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

Step-by-step Instructions

Open a Crafting Table to access the 3×3 grid.
Place ingredients exactly as shown in the grid (shape matters unless marked shapeless) then move the resulting Flint And Steel to your inventory.
Use, place, or craft further with your new item.

Ingredients Needed

1x Iron Ingot
1x Flint

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.

Technical Stats

Stack Size: 1
Renewable: Yes

Variants & Interactions

Key Interactions:

Lights TNT
Ignites campfires
Can cook animals when set on fire

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.

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