Liquids are blocks that can, as the name suggests, flow and spread. There are currently only two liquids in Minecraft: Lava and water.
How liquids work
Lava seeping through one layer of dirt.
Liquids are cellular automata. The rules appear to be as follows:
Falling liquid
An air block below a liquid block is converted into a liquid block of that type. This happens faster for water than for lava.
Liquids that are suspended above an open area by one block thick of material will seep through the material and drip to the floor. Lava particles that are seeping do not cause damage or start fires. This makes digging upwards safer, since you can tell if you are near a pool of water/lava.
Liquid level
Each liquid block has a level value. Source blocks have a level of 0, and the maximum level depends on liquid type.
- Water: 7
- Lava: 3 (7 in the Nether.)
Note: The "level" value increases as the water is further from the source. A high level value means that the water is actually physically downhill.
Still liquids
To keep track of which blocks are actively flowing, Water and Lava each have a pair of block IDs. For water, there is Water (8) and Still Water (9). Still Water will stay in place until it receives a block update. Water updates periodically and will change itself to Still Water when it cannot spread any further.
Updating a block next to Still Water will turn it back to Water so it can spread some more.
If you edit either type of liquid block into your inventory, they will spread when placed, since placing a block causes updates.
Liquid block update cases
The state of a liquid block only updates in certain cases:
- On creation
- If one of the 6 neighboring blocks' state changes.
- If its own level changes
State changes that cause an update include:
- Adding or removing a block
- A neighboring block's level changes
- A redstone wire switches on or off
Liquid block update process
When a liquid block updates, it performs the following checks.
- Check inward flow
- If there is a liquid block of the same type above, set level to 1
- Otherwise, reduce or increase level in steps of 1 so that it is 1 higher than the one of its 4 neighbouring block with the lowest level*
- If level is increased past the max level, replace liquid block with air block.
- Level cannot be decreased below 1
* This does not affect source blocks (level = 0)
- Check outward flow
- This only happens for liquid blocks of less than the max level value
- Determine the shortest distance to a fall, but only scan 5 blocks distance*
- If any of the directions tied for shortest have an air block, convert that air block to a liquid block with a level of 1 more than the current block)*
* This means that lava will flow towards a drop that it cannot reach.
Source creation
A water block is converted into a source block if both of the following conditions hold:
- it is bordered by at least 2 water source blocks on the same horizontal level.
- the block underneath is a solid block or (as of Minecraft 1.5) a water source block.
Lava source blocks cannot be created.
Mixing of liquids
If a liquid flows into a block occupied by another liquid, then the block turns into a solid block according to the following rules:
- If Water flows into a lava source block, then obsidian is produced.
- If Lava flows downward into Water, then stone is produced.
- if Water flows horizontally into downwards flowing lava, nothing happens.
- Otherwise, cobblestone is produced.
When determining the shortest distance to a drop, other liquid blocks are assumed to be equal to air.
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1.0.0{{Extension DPL}}<ul><li>[[Clay Ball|Clay Ball]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Clay Ball.png
| stackable = Yes (64)
| renewable = Yes
}}
{{about|the item|the block|Clay|other uses|Clay (disambiguation)}}
A '''clay ball''' is the item obtained from [[clay]] used for [[crafting]] or making [[brick]]s.
== Obtaining ==
=== Block loot ===
Clay balls are obtained when a [[clay]] block is broken with a non-[[Silk Touch]] tool. Each block yields four clay balls regardless of [[Fortune]].
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|clay-ball}}
=== Villager gifts ===
If a [[player]] has the [[Hero of the Village]] status effect, a Mason [[villager]] might throw that player a [[clay block]] as a gift. {{Only|java}} This can be placed and [[breaking|broken]] to harvest clay balls.
== Usage ==
Clay balls can be [[crafting|crafted]] back together to form [[clay]] blocks or baked in a [[furnace]] to create [[brick]]s.
=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Clay Ball
|Brick
|0.3
}}
=== Trading ===
Novice-level [[Villager|mason villagers]] buy 10 clay balls for 1 [[emerald]] as part of their [[trades]].
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
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|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Clay Ball
|spritetype=item
|nameid=clay_ball
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Clay
|spritetype=item
|nameid=clay_ball
|id=384
|form=item
|foot=1}}
== History ==
{{History|java alpha}}
{{History||v1.0.11|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 337.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w49a|Clay can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[village]] mason houses.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|Clay can now be found in [[chest]]s in [[desert]] [[village]] houses.}}
{{History|||snap=19w11a|Clay is now [[trading|bought]] by [[villager]]s of the new mason profession.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|"Clay" has been renamed to "Clay Ball."}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.2.0|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay. It is currently unobtainable and serves no purpose.}}
{{History||v0.3.2|4 clay items are now dropped from clay blocks when broken.
|Clay can now be crafted into clay blocks.
|Clay can now be smelted into bricks.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.|10–13 clay can now be [[trading|sold]] to stone mason [[villager]]s for an [[emerald]].}}
{{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Clay can now be found in [[village]] mason [[chest]]s and [[desert]] village house chests.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|[[Trading]] has been changed, stone mason villagers now [[trading|buy]] 10 clay for an emerald<!-- previously 10-13 -->.}}
{{History||1.19.0|snap=beta 1.19.0.24|Clay ball now [[renewable]] by placing [[mud]] above a block which has [[pointed dripstone]] underneath.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Clay Ball JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of clay has been changed.}}
{{History|3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Clay Ball JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added clay.}}
{{History|foot}}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:ClayInNumerousForms.png
</gallery>
== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}
{{Items}}
[[cs:Jíl]]
[[de:Tonklumpen]]
[[es:Bola de arcilla]]
[[fr:Motte d'argile]]
[[hu:Agyag (Tárgy)]]
[[it:Zolla di argilla]]
[[ja:粘土玉]]
[[ko:점토 덩이]]
[[nl:Klei (voorwerp)]]
[[pl:Glina]]
[[pt:Bola de argila]]
[[ru:Глина]]
[[uk:Глиняна кулька]]
[[zh:黏土球]]</li><li>[[Flint and Steel|Flint and Steel]]<br/>{{Item
| image = Flint and Steel.png
| rarity = Common
| renewable = Yes
| durability = 64
| stackable = No
}}
'''Flint and steel''' is a [[tool]] used to create [[fire]] or to ignite certain blocks, structures and mobs.
== Obtaining ==
=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|showname=0
|showdescription=1
|Iron Ingot
|Flint
|Output=Flint and Steel
|type=Tool
}}
{{crafting
|foot=1
|ignoreusage=1
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Output= Flint and Steel
|description= The durability of the two tools is added together, plus an extra 5% durability.
|type= Tool
}}
=== Chest loot ===
{{LootChestItem|flint-and-steel}}
== Usage ==
=== Igniting ===
When {{control|use|text=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 [[campfire]]s, [[candle]]s and [[cake|cakes with candles]].
Flint and steel can be used to light [[nether portal]]s, as any fire existing within an appropriate [[obsidian]] frame will instantly be replaced with [[Nether Portal (block)|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 {{Control|sneak|text=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 [[enchantment]]s:
{|class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Max Level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
|III
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Mending]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|-
|[[Curse of Vanishing]]
|I
|{{Inventory slot|Anvil}}
|}
== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{Sound table
|rowspan=2
|sound=Flint and steel click.ogg
|subtitle=Flint and Steel click
|source=block
|description=When a flint and steel is used to place fire
|id=item.flintandsteel.use|idnote=<ref name=incorrecteventnames group=sound>{{Cite bug|MC|177457|Fire charge and flint and steel sound event names do not follow item IDs|date=April 5, 2020}}</ref>
|translationkey=subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use|translationkeynote=<ref name=incorrecteventnames group=sound/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|subtitle=Flint and Steel click
|source=hostile
|description=When a flint and steel is used to light a creeper
|id=item.flintandsteel.use|idnote=<ref name=incorrecteventnames group=sound/>
|translationkey=subtitles.item.flintandsteel.use|translationkeynote=<ref name=incorrecteventnames group=sound/>
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|subtitle=Item breaks
|source=player
|description=When a flint and steel's durability is exhausted
|id=entity.item.break
|translationkey=subtitles.entity.item.break
|volume=0.8
|pitch=0.8-1.2
|distance=16
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}};
{{Sound table
|type=bedrock
|sound=Flint and steel click.ogg
|source=block
|description=When a flint and steel is used to place fire
|id=fire.ignite
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.8-1.2}}
{{Sound table
|sound=Random break.ogg
|source=player
|description=When a flint and steel's durability is exhausted
|id=random.break
|volume=1.0
|pitch=0.9
|foot=1}}
== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Flint and Steel
|spritetype=item
|nameid=flint_and_steel
|form=item
|foot=1}}
{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|notshowbeitemforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Flint and Steel
|spritetype=item
|nameid=flint_and_steel
|id=299
|form=item
|foot=1}}
== Achievements ==
{{Load achievements|Into the Nether}}
== Advancements ==
{{load advancements|We Need To Go Deeper}}
== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|caz8BBG48VU}}</div>
== History ==
{{more sounds|type=old|There is within the possible realm a different use sound from 2015-era Pocket Edition, can this be uploaded?}}
{{History|java indev}}
{{History||0.31|snap=20100110|[[File:Flint and Steel JE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.
|Flint and steel can be used to set [[fire]].}}
{{History|||snap=20100129|[[File:Flint and Steel JE2.png|32px]] The steel part of the texture has been brightened.
|Flint and steel can be used alongside [[lava]] to [[smelting|smelt]] [[ores]] and cook [[food]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA</ref>}}
{{History|||snap=20100201-2|Flint and steel can now sometimes be dropped as loot from killing [[mobs]].}}
{{History||20100219|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] 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]].
|[[Furnace]]s have been added to replace the cooking and [[smelting]] function of flint and steel.}}
{{History|java beta}}
{{History||1.7|Flint and steel, along with [[fire]] itself, [[explosion]]s and [[Mechanics/Redstone/Circuit|redstone]] are now the only ways to activate [[TNT]].<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|78154891637436416}}</ref>}}
{{History|java}}
{{History||1.3.1|snap=12w21a|The [[player]] can now [[trading|buy]] 1 flint and steel from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s, making flint and steel [[renewable]].}}
{{History||1.4.2|snap=12w38a|The [[sound]] when using flint and steel has been changed.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w04a|[[Dispenser]]s are now able to use flint and steel on the [[block]] in front of them.}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=13w18a|Flint and steel can now be found in the new [[chest]]s in [[nether fortress]]es.}}
{{History|||snap=13w25a|Flint and steel now loses [[durability]] when igniting [[TNT]].}}
{{History||1.7.2|snap=13w36a|Flint and steel now has a shapeless crafting recipe.
{{{!}} class{{=}}"collapsible collapsed" data-description{{=}}"Old recipe"
! Old recipe
{{!}}-
{{!}}
{{Crafting
|A1=Iron Ingot
|B2=Flint
|Output=Flint and Steel
|ignoreusage=1
}}
{{!}}}
|Using flint and steel on a [[creeper]] now causes it to [[explosion|explode]].}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w02a|[[Villager]]s no longer [[trading|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.}}
{{History||1.9|snap=15w43a|The average yield of flint and steel in [[nether fortress]] [[chest]]s has been slightly reduced.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 259.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w07a|[[Gravel]] now can be given by the [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], making flint and steel renewable again.}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Flint and steel can now be found inside [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.4.0|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
{{History||v0.7.0|Flint and steel can now be used to set [[fire]].}}
{{History||v0.7.4|Using flint and steel on a [[creeper]] now causes it to [[explosion|explode]].}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|Added flint and steel to the [[creative]] [[inventory]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Flint and steel can now be used to activate a [[nether portal]].
|Flint and steel can now be found in [[nether fortress]]es.
|Flint and steel can now be [[enchanted]] in [[anvil]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.0|snap=build 1|Flint and steel can now be used inside [[dispenser]]s when powered.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Flint and steel can now be obtained by [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s.|Flint and steel can now be enchanted with [[Curse of Vanishing]] through an [[anvil]].}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.57|Flint and steel are no longer obtainable from [[bartering]].
|Flint and steel can now be found inside [[ruined portal]] chests.}}
{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
{{History||xbox=TU3|Flint and steel, along with [[fire]] itself, [[explosion]]s and [[redstone (disambiguation)|redstone]] are now the only ways to activate [[TNT]].}}
{{History||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Flint and steel now makes [[sound]]s when igniting [[block]]s.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
{{History|foot}}
Historical sounds:
{| class="wikitable"
! Sound
! From
! to
! Pitch
|-
| {{sound||Flint and Steel old.ogg}}
| ?
| ?
| ?
|}
== Issues ==
{{issue list}}
== Trivia ==
* In [[Adventure mode]], flint and steel cannot light fires, nor can it ignite nether portals (unless it has the tag {{cd|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 [[Java Edition mentioned features#Steel|steel]] in the game and it's crafted with iron instead. This is similar to the [[Old Growth Taiga|Old Growth Pine Taiga]], as there are no pines in the game and they have [[Spruce|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==
{{Reflist}}
{{Items}}
[[Category:Renewable resources]]
[[cs:Křesadlo]]
[[de:Feuerzeug]]
[[es:Mechero]]
[[fr:Briquet]]
[[hu:Kovakő acéllal]]
[[ja:火打石と打ち金]]
[[ko:부싯돌과 부시]]
[[nl:Vuursteen en staal]]
[[pl:Krzesiwo]]
[[pt:Pederneira]]
[[ru:Огниво]]
[[zh:打火石]]</li></ul> | Beta 1.9-pre1 | Liquid that is suspended above an open area by one block thick of material will seep through the material and drip to the floor. Lava that falls onto water will produce stone, instead of replacing the water. | |||
| Beta 1.9-pre5 | A lava block could be converted into a source block if the following conditions were met:
| ||||
| ? | Lava source blocks can no longer be created. | ||||
Trivia
- Natural springs of both liquids can be found in extreme hills biomes. They can also appear as small pools at the surface or in underground caves.
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