Flint is a mineral obtained from gravel.
Obtaining[]
Mining[]
When a block of gravel is mined, there is a 10% chance for a single piece of flint to drop instead of the gravel block. When mined with a Fortune-enchanted tool, this chance increases to 16% at Fortune I, 25% at Fortune II, and 100% at Fortune III. Gravel mined using a tool with Silk Touch or gravel that fell on a non-solid block never produces flint.
Trading[]
Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 50%[Bedrock Edition only] or 2⁄3[Java Edition only] chance to offer 10 pieces of flint for 10 blocks of gravel and an emerald.
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Flint | Ruined portal | Chest | 1–4 | 46.4% |
| Village | Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Flint | Ruined portal | Chest | 1–4 | 46.4% |
| Village | Fletcher's chest | 1–3 | 55.8% | |
Usage[]
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow | Flint + Stick + Feather |
|
| Fletching Table | Flint + Any Planks |
|
| Flint and Steel | Iron Ingot + Flint |
Trading[]
Apprentice-level fletcher villagers buy 26 flint for an emerald.
Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 26 flint for an emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 2⁄5 chance to buy 30 flint for one emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.
Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers buy 24 flint for an emerald.
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint | flint | Item | item.minecraft.flint |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flint | flint | 356 | Item | item.flint.name |
History[]
| Java Edition Indev | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20100219 |  Added flint.
| ||||
| Flint is now used to craft flint and steel. | |||||
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
| v1.0.14 | Crafting arrows now requires flint, rather than iron ingots. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Farmer villagers now sell 4–5 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel. | |||
| 1.3 |  The texture of flint has been slightly changed. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 318. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of flint has been changed. | |||
| 18w50a | Flint can now be found in chests in village fletcher houses. | ||||
| 19w11a | Fletcher, leatherworker, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers now buy flint. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Flint has a 10⁄109 (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 3–8, making it renewable. | |||
| 20w09a | Flint can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins. However, they are still renewable as piglins offer gravel. | ||||
| 20w16a | Flint now generates in ruined portal chests. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.3.3 | Added flint.
| ||||
| Flint can be used to craft arrows. | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Flint can now be used to make flint and steel. | ||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | The texture of flint has been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of flint has been changed. | |||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Flint can now be found in village fletcher chests. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Trading has been changed, fletcher villagers now have a 50% chance to sell 10 flint for 10 gravel and one emerald as part of their first tier trade. | ||||
| Flint can now be sold to toolsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, and leatherworker villagers. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added flint. |
| ? | The texture of flint has been changed. | ||||
| 1.90 | The texture of flint has been changed. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Flint" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
A piece of flint found in a ruined portal chest, together with an enchanted golden apple.
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Flint – Minecraft.net on October 31, 2019