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Smelting · Speed · 1.21

How to Make a Smoker and Blast Furnace

Both start from a plain furnace, and both smelt their speciality twice as fast. Use the right one and you halve the wait at the campfire and the forge.

The two recipes

A furnace in the centre, then wrap it for the job you want.

Smoker
→
Smoker
Blast Furnace
→
Blast Furnace

Need the base first? See how to make a furnace, or grab the grids on Astroworld crafting.

Which furnace for what

Smoker - food

Meat, fish, potatoes, kelp, any food. Twice as fast as a furnace, the kitchen workhorse.

Blast furnace - ore & metal

Ores, raw metal, and metal tools or armour down to nuggets. Twice as fast for everything metal.

Furnace - everything else

Stone, glass, charcoal, terracotta. Slower, but the only one that smelts the non-food, non-metal items.

They double as job blocks

Place one near an unemployed villager and it takes the job: a smoker makes a Butcher, a blast furnace makes an Armorer, Toolsmith or Weaponsmith. A cheap way to set up the trades you want.

Quick answers

What is the smoker recipe?
A furnace in the centre with four logs or any wood around its sides. Any wood type works.
What is the blast furnace recipe?
A furnace in the centre, five iron ingots around the top and sides, and three smooth stone along the bottom.
How much faster are they?
Twice as fast at their job. A smelt that takes ten seconds in a furnace takes five in the matching specialised block.
Do they use more fuel?
They burn fuel twice as fast to match the speed, so the fuel cost per item is the same; you just finish sooner.
Can a smoker smelt ore?
No. A smoker only cooks food and a blast furnace only handles ore and metal. For anything else you still need a plain furnace.
Are they villager workstations?
Yes. A smoker turns an unemployed villager into a Butcher; a blast furnace makes an Armorer, Toolsmith or Weaponsmith.

Start with a plain furnace, look up the smoker, blast furnace and smooth stone in the items database, or open the crafting recipes for both grids.