Fire Charge

Fire Charge

Type (deprec.)	Combat
Rarity	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Internal ID	JE: 13 BE: 94
Network ID	JE: 64
Entity ID	See § Data values
Data value	dec: 385 hex: 181 bin: 110000001
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

	“	You might be wondering what they’re for. Good news, I’m here to let you know! If you right-click one onto a surface then it’ll start a fire, just like a flint and steel. Unlike a flint and steel, though, they can make fire at a distance. Because when you put them into a dispenser… well now, that’s when the real magic happens.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Fire charges are items that light fires when used.

Obtaining

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder	3

Usage

Dispensing Fire Charge

Fire charges can be used as ammunition for dispensers, or as an inefficient substitute for flint and steel (although easily renewable and farmable).

When used, it instantly lights a fire, similar to flint and steel. The fire charge is consumed in the process. It can prime TNT and light nether portals like flint and steel. However, it cannot be used to detonate creepers.

When a fire charge is fired from a dispenser, it acts like a blaze fireball, flying in a straight line (with random offset from the dispenser’s line of sight). It places fire when it hits a block. It produces no explosive effect. If it hits a player or entity, it can deal up to 9 damage: 5 projectile damage, and 4 fire damage from being set on fire. These fireballs can prime minecarts with TNT. They cannot be deflected.

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, Education and Legacy Console editions 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	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Min. volume
MISSING	Fireball whooshes	item.firecharge.use	subtitles.item.firecharge.use	?	?	?	?

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Fire Charge	Namespaced ID
Item	fire_charge
Entity	small_fireball

Bedrock Edition:

Fire Charge	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Item	fireball	385
Entity	small_fireball	94

Entity data

See also: Chunk format

Shot fire charges have entity data that define various properties of the entity.

• Entity data
  • Tags common to all entities see Template:Nbt inherit/entity/template
  •  direction: List of 3 doubles. Should be identical to Motion.
  •  life: Increments each tick when the projectile is not moving; resets to 0 if it moves. Has no effect, though is still saved/read
  •  power: List of 3 doubles that adds to direction every tick. Act as the acceleration.
  •  Item: The item to render as, may be absent.
    • Tags common to all items see Template:Nbt inherit/itemnoslot/template

History

Java Edition
1.2.1		12w04a			Added fire charges, which 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 is now the same sound as when flint and steel is used.
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 is now the same sound as when it's fired from dispensers.
1.9		15w33c			Fire charges now appear purple and explode with dragon's breath when fired from dispensers.
		15w44b			Fire charges once again appear as blaze fireballs when fired from dispensers.
1.11		16w32a			The entity ID has now been changed from SmallFireball to small_fireball.
		16w40a			Tags xTile, yTile, zTile, inTile and inGround have now been removed from the small fireball entity data.
					The life tag is no longer used for anything, but still saved/read.
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.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.15.0		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.
Legacy Console Edition
TU9	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added fire charges.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Fire charges now make sounds when igniting blocks.
PlayStation 4 Edition
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.

Trivia

• The Fireball entities, which are also known as "ghast fireballs", have the same texture as the SmallFireball entity.
• Their hit damage is actually fire damage, as seen by the fact that they do not deal damage to a player with Fire Resistance.
• When a dispenser with a fire charge is placed with a block directly in front of it, the dispenser shoots through it and lights a fire on the other side.
• A fire charge flies infinitely far until it hits a block or an entity, even if it is outside the player's render distance.
• When shot from a dispenser, the fire charge starts out stationary and accelerates, as though it is falling rather than being launched. Fireballs shot by blazes, however, maintain the same speed all the way up to the target.

See also

• Flint and Steel
• Dragon Fireball
• Ghast

References

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Entities

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