Where to Find Furnace in Minecraft
A utility block used for smelting ores, cooking food, and converting raw materials using fuel.
Furnace at a glance
This is the guide to finding Furnace: a utility item in the Utility Blocks category of Minecraft, with the single spot it comes from, the 2 methods that work, and which of them is quickest. The short answer: to get Furnace you craft it from 8 Cobblestone, in All Overworld biomes. Very easy is the verdict on Furnace, 1 out of 5: it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel. Since a Crafting Table turns out Furnace on demand, the work here is gathering rather than exploring, and the sections below cover each ingredient, where it comes from and when it is worth the trip.
Primary Location
All Overworld biomes
Difficulty
Very Easy (1/5)
Version Added
1.0
Stack Size
64
Where to Find Furnace
Furnace is associated with All Overworld biomes, and that is the whole map for Furnace. Essential for smelting ores, cooking food, and creating building materials. Place two furnaces next to each other for parallel smelting. Furnace does not spawn naturally in the world or generate in chests as standard loot: it is something you make at a Crafting Table, so the practical question is where to gather its ingredients rather than where to find the finished item.
Biomes & Dimensions
- All Overworld biomes
Best Way to Get Furnace
Cobblestone on a Crafting Table makes Furnace, and repeating that beats any search, because the 1 ingredient is renewable and so is Furnace. Before you can craft Furnace, gather what goes into it: Cobblestone (mine stone with any pickaxe). Use coal, charcoal, or any wood items as fuel; a coal block smelts 80 items. Furnace stacks to 64, so a single mining or crafting session can bank 1728 of them in one chest without you having to think about space at all. Since the original 1.0 release the game has kept Furnace as it is, which is why this guide holds on every current server without a version footnote. As a utility block, Furnace is the sort of thing you place once and use constantly, so most players craft an early one and add more as their base grows.
All Methods
- 1Craft using 8 Cobblestone
- 2Found in Villages, Igloos, and some other structures
Crafting recipe for Furnace
FurnaceCrafting TableStation: Crafting Table
Tips for Finding Furnace
- Essential for smelting ores, cooking food, and creating building materials
- Place two furnaces next to each other for parallel smelting
- Use coal, charcoal, or any wood items as fuel; a coal block smelts 80 items
More notes on Furnace
Smelts items at a rate of one item per 10 seconds. Can be used to make Blast Furnace and Smoker.
Furnace elsewhere on Astroworld
Items and guides next to Furnace
Players hunting for Furnace often look for Blast Furnace, Smoker, Crafting Table, and Iron Pickaxe as well, since those share a location or a recipe with Furnace. The Furnace item page carries the full stats and the crafting grid.
View the Furnace item pageGetting Furnace in practice
A furnace is eight cobblestone, which is the first stack any stone pickaxe produces, so it is a free build. What matters in practice is fuel choice: coal smelts eight items, a lava bucket a hundred, and a dried kelp block twenty, which is why kelp farms feed automatic smelters.
What to watch out for with Furnace
Eight cobblestone gives a furnace, and the real question is fuel. Coal smelts eight items, a lava bucket a hundred, and a dried kelp block twenty, so a kelp or bamboo farm quietly outperforms a coal mine over a long world. Three furnaces side by side beat one furnace run three times.
Frequently asked questions about Furnace
Where do you find Furnace in Minecraft?
Furnace is found in All Overworld biomes. Craft using 8 Cobblestone.
What is the best way to get Furnace?
Crafting it at a Crafting Table from Cobblestone beats searching, because that grid gives Furnace every time.
Can you craft Furnace?
Yes. Furnace is crafted at a Crafting Table using Cobblestone.
How hard is it to find Furnace?
Finding Furnace is rated very easy (1 out of 5): it is one of the first things a new survival world can supply, needing no special gear or travel.
When was Furnace added to Minecraft?
Furnace was added in the original 1.0 release.