How to Craft a Blast Furnace in Minecraft: Recipe + Uses

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Craft and use a blasting furnace in Minecraft with this quick recipe

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Last Updated: November 28, 2025 Fact Checked

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Crafting a Blast Furnace

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If you need to smelt ore more quickly in Minecraft, you can craft a Blast Furnace. This works similar to a regular Furnace, but it operates twice as fast. You'll just need Iron Ingots and Smooth Stones to upgrade your Furnace. Here's how to craft a Blast Furnace in Minecraft on all platforms.

Easy Blast Furnace Recipe in Minecraft

To make a Blast Furnace in Minecraft, place a Furnace at the center of a crafting grid. Place a Furnace in the center of a crafting grid. Place 3 Smooth Stones in the bottom row, and then fill the remaining squares with 5 Iron Ingots.^{[1]
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Crafting a Blast Furnace

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Open the crafting table. This will open a 3x3 crafting grid.
- You'll need a Furnace, 5 Iron Ingots, and 3 Smooth Stones.^{[3]
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- Smooth Stones can be obtained by smelting regular Stone.
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Place the materials in the grid. Be sure to place them as follows:
- Row 1: Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot, Iron Ingot
- Row 2: Iron Ingot, Furnace, Iron Ingot
- Row 3: Smooth Stone, Smooth Stone, Smooth Stone
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Place the Blast Furnace in your inventory. You'll see it on the right side of the crafting grid.^{[4]
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- The Blast Furnace recipe should also unlock when you smelt regular Stone for Smooth Stone.
- You may also find Blast Furnaces in a village or in trail ruins.

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Blast Furnace Usages

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Smelting. Unlike the Furnace, which can smelt ore, food, and other resources, Blast Furnaces can only be used to smelt ore. This allows you to smelt twice as fast.^{[5]
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- To smelt ore, place an ore and a fuel item into the Blast Furnace.
If there's an unclaimed Blast Furnace in a village, it can be used to change a villager's profession to armorer.^{[6]
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Like other Furnaces, a Blast Furnace emits light, which can help keep mobs at bay.^{[7]
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If you're using Java Edition, you can lock the Blast Furnace using the /data command.
If you place a Blast Furnace underneath a note block, it makes a bass drum sound.^{[8]
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