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| 0.31 | 20100110 | Added flint and steel. How to get steel in minecraftFlint and steel minecraftMinecraft lighter nameHow to make a elytra in minecraftHow to make flint and steel in paper minecraft | 
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| Flint and steel can be used to set fire. | 
| 20100129 | The steel part of the texture has been brightened. | 
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| Flint and steel can be used alongside lava to smeltores and cook food.[1] | 
| 20100201-2 | Flint and steel can now sometimes be dropped as loot from killing mobs. | 
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| 20100219 | The texture of flint and steel has been changed, due to its new crafting recipe. | 
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| Flint and steel can no longer drop from mobs. | 
| Flint and steel can now be crafted from an iron ingot and the newly added flint. | 
| Furnaces have been added to replace the cooking and smelting function of flint and steel. | 
| Java Edition Beta | 
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| 1.7 | Flint and steel, along with fire itself, explosions and redstone are now the only ways to activate TNT.[2] | 
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| Java Edition | 
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| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | The player can now buy 1 flint and steel from farmer villagers for 3 emeralds, making flint and steel renewable. | 
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| 1.4.2 | 12w38a | The sound when using flint and steel has been changed. | 
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| 1.5 | 13w04a | Dispensers are now able to use flint and st how to do a lighter in minecraft how to make a fire lighter in minecraft 
 
 
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