Obtain flint by breaking gravel with your hand or a shovel. Get the iron ingot (the “steel” part) by mining a piece of iron ore using a stone pickaxe, then smelting the ore into an iron ingot with a furnace. Create a crafting table by gathering wood, constructing wood planks, and using the wood planks to build the table.

PC version: Right-click on the crafting table to open the crafting grid. PE: Tap on the crafting table to open the crafting grid. Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Press the X button on the controller to access the crafting grid. PS3 / PS4: Press the square button on the controller to access the crafting grid.

Coal can be obtained by mining it from its ore, or by looting it from chest minecarts in abandoned mineshafts and stronghold storeroom chests [2] X Research source Obtain gunpowder by killing creepers, ghasts, or witches. You can also search for gunpowder in dungeon chests. Create blaze powder by crafting a blaze rod picked up from a blaze. A blaze is a mob with yellow skin and black eyes that dwells in the Nether. Create a crafting table by gathering wood, constructing wood planks, and using the wood planks to build the table.

PC version: Right-click on the crafting table to open the crafting grid. PE: Tap on the crafting table to open the crafting grid. Xbox 360 / Xbox One: Press the X button on the controller to access the crafting grid. PS3 / PS4: Press the square button on the controller to access the crafting grid.

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Dig into the ground past the dirt to get cobblestone. [4] X Research source Craft a bow using three sticks and three strings in a 3x3 crafting grid. Place redstone dust by selecting it in the hotbar and right-clicking on the surface of a block.

Be mindful of the terrain during your approach. Avoid bridging over areas where getting knocked off could lead to lethal fall damage, or a swim in the lake of lava below. Avoid walking over the floating gravel that can generate in the Nether. The last thing you want is for a ghast’s fireball to update those blocks while you’re on them. Do not reflect the fireballs directly back at the ghast as that will instantly kill it if it hits.

Be careful, as they “will” still be shooting at you, which will create holes in the ground and light it (and you) on fire. Fire resistance potions are practically necessary for this part. Because of how close you have to be to the ghast in order to hook it on your rod, you won’t be able to dodge their constant fireball assault. If you don’t have Fire Resistance, a shield will work extremely well here.

This method is useful for relighting unlit Nether Portals when you don’t have a flint & steel or a fire charge.

When lightning (naturally) spawns, a block is randomly chosen within any loaded chunks for it to strike, so it’s a good idea to build multiple target and spread them out, thereby increasing the chance of one getting struck. Netherrack is used as the rain won’t put out a lit netherrack block, whereas other flammable blocks like wood or wool would be almost immediately extinguished by the rain.

Note that converted drowned (zombies, zombie villagers, or husks that stay submerged for too long and turn into drowned) do not drop tridents.

The specific mob doesn’t matter, although it’s best to avoid using Creepers or Villagers as your targets since these turn into Charged Creepers and Witches respectively when struck by lightning. This won’t work if the mob is underneath a block; they must be directly exposed to the sky, Don’t use other flammable blocks like wool or wood for the platform, as those will be almost immediately put out by the rain.

This is also a way to light Nether Portals if you don’t have a flint & steel.