Recipe and Detail
Iron Furnace
Cooking Speed: 4 Seconds per item
Recipe:
Center: Furnace (vanilla)
Surrounding: 8x Iron Blocks
Simple and accessible, the Iron Furnace is your first upgrade from vanilla furnaces.
Copper Furnace
Cooking Speed: 3 Seconds per item
Recipe:
Center: Iron Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Copper Blocks
A moderate upgrade with copper as the key material. Works best for early-mid game progression.
Golden Furnace
Cooking Speed: 2 Seconds per item
Recipe:
Center: Copper Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Gold Blocks
Golden furnaces cook twice as fast as vanilla furnaces. Requires significant gold investment.
Diamond Furnace
Cooking Speed: 1 Second per item
Recipe:
Center: Golden Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Diamond Blocks
The Diamond Furnace is a significant upgrade, requiring substantial diamonds but offering excellent speed.
Emerald Furnace
Cooking Speed: 0.5 Seconds per item
Recipe:
Center: Diamond Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Emerald Blocks
Emerald Furnaces cook items in half a second — one of the fastest standard furnaces. Very rare materials required.
Netherite Furnace
Cooking Speed: 4 Items per second
Recipe:
Center: Emerald Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Netherite Blocks
The Netherite Furnace cooks 4 items simultaneously every second. Late-game powerhouse that requires ancient debris.
Extreme Furnace
Cooking Speed: 20 Items per second
Recipe:
Center: Netherite Furnace
Surrounding: 8x Nether Stars
The ultimate furnace! Cooks 20 items per second. Requires Nether Stars from Wither defeats — extremely challenging but incredibly rewarding.
Progression Chart
Iron
4s
2.5x faster
Iron Blocks
Copper
3s
3.3x faster
Copper Blocks
Golden
2s
5x faster
Gold Blocks
Diamond
1s
10x faster
Diamond Blocks
Emerald
0.5s
20x faster
Emerald Blocks
Netherite
4/sec
40x faster
Netherite Blocks
Extreme
20/sec
200x faster
Nether Stars
Tips for Progression
Start with Iron — Readily available and provides a solid early boost
Plan ahead — Each tier requires a lot of the previous tier's material
Emerald is the sweet spot — Offers excellent speed without extreme farming
Extreme requires planning — Need multiple Wither defeats to gather enough Nether Stars
Mix & match — Use different furnaces strategically based on your needs
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