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How to Light a Furnace in "Minecraft" By Jamie Wilson Techwalla may earn compensation through affiliate links in this story. Learn more about our affiliate and product review process here. Different fuel sources burn at different rates.

You've built your first workbench, survived your first terrifying night in the wilderness, and have probably constructed some sort of shelter against the creatures that hunt you at night. Once you've taken care of these basic necessities in "Minecraft," you'll need a furnace to smelt metals to craft stronger and more durable tools, weapons and armor as well as stone blocks and glass. You can even use furnaces to cook raw fish and pork, which provides more than doubles the healing points than its uncooked version.

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Build a Furnace

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Step 1

Right-click your workbench to open its inventory.

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Step 2

Move your cobblestone blocks to the workbench inventory screen so that they form a square around the edges of the workbench. It will take eight cobblestone blocks in all. A furnace will appear in the result box when the blocks are positioned correctly.

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Step 3

Drag the newly created furnace into your personal inventory, exit the workbench, then drop the furnace in a suitable location.

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Light the Furnace

Step 1

Right-click the furnace to open its fuel door. You will see two empty boxes with the outline of flames between them.

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Step 2

Move fuel items to the bottom box. Coal is the best and most efficient type of fuel, but logs, planks and sticks will work if you're in a pinch.

Step 3

Move the item you wish to smelt or cook into the top box. Cobblestone iron ore, gold ore, sand, clay and even fish and pork will work. When you have both fuel and something that can be smelted or cooked, the furnace will light automatically. It will continue working even if you walk away.

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references & resources

• "Minecraft" Wiki: Smelting
• "Minecraft" Official Homepage

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