Flint

Flint is a mineral obtained from gravel.

Obtaining[]

Mining[]

When a block of gravel is mined, there is a 10% chance for a single piece of flint to drop instead of the gravel block. When mined with a Fortune-enchanted tool, this chance increases to 16% at Fortune I, 25% at Fortune II, and 100% at Fortune III. Gravel mined using a tool with Silk Touch or gravel that fell on a non-solid block never produces flint.

Trading[]

Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 50%‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or ²⁄₃‌^{[Java Edition only]} chance to offer 10 pieces of flint for 10 blocks of gravel and an emerald.

Chest loot[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Flint	Ruined portal	Chest	1–4	46.4%
Flint	Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8%
Bedrock Edition
Flint	Ruined portal	Chest	1–4	46.4%
Flint	Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8%

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Arrow	Flint + Stick + Feather	4
Fletching Table	Flint + Any Planks
Flint and Steel	Iron Ingot + Flint

Trading[]

Apprentice-level fletcher villagers buy 26 flint for an emerald.

Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a ²⁄₃ chance to buy 26 flint for an emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a ²⁄₅ chance to buy 30 flint for one emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers buy 24 flint for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Flint	`flint`	Item	`item.minecraft.flint`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Flint	`flint`	`356`	Item	`item.flint.name`

History[]

Java Edition Indev
20100219					Added flint.
20100219					Flint is now used to craft flint and steel.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14					Crafting arrows now requires flint, rather than iron ingots.
Java Edition
1.3.1		12w21a			Farmer villagers now sell 4–5 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
1.3.1		1.3			The texture of flint has been slightly changed.
1.8		14w02a			Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 318.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of flint has been changed.
		18w50a			Flint can now be found in chests in village fletcher houses.
		19w11a			Fletcher, leatherworker, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers now buy flint.
1.16		20w07a			Flint has a ¹⁰⁄₁₀₉ (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 3–8, making it renewable.
		20w09a			Flint can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins. However, they are still renewable as piglins offer gravel.
		20w16a			Flint now generates in ruined portal chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3					Added flint.
v0.3.3					Flint can be used to craft arrows.
v0.4.0					Flint can now be used to make flint and steel.
v0.8.0		build 1			The texture of flint has been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4		alpha 1.0.4.0			Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of flint has been changed.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Flint can now be found in village fletcher chests.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Trading has been changed, fletcher villagers now have a 50% chance to sell 10 flint for 10 gravel and one emerald as part of their first tier trade.
		beta 1.11.0.4			Flint can now be sold to toolsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, and leatherworker villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added flint.
?					The texture of flint has been changed.
		1.90			The texture of flint has been changed.