How to Make a Blast Furnace in Minecraft + Recipe
Last updated: Mar 31, 2025 • 6 min readIt will not be a bold statement to say that Minecraft is the most impactful title among games in the XXI century.
Many famous players and top-subbed YouTubers originate from Minecraft. Not to mention that the creator, Markus “Notch” Persson, sold it for a whopping $2,5 billion.
The number of features and possibilities in Minecraft can be overwhelming, which is why we have prepared this Blast Furnace guide to help you with survival.
Today you will learn how to make & use a blast furnace in Minecraft game.
What is the Blast Furnace?
In Minecraft, Blast Furnace is basically a rich man’s version of Furnace. Village and Pillage update from 2019 was the one to add Blast Furnaces to the game. The main function of Blast Furnace is smelting ore blocks.
This way players can smelt their old gear into iron ore. Unlike Furnaces, you can only smelt ores and gear made of Gold, Chainmail, or Iron in a Blast Furnace.
Furthermore, you’re allowed to smelt tools, armor, and weapons only. Other smeltable items have to be processed in a regular Furnace.
On top of that, armorers in the village use Blast Furnace as their job block.
Important note
Blast Furnaces are two times faster than regular Furnaces and they consume Fuel faster too. However, the amount of Fuel required is the same for both devices.
Blast Furnace Recipe: What ingredients do you need?
The crafting recipe is simple. You will require these items to craft the Blast Furnace:
- furnace x1
- Iron Ignots x5
- Smooth Stones x3
You’ll also need a crafting table to access the 3 x 3 crafting grid, as your 2 x 2 inventory crafting grid will not fit all ingredients.
Put Furnace into the center box, then place Smooth Stones in the bottom boxes. Lastly, add the remaining Iron Ingots.
How to get the items needed to craft the Blast Furnace?
We advise you to get the ingredients from the Blast Furnace crafting recipe first.
Furnace
The first thing you’ll need is the crafting table. Furnace, just like Blast Furnace, requires a 3 x 3 crafting grid to be made. Next, gather eight Cobblestones. The way to obtain Cobblestone is simply by mining it from a Stone with a pickaxe. Cobblestone is also a product of flowing lava and water coming into contact, but you don’t need to go that far to get it.
Once you collect eight Cobblestones, place them on the outside of the crafting table like so:
Once you press the “Use item” button, you will receive a Furnace.
Additionally, Furnace can be obtained as a product of breaking Minecart with Furnace.
Iron Ingots
This is a basic material used in a lot of Minecraft crafting recipes. You can get it from Chests, Crafting, Smelting, Compound Creation, and looting mobs.
| Source | Method | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Chests | There is a chance for you to find Iron Ingots in chests from Dungeon, Mineshaft, Bastion remnant, Buried Treasure, Desert temple, End city, Jungle temple, Nether fortress, Pillager Outpost, Shipwreck, Stronghold, Village and Woodland Mansion. The drop rate ranges from 11,2% (Bridge chest in Bastion remnant) to 99,4% (Buried treasure). | 1-9 |
| Crafting | From Iron Block | X 9 |
| From 9 Iron Nuggets | X 1 | |
| Smelting | Iron Ore, Deepslate Iron Ore, or Raw Iron + any fuel | X 0,7 |
| Compound Creation | Iron Element (25 Fe) | X 1 |
| Mobs | Iron Golems always drop Iron Ingots upon death. Also, zombies, zombie villagers, and husks have a 2,5% chance to drop Iron Ingot when killed. |
From Iron Golems - 3-5 From other mobs - 1 |
Smooth Stone
Smooth stone will be dropped from mining Stone if you mine it using a pickaxe. Mining without a pickaxe yields nothing. There is also a 20,8% chance that it will drop from a Chest in Both Java and Bedrock Edition. Finally, Smooth stone is a product of a smelting regular Stone.
You can use any fuel source.
What are Blast Furnaces in Minecraft for?
In Minecraft, Smelting revolves around turning raw materials into refined goods.
Is it worth it to craft the Blast Furnace? In our opinion, definitely yes. The materials to craft the Blast Furnace are very accessible and cheap, and you receive the most precious resource in return - time.
Heads up!
If you want to smelt food instead of ores, use Minecraft Smoker.
How to use a Blast Furnace?
To use a blast furnace follow these steps:
- Select it from your hotbar (or sidebar) and place it onto the ground.
- Open the Blast Furnace menu.
- Place fuel in the bottom box.
- Add an item that is meant to be smelted into the upper box.
- You will see the product of smelting in the right box.
- Once smelting is complete, you are free to move the item to your inventory.
Minecraft Blast Furnace: Final Words
Minecraft game offers players the use of some cool items to make the gameplay more enjoyable. In this guide, we tried to answer all the questions you might have regarding the blast furnace recipe and the way you can use it in Minecraft.
Make sure to also check our other guide on how to make a potion of weakness and learn something useful about ender chest in Minecraft.
Blast Furnace Recipe: FAQ
What do I need Blast Furnace in Minecraft for?
Blast Furnace has the same purpose as a regular Furnace, but Blast Furnace smelts much faster. You don’t need it altogether, but you will have much use of it if you are an impatient type of player.
Is Blast Furnace available in Bedrock Edition?
Yes, it is. Blast Furnace works in:
- Java Edition,
- Pocket Edition,
- Xbox One,
- PS4,
- Nintendo Switch,
- Windows 10,
- Education Edition.
It means it doesn’t work for PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 as of now.
Is Blast Furnace better than the Smoker?
Both can’t be compared as they serve different purposes. With Blast Furnace, you can only smelt ores, but you can’t smelt food. And vice versa - with Smoker you can only smelt food, not ores.