How do you get Furnace in Minecraft?

Furnace is crafted from Cobblestone at a Crafting Table, in a single step.

When was Furnace added to Minecraft?

Furnace was added in the 1.0 full release.

How long does Furnace take to break?

Furnace answers to 3.5 hardness, and it answers to 3.5 when something explodes. Identical values are the game's way of saying Furnace was not designed to stop anything hitting it. A pickaxe shortens the job on Furnace, and no minimum material applies. Light level 13 comes with Furnace, but only while Furnace is lit. Java 26.2 publishes Furnace this way, and we print it the same.

What is Furnace used for?

Furnace is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Blast Furnace, Minecart with Furnace, and Smoker.

Where do you find Furnace in chests?

Furnace is chest loot in one place and one only: snowy village houses (roughly 1 in 10). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.

How many Furnace can you stack?

64 Furnace fills a slot, and that slot costs 512 Cobblestone, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Furnace comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Furnace

A utility block used for smelting ores, cooking food, and converting raw materials using fuel.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Furnace at a glance

Utility Blocks holds Furnace: a block out of crafting. A slot of Furnace holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Furnace is also a hub ingredient, feeding 3 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It is a 3.5-hardness block. While it is burning Furnace puts out 13 light, and nothing when it is not. A pickaxe shortens the job on Furnace, and no minimum material applies. That number is also what Furnace is worth against a blast. Generated chests only ever hold Furnace in one place: snowy village houses (roughly 1 in 10). It sits between Flower Pot and Gilded Blackstone in Utility Blocks, number 127 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

Crafting
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Furnace
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Furnace has the grid for Furnace

Used to craft

Follow Furnace forward and you land on 3 recipes: 2 in Utility Blocks, the rest spread over 1 other categories, Blast Furnace through Smoker. Each link below opens that recipe with Furnace in the grid.

How to obtain

Crafting

Notes

Smelts items at a rate of one item per 10 seconds. Can be used to make Blast Furnace and Smoker.

Frequently asked questions about Furnace

How do you get Furnace in Minecraft?
Furnace is crafted from Cobblestone at a Crafting Table, in a single step.
When was Furnace added to Minecraft?
Furnace was added in the 1.0 full release.
How long does Furnace take to break?
Furnace answers to 3.5 hardness, and it answers to 3.5 when something explodes. Identical values are the game's way of saying Furnace was not designed to stop anything hitting it. A pickaxe shortens the job on Furnace, and no minimum material applies. Light level 13 comes with Furnace, but only while Furnace is lit. Java 26.2 publishes Furnace this way, and we print it the same.
What is Furnace used for?
Furnace is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Blast Furnace, Minecart with Furnace, and Smoker.
Where do you find Furnace in chests?
Furnace is chest loot in one place and one only: snowy village houses (roughly 1 in 10). No other generated chest lists it, so that single structure is the whole search, and every other chest in the game will disappoint you.
How many Furnace can you stack?
64 Furnace fills a slot, and that slot costs 512 Cobblestone, which is 64 crafts at the crafting table. A double chest of Furnace comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

Building with it

Eight cobblestone make a furnace, and the fuel you feed it decides how well it works: coal smelts eight items, a block of coal eighty, a dried kelp block twenty, and a lava bucket a hundred. That last one is why players who find a lava lake early end up with the fastest smelting setup in the world.

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