Alex "Raoom" Sukhanov Minecraft has many production chains, and some of them you engage with automatically. Which ones, for example? The answer is simple — it’s the furnace. This simple yet extremely important block opens access to new aspects of the game and allows you to survive even in the most challenging conditions. As soon as you discover ore, your feet will lead you straight to the furnace! Today, we will thoroughly examine how to create a this block and what it is used for.
How to create a furnace in Minecraft?
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Just like in real life, this device allows you to use heat for survival. With its help, you can cook food, smelt ore into ingots, bake clay, craft glass from sand, and even create charcoal. Without a furnace, you won’t be able to make essential tools, armor, or improve the basic resources you find in the world.
The furnace also serves as the heart of any house or base. It not only performs utilitarian tasks but also adds an atmosphere of coziness, especially if there’s a chest with coal supplies and a crafting table nearby.
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So, let’s build our first furnace. To start, you need to gather eight cobblestones—it’s one of the simplest materials in Minecraft, which can be found literally under your feet. The main thing to remember is that cobblestone cannot be mined with bare hands. Spare Steve’s square fists and craft him a pickaxe using this guide.
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Great, with the cobblestones, return to the crafting table. Open its interface and arrange the cobblestones in a circle, leaving the central slot empty.
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Congratulations, now you have your own furnace!
How to use the furnace?
Using this block is very simple. Place it on the ground or floor by right-clicking, and then interact with it. The principle of operation here is again like in real life: you place fuel at the bottom and the item you want to process on top.
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We’ve figured out the device, but what exactly was the effort for? Okay, let’s talk in more detail about what crafting the furnace unlocks.
🔥 Cooking food. If you hunt animals (pigs, cows, chickens), you’ll need to cook the meat to make it more nourishing. Raw food restores less hunger and can sometimes be harmful, whereas cooked food is a perfect source of energy.
🔥 Smelting ore. Iron, gold, and copper are key resources for creating tools and armor. Without smelting ore in a furnace, you won’t be able to obtain their ingots.
🔥 Creating charcoal. If you haven’t found coal in caves, you can burn wood to obtain charcoal. It’s a universal fuel.
🔥 Baking building materials. The item allows you to smelt sand into glass, clay into bricks, or stone into smooth stone. These materials are useful for building houses, towers, and other structures.
This is how one block provides access to half of the game’s content! Still have doubts?
Tips for using the furnace
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Of course, like most other mechanics in Minecraft, there are loopholes, or rather, development options. For example, you can increase production efficiency or even unlock a few new recipes. Let me share some basic tips with you.
🔥 Think about fuel. Coal is the most common type of fuel. It’s balanced and provides enough heat so it doesn’t burn out too quickly, but this resource runs out at the most inconvenient times! Always collect coal when you see it, or better yet, create a bucket of lava—it’s the best fuel in the game.
🔥 Automate production. In the future, you can connect the furnace to hoppers and chests for automatic loading and unloading of materials. This is convenient if you need to smelt a large quantity of resources.
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🔥 Create smokers and blast furnaces. In addition to the standard block, Minecraft has specialized variants: the smoker for cooking food and the blast furnace for ores. They work faster but require additional resources to craft.
The furnace is the first step on the path to mastery in Minecraft. This simple block opens up a world of possibilities for the player and teaches the basics of survival and crafting. Don’t forget to experiment, use different types of fuel and resources, build entire factories, or simply enjoy the coziness of your home with the item at its center.
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