How do you increase your chance of getting flint in Minecraft?

Flint is a mineral obtained from gravel.

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Obtaining[]
Natural generation[]
Crafting ingredient[]
Data values[]
References[]
How do I increase my chances of getting flint?
What is the fastest way to get flint in Minecraft?
Is gravel The only way to get flint in Minecraft?

Obtaining[]

Mining[]

When a block of gravel is mined, there is a 10% chance for a single piece of flint to drop instead of the gravel block. When mined with a Fortune-enchanted tool, this chance increases to 16% at Fortune I, 25% at Fortune II, and 100% at Fortune III. Gravel mined using a tool with Silk Touch or gravel that fell on a non-solid block never produces flint.

Trading[]

Novice-level fletcher villagers have a 50%‌[Bedrock Edition only] or 2⁄3‌[Java Edition only] chance to offer 10 pieces of flint for 10 blocks of gravel and an emerald.

Natural generation[]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Flint	Ruined portal	Chest	1–4	46.4%
Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8%
Bedrock Edition
Flint	Ruined portal	Chest	1–4	46.4%
Village	Fletcher's chest	1–3	55.8%

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name

Ingredients

Crafting recipe

Arrow

Flint +
Stick +
Feather

Fletching Table

Flint +
Any Planks

Flint and Steel

Iron Ingot +
Flint

Trading[]

Apprentice-level fletcher villagers buy 26 flint for an emerald.

Apprentice-level leatherworker villagers have a 2⁄3 chance to buy 26 flint for an emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Journeyman-level toolsmith villagers have a 2⁄5 chance to buy 30 flint for one emerald in Java Edition, and always offer the trade in Bedrock Edition.

Journeyman-level weaponsmith villagers buy 24 flint for an emerald.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Flint	`flint`	Item	`item.minecraft.flint`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Flint	`flint`	`356`	Item	`item.flint.name`

History[]

Java Edition Indev
20100219	Added flint.
Flint is now used to craft flint and steel.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14	Crafting arrows now requires flint, rather than iron ingots.
Java Edition
1.3.1	12w21a	Farmer villagers now sell 4–5 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
1.3	The texture of flint has been slightly changed.
1.8	14w02a	Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
1.13	17w47a	Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 318.
1.14	18w43a	The texture of flint has been changed.
18w50a	Flint can now be found in chests in village fletcher houses.
19w11a	Fletcher, leatherworker, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers now buy flint.
1.16	20w07a	Flint has a 10⁄109 (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 3–8, making it renewable.
20w09a	Flint can no longer be obtained by bartering with piglins. However, they are still renewable as piglins offer gravel.
20w16a	Flint now generates in ruined portal chests.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3	Added flint.
Flint can be used to craft arrows.
v0.4.0	Flint can now be used to make flint and steel.
v0.8.0	build 2	The texture of flint has been changed.
Pocket Edition
1.0.4	alpha 1.0.4.0	Fletcher villagers now sell 6–10 flint for 1 emerald and 10 gravel.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	The texture of flint has been changed.
1.11.0	beta 1.11.0.1	Flint can now be found in village fletcher chests.
beta 1.11.0.4	Trading has been changed, fletcher villagers now have a 50% chance to sell 10 flint for 10 gravel and one emerald as part of their first tier trade.
Flint can now be sold to toolsmith, weaponsmith, fletcher, and leatherworker villagers.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added flint.
?	The texture of flint has been changed.
		1.90			The texture of flint has been changed.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Flint" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

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How do I increase my chances of getting flint?

What is the fastest way to get flint in Minecraft?

Most convenient way to find flint in Minecraft 1.18 The fastest way to get the item in Minecraft 1.18 is by mining gravel blocks with the help of a Fortune 3 enchanted shovel. One of the most common ways to get this item is by shoveling gravel. Players can find graven blocks in the water beds and underground caves.

Is gravel The only way to get flint in Minecraft?

Flint is an item that requires mining the blocks of gravel and there is only a 10 percent chance of getting one. After getting this item you can use it for multiple purposes for example you can make arrows, activate the nether portal or can make a fletching table as well that we have discussed in this article.