Block
Furnace
Smelts ores and materials, cooks food, and converts fuel into finished resources and experience.
Quick answer
Smelts ores and materials, cooks food, and converts fuel into finished resources and experience.
IDminecraft:furnace
Obtaining8 cobblestone
Primary roleGeneral smelting
RedstoneComparator and hoppers
How to obtain
A furnace is crafted from eight cobblestone or compatible stone variants. Furnaces also generate in villages and weaponsmith buildings.
How it works
A standard operation usually takes ten seconds, while fuels support different numbers of smelts. Experience remains stored until output is removed manually.
Where to use it
It processes ores, sand, stone, logs, and food. A blast furnace is faster for ores, while a smoker is faster for food.
Practical tips
Automate input from above, fuel from the side, and output below with hoppers. Calculate fuel before starting a large batch.
Related articles
Blast FurnaceA faster furnace for ores, raw metals, and metal equipment with proportionally faster fuel use.
SmokerA specialized furnace that cooks eligible food twice as fast as a regular furnace.
HopperMoves items between containers and collects item entities for automated farms and sorting systems.