How To Use A Blast Furnace In Minecraft

How to Use a Blast Furnace in Minecraft

This Minecraft tutorial explains how to use a blast furnace with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, the blast furnace is used to smelt items in the game twice as fast a regular furnace. However, there are only certain items that you can use it with. Let's explore how to use a blast furnace.

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Required Materials to use a Blast Furnace

In Minecraft, these are some of the items you can smelt in a blast furnace:

How to make Coal Ore How to make Iron Ore How to make Copper Ore How to make Gold Ore How to make Redstone Ore How to make Emerald Ore How to make Lapis Lazuli Ore How to make Diamond Ore How to make Nether Gold Ore How to make Nether Quartz Ore How to make a Golden Axe How to make a Golden Hoe How to make a Golden Pickaxe How to make a Golden Shovel How to make an Iron Axe How to make an Iron Hoe How to make an Iron Pickaxe How to make an Iron Shovel How to make a Netherite Helmet How to make a Golden Helmet How to make a Golden Chestplate How to make Golden Leggings How to make Golden Boots How to make an Iron Helmet How to make an Iron Chestplate How to make Iron Leggings How to make Iron Boots How to make a Chain Helmet How to make a Chain Chestplate How to make Chain Leggings How to make Chain Boots How to make Golden Horse Armor How to make Iron Horse Armor How to make a Golden Sword How to make an Iron Sword

Steps to Use a Blast Furnace

1. Place the Blast Furnace

To use a blast furnace, first, select the blast furnace in your hotbar. If you don't have a blast furnace in your inventory, you can quickly make one with a crafting recipe for a blast furnace.

Next, position your pointer (the plus sign) on the block where you want to place the blast furnace. You should see the block become highlighted in your game window.

The game control to place the blast furnace depends on the version of Minecraft:

• For Java Edition (PC/Mac), right click on the block.
• For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap on the block.
• For Xbox One, press the LT button on the Xbox controller.
• For PS4, press the L2 button on the PS controller.
• For Nintendo Switch, press the ZL button on the controller.
• For Windows 10 Edition, right click on the block.
• For Education Edition, right click on the block.

2. Add Fuel to the Blast Furnace

Next, add fuel to the bottom box of the blast furnace.

In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.

TIP: Some fuels burn longer than others and therefore can smelt more items. Learn about the different fuels in Minecraft.

3. Add Item to Blast Furnace

Next, place an item that you want to smelt in the top box of the blast furnace such as diamond ore. You should see the flames smelting the item.

Once the diamond ore is smelted in the blast furnace, the diamond will appear in the box to the right.

4. Move the Item to Inventory

Now that you have made a diamond in your blast furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you learned how to use a blast furnace in Minecraft!