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FIGURE 2.10
Burn, baby, burn. The furnace smelts objects into items more useful for
crafting, building, decorating, and cooking. Keep one handy at all times.
Tip:
Buckets of Lava Are the Best Fuel
You can use both coal and charcoal as sources of fuel in a furnace, and they are
muchmoreeffectivethanmostothermaterials,abletoprocesseightblocksapiece.
Butwhat'sthebestfuelpossible?Abucketoflava.You'llbeabletofindtheseeas-
ily enough later on. For now, just keep it in mind. One bucket equals 100 smelted
blocks. It's like your own personal nuclear reactor.
Thefurnacecantakealittletimetodoitsthing,butit'salsosetandforget.Walkaway,and
the furnace keeps on burning while it has fuel and something to work on. When either runs
out, the furnace just shuts down, and you can collect the results later. No need to worry
about leaving the gas on or the pot boiling over.
Now you have some charcoal, press
E
to open your inventory window (or right-click your
crafting table if you prefer) and place one stick in any lower position of the crafting grid
and one piece of charcoal above it. Great work! You've just created four torches, and in
Minecraft they're going to be some of your best friends.
