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Fire Charge
MiscellaneousCraftable

Fire Charge

An item that sets blocks on fire and can light nether portals when used. Dispensers shoot it as a small fireball, and it ignites campfires and TNT.

Stack Size

64

Durability

N/A

Category

Miscellaneous

Version Added

1.2

Item ID

fire_charge

Fire Charge at a glance

Fire Charge comes from crafting and natural world generation, and Miscellaneous is where it sits as an item. 64 Fire Charge fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Generated chests only ever hold Fire Charge in one place: ruined portal chests (about 46%). It sits between Fermented Spider Eye and Firework Rocket in Miscellaneous, number 46 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
Blaze PowderBlaze Powder
CoalCoal
GunpowderGunpowder
Fire ChargeFire Charge3

How to obtain

  • Crafting
  • Natural generation

Notes

Not a block. Coal or charcoal works in the recipe. Found in bastion remnant and ruined portal loot.

Frequently asked questions about Fire Charge

  1. Blaze Powder, Coal, Gunpowder going into Fire Charge, the recipe this answer describes

    How do you get Fire Charge in Minecraft?

    Fire Charge is crafted from Blaze Powder, Coal, and Gunpowder at a Crafting Table, and each craft returns 3. It also comes from natural world generation, not just the recipe above.

  2. A chest beside Fire Charge, the loot this answer lists

    Where do you find Fire Charge in chests?

    Fire Charge is chest loot in one place and one only: ruined portal chests (about 46%). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

  3. Fire Charge on its own, since nothing in the game is crafted from it

    What is Fire Charge used for?

    An item that sets blocks on fire and can light nether portals when used. Dispensers shoot it as a small fireball, and it ignites campfires and TNT.

  4. 64 Fire Charge drawn together, the full slot the answer counts

    How many Fire Charge can you stack?

    64 Fire Charge fills a slot, and that slot costs 22 Blaze Powder, 22 Coal, and 22 Gunpowder, since each one returns 3, which is 22 crafts at the crafting table.

  5. Fire Charge coming forward out of the past, in the game since 1.2

    When was Fire Charge added to Minecraft?

    Fire Charge was added in version 1.2.

Building with it

A blaze powder, a coal and a gunpowder make three fire charges. Thrown or fired from a dispenser they set a target alight, and they light Nether portals and campfires without using up flint and steel durability.

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