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Stars are the individual sparks and streamers that make up a fireworks display. They are crafted in a Star Rack according to recipes taught at Universities of Art and Music.

Cost

Max Batch size is 100.

  • All stars need a binder:
    • Beeswax - for Comet and Ball-type stars, which diffuse in 'pulses'.
    • Cactus Sap - for Comet, Ball, and Line-type stars, all of which diffuse in either pulses or as a straight line.
    • Clay - for 'popper' stars, which diffuse all in one burst at the end of their fire.
    • Tar - for 'sparkler' stars, which diffuse in sparks throughout their runs.
  • All stars need some quantity of Sulfur and Charcoal.
  • All stars need some variety of Salts of Metal. (range 5-250? salts per 10 stars) - normally 1 salt type for most stars, but two-color stars will have two salt types
  • Some stars also need Aluminum Powder. (this is only required on sparkler- or bomb-type stars)

Use

Stars are used in the Test of Pyrotechnics

Available Recipes

  • Every University of Art and Music teaches the two basic star recipes, Flying Frog and Squat Canary.
  • New stars can be designed using a Portable Star Lab. The lab is then turned in to a University of Art and Music. Each time 7 labs have been turned in, one of the previously submitted recipes will be made available to learn from that University.

Please Note: By submitting the Star Labs at the SAME university, more recipes will be unlocked faster than by submitting them at different universities. It makes a difference, in the scheme of things, to have all the stars at a single university, so please think about this before you submit a Star Lab.


For this table, please use the cost of producing a batch of TEN (10) Stars

Star
Name
Star
Type
Color
Region
U Art
Binder
Type
Binder
Amt
Sulfur
Charcoal
Salt 1
Type
Salt 1
Amt
Salt 2
Type
Salt 2
Amt
Al
Powder
Picture
Flying Frog Pulsing Green Common Cactus Sap 18 5 10 Zinc 11 Flying frog.png
Squat Canary Pulsing Yellow Common Cactus Sap 11 3 15 Aluminum 8 Squat canary.png
Flittering Star Sparkler Yellow Philae Tar 20 22 21 Aluminum 28 21 File:Flittering star.png
Crimson Spear Trail Red Philae Beeswax 5 6 78 Magnesium 31 File:Crimson spear.png
Silver Streak Cone White Meshwesh Delta Beeswax 9 13 15 Silver 17

File:SilverStreak.PNG

Flying Leek Cone White/Green Philae Cactus Sap 15 2 15 Titanium 13 File:FlyingLeek.png
White Spark Bomb White Philae Clay 14 6 80 Silver 11 13 File:WhiteSpark.png
Purple Fizzy Sparkler Purple Philae Tar 12 17 26 Gold 22 Iron 19 26 File:PurpleFizzy.png
Dual Delight Meroe Desert Cactus Sap 6 5 40 Strontium 98 Lead 42
Desert Peacock Sparkler Turquoise Meshwesh Delta Tar 17 15 41 Titanium 98 41
Comet Light Blue Cone Damot Beeswax 18 14 23 Tungsten 18 Titanium 18
Caribbean Jetstream Light Blue Cone Philae Beeswax 12 19 61 Titanium 71


For Star Type, please use one of the following:

  • Pulsing - these have a strong glow on the first star, and usually leave a simple trail. There is considerable variability in the size of the star, and the length of the trail. The basic frog and canary designs are this type.
  • Cone (comets) - Have a strong glow at the front, and diffuse into a short 'cone' shape.
  • Bomb (poppers) - These are often hard to see, since they fly their lifetime unignited, and then explode at the end. Single poppers are useful as near-invisible platforms for delivering other stars, while showers of many poppers can be an impressive finale.
  • Trail ("Thin Red Line") - Long thin trails of light, often used for spirals and geometric shapes.
  • Sparkler - These are typically crowd favorites. They leave a shower of sparks as a trail, usually but not always in the same color as the head of the star.

Stars are typically a single basic color, but there are occasional instances of two-color stars. In some cases, both colors are present in the star, and in others, the star has a multi-coloured trail.

See also

Produced By

Salts of Aluminum, Salts of Antimony, Salts of Copper, Salts of Gold, Salts of Iron, Salts of Lead, Salts of Lithium, Salts of Magnesium, Salts of Metal, Salts of Platinum, Salts of Silver, Salts of Strontium, Salts of Tin, Salts of Titanium, Salts of Tungsten, Salts of Zinc, Star Rack

Required By

Fireworks Mortar, Test of Pyrotechnics