Furnace Recipe
How to Craft Furnace
Furnaces are used to smelt ores, cook food, and create other materials through heat.
Step-by-step Instructions
- Open a Crafting Table to access the 3×3 grid.
- Place ingredients exactly as shown in the grid (shape matters unless marked shapeless) then move the resulting Furnace to your inventory.
- Use, place, or craft further with your new item.
Ingredients Needed
- 8x Cobblestone
Ingredient Tips
Cobblestone: Mine stone with any pickaxe; smelt to stone if needed for other recipes.
Technical Stats
- Hardness: 3.5
- Blast Resistance: 3.5
- Best Tool: Pickaxe (any)
- Stack Size: 64
- Light Level: 13
- Renewable: Yes
Variants & Interactions
Common Variants:
- Blast Furnace
- Smoker
- Furnace Minecart
Key Interactions:
- Accepts any burnable item as fuel
- Comparator outputs cooking progress as signal strength
Uses for Furnace
- Smelting ores into ingots
- Cooking raw food
- Creating stone from cobblestone
- Making glass from sand
Fun Fact
A single piece of coal or charcoal can smelt 8 items in a furnace, making it one of the most efficient fuel sources.
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FAQ
What’s the most efficient fuel?
Lava buckets smelt 100 items; coal smelts 8; kelp block smelts 20 and is renewable.
When should I use a blast furnace or smoker?
Blast furnaces smelt ores and metal items twice as fast; smokers cook food twice as fast. Both give no XP bonus—just speed.
