Minecraft:Flint and Steel

Template:Infobox item Flint and steel is a Minecraft:tool used to create Minecraft:fire or to ignite certain blocks, structures and mobs.

Obtaining

Usage

Igniting

When Template:Control 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:campfires, Minecraft:candles and cakes with candles.

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

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 Template:Control, 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 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

Template:Exclusive 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">Template:Bug</ref>

Repairing

Anvil repair

Template:Main Template:Repairing A flint and steel can be combined with another flint and steel in an Minecraft:anvil, preserving the Minecraft:enchantments of both.

Enchantments

Flint and steel can receive the following Minecraft:enchantments:

Name	Description	Max level	Method	Weight
Minecraft:Unbreaking	Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.	III	Template:BlockLink	5
Minecraft:Mending	Repairs the flint and steel when obtaining Minecraft:experience.	I	Template:BlockLink	2
Minecraft:Curse of Vanishing	The flint and steel vanishes on death, not dropping as an item.	I	Template:BlockLink	1

Sounds

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Data values

ID

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Videos

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History

Historical sounds

Sound	From	to	Pitch
Template:Sound	?	12w38a	1.0

Texture history

Texture	width=80x80	width=80x80	width=80x80	width=80x80
Edition	since	since	since	since
Minecraft:Java Edition	Indev 0.31 20100110	Indev 0.31 20100129-1447	Indev 20100219	1.14 18w43a
	2010-10-10	2010-01-29	2010-02-19	2018-10-24
Pocket/Bedrock Edition	–	–	v0.4.0	beta 1.10.0.3
			2012-09-06	2019-01-30
Minecraft:Xbox 360 Edition	–	–	TU1	–
			2012-05-12
Minecraft:Xbox One Edition	–	–	CU1	–
			2014-09-05
PS3 Edition	–	–	1.00	–
			2013-12-17
PS4 Edition	–	–	1.00	1.90
			2014-09-04	2019-04-15
PS Vita Edition	–	–	1.00	–
			2014-10-14
Minecraft:Wii U Edition	–	–	Patch 1	–
			2015-12-17
Minecraft:Nintendo Switch Edition	–	–	1.0.1	–
			2017-05-11
New Nintendo 3DS Editon	–	–	0.1.0	–
			2017-09-13

Trivia

• The name "Flint and Steel" may be misleading as there is a lack of steel in the game and is instead crafted with iron.
• In real life, the steel piece is called a Template:W. 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 CanPlaceOn:obsidian). However, it can still ignite TNT and creepers.

Gallery

In other media

• Flint and steel in Template:Amcm.
  Flint and steel in Template:Amcm.

External links

• Template:Mcnet