View source for Minecraft:Flint and Steel

{{About|the item in ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]''|other uses of flint|Flint (disambiguation)|other uses of steel|Steel}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Flint and Steel.png
| invimage = Flint and Steel
| durability = {{jebe|64|65}}
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = No
}}
'''Flint and steel''' is a [[Minecraft:tool]] used to create [[Minecraft:fire]] or to ignite certain blocks, structures and mobs.

== Obtaining ==
=== Generated loot ===
{{LootChestItem|flint-and-steel}}

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|Iron Ingot
|Flint
|Output=Flint and Steel
|type=Tool
}}

== Usage ==
=== Igniting ===
When {{control|used}} on the space above any solid top surface, on any side of any flammable block or any side of any [[Minecraft:obsidian]] block within a valid unlit [[Minecraft:nether portal]] frame regardless of if there is a solid top surface available, the flint and steel places a [[Minecraft:fire]] there.

Flint and steel can be used to light unlit [[Minecraft:campfire]]s, [[Minecraft:candle]]s and [[Minecraft:cake|cakes with candles]].

Flint and steel can be used to light [[Minecraft:nether portal]]s, as any fire existing within an appropriate [[Minecraft:obsidian]] frame is instantly replaced with [[Minecraft:nether portal block]]s that occupy the entirety of the frame. Flint and steel ''cannot'' light [[Minecraft:end portal]]s.

Using flint and steel on [[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:TNT]] the flint and steel was used on.

A flint and steel can be used on a [[Minecraft:creeper]] or [[Minecraft:charged creeper]] to force it to explode. Explosions initiated in this way cannot be cancelled.

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

=== Breaking tool ===
{{exclusive|bedrock|section=1}}
The flint and steel is considered as a breaking tool; It loses 2 [[Minecraft:durability]] points when it is used to break a block with a value of [[Minecraft:hardness]] more than 0.<ref name="MC-61176">{{bug|MCPE-61176}}</ref>

=== Repairing ===
==== Combining ====
{{Crafting|Damaged Flint and Steel|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Output = Flint and Steel
|type = Combat
|ignoreusage = 1
|showdescription = 1
|description = The durability of the two flint and steels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
}}
{{Grinding
|showdescription=1
|ingredients=2× Damaged [[Minecraft:Flint and Steel]]
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Flint and Steel
|description=The durability of the two flint and steels is added together, plus an extra 5% of durability.
}}

==== Anvil repair ====
{{main|Anvil mechanics#Unit repair}}
{{Repairing
|head=1
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Damaged Flint and Steel
|Flint and Steel
|tail=1}}
A flint and steel can be combined with another flint and steel in an [[Minecraft:anvil]], preserving the [[Minecraft:enchantment]]s of both.

=== Enchantments ===
Flint and steel can receive the following [[Minecraft:enchantment]]s:
{|class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Description
!Max level
![[Minecraft:Enchanting|Method]]
!Weight
|-
|[[Minecraft:Unbreaking]]
|Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Minecraft:Mending]]
|Repairs the flint and steel when obtaining [[Minecraft:experience]].
|I
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing]]
|The flint and steel vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.
|I
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|1
|}

== Sounds ==
{{edition|java}}:
{{SoundTable
| type = java
| {{SoundLine
|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}}
| {{SoundLine
|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}}
| {{SoundLine
|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
}}
}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{SoundTable
|type = bedrock
| {{SoundLine
|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}}
| {{SoundLine
|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
}}
}}

== 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}}

== Videos ==
<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?}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100110|[[File:Flint and Steel JE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.
|Flint and steel can be used to set [[Minecraft:fire]].
|At this time, flint and steel have no durability, and can be used infinitely.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|[[File:Flint and Steel JE2.png|32px]] The steel part of the texture has been brightened.
|Flint and steel can be used alongside [[Minecraft:lava]] to smelt [[Minecraft:ore]]s and cook [[Minecraft:food]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100131-2156|Flint and steel now have [[Minecraft:durability]] which is 65.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-0038|Flint and steel can now sometimes be dropped as loot from killing [[Minecraft:Mob (entity)|Mob]] mobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine||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 [[Minecraft:iron ingot]] and the newly added [[Minecraft:flint]].
|[[Minecraft:Furnace]]s have been added to replace the cooking and [[Minecraft:smelting]] function of flint and steel.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7|Flint and steel, along with [[Minecraft:fire]] itself, [[Minecraft:explosion]]s and [[Minecraft:Mechanics/Redstone/Circuit|redstone]] are now the only ways to activate [[Minecraft:TNT]].<ref>{{tweet|jeb_|78154891637436416|Although defusing TNT with shears was funny, the suggestion that TNT only goes off by redstone or flint and steel makes much more sense|June 8, 2011}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3|Flint and steel can now be enchanted using an enchantment table, but it is only a visual effect, as no enchantments exist yet.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Flint and steel can no longer be enchanted using an enchantment table.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w21a|The [[Minecraft:player]] can now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 1 flint and steel from farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s, making flint and steel [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w38a|The [[Minecraft:sound]] when using flint and steel has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w04a|[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are now able to use flint and steel on the [[Minecraft:block]] in front of them.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w18a|Flint and steel can now be found in the new [[Minecraft:chest]]s in [[Minecraft:nether fortress]]es.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w25a|Flint and steel now loses [[Minecraft:durability]] when igniting [[Minecraft:TNT]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.7.2|dev=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 [[Minecraft:creeper]] now causes it to [[Minecraft:explode]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w02a|[[Minecraft:Villager]]s no longer [[Minecraft: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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w43a|The average yield of flint and steel in [[Minecraft:nether fortress]] chests has been slightly reduced.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w07a|[[Minecraft:Gravel]] now can be given by [[Minecraft:piglin]]s when [[Minecraft:bartering]], making flint and steel renewable again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w16a|Flint and steel can now be found inside [[Minecraft:ruined portal]] chests.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.4.0|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.0|Flint and steel can now be used to set [[Minecraft:fire]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.4|Using flint and steel on a [[Minecraft:creeper]] now causes it to [[Minecraft:explode]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|Added flint and steel to the [[Minecraft:Creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Flint and steel can now be used to activate a [[Minecraft:nether portal]].
|Flint and steel can now be found in [[Minecraft:nether fortress]]es.
|Flint and steel can now be [[Minecraft:enchanted]] in [[Minecraft:anvil]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Flint and steel can now be used inside [[Minecraft:dispenser]]s when powered.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Flint and steel can now be obtained by [[Minecraft:bartering]] with [[Minecraft:piglin]]s.|Flint and steel can now be enchanted with [[Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing]] through an [[Minecraft:anvil]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Flint and steel are no longer obtainable from [[Minecraft:bartering]].
|Flint and steel can now be found inside [[Minecraft:ruined portal]] chests.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU3|Flint and steel, along with [[Minecraft:fire]] itself, [[Minecraft:explosion]]s and [[Minecraft:redstone components|redstone]] are now the only ways to activate [[Minecraft:TNT]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|The [[Minecraft:player]] can now [[Minecraft:trading|buy]] 1 flint and steel from farmer [[Minecraft:villager]]s for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[Minecraft:Dispenser]]s are now able to use flint and steel on the [[Minecraft:block]] in front of them.|Flint and steel can now be found in the new [[Minecraft:chest]]s in [[Minecraft:nether fortress]]es.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU31|xbone=CU19|ps3=1.22|psvita=1.22|ps4=1.22|wiiu=Patch 3|Using flint and steel on a [[Minecraft:creeper]] now causes it to [[Minecraft:explode]].|[[Minecraft:Villager]]s no longer [[Minecraft:trading|sell]] flint and steel, making it no longer renewable without resetting [[Minecraft:the Nether]]. 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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of flint and steel has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|32px]] Added flint and steel.}}
}}

=== Historical sounds ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Sound
! From
! to
! Pitch
|-
| {{sound||Flint and Steel old.ogg}}
| ?
| [[Minecraft:Java Edition 12w38a| 12w38a]]
| 1.0
|}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:Java Edition Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this item's numeral ID was 259.}}
}}

=== Texture history ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Texture
![[File:Flint and Steel JE1.png|frameless|width=80x80]]
![[File:Flint and Steel JE2.png|frameless|width=80x80]]
![[File:Flint and Steel JE3 BE1.png|frameless|width=80x80]]
![[File:Flint and Steel JE4 BE2.png|frameless|width=80x80]]
|-
!Edition
!since
!since
!since
!since
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Java Edition]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100110|Indev 0.31 20100110]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 0.31 20100129-1447|Indev 0.31 20100129-1447]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition Indev 20100219|Indev 20100219]]
|[[Minecraft:Java Edition 18w43a|1.14 18w43a]]
|-
|2010-10-10
|2010-01-29
|2010-02-19
|2018-10-24
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition|Pocket/Bedrock Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:Pocket Edition v0.4.0 alpha|v0.4.0]]
|[[Minecraft:Bedrock Edition beta 1.10.0.3|beta 1.10.0.3]]
|-
|2012-09-06
|2019-01-30
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition TU1|TU1]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2012-05-12
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:Xbox One Edition CU1|CU1]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2014-09-05
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:PlayStation 3 Edition|PS3 Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:PlayStation 3 Edition 1.00|1.00]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2013-12-17
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:PlayStation 4 Edition|PS4 Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:PlayStation 4 Edition 1.00|1.00]]
|[[Minecraft:PlayStation 4 Edition 1.90|1.90]]
|-
|2014-09-04
|2019-04-15
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:PlayStation Vita Edition|PS Vita Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:PlayStation Vita Edition 1.00|1.00]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2014-10-14
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Wii U Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:Wii U Edition Patch 1|Patch 1]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2015-12-17
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition 1.0.1|1.0.1]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2017-05-11
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Minecraft:New Nintendo 3DS Edition|New Nintendo 3DS Editon]]
| rowspan="2" |–
| rowspan="2" |–
|[[Minecraft:New Nintendo 3DS Edition 0.1.0|0.1.0]]
| rowspan="2" |–
|-
|2017-09-13
|}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* The name "Flint and Steel" may be misleading as there is a lack of steel in the game and is instead crafted with [[Minecraft:iron ingot|iron]].
* In real life, the steel piece is called a {{W|fire striker}}. Before the invention of steel, iron minerals were also used as material for the fire striker, though it was less effective.
* In [[Minecraft:Adventure mode]], flint and steel cannot light fires, nor can it ignite nether portals (unless it has the tag <code>CanPlaceOn:obsidian</code>). However, it can still ignite TNT and creepers.

== Gallery ==

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
File:AMCM Flint and Steel.jpeg|Flint and steel in {{amcm}}.
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{mcnet|flint-and-steel|Taking Inventory: Flint and Steel|May 17, 2025|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}}

== Navigation ==
{{navbox tools}}
{{Navbox items|tools}}
{{Navbox combat|general}}

[[Category:Tools]]

[[Minecraft:cs:Křesadlo]]
[[Minecraft:de:Feuerzeug]]
[[Minecraft:es:Mechero]]
[[Minecraft:fr:Briquet]]
[[Minecraft:hu:Kovakő acéllal]]
[[Minecraft:it:Acciarino]]
[[Minecraft:ja:火打石と打ち金]]
[[Minecraft:ko:부싯돌과 부시]]
[[Minecraft:lzh:燧鐮]]
[[Minecraft:nl:Vuursteen en staal]]
[[Minecraft:pl:Krzesiwo]]
[[Minecraft:pt:Pederneira]]
[[Minecraft:ru:Огниво]]
[[Minecraft:uk:Кресало]]
[[Minecraft:zh:打火石]]