Flint and Steel

Flint and Steel is a tool used to place Fire in Indev, Infdev and Alpha. It must be crafted from 1 Flint and 1 Iron Ingot in the pattern below:



Flint and Steel is a tool and therefore has limited uses before it breaks. It degrades both by lighting fires and by breaking blocks with it. One possible use of this item is for quick disposal of items which can be accomplished by dropping your items and then lighting the block under them on fire. Flint and Steel could also be considered a weapon because it can be used to light monsters on fire, but this method deals damage slower and is less effective than using a sword.

As of the Halloween Update, Flint and Steel is also used in the creation of Portals.

In survival multiplayer, fire is one of the few ways to kill mobs at this moment.

Trivia

 * In early versions of Indev, the player started with a Flint and Steel in their inventory.
 * Flint and steel was also found as loot from killing Mobs.
 * In the start of Survival Multiplayer, Furnaces did not work. There was a mod that turned Flint and Steel into a "lighter" that lit the furnace and made it work.