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How to Craft a Furnace in Minecraft

By Kevin Henrique · Updated August 25, 2026 · Station: Crafting Table

To craft a furnace in Minecraft you need eight cobblestone. On the Crafting Table fill every square except the middle — leave that hole empty — and one furnace comes out. Below are the items, the recipe, and where that cobble comes from.

Crafting Table
Materials
Item Qty Where to get it
Cobblestone 8 Break stone with any pickaxe. Without a pickaxe the block drops nothing.

Furnace specs

Difficulty
Early game
Where it lives
Crafted. Also in village weaponsmiths, some houses, igloos, ancient cities and trail ruins.
Where to get it
Craft on a Crafting Table: fill every square except the middle with cobblestone.
Item ID
minecraft:furnace
Numerical ID
61
Stackable
Yes
Max stack
64
Renewable
Yes
Hardness
3.5
Blast resistance
3.5
Material
Stone
Diggable
Yes
Give command
/give @p minecraft:furnace 1
Time to break
ItemTime to break
Golden Pickaxe 0.44s
Netherite Pickaxe 0.58s
Diamond Pickaxe 0.66s
Iron Pickaxe 0.88s
Stone Pickaxe 1.31s
Wooden Pickaxe 2.63s
Hand 26.25s · No

Ingredient specs

Cobblestone

Early game
Where to get it
Break stone with any pickaxe. Without a pickaxe the block drops nothing.
Where it lives
Overworld caves and hills. Also when flowing lava meets water.
Item ID
minecraft:cobblestone
Numerical ID
4
Stackable
Yes
Max stack
64
Renewable
Yes
Hardness
2
Blast resistance
6
Material
Stone
Diggable
Yes

Eight cobblestone

Craft a wooden pickaxe first if you still punch stone with your fist. Mine the gray stone on a hillside or in a shallow hole: each block drops cobblestone. Eight pieces cover the ring. Blackstone from the Nether and cobbled deepslate from the deep caves sit in the same slots if that is what you already have.

A ring on the table

Open the Crafting Table. Fill the top row, the bottom row, and both sides of the middle row with cobblestone. Leave the center empty. One furnace appears on the right; take it. This ring needs the 3×3 table.

Ore on top, fuel under

Place it on the ground and open it. The item to cook goes in the top slot — raw iron, sand, a log, even cobblestone itself. Fuel goes underneath: coal, charcoal, or another log. When the arrow fills, take the result on the right. Sand becomes glass; a log becomes charcoal.

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