Smelting (also known as cooking, baking, burning, or producing) is the main method to "smelt". It is an action using a furnace, blast furnace, smoker, or a campfire where a player converts ore or another block into something else by heating it with fuel. For example, one stick/sapling/bowl smelts 0.5 blocks, wood/wood plank smelts 1.5 blocks, coal/charcoal smelts 8 blocks, a block of coal smelts 80 blocks, and a lava bucket smelts 100 blocks. Each item takes ten seconds to be smelted by default.
Fuel Types and Smelt Times[]
Fuel | Burning Time (seconds) | Amount needed to burn a stack (64) of items |
---|---|---|
Lava Bucket | 1,000 | 0.64 |
Block of Coal | 800 | 0.8 |
Dried Kelp Block | 200 | 3.2 |
Blaze Rod | 120 | 5.3 |
Coal | 80 | 8 |
Charcoal | 80 | 8 |
Boat | 60 | 10.6 |
Scaffolding[ Bedrock Edition only] | 60 | 10.6 |
Scaffolding[ Java Edition only] | 20 | 32 |
Log | 15 | 42.6 |
Planks | 15 | 42.6 |
Pressure Plate(wooden) | 15 | 42.6 |
Fence | 15 | 42.6 |
Fence Gate | 15 | 42.6 |
Stairs(wooden) | 15 | 42.6 |
Trapdoor(wooden) | 15 | 42.6 |
Crafting Table | 15 | 42.6 |
Cartography Table | 15 | 42.6 |
Fletching Table | 15 | 42.6 |
Smithing Table | 15 | 42.6 |
Loom | 15 | 42.6 |
Bookshelf | 15 | 42.6 |
Lectern | 15 | 42.6 |
Composter | 15 | 42.6 |
Chest | 15 | 42. |
Trapped Chest | 15 | 42.6 |
Barrel | 15 | 42.6 |
Daylight Detector | 15 | 42.6 |
Jukebox | 15 | 42.6 |
Note Block | 15 | 42.6 |
Huge Mushrooms[ Bedrock Edition only] | 15 | 42.6 |
Banner | 15 | 42.6 |
Wooden Slab[ Bedrock Edition only] | 15 | 42.6 |
Wooden Slab[ Java Edition only] | 7.5 | 85.3 |
Bow[ Java Edition only] | 15 | 42.6 |
Bow[ Bedrock Edition only] | 10 | 64 |
Fishing Rod | 15 | 42.6 |
Ladder | 15 | 42.6 |
Button(wooden)[ Bedrock Edition only] | 15 | 42.6 |
Button(wooden)[ Java Edition only] | 5 | 128 |
Wooden Pickaxe | 10 | 64 |
Wooden Shovel | 10 | 64 |
Wooden Hoe | 10 | 64 |
Wooden Axe | 10 | 64 |
Wooden Sword | 10 | 64 |
Sign | 10 | 64 |
Door(wooden) | 10 | 64 |
Bowl[ Bedrock Edition only] | 10 | 64 |
Bowl[ Java Edition only] | 5 | 128 |
Saplings | 5 | 128 |
Stick | 5 | 128 |
Wool[ Java Edition only] | 5 | 128 |
Carpet[ Java Edition only] | 3.35 | 191.04 |
Bamboo | 2.5 | 256 |
Trivia[]
- If a player configures the settings by using Data Packs (1.13+), by changing the cooking time to a smaller value (smaller than 200), the smelting length can be quicker.
- Increasing the value beyond the default (200) will slow down the cooking time.
- If a player breaks the furnace while it's smelting something, no experience will drop, but any items inside will drop.
- A Blast Furnace only smelts ores, no food.
- Hoppers can input fuel and items into a furnace and remove the smelted items, making automatic smelters possible.
- A Smoker can cook only food.