How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft: Smelt Faster

Want to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft?

Want to smelt items but faster than the normal furnace?

Then Blast Furnace is for you.

Available Platforms:

EditionPlatformAvailable
Java EditionWindowsMac, and Linux PC’sYES
Bedrock EditionXbox OneNintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Fire OS, and Windows 10 PC’sYES
Education EditionMac, iOS, and Windows 10 PC’sYES
PlayStation EditionPS4YES

Not Available on Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii U.

Things Required to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft

The Blast Furnace in Minecraft was added in the village and pillage update. A Blast Furnace is usually similar to a furnace, but a furnace can smelt both food and ore but Blast Furnace only smelt only ores armors and tools but at a faster rate.

You only need three ingredients to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft:

  • 5 Iron Ingots
  • 1 Furnace
  • 3 Smooth Stone

I’ll tell you how to make it and everything in detail. So, to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft is to make Iron Ingots first.

Make Iron Ingot:

Our first step for How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft is to make iron ingots. While mining you’ll see a grey stone with pink spots on it as shown in the picture below, these are iron ore. Mine them with a pickaxe.

Mine iron ore, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft

By smelting, you can easily make iron ingots. Place coal in the bottom slot and iron ore in the top slot of the furnace. Move Iron Ingots to the inventory.

make Iron ingot, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft

You can also give commands for Iron Ingots:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher: /give @p iron_ingot 1    
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p iron_ingot 1 0    

You can also get Iron Ingot by killing Iron Golems which are spawn in villages. If you can’t find one, you can summon it using a cheat. Our first ingredient for How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft is crafted.

Craft Furnance

Can you make the smooth stone in a blast furnace? Can you smelt stone in a blast furnace?

Our second step for How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft is to craft a furnace. The furnace can be used for smelting and it is required to create certain building blocks like glass and refining ores. You only need 8 cobblestones to make a furnace. Following are the steps:

  • Open your Crafting Table.
  • Place 8 Cobblestones just as shown in the picture. You’ll get your furnace.
craft furnace, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft

Place it wherever you want, on the ground or in your home. You can also give commands for the furnace in Minecraft:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p furnace 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p furnace 1 0  

To Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft, our third step is to make Smooth Stone.

Make Smooth Stone:

Our Third step for How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft is to make Smooth Stone and to make Smooth Stone you need Cobblestone first.

Cobblestone is the most common stone in Minecraft that you can find at any time. It will be refined into a smooth stone. Now to make a smooth stone, open your furnace and follow the steps:

  • Put Coal or Wood in the bottom slot of the furnace.
  • Put Cobblestone in the top slot of the furnace.
place cobblestone in furnace, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft
  • Flames will start burning and Cobblestone will turn into Stone.
make stone, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft
  • Put stone again in the furnace to make smooth stone.
make smooth stone, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft

You can also give commands for smooth stone:

Java Edition 1.13 and higher command: /give @p smooth_stone 1  
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p smooth_stone 1 0  

Our all ingredients are complete for How to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft. So what are we waiting for? Let’s Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft now.

Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft:

Our final step is here, Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft. Place all the ingredients in the crafting table as shown below to Make Blast furnace.

make blast furnace in Minecraft

It can be mined by any pickaxe, if it’s mined without a pickaxe, it’ll drop nothing and it’ll also drop the contents in it when broken.

Other ways to get Blast Furnace:

1. You can also find Blast Furnace in any armorer house in a village.

2 If you don’t want to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft and don’t want to go through some adventure, you can also give commands to make Blast Furnace in Minecraft. The Blast Furnace commands are available in Java Edition, Pocket EditionXbox OneNintendo Switch, Windows 10 Edition, and Education Edition. Open the Minecraft Chat window and type the following command according to your version.

Java Edition 1.16 and higher command: /give @p blast_furnace 1   
PE, Xbox One, Switch, Win 10, Education Edition: /give @p blast_furnace 1 0   

Congratulations! I hope you now know how to Make Blast Furnace in Minecraft.

Uses:

  1. It is used to smelt armor/ tools [iron, gold, and chainmail], raw ore and ore blocks.
  2. It can be used to change the profession of the jobless villager into armorer.
  3. It can also be used as a light source, it emits a light of level 13 when active.
  4. It can also be placed under note blocks to produce “bass drum” sound.

FAQs:

What does a blast furnace do in Minecraft?

Blast Furnace is used to smelt armor/ tools [iron, gold, and chainmail], raw ore, and ore blocks.

How do you Make a Blast Furnace in Minecraft?

You only need three items to make Blast Furnace in Minecraft.
=> 5 Iron Ingots
=> 1 Furnace
=> 3 Smooth Stone

How do you craft a furnace in Minecraft?

You only need 8 cobblestones to craft a furnace in Minecraft.

What do you use to fuel a blast furnace in Minecraft?

You can use coal or charcoal as fuel in Blast Furnace.

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