Fire

Fire

Type	Nonsolid Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any
First Appearance	{{{firstver}}}
Gravity	{{{gravity}}}
Luminance	15
Flammable	{{{flammable}}}
Data Value	51

Here's an illustration of the range of fire, the wood planks showing where it is safe to build with flammable materials near a fire source, be it a firecamp or fire from another source, like Netherrack, a burning tree or lava. Fire can travel through solid blocks.

Fire is useful yet dangerous block that's essential for progression. It has a wide range of uses all the way from cooking food and providing light to melting down tools for reclaiming, making mastering fire an essential priority. It can be created through the use of Firestarters or occur naturally from lightning or lava.

Creation

Fire can be created in several ways. The simplest way is to right-click a Campfire placed on top of Netherrack with a Firestarter. An alternative way is to use a Fire Charge. This allows you to freely and instantly place one for the cost of a single charge. Fire can also be created through natural means. Flammable blocks placed close to Lava, Torches or other Fire blocks will cause them to light on fire and burn up. Lightning also creates fire on the block that it strikes.

Behavior

Fire will burn for a short and randomly determined amount of time. When it's burning it'll try to light nearby blocks on fire. Many blocks do not burn away even though they may appear to catch fire. Stone next to Lava for instance can light on fire but this will not burn up the stone. Items or blocks dropped into fire will burn and get destroyed. This can be used to dispose of unwanted materials, but it can also destroy valuable drops before they can be retrieved.

Burning

Mobs and players will be set on fire when exposed to fire which will make them slowly lose health at a rate of ½ heart per second. This can allow the player to kill neutral mobs without turning them hostile. If a Cow, Pig, Sheep or Chicken dies while taking fire damage, it will drop Burned Meat instead of its usual meat, even when using the Fire Aspect enchantment.

Spreading

Fire will quickly spread over flammable surfaces, causing those blocks to slowly burn away. It'll also cause nearby Ice to melt and Powder Kegs to detonate. If nothing flammable is adjacent to it, the flames will not spread, and it'll die out. Fire can climb up walls, across floors and ceilings, and over small gaps. More precisely, a fire (or still lava) block can turn any air block that is adjacent to a flammable block into a fire block. This can happen at a distance of up to 1 block downwards, 1 block sideways (including diagonals), and 5 blocks upwards of the original fire source.

Extinguishing

Fire will burn out after a while on its own, however the player may want to extinguish the fire as soon as possible to prevent spreading. Placing any block on the fire will instantly extinguish it. Water will also put out any fire it comes into contact with. A player on fire can jump into water to extinguish themselves or use a Water Bucket as a portable fire extinguisher by dumping the water at their feet to put out the fire instantly.

Eternal Fire

Netherrack, a block found in the Nether, will burn forever when set on fire, unless put out by lava, water or the player. It can therefore be an useful trap, light source and defense material around the player's base. Fires created by Hibachis will also not naturally go out. If the fire on top of a powered Hibachi gets put out then it'll be immediately reignited. Both these fires will also not be put out by rain

Stoked Fire

Fires created by a Hibachi have the unique ability of being able to be stoked. In order to do this one must use a Bellows to blow extra air into the fire. The fire can be at most 3 blocks away and 1 block to the side of the Bellows. Stoked Fire is 2 blocks tall and also has a larger spreading radius than regular fire. The most notable uses of Stoked Fire are for the Kiln and the Crucible, both of which require Stoked Fire exclusively. The Cauldron also has certain recipes that require Stoked Fire.

You can consider each blocks around the stocked fire to be actual fire blocks, even though you can't see them :

In the picture above, each of these invisible fire block is represented by a red block, and each of them can spread fire using the range of the regular fire.

Keep in Mind

• It is possible for lightning to light a surface on fire during thunderstorms, but it will almost immediately be put out by rain. In rare cases in multiplayer, fire may not get extinguished.
• Entities, such as mobs or items, that are on fire do not emit any light. They also cannot set blocks around them on fire, even if they are flammable.
• Most players choose not to make fireplaces in wooden houses, due to the fact that fire can burn down wood quickly.
• Because of the fast spreading and the large radius it's easy for a fire to get out of hand and destroy everything flammable nearby.
• All wood- and wicker-based objects are flammable.
• Flaming Zombies will set you on fire if they hit you.