Flint and Steel

Flint and steel is a tool used to place fire.

Natural generation
Nether fortresses chests may contain flint and steel in stacks of 1.

Usage
When on top of a solid, fully opaque block or on the sides of a flammable block, flint and steel places fire in the air block directly adjacent to the surface on which it is used. In both survival and creative using flint and steel on TNT will set it off. Flint and steel has 65 uses. When used to place fire, a point of durability is drained whether or not the surface it is used on is correct for the placement of fire. It also can be used to light a Nether portal. If you use flint and steel on a transparent block such as glass, or a block which is underwater, it will not start a fire but still consume durability.

Flint and steel can also be used to set off the detonation sequence on creepers.

Enchantments
Flint and steel can receive the following enchantment, but only through an anvil.


 * Unbreaking

Trivia

 * In Adventure mode, flint and steel cannot light fires, nor can it ignite Nether portals. However, it can still ignite TNT.