How to Make Flint and Steel in Minecraft

What if you cannot start a fire in Minecraft world? You can imagine many bad things that might happen in this circumstance. Fire is super important in the wild both in the real world and the Minecraft world.

Making a fire can be challenging in the wild unless you have useful items for starting a fire. This is the reason why you need to know how to make flint and steel in minecraft.

Besides starting a fire, the flint and steel can also be utilized as a lighter for igniting TNT.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Supported
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	Yes
Pocket Edition (PE)	Yes
Xbox 360	Yes
Xbox One	Yes
PS3	Yes
PS4	Yes
Wii U	Yes
Nintendo Switch	Yes
Windows 10 Edition	Yes
Education Edition	Yes

Prepare Necessary Materials

The fun thing about playing Minecraft is that you can make and build various things. Of course, you have to make sure that your craft and building are safe from the attacks.

It is a wise choice to keep everything bright. This might be the reason why you want to make flint and steel. Because Flint and Steel are very important, you cannot take the wrong way to craft this item.

However, you do not have to worry because it is super easy to make this item. The very first thing to do is just to make sure that you have the necessary materials in your inventory.

The flint and steel can be made by preparing one Iron Ingot and one Flint.

Open the Crafting Menu

Of course, the materials will not change into flint and steel right away. There is a special place that can make your dream of making flint and steel come true.

Yes, you have to open the crafting menu first. In the crafting table, you have a 3×3 crafting grid that is ready to be filled with the required materials according to the flint and steel recipe.

Arrange Materials

The recipe becomes an important matter when crafting items including flint and steel. The answer of how to make flint and steel in minecraft cannot be separated from the recipe of flint and steel.

The recipe in Minecraft is completely different from the recipe for cooking in real life. The recipe in Minecraft means the pattern for crafting items in the game.

For making flint and steel, you have to arrange the materials according to the right pattern. The first important material is one Iron Ingot.

You need to place it in the first empty box in the crafting grid first row. As for the second material, the flint can be added in the middlebox of the second row in the crafting grid. It is not difficult at all to follow the flint and steel recipe.

Store Items in the Inventory

The flint and steel icon will appear in the box sited on the right side of the crafting grid if you can follow the flint and steel recipe correctly. It does not mean that you can just do it right away.

You must not forget to move the flint and steel result to your inventory. Now, your Flint and Steel are ready to be utilized for making other things.

Use the Flint and Steel

The flint and steel sound pretty small and simple items in Minecraft but it has a very important role for helping you play Minecraft better and safer.

The Flint and Steel are useful for making fire. It can be the very basic function of the flint and steel. Nevertheless, more functions can be found from this item since it is necessary for creating a Nether Portal and a Skeleton Skull.

Anytime you want to create a Zombie Head as well as Creeper Head, you will also need the flint and steel. That is why understanding how to make flint and steel in minecraft will be beneficial for every Minecraft player in the world.