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Flint and steel is a tool used to create fire or to ignite certain blocks, structures and mobs.

Obtaining[]

Crafting[]

Ingredients Crafting recipe Description
Iron Ingot +
Flint


Damaged Flint and Steel


The durability of the two tools is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.

Chest loot[]

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition
Flint and Steel Nether fortress Chest 1 19%
Ruined portal Chest 1 46.4%
Bedrock Edition
Flint and Steel Nether fortress Chest 1 19%
Ruined portal Chest 1 46.4%

Usage[]

Igniting[]

When used on the space above any solid top surface, on any side of any flammable block or any side of any obsidian block within a valid unlit nether portal frame regardless of if there is a solid top surface available, the flint and steel places a fire there.

Flint and steel can be used to light unlit campfires, candles and cakes with candles.

Flint and steel can be used to light nether portals, as any fire existing within an appropriate obsidian frame will instantly be replaced with nether portal blocks that occupy the entirety of the frame.

Using flint and steel on TNT ignites it. The explosion damage dealt by TNT ignited with flint and steel in this specific way counts as the player's attack. If the player is sneaking a fire is instead placed on the side of the TNT the flint and steel was used on.

A flint and steel can be used on a creeper to force it to explode. Explosions initiated in this way cannot be cancelled.

When powered, a dispenser containing flint and steel can place fires or ignite relevant blocks such as TNT or campfires in the space directly in front of it. This reduces the flint and steel's durability. A dispenser containing a flint and steel cannot detonate creepers.

Enchantments[]

Flint and steel can receive the following enchantments:

Name Max Level Method
Unbreaking III
Mending I
Curse of Vanishing I

Sounds[]

Java Edition:

SoundSubtitlesSourceDescriptionResource locationTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
File:Flint and steel click.oggFlint and Steel clickBlocksWhen a flint and steel is used to place fireitem.flintandsteel.use[sound 1]subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use[sound 1]1.00.8-1.216
Flint and Steel clickHostile CreaturesWhen a flint and steel is used to light a creeperitem.flintandsteel.use[sound 1]subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use[sound 1]1.00.8-1.216
File:Random break.oggItem breaksPlayersWhen a flint and steel's durability is exhaustedentity.item.breaksubtitles.entity.item.break0.80.8-1.216

Bedrock Edition;

SoundSourceDescriptionResource locationVolumePitch
File:Flint and steel click.oggBlocksWhen a flint and steel is used to place firefire.ignite1.00.8-1.2
File:Random break.oggPlayersWhen a flint and steel's durability is exhaustedrandom.break1.00.9

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormTranslation key
Flint and Steelflint_and_steelItemitem.minecraft.flint_and_steel

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID FormTranslation key
Flint and Steelflint_and_steel299Itemitem.flint_and_steel.name

Achievements[]

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

Advancements[]

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

Video[]

History[]

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Java Edition Indev
0.3120100110Flint and Steel JE1 Added flint and steel.
Flint and steel can be used to set fire.
20100129Flint and Steel JE2 The steel part of the texture has been brightened.
Flint and steel can be used alongside lava to smelt ores and cook food.[1]
20100201-2Flint and steel can now sometimes be dropped as loot from killing mobs.
20100219Flint and Steel JE3 BE1 The texture of flint and steel has been changed, due to its new crafting recipe.
Flint and steel can no longer drop from mobs.
Flint and steel can now be crafted from an iron ingot and the newly added flint.
Furnaces have been added to replace the cooking and smelting function of flint and steel.
Java Edition Beta
1.7Flint and steel, along with fire itself, explosions and redstone are now the only ways to activate TNT.[2]
Java Edition
1.3.112w21aThe player can now buy 1 flint and steel from farmer villagers for 3 emeralds, making flint and steel renewable.
1.4.212w38aThe sound when using flint and steel has been changed.
1.513w04aDispensers are now able to use flint and steel on the block in front of them.
1.6.113w18aFlint and steel can now be found in the new chests in nether fortresses.
13w25aFlint and steel now loses durability when igniting TNT.
1.7.213w36aFlint and steel now has a shapeless crafting recipe.
Using flint and steel on a creeper now causes it to explode.
1.814w02aVillagers no longer sell flint and steel, making it no longer renewable. However, if a villager selling flint and steel already exists in the world, it can be continuously traded with to obtain flint and steel renewably.
1.915w43aThe average yield of flint and steel in nether fortress chests has been slightly reduced.
1.1317w47aPrior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 259.
1.1418w43aFlint and Steel JE4 BE2 The texture of flint and steel has been changed.
1.1620w07aGravel now can be given by the piglins when bartering, making flint and steel renewable again.
20w16aFlint and steel can now be found inside ruined portal chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.4.0Flint and Steel JE3 BE1 Added flint and steel.
v0.7.0Flint and steel can now be used to set fire.
v0.7.4Using flint and steel on a creeper now causes it to explode.
v0.8.0build 1Added flint and steel to the creative inventory.
v0.12.1build 1Flint and steel can now be used to activate a nether portal.
Flint and steel can now be found in nether fortresses.
Flint and steel can now be enchanted in anvils.
v0.14.0build 1Flint and steel can now be used inside dispensers when powered.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3Flint and Steel JE4 BE2 The texture of flint and steel has been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.51Flint and steel can now be obtained by bartering with piglins.
Flint and steel can now be enchanted with Curse of Vanishing through an anvil.
beta 1.16.0.57Flint and steel are no longer obtainable from bartering.
Flint and steel can now be found inside ruined portal chests.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1CU1 1.0 Patch 11.0.1Flint and Steel JE3 BE1 Added flint and steel.
TU3Flint and steel, along with fire itself, explosions and redstone are now the only ways to activate TNT.
TU31CU19 1.22 Patch 3Flint and steel now makes sounds when igniting blocks.
1.90 Flint and Steel JE4 BE2 The texture of flint and steel has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0Flint and Steel JE3 BE1 Added flint and steel.

Historical sounds:

Sound From to Pitch
File:Flint and Steel old.ogg ? ? ?

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Flint and Steel" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[]

  • In Adventure mode, flint and steel cannot light fires, nor can it ignite nether portals (unless it has the tag CanPlaceOn:obsidian). However, it can still ignite TNT and creepers.
  • The name "Flint and Steel" may be misleading and is inaccurate considering the game doesn’t have and possibly will have steel in the game and it's crafted with iron instead. This is similar to the Old Growth Pine Taiga, as there are no pines in the game and they have Spruce Trees instead.
    • In real life, Iron can’t be used as a fire striker, so Mojang had to rename it to Flint and Steel so it makes more sense. This explains why it is called Flint and Steel, but there is no steel in the game.
    • Steel was mentioned by Mojang, as a “stronger” iron, but shortly rejected, and there are no currently no plans to add it to the game.
  • Flint and steel cannot light end portals.
  • Flint and Steel is the first item to mention another item that is not in the game.
  • In the April Fools Snapshot, Java Edition 23w13a or b, one of the possible voted was “Flint and Steel can ignite any block”.


References[]

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