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What is Charcoal?
Want to cook meat, smelt ore, or craft stone? Then you’ll need fuel. Usually, coal is the go-to choice, but maybe that’s not your style. Perhaps you’ve never even held a pickaxe in your hands. Suppose you prefer renewable resources. If that sounds like you, then charcoal is just what you need.
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Charcoal Recipe Minecraft
So, what exactly is charcoal? It’s a lesser-known element of Minecraft for a few reasons. The simplest way to describe it is as an alternative to regular coal. Normally, if you needed to fuel a furnace or craft torches, you’d go mining for coal. But instead, you can use charcoal. How do you get it? It’s very simple.
Where to find charcoal in Minecraft?
To obtain charcoal, simply smelt any wooden block in a furnace. That’s it!
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Charcoal serves as an alternative to regular coal, providing 80 seconds of burn time, which is exactly the same as regular coal. This makes converting wooden blocks into charcoal a pretty efficient use of wood.
However, keep in mind that charcoal does not stack with regular coal. Although they function similarly, they are distinct items. Charcoal is essentially the fuel option for players who don’t want to mine. The downside? You can’t craft it into a block. Regular coal can be crafted into a coal block, which allows for more fuel to be stored in one furnace slot and burns for 800 seconds—10 times longer than regular coal. In this regard, regular coal has the advantage.
Trivia
- Powered minecarts can run on both charcoal and regular coal.
- Using charcoal to smelt wood unlocks the achievement "Renewable Energy."
- Initially, charcoal had the same texture as regular coal, which was quite confusing, especially since they don’t stack together. Later, its texture was changed.
- Breaking a campfire without the Silk Touch enchantment results in dropping charcoal.
Summary
That’s everything you need to know about fuel options. In standard Minecraft, it’s generally not that easy to run out of fuel, but if you don’t want to mine anymore and prefer fully renewable energy, then a tree farm will be your best bet. Personally, I don’t use charcoal when I need to smelt large amounts of stone or ore, but as they say, everyone plays their own way. And with that, I hope you’re ready to keep your furnaces running at full capacity!
