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{{For|the items in [[Minecraft: Story Mode]]|MCSM:Flint and Steel|MCSM:Enchanted Flint and Steel}}
{{Infobox item
| image = Flint and Steel.png
| invimage = Flint and Steel
| 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 ==
=== 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 [[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 is instantly replaced with [[nether portal block]]s that occupy the entirety of the frame. Flint and steel ''cannot'' light [[end portal]]s.

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]] or [[charged 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 [[Campfire|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.

=== 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 3 points of durability.
}}
{{Grinding
|showdescription=1
|ingredients=2× Damaged [[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 3 points of durability.
}}

==== Unit 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 [[anvil]], preserving the [[enchantment]]s of both.

=== Enchantments ===
Flint and steel can receive the following [[enchantment]]s:
{|class="wikitable col-2-center col-3-right"
|+
!Name
!Description
!Max level
![[Enchanting|Method]]
!Weight
|-
|[[Unbreaking]]
|Grants a chance to negate durability consumption.
|III
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|5
|-
|[[Mending]]
|Repairs the flint and steel when obtaining [[experience]].
|I
|{{BlockLink|Anvil}}
|2
|-
|[[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}}

== 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?}}
{{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 [[fire]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=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 smelt [[ore]]s and cook [[food]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|Flint and steel can now sometimes be dropped as loot from killing [[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 [[iron ingot]] and the newly added [[flint]].
|[[Furnace]]s have been added to replace the cooking and [[smelting]] function of flint and steel.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||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|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||1.3.1|dev=12w21a|The [[player]] can now [[trading|buy]] 1 flint and steel from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s, making flint and steel [[renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.2|dev=12w38a|The [[sound]] when using flint and steel has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w04a|[[Dispenser]]s are now able to use flint and steel on the [[block]] in front of them.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w18a|Flint and steel can now be found in the new [[chest]]s in [[nether fortress]]es.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w25a|Flint and steel now loses [[durability]] when igniting [[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 [[creeper]] now causes it to [[explode]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9|dev=15w43a|The average yield of flint and steel in [[nether fortress]] chests has been slightly reduced.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[item]]'s numeral ID was 259.}}
|{{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|[[Gravel]] now can be given by [[piglin]]s when [[bartering]], making flint and steel renewable again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w16a|Flint and steel can now be found inside [[ruined portal]] chests.}}

|{{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 [[fire]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.4|Using flint and steel on a [[creeper]] now causes it to [[explode]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|Added flint and steel to the [[Creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=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.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.0|dev=build 1|Flint and steel can now be used inside [[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 [[bartering]] with [[piglin]]s.|Flint and steel can now be enchanted with [[Curse of Vanishing]] through an [[anvil]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=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.}}

|{{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 [[fire]] itself, [[explosion]]s and [[redstone components|redstone]] are now the only ways to activate [[TNT]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU14|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.04|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|The [[player]] can now [[trading|buy]] 1 flint and steel from farmer [[villager]]s for 3 [[emerald]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[Dispenser]]s are now able to use flint and steel on the [[block]] in front of them.|Flint and steel can now be found in the new [[chest]]s in [[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 [[creeper]] now causes it to [[explode]].|Flint and steel now makes [[sound]]s when igniting [[block]]s.|[[Villager]]s no longer [[trading|sell]] flint and steel, making it no longer renewable without resetting [[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.}}

|{{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}}
| ?
| ?
| ?
|}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* In [[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.
* Mojang mentioned steel as a "stronger" iron, but there are no plans to add it to the game.
* In the April Fools snapshot [[Java Edition 23w13a or b]], one of the possible votes was “Flint and Steel can ignite any block”.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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