How to Create and Use Bonfires

Lighting Bonfires

You can create rustic bonfires to illuminate outdoor camps and courtyards without crafting them directly at a table.

1. Place a flammable block or ground block and ignite it with flint and steel to produce standard fire.

2. Toss a piece of blaze powder directly into the active fire. The flame will instantly expand into a roaring bonfire.

3. To create a blue soul bonfire, ignite soul sand or soul soil to create a soul fire, then toss blaze powder into the blue flames.

Be mindful around active bonfires: walking into one will inflict fire damage to players and nearby mobs.

Customizing Bonfire Activators

By default, bonfires require blaze powder to ignite from an open flame. If you manage server settings or custom datapacks, you can change or expand which items trigger the conversion by modifying the #decorative_blocks:bonfire_activators item tag. Any item assigned to this tag will convert regular fire and soul fire into bonfires when dropped onto the flames.