Smelting

How to Make Charcoal in Minecraft

Make Charcoal by smelting any Log or Wood block in a furnace. It works exactly like Coal and is fully renewable from trees.

You'll need

  • 1× Log (any wood)
  • Fuel

Station / tools

  • Furnace

Yields: 1 Charcoal per Log

Step by step

  1. 1

    Smelt a Log

    Put any Log (or stripped log / wood) in the top slot of a furnace with fuel. Each Log becomes one Charcoal.

Tips

  • Use one Charcoal to smelt more Logs into Charcoal — a self-sustaining fuel loop from a tree farm.
  • Charcoal makes Torches and Campfires just like Coal, but it can't be crafted into a Block of Coal.

FAQ

Is Charcoal the same as Coal?

It burns the same as fuel and makes the same Torches, but Charcoal and Coal don't stack together and Charcoal can't be made into a Coal Block.

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