, if you utilize the looting enchantment, the maximum loot Ghasts can drop increases up to five.
Witches can dropup to six gunpowder when you kill them. Additionally, if you have the looting enchant, they can drop up to 15 gunpowder if they die at your hands.
Several places in Minecraft have gunpowder in the chests. you may see the list below for the places you can find such chests.
Trading with Wandering Traders
Although the chances of aWandering Traderselling you gunpowder is only ⅙, you may exchange it with emerald if you find a trader that sells you the item.
Building a Gunpowder Farm
Building a farm is the best and most efficient way of gathering gunpowder. Gunpowder farm, commonly known asCreeper farm, is a simple farm that uses a dark setting and a lot of trapdoors.
Let’s look at how to build an automatic Creeper farm so that you may gather as much gunpowder as you need.
We can divide the building process of the farm into three parts: the farm base, the structure, and the trap.
Building the Farm Base
