Fire Aspect

For the bow enchantment, see Flame. For the enchantment in Minecraft Dungeons, see Dungeons:Fire Aspect.
Fire Aspect
Maximum level

II

Primary items

Secondary items


Enchantment weight

2

Identifier

fire_aspect

Fire Aspect is an enchantment applied to swords and maces that causes melee attacks to set targets on fire, and allows the weapon to be used like a flint and steel.‌

Obtaining

Fire Aspect can be obtained from enchantment tables, drops from mobs that have spawned in a raid,‌ books obtained by fishing, librarian villagers, and in the following structure loot chests: desert pyramids, strongholds, ocean ruins, ancient cities, mansions, pillager outposts, mineshafts, monster rooms, jungle pyramids, and from vaults in trial chambers.

Usage

Fire Aspect adds 80 fire-ticks (4 seconds of burning) per level to the target. Because the first hit is caused by the item with this enchantment, the first second of fire damage is not recognized. Targets receive 3HP♥♥ and 7HP♥♥♥♥ damage with level I and II respectively.

Formula to calculate the fire damage, expressed in 1HP♥: damage = (level × 4) – 1

When a mob that normally drops raw meat is killed while it is burning, or if a mob is killed in one shot, even if it is in water, it drops cooked meat.

In Bedrock Edition, using an item enchanted with Fire Aspect on an unlit candle or campfire lights it. Additionally, doing this on a block of TNT causes the TNT to ignite.

Immune mobs

Both Fire Aspect and Flame are nullified on all Nether exclusive mobs other than piglins, piglin brutes, and hoglins due to fire and lava immunity. Ender dragons, withers, and wardens are also immune. Normal skeletons and endermen are not immune even in the Nether.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierTranslation key
Fire Aspectfire_aspectenchantment.minecraft.fire_aspect

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierNumeric ID Translation key
Fire Aspectfire_aspect13enchantment.fire

History

Java Edition
1.0.0Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3Added Fire Aspect, which can be applied to swords.
1.20.5
Experiment
Update 1.21
24w13aFire Aspect can now be applied to maces.
1.2124w18aThe sweep attack is now affected by Fire Aspect.[1]
Items enchanted with Fire Aspect can light any unlit candle or campfire by hitting it.
Fire Aspect can no longer be applied to maces.
24w19aFire Aspect can now once again be applied to maces.
Pre-Release 1The functionality of Fire Aspect lighting unlit candles or campfires has been removed for refinement, and is planned to be reintroduced at a later release.[2]
Java Edition Combat Tests
4Fire Aspect can now be applied to axes.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.12.1build 1Added Fire Aspect.
v0.15.0build 1Items enchanted with fire aspect can now be used to ignite TNT.
Bedrock Edition
1.11.0beta 1.11.0.1Items enchanted with fire aspect can now be used to ignite campfires.
1.17.10beta 1.17.10.22Items enchanted with fire aspect can now be used to ignite candles.
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.23Fire Aspect can now be applied to maces.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU7CU11.001.001.00Patch 11.0.1Added Fire Aspect.
1.91 Items enchanted with fire aspect can now be used to ignite campfires.

Issues

Issues relating to "Fire Aspect" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

References

  1. MC-93669 — The sweeping attack doesn't ignite other mobs when using the fire aspect enchantment — resolved as "Fixed".
  2. Minecraft 1.21 Pre-Release 1, on minecraft.net

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