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Fire Charge

Fire Charge

A fire charge is an item that can be used as a single-use version of a flint and steel or shot as a small fireball from a dispenser.

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Contents (28)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Generated loot
  3. Crafting
  4. Bartering
  5. Natural occurrence
  6. Usage
  7. Dispenser
  8. Fire
  9. Crafting ingredient
  10. Sounds
  11. Data values
  12. ID
  13. Entity data
  14. Achievements
  15. Advancements
  16. Videos
  17. History
  18. Java Edition
  19. Bedrock Edition
  20. Legacy Console Edition
  21. New Nintendo 3DS Edition
  22. Data history
  23. Issues
  24. Gallery
  25. Screenshots
  26. See also
  27. References
  28. External links
For other uses, see Fire (disambiguation).
Fire Charge
Fire Charge.png: Infobox image for Minecraft item entity 'Fire Charge'
Invicon Fire Charge.png: Inventory sprite for Fire Charge in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Fire Charge
Rarity tier
  Common
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Network ID JE: 64

A fire charge is an item that can be used as a single-use version of a flint and steel or shot as a small fireball from a dispenser.

Obtaining

Despite firing small fireballs, blazes do not drop fire charges.

Generated loot

Item Structure Container Quantity Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
Fire Charge Ruined Portal Chest 1 46.4%
{ "item": "Fire Charge", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.46437576826185156, "structure": "Ruined Portal", "container": "Chest" }
Trial Chambers Chamber dispenser 4–8 20.7%
{ "item": "Fire Charge", "stacksize": "4–8", "chance": 0.2068965517241379, "structure": "Trial Chambers", "container": "Chamber dispenser" }

Crafting

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Blaze Powder +
Coal or 
Charcoal +
Gunpowder
Invicon Blaze Powder.png: Inventory sprite for Blaze Powder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blaze Powder with description: Blaze PowderInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Charcoal.png: Inventory sprite for Charcoal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Charcoal with description: CharcoalInvicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: Gunpowder
Invicon Fire Charge.png: Inventory sprite for Fire Charge in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Fire Charge3

Bartering

When given a gold ingot, piglins have a ~8.53% (40⁄469) chance to barter a single fire charge.

Natural occurrence

Main article: Ominous Trial Spawner § Projectile spawning

During ominous trials, each ominous trial spawner has a 1⁄5 chance to dispense a fire charge on top of either a player or a mob it spawns. The fire charge is directly dispensed into the world and cannot be obtained in the inventory.

Usage

Dispenser

Dispensed small fireball

Fire charges can be used as ammunition in dispensers. When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it shoots a small fireball. However, a player cannot simply use a fire charge while holding it to shoot a small fireball.

Fire

When used, a fire charge instantly places a fire, similar to flint and steel. But, unlike flint and steel, the fire charge is consumed in the process. It can prime TNT and light Nether portals, campfires, candles, cakes with candles, and creepers‌[Java Edition only].

Crafting ingredient

Name Ingredients Crafting recipe Notes
Black Firework Star Gunpowder +
Matching Dye +
Extra ingredients (optional)
Invicon Gunpowder.png: Inventory sprite for Gunpowder in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gunpowder with description: GunpowderInvicon White Dye.png: Inventory sprite for White Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to White Dye with description: White DyeInvicon Light Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Gray Dye with description: Light Gray DyeInvicon Gray Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Gray Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Gray Dye with description: Gray DyeInvicon Black Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Black Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Dye with description: Black DyeInvicon Brown Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Brown Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Brown Dye with description: Brown DyeInvicon Red Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Red Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Red Dye with description: Red DyeInvicon Orange Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Orange Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Orange Dye with description: Orange DyeInvicon Yellow Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Yellow Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Yellow Dye with description: Yellow DyeInvicon Lime Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Lime Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Lime Dye with description: Lime DyeInvicon Green Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Green Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Green Dye with description: Green DyeInvicon Cyan Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Cyan Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Cyan Dye with description: Cyan DyeInvicon Light Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Light Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Light Blue Dye with description: Light Blue DyeInvicon Blue Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Blue Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Blue Dye with description: Blue DyeInvicon Purple Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Purple Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Purple Dye with description: Purple DyeInvicon Magenta Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Magenta Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Magenta Dye with description: Magenta DyeInvicon Pink Dye.png: Inventory sprite for Pink Dye in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Pink Dye with description: Pink DyeInvicon Fire Charge.png: Inventory sprite for Fire Charge in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Fire ChargeInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Glowstone Dust.png: Inventory sprite for Glowstone Dust in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Glowstone Dust with description: Glowstone DustInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: DiamondInvicon Diamond.png: Inventory sprite for Diamond in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Diamond with description: Diamond
Invicon Black Firework Star.png: Inventory sprite for Black Firework Star in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Black Firework Star with description: Firework Star Black
 More dyes (up to a total of eight) can be added for a mixed color.
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.
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Sounds

Java Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Ghast shootsHostile MobsWhen a fireball is shot by a ghastentity.ghast.shootsubtitles.entity.ghast.shoot​10.00.8–1.216
​Blaze shoots [sound 1]Hostile MobsWhen a fire charge is fired from a dispenser or a blazeentity.blaze.shoot​[sound 1]​subtitles.entity.blaze.shoot​​[sound 1]​2.00.8–1.232
​Fireball whooshesBlocksWhen a fire charge is used by handitem.firecharge.use​[sound 2]​subtitles.item.firecharge.use​​[sound 2]​1.00.8–1.216
​Fireball whooshesHostile MobsWhen a fire charge is used to light a creeperitem.firecharge.use​[sound 2]​subtitles.item.firecharge.use​​[sound 2]​1.00.8–1.216
  1. ↑ a b c MC-98316 – Wrong subtitles caused by missing distinction
  2. ↑ a b c d MC-177457

Bedrock Edition:

Sounds
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Fireball whooshesHostile MobsWhen something shoots or uses a fire chargemob.ghast.fireball​ ?1.01.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierForm Translation key
ItemSprite fire-charge.png: Sprite image for fire-charge in Minecraft Fire Chargefire_chargeItem item.minecraft.fire_charge

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID Form Translation key
ItemSprite fire-charge.png: Sprite image for fire-charge in Minecraft Fire Chargefire_chargefireball509Item item.fireball.name

Entity data

Main article: Small Fireball § Entity data

Achievements

IconAchievementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)Gamerscore earnedTrophy type (PS)
PS4Other
Into The NetherEntered the Nether. [sic]Enter a Nether portal.30Bronze

Advancements

IconAdvancementIn-game descriptionActual requirements (if different)
We Need to Go DeeperBuild, light, and enter a Nether PortalEnter the Nether dimension.

Videos

History

For information pertaining to small fireballs (which fire charges produce when shot from a dispenser), see Small Fireball § History.

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 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.
1.2.112w04a Added fire charges, which use the above texture. They can be crafted only with coal.
12w05a Fire charges can now be crafted with charcoal.
1.4.212w38b The sound when using the fire charge has now been changed together with the sound for using a flint and steel.
1.4.612w49a Fire charges can now be used to craft fireworks.
1.814w31a The sound when using fire charges to set fire has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as when fired from dispensers.
Fire charges can now be used to ignite TNT. Previously using it on it resulted in fire being placed adjacent to it.
1.915w33c When firing a fire charge, dispensers now shoot a dragon fireball entity instead of a small fireball.
15w44b Dispensers shoot fire charges as small fireballs once again.
1.1418w43a The texture of fire charges has now been changed.
1.1519w42a Fire charges shot by dispensers can now light campfires when colliding with them.
1.1620w07a 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.
1.16.220w28a Fire charges now have a 40⁄459 (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1.
1.19.3pre2 Fire charges can now be used to forcibly detonate creepers.[1]
1.19.423w06a Added the fire charge to the "Ingredients" tab in the creative inventory.
1.20.3
Experiment
Update 1.21		23w45a Fire charges can now generate in trial chambers dispensers.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21		24w13a Fire charges can now be dispensed by ominous trial spawners.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.15.0build 1 Added fire charges.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0beta 1.2.0.2 Fire charges can now be used to craft firework stars.
1.10.0beta 1.10.0.3 The texture of fire charges has now been changed.
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57 Fire charges can now be obtained from bartering with piglin.
Fire charges can now be found in ruined portal chests.
1.20.60
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.20.60.20 Fire charges can now generate in trial chambers dispensers.
1.21.0
Experiment
Update 1.21		Preview 1.21.0.20 Fire charges can now be dispensed by ominous trial spawners.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU9CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1 Added fire charges.
TU31CU191.221.221.22Patch 3 The sound when using fire charges to set fire has now been changed; it now uses the same sound as when fired from dispensers.
Fire charges can now be used to ignite TNT. Previously using it on it resulted in fire being placed adjacent to it.
1.90 The texture of fire charges has now been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0 Added fire charges.

Data history

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.1317w47a Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 385.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.100beta 1.16.100.56 The ID of fire charges has been changed from fireball to fire_charge.

Issues

Issues relating to "Fire Charge" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

See also

References

  1. ↑ MC-185618 – resolved as "Fixed".
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