To make a blast furnace in Minecraft, you will need the following ingredients:
- 1 Furnace
- 5 Iron Ingots
- 3 Smooth Stones
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to craft a blast furnace:
- Craft a regular furnace using 8 cobblestones in a 3×3 crafting grid. Place the cobblestones in an “O” shape, leaving the center square empty[1].
- Obtain 5 iron ingots. You can get these by smelting iron ore in a furnace.
- Create 3 smooth stones by smelting cobblestone in a furnace to get stone, and then smelting the stone again to get smooth stone.
- Open the crafting table and place the furnace in the center square of the 3×3 crafting grid.
- Place 3 smooth stones in the bottom row of the crafting grid.
- Place an iron ingot in each of the top row squares and one on either side of the furnace in the middle row[2].
Once you have crafted the blast furnace, you can use it to smelt ores, raw metals, and metal armor and tools twice as fast as a regular furnace. However, it cannot smelt anything else[3]. To use the blast furnace, simply place the item and fuel on top of it, and it will change its state to ‘lit’ and start smelting[4].
Citations:
[1] https://thenerdstash.com/minecraft-how-to-make-a-blast-furnace/
[2] https://www.digminecraft.com/basic_recipes/make_blast_furnace.php
[3] https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Blast_Furnace
[4] https://republicworld.com/technology-news/gaming/how-to-make-a-blast-furnace-in-minecraft.html