Regular furnaces have been available in Minecraft since the game’s early development days. A traditional furnace smelts one item every 10 seconds, making it a reliable but slow way to smelt ores. On the other hand, the newer Blast Furnace smelts at double the speed, allowing you to gain resources faster. This guide will teach you how to craft a Blast Furnace in Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions.

How to Make a Blast Furnace in Minecraft Java and Bedrock

Before you craft your Blast Furnace in Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions, you first need a regular furnace. To make a normal furnace, get eight cobblestones and a crafting table. Place the cobblestone in an “O” shape around the 3×3 crafting grid to get a furnace. Once you obtain your furnace, you’ll need the following resources:

  • Five iron ingots: Take five iron ore, deepslate iron ore or raw iron and smelt them into your newly acquired furnace. Your potential fuel options include charcoal, coal, wood, blaze rods and lava buckets.
  • Three smooth stones: Take three regular stones and smelt them in your furnace. To get regular stone, either use a Silk Touch pickaxe while mining stone or by smelting cobblestone.

Once you obtain five iron ingots and three smooth stones, head back to your crafting table to craft the Blast Furnace. Start with your regular furnace in the center, followed by the iron ingots placed in an iron helmet pattern and the three smooth stones at the bottom. The crafting recipe is also shown in the picture above. After putting all your items in the crafting table grid, you’ll receive a Blast Furnace.

In Minecraft Java and Bedrock Editions, Blast Furnace works identically to a normal furnace. Aside from the increased speed, the primary difference is that you can only smelt ore in the Blast Furnace. Unlike a normal furnace, you cannot cook food, cobblestone, deepslate or wood in a Blast Furnace.

Minecraft is available on PC, Android, iOS, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation platforms.