Smelting

Smelting
Type:	Block, solid
Mine with:	Pickaxe
Drops:	Itself
Stackable:	Yes, 64
Flammable:	No
Physics:	None
Identifier:	furnace

Smelting is a system that allows the player to modify items, such as cooking food and making glass.

Requirements

Crafting a furnace

To cook, the player must use a furnace. A furnace can be crafted using 8 pieces of cobblestone on the crafting table. This method is similar to crafting a chest, simply swapping out the wood for cobblestones.

Fuel

Cooking also requires fuel. One of the easiest fuels to obtain is charcoal because it is made by smelting wood, which doesn't require much mining other than the cobblestone used to make the furnace. Other items that can be used for fuel include coal, some wooden items such as stick or wooden planks. Bamboo and lava can also be used as fuel. Certain fuel sources last longer than others. For example, a bucket of lava will light the furnace ten times longer than coal.

Fuel source:	Items smelted:
Stick	0.5
Wooden Planks	1
Wood	1
Coal	8
Charcoal	8
Coal Block	80
Bucket of Lava	100

Recipes

Cooking Food

Cooking food items usually makes it edible or heal more hunger points. Cooked meat can be obtained from animals if they die while on fire.

History

Version	Date	Changes
First 30 days	Day 12	Added furnace Cobblestone > stone recipe Sand > glass recipe
First 30 days	Day 13(speculated)	Iron ore > iron ingot recipe Gold ore > gold ingot recipe
First 30 days	Day 14	Fixed furnaces giving 2 for the first item
First 30 days	Day 20	Clay > Brick recipe
1.25	May 11, 2013	Netherrack > nether brick recipe

Trivia

• Attempting to melt TNT in a furnace, results in an explosion with the same radius as the normal TNT explosion.

See also

• Crafting
• Coal