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Blast Furnace in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Blast Furnace is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Blast Furnace.

What is Blast Furnace?

Blast Furnace is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 3.5 and a blast resistance of 3.5. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Blast Furnace does not emit light. Blast Furnace filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:blast_furnace. Command: /give @p minecraft:blast_furnace 1.

How to mine Blast Furnace

Blast Furnace requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 5.25 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 17.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Blast Furnace drops

When broken, Blast Furnace drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable

Blast Furnace technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: Yes — luminance 13

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Blast Furnace (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:blast_furnace
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 3.5
  • Blast resistance: 3.5
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:blast_furnace 1

Overview

Blast Furnace is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blast Furnace with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Blast Furnace once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Blast Furnace with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Blast Furnace once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 5.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 17.5s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:blast_furnace 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Estimated time per run: 5-20 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Blast Furnace?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Blast Furnace drop when mined?

Breaking Blast Furnace drops Blast Furnace.

How hard is Blast Furnace to mine?

Blast Furnace has a hardness value of 3.5. That works out to roughly 5.25s with the correct tool or 17.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Blast Furnace?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Blast Furnace.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Blast Furnace?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:blast_furnace, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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