Fire Charge

Fire Charge
Rarity color	Common
Stackable	Yes (64)
Renewable	Yes
Network ID	JE: 64

Fire charges are items that can be used as a single-use version of a flint and steel or shot as a small fireball from a dispenser.

Obtaining

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Fire Charge	Ruined portal	Chest	1	46.4%
Bedrock Edition
Fire Charge	Ruined portal	Chest	1	46.4%

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder	3

Bartering

Piglins may barter 1 fire charge when given a gold ingot.

Usage

Dispensing Fire Charge

Fire charges can be used as ammunition for dispensers, or as a substitute for flint and steel.

When used, it instantly places a fire, similar to flint and steel. The fire charge is consumed in the process. It can prime TNT, light nether portals, campfires, candles, cakes with candles and creepers‌ like flint and steel.

When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it shoots a small fireball.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Firework Star	Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.
White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star	Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond		‌ Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
File:Ghast fireball4.ogg	Ghast shoots	Hostile Creatures	When a fireball is shot by a ghast	entity.ghast.shoot	subtitles.entity.ghast.shoot	10.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Blaze shoots	Hostile Creatures	When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser or a blaze	entity.blaze.shoot	subtitles.entity.blaze.shoot	2.0	0.8–1.2	32
	Fireball whooshes	Blocks	When a fire charge is used by hand	item.firecharge.use	subtitles.item.firecharge.use	1.0	0.8-1.2	16
	Fireball whooshes	Hostile Creatures	When a fire charge is used to light a creeper	item.firecharge.use	subtitles.item.firecharge.use	1.0	0.8-1.2	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
File:Ghast fireball4.ogg	Hostile Creatures	When something shoots or uses a fire charge	mob.ghast.fireball	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Fire Charge	fire_charge	Item	item.minecraft.fire_charge

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Fire Charge	fire_charge	fireball	509	Item	item.fireball.name

Entity data

Main article: Small Fireball § Entity data

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
		Into The Nether	Construct a Nether Portal.	Light a nether portal.	30G	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Resource location
	We Need to Go Deeper	Build, light and enter a Nether Portal	Ice Bucket Challenge	Enter the Nether dimension.	story/enter_the_nether

History

For information pertaining to smallmfireballs (which fire charges produce when shot from a dispenser), see Small Fireball § History.

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added the fire charge texture. It is currently only used by fireballs and small fireballs, both of which are entities, and is not used by any items.
1.2.1		12w04a			Added fire charges, which use the above texture. They can be crafted only with coal.
		12w05a			Fire charges can now be crafted with charcoal.
1.4.2		12w38b			The sound when using the fire charge has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as flint and steel.
1.4.6		12w49a			Fire charges can now be used to craft fireworks.
1.8		14w31a			The sound when using fire charges to set fire has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as when fired from dispensers.
1.9		15w33c			Fire charges now appear purple and explode with dragon's breath when fired from dispensers. Whether a true dragon fireball entity is created or if this effect is purely visual is unknown.
		15w44b			Fire charges once again appear as small fireballs when fired from dispensers.
1.11		16w40a			The life tag is no longer used for anything, but still saved/read.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 385.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of fire charges has now been changed.
1.15		19w42a			Dispensed fire charges can now light campfires.
1.16		20w07a			Fire charges have a 5⁄109 (~4.59%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1.
		20w09a			Fire charges now have a 20⁄226 (~8.85%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
		20w10a			Fire charges now have a 40⁄411 (~9.73%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
		20w11a			Fire charges now have a 40⁄417 (~9.59%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
		20w13a			Fire charges now have a 40⁄424 (~9.43%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
		20w16a			Fire charges now generate in ruined portal chests.
		20w20a			Fire charges now have a 40⁄423 (~9.46%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5.
1.16.2		20w28a			Fire charges now have a 40⁄459 (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1.
1.19.3		Pre-release 2			Fire charges can now be used to forcibly detonate creepers.
1.19.4		23w06a			Added the fire charge to the "Ingredients" tab in the creative inventory.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0		build 1			Added fire charges.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0		beta 1.2.0.2			Fire charges can now be used to craft firework stars.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of fire charges has now been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Fire charges can now be obtained from bartering with piglin.
					Fire charges can now be found in ruined portal chests.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of fire charges has been changed from fireball to fire_charge.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added fire charges.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Fire charges now make sounds when igniting blocks.
		1.90			The texture of fire charges has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added fire charges.

Issues

Issues relating to "Fire Charge" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  A fire charge found in a ruined portal chest, together with an enchanted golden apple.

See also

• Flint and Steel
• Dragon Fireball
• Ghast

External Links

• Taking Inventory: Fire Charge – Minecraft.net on January 11, 2019

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