Flint and Steel Recipe
How to Craft Flint and Steel
Flint and Steel is a tool used to create fire and light portals to the Nether.
Crafting
Ingredients Needed:
- 1x Iron Ingot
- 1x Flint
Step-by-step Instructions
- Open a Crafting Table to access the 3×3 grid.
- Arrange the materials as shown in the grid above, then place the output Flint And Steel into your inventory.
- That’s it! You can now use or place your new item.
Ingredient Tips
Iron Ingot: Smelt iron ore or deepslate iron ore in a furnace or blast furnace.
Flint: Drops when mining gravel (higher chance with Fortune); trade with Fletcher villagers.
Uses for Flint and Steel
- Creating fire blocks
- Lighting Nether portals
- Igniting TNT and other explosives
- Cooking food directly (by lighting animals on fire)
Fun Fact
Flint and Steel was one of the first tools added to Minecraft that wasn't part of the standard tool set (pickaxe, axe, shovel, hoe). It's essential for progression to the Nether dimension.