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Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace

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What Is Blast Furnace in Minecraft?

A Blast Furnace is a specialised smelting block that works twice as fast as a regular Furnace - but only for ores, metal tools and armour. It uses fuel at the same double rate, so you get the same number of items per fuel unit, just in half the time.

How Does Blast Furnace Work?

  • Smelts raw ores, ore blocks, ancient debris, and iron, gold, chainmail, or copper tools and armour.
  • Does not smelt food - use a Smoker for that.
  • Twice as fast as a regular Furnace.
  • A pickaxe is required - mining without one drops nothing.
  • In a village, it turns a nearby unemployed villager into an Armorer.

How to Get Blast Furnace

Crafting Table Crafting Table
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Iron Ingot
Furnace
Iron Ingot
Smooth Stone
Smooth Stone
Smooth Stone
Blast Furnace
  • Iron Ingot 5 × Iron Ingot
  • Furnace 1 × Furnace
  • Smooth Stone 3 × Smooth Stone

How to Mine Blast Furnace

  • Use any pickaxe - wooden or better. Breaking without a pickaxe drops nothing.

Blast Furnace Trading with Villagers and Wandering Traders

  • Wandering Trader: No
  • Emerald Price: Not stated
  • Villager Trading: Blast Furnace Armorer

How to Use Blast Furnace

How to Use Blast Furnace

  • Place fuel in the bottom slot and the item to smelt in the top slot - it works the same as a Furnace.
  • Best for processing large amounts of ore quickly.
  • Cannot smelt sand, clay, food, or other non-metal items.

Blast Furnace Tips

  • Build one next to a Furnace: use the Blast Furnace for ores and the regular Furnace for everything else.
  • Placing it near an unemployed villager turns them into an Armorer who can trade useful armour.

Blast Furnace Properties

Hardness
3.5
Blast Resistance
3.5
Tool
Wooden Pickaxe
Silk Touch
No
Fortune
No
Light Level
13
Flammable
No
Transparent
Yes
Gravity
No
Waterloggable
No
Stack Size
64

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