Furnace

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3.5
Hardness	3.5
Luminant	Yes (13) (when active)
Transparent	Partial (when active)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

This article is about the block. For smelting processes and recipes, see Smelting. For other kinds of furnaces, see Furnace (disambiguation).

A furnace is a storage block used to smelt blocks and items, converting them into other blocks or items.

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

One furnace generates in every igloo.

Furnaces can be found in plains, desert, and some savanna village weaponsmiths. Furnaces also generate in some houses in snowy tundra villages, and in one of the taiga/snowy taiga‌^{[BE only]} village houses.

Breaking[edit]

Furnaces can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing. Furnaces also drop all of their contents.

Block	Furnace
Hardness	3.5
Tool
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	17.5
Wooden	2.65
Stone	1.35
Iron	0.9
Diamond	0.7
Netherite	0.6
Golden	0.45

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Entity loot[edit]

In Java Edition, breaking a minecart with furnace drops both the furnace and the Minecart.

Chest loot[edit]

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition
Furnace	Village	Snowy house chest	1	9.9%
Bedrock Edition
Furnace	Village	Snowy house chest	1	9.9%

Crafting[edit]

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Any Cobblestone or Blackstone

The lit furnace can be obtained in Java Edition only with commands such as /give @s minecraft:furnace{BlockStateTag:{lit:"true"}}, although it does not appear lit in the inventory. In Bedrock Edition, the lit furnace block can be obtained only by inventory editing. It always stays lit, despite containing no items.

Usage[edit]

Furnaces cannot be pushed by pistons in Java Edition.

Smelting[edit]

Main article: Smelting

Smelting Recipe

The main purpose of furnaces is to allow for smelting. Its interface can be opened by pressing the use item button on it.

Light source[edit]

Furnaces emit a light level of 13 when active, as well as smoke and flame particles.

Crafting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Description
Blast Furnace	Iron Ingot + Furnace + Smooth Stone
Minecart with Furnace	Furnace + Minecart	‌^{[Java Edition only]}
Smoker	Any Log or Any Stripped Log or Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood + Furnace

Custom name[edit]

By default, the GUI of a furnace is labeled "Furnace", but this name can be customized by naming it in an anvil before placing it, or by changing the CustomName tag using the /data command‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Lock[edit]

In Java Edition, a furnace can be "locked" by setting its Lock tag using the /data command. If a furnace's Lock tag is not blank, the furnace cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item with the same name as the Lock tag's text. For example, to lock a furnace at (0,64,0) so that the furnace cannot be opened unless the player is holding an item named "Furnace Key", use /data merge block 0 64 0 {Lock:"Furnace Key"}.

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16
Furnace crackles	?	Plays randomly when active	`block.furnace.fire_crackle`	`subtitles.block.furnace.fire_crackle`	?	?	16

↑ MC-177082

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Furnace	`furnace`	`block.minecraft.furnace`

Name	Namespaced ID
Block entity	`furnace`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Furnace	`furnace`	`61`	`tile.furnace.name`
Lit Furnace	`lit_furnace`	`62`	`tile.lit_furnace.name`

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	`Furnace`

Block data[edit]

Block states[edit]

Block entity[edit]

Achievements[edit]

Main article: Achievement

Icon	Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
	Hot Topic	Construct a furnace out of eight cobblestone blocks.	Pick up a furnace from a crafting table output.	15G	Bronze
	Smelt Everything!	Connect 3 Chests to a single Furnace using 3 Hoppers.	Be within the range of three chests connected to a Furnace with 3 Hoppers.	15G	Bronze

Advancements[edit]

Main article: Advancement

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Parent	Actual requirements (if different)	Namespaced ID
	Acquire Hardware	Smelt an iron ingot	Getting an Upgrade	Have an iron ingot in your inventory.	`story/smelt_iron`

History[edit]

Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			Prior to the addition of furnaces, items could be smelted by dropping them on the ground and then burning them with flint and steel. This was the only way to smelt ores.
20100219					Added furnaces.
20100219					When placed facing in different directions, the top direction of furances currently does not change.
20100223					Cobblestone can now be smelted into stone.
Java Edition Infdev
20100320					Furnaces are now fully functional.
Java Edition Alpha
v1.0.14					Furnaces are now used to craft minecarts with furnaces.
v1.2.0		?			Furnaces now face toward the player when placed,^[1] rather than away.
Java Edition Beta
1.2					The top of furnaces now have a texture similar to cobblestone. They used to have a texture exactly the same as stone.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Furnaces no longer take as long to destroy.
1.2.4		release			Cats now try to sit on active furnaces.
1.2.5		pre			Shift-clicking can now be used to put items into furnaces more easily.
1.3.1		12w18a			Wooden tools now work in furnaces as one full furnace use.
		12w22a			Smelting various ores in furnaces now reward players with experience points.
		12w22a			When using lava as fuel inside a furnace, the player now recovers the bucket.
1.4.2		12w39a			Previously, furnaces lit up blocks all around them, this snapshot has made furnaces light up blocks only in front of them.^[2] (images showing difference) Its light value has remained as 13, but the light is emitted only from the block's front surface.
1.4.2		12w40a			The previous change to furnaces has been reverted until the new lighting system can be optimized.
1.4.6		12w49a			When holding sneak, the player can now place blocks and items (like redstone, repeaters, and levers) directly onto furnaces.
1.5		13w02a			Furnaces renamed using an anvil now display the new name in their GUI where the normal name used to appear.
1.5		13w02a			The item form of the lit furnace now has no face.
1.8		14w02a			When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress now pauses instead of resetting.
		14w04a			When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress now reverses at twice the speed of smelting.
		14w06a			The item form of the lit furnace now correctly displays its face as lit.
		14w10a			The item form of the lit furnace now displays its top/bottom texture.
		14w18a			The item form of the lit furnace now correctly displays its face as lit again.
		14w25a			The top texture of the furnace now rotates according to the direction it faces.
		14w25a			The texture of the item form of the lit furnace is now missing.
		14w26a			Furnaces now allow only fuel or a single empty bucket in the fuel slot.
1.9		15w31a			The model of the lit furnace block's item form is now missing.
		15w43a			A furnace now generates inside of igloos.
		15w49a			The `lit_furnace` block is no longer available as an item.
		15w50a			Added a sound to furnaces: `block.furnace.fire_crackle`
1.13		17w47a			The different block IDs for the furnace has been merged into one ID.
					A lit block state for furnaces has been added.
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 61 and 62.
		18w06a			A recipe book has been added for smelting using furnaces. It can be used only for the input slot.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of furnaces has been changed.
1.14		18w50a			Furnaces can now be used to craft blast furnaces and smokers.
1.16		20w15a			Blackstone can now be used to create furnaces instead of cobblestone.
1.16		20w17a			Furnaces now drop experience from within from processed items.^[3]
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added furnaces.
0.3.2					With the addition of furnaces, every available block and item can now be gathered, crafted or smelted into (no more unlimited items).
0.9.0		build 1			Furnaces now naturally spawn in villages.
0.11.0		build 3			Furnaces now drop one stack for each item instead of splitting them up.
0.15.0		build 1			Furnaces can now be moved by pistons.
0.16.0		build 1			A better description (Input, Fuel, Result) has been added to furnaces for devices that do not use a controller.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0		alpha 0.17.0.1			A furnace now generates inside of igloos.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of furnaces has been changed.
					Furnaces can now be used to craft smokers and blast furnaces.
					Furnaces now generate in the new villages.
1.11.0		beta 1.11.0.1			Furnaces can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.20		beta 1.16.20.50			Furnaces now drop experience from within from processed items.^[4]
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added furnaces.
TU12		1.0			Cats now try to sit on active furnaces, making them unusable. This is intended to annoy the player.
TU14		1.04			Wooden tools now work in furnaces as one full furnace use.
TU14		1.04			When using lava as fuel inside furnaces, the player now recovers the bucket.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		When a furnace runs out of fuel, the smelting progress now reverses at twice the speed of smelting.
TU31	CU19	1.22	Patch 3		Furnaces now allow only fuel or a single empty bucket in the fuel slot.
TU53	CU43	1.49	Patch 23	1.0.3	More items can now be used as fuel in a furnace.
		1.90			The texture of furnaces has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added furnaces.

Issues[edit]

Issues relating to "Furnace" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia[edit]

Furnaces function as multiple real-world devices combined into one block: bloomeries and blast furnaces (for smelting ores), ovens (for baking and cooking), charcoal pits (for the charring of wood) and kilns (for baking of clay).
Tamed cats often sit on top of lit furnaces.
A lava bucket is the most effective fuel to use, smelting 100 items.
- However, a block of coal is the best renewable fuel, smelting 80 items.

Gallery[edit]

A torch placed onto a furnace.
Naturally occurring furnaces in a village.
The furnace GUI for Java Edition.

References[edit]

Blocks

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[breakingtimenote-1] Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

[fallmissing-2] MC-177082

[3] ttps://twitter.com/notch/status/29202275279

[4] ttps://twitter.com/Dinnerbone/status/250905223713914880

[5] MC-1601

[6] MCPE-71651

[note 1]

[sound 1]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

Bits	Values
0x1 0x2 0x4	A three-bit field storing a value from 2 to 5: 2: Furnace facing north 3: Furnace facing south 4: Furnace facing west 5: Furnace facing east Invalid values default to 2.
0x8	Unused.

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction the furnace opening faces. The opposite from the direction the player faces while placing the furnace.
lit	`false`	`false` `true`	If the furnace is lit.