Fire charges are items that can be used as a single-use version of a flint and steel or shot as a small fireball from a dispenser.
Obtaining[]
Chest loot[]
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Fire Charge | Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 46.4% |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Fire Charge | Ruined portal | Chest | 1 | 46.4% |
Crafting[]
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder |
Bartering[]
Piglins may barter 1 fire charge when given a gold ingot.
Usage[]
Dispensing Fire Charge
Fire charges can be used as ammunition for dispensers, or as a substitute for flint and steel.
When used, it instantly places a fire, similar to flint and steel. The fire charge is consumed in the process. It can prime TNT, light nether portals, campfires, candles, cakes with candles and creepers[Java Edition only] like flint and steel.
When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it shoots a small fireball.
Crafting ingredient[]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firework Star | Gunpowder + Matching Dye + Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. | |
| White Firework Star or Blue Firework Star or Brown Firework Star or Black Firework Star |
Gunpowder + Bone Meal or Lapis Lazuli or Cocoa Beans or Ink Sac + Fire Charge + Glowstone Dust + Diamond |
[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only] Up to eight dyes can be added. One head, gold nugget, feather, or fire charge can be added. Both the diamond and the glowstone dust can be added with any of the other ingredients. |
Sounds[]
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghast shoots | Hostile Creatures | When a fireball is shot by a ghast | entity | subtitles | 10.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 [verify] | |
| Blaze shoots [sound 1] | Hostile Creatures | When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser or a blaze | entity[sound 1] | subtitles[sound 1] | 2.0 | 0.8–1.2 | 32 | |
| Fireball whooshes | Blocks | When a fire charge is used by hand | item[sound 2] | subtitles[sound 2] | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 | |
| Fireball whooshes | Hostile Creatures | When a fire charge is used to light a creeper | item[sound 2] | subtitles[sound 2] | 1.0 | 0.8-1.2 | 16 |
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hostile Creatures | When something shoots or uses a fire charge | mob | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Data values[]
ID[]
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Charge | fire_charge | Item | item.minecraft.fire_charge |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Charge | fire_charge | fireball | 509 | Item | item.fireball.name |
Entity data[]
Main article: Small Fireball § Entity data
Achievements[]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | Other | |||||
| Into The Nether | Construct a Nether Portal. | Light a nether portal. | 30G | Bronze | ||
Advancements[]
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | We Need to Go Deeper | Build, light and enter a Nether Portal | Ice Bucket Challenge | Enter the Nether dimension. | story/enter_the_nether
|
Video[]
History[]
For information pertaining to smallmfireballs (which fire charges produce when shot from a dispenser), see Small Fireball § History.
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease |  Added the fire charge texture. It is currently only used by fireballs and small fireballs, both of which are entities, and is not used by any items. | |||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Added fire charges, which use the above texture. They can be crafted only with coal. | |||
| 12w05a | Fire charges can now be crafted with charcoal. | ||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w38b | The sound when using the fire charge has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as flint and steel. | |||
| 1.4.6 | 12w49a | Fire charges can now be used to craft fireworks. | |||
| 1.8 | 14w31a | The sound when using fire charges to set fire has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as when fired from dispensers. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w33c | Fire charges now appear purple and explode with dragon's breath when fired from dispensers. Whether a true dragon fireball entity is created or if this effect is purely visual is unknown. | |||
| 15w44b | Fire charges once again appear as small fireballs when fired from dispensers. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w40a | The life tag is no longer used for anything, but still saved/read.[more information needed] | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 385. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a |  The texture of fire charges has now been changed. | |||
| 1.15 | 19w42a | Dispensed fire charges[more information needed] can now light campfires. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Fire charges have a 5⁄109 (~4.59%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1. | |||
| 20w09a | Fire charges now have a 20⁄226 (~8.85%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w10a | Fire charges now have a 40⁄411 (~9.73%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w11a | Fire charges now have a 40⁄417 (~9.59%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w13a | Fire charges now have a 40⁄424 (~9.43%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w16a | Fire charges now generate in ruined portal chests. | ||||
| 20w20a | Fire charges now have a 40⁄423 (~9.46%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w28a | Fire charges now have a 40⁄459 (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1. | |||
| 1.19.3 | Pre-release 2 | Fire charges can now be used to forcibly detonate creepers.[1] | |||
| 1.19.4 | 23w06a | Added the fire charge to the "Ingredients" tab in the creative inventory. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Added fire charges. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.2.0 | beta 1.2.0.2 | Fire charges can now be used to craft firework stars. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of fire charges has now been changed. | |||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Fire charges can now be obtained from bartering with piglin. | |||
| Fire charges can now be found in ruined portal chests. | |||||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of fire charges has been changed from fireball to fire_charge. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU9 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added fire charges. |
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Fire charges now make sounds when igniting blocks. | |
| 1.90 | The texture of fire charges has now been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added fire charges. | ||||
Issues[]
Issues relating to "Fire Charge" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[]
A fire charge found in a ruined portal chest, together with an enchanted golden apple.
See also[]
References[]
External Links[]
- Taking Inventory: Fire Charge – Minecraft.net on January 11, 2019