BeginnerSurvival
Your first night in Minecraft, then the first 10 hours
Mine 8 more Cobblestone for a Furnace and some extra for a shelter.
Tested 26.3
Block
Furnace block in Minecraft
The Furnace smelts ores into ingots, cooks food and turns some blocks into others, such as sand into glass. It needs fuel, such as coal, wood or a Lava Bucket.
It is made with the Crafting Table from 8 × Cobblestone or Blackstone or Cobbled Deepslate. It is mined with a pickaxe. It gives off light up to level 13, depending on its state.
What it does
Put the item to process in the top slot and fuel in the bottom slot. One item is done every ten seconds, and taking the result out gives you experience. Each fuel lasts a different time: a Coal smelts several items, a stick much less.
Hoppers make it automatic: one above fills the top slot, one on the side adds fuel, one below collects the products. That is the basis of many furnace arrays and farms.
The Blast Furnace and the Smoker are specialized versions: the first only processes ores and metal items, the second only food. Cooked food restores much more hunger than raw food.
How to craft
Crafting table 
8 × Cobblestone / Blackstone / Cobbled Deepslate → Furnace
// Slots with several items cycle through every accepted option.
How Furnace connects
258 links · from the 26.3 game dataWhere to get it
Loot in structureschance per item drawn
Fuels · 257
burn time in a furnace
Lava Bucket1,000 s
Coal80 s+245 more
Crafting Table15 sTutorials with Furnace (5)
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Put the debris in a Furnace or a Blast Furnace.
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20 floor and wall design ideas for Minecraft
Lay Deepslate Tiles and scatter Cracked Deepslate Tiles (smelt Deepslate Tiles in a Furnace) where people walk most.
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IntermediateRedstone
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Combine a Minecart with a Chest, a Hopper, a Furnace or TNT to get the matching cart.
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Used to craft (3)
Block states
| lit | true · false |
|---|---|
| facing | north · south · west · east |
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Furnace · FAQ
How do you get Furnace in Minecraft?
At the Crafting Table: 8 × Cobblestone or Blackstone or Cobbled Deepslate give 1 × Furnace. Mining the block drops it. It can be found as loot in Village.
What is Furnace used for in Minecraft?
It smelts ores, cooks food and processes blocks like sand or clay, using fuel. It is an ingredient in 3 recipes, made at the Crafting Table; for example Blast Furnace, Minecart with Furnace and Smoker.
What tool do you need to mine Furnace?
The fastest tool is the pickaxe.
Does Furnace give off light?
Yes, up to light level 13, depending on its state (from 0).
What sound does a note block make on Furnace?
Placed under a Note Block, Furnace gives the Bass drum sound.
Can a piston move Furnace?
No: pistons cannot move it.