Furnace

Description

Another very important utility block in Minecraft is the Furnace, and this holds true for Polycraft World as well. The Furnace is an inventory that allows raw materials, such as ores or raw meat, to be smelted or cooked into their completed products, such as ingots or cooked meat. The top of the furnace allows input of raw materials, with a fuel slot located below. Outputs are placed on the right hand side for easy retrieval. A plethora of items can be used as a fuel source for the furnace, such as wood, coal, or petrochemicals from Polycraft World, each with their own independent burn time. For more information on Minecraft smelting, click here.

In the real world, furnaces rarely are used for both cooking food products as well as processing ores, as temperatures vary greatly for these applications, and most people know of a furnace as a machine used to heat their homes in the winter. Metallurgical furnaces have existed in many shapes and forms throughout human history, and a more apt word to describe this would be a bloomery. This type of furnace was essentially the most commonly known way to convert iron ore into small iron metal filings which were later used for tools. During the industrial revolution, a large array of advancements were made in the field of metallurgy, allowing metallurgical furnaces to produce purer iron in far better quantities.

The sections below show how to craft a furnace, what it can be used to craft in Polycraft World, as well as some Polycraft World related item recipes the furnace can be used for. Please note this is not an exhaustive list and recipes can be located on their respective page if necessary.

Properties

Name	Value
Technology Level	1
Resources Needed	Cobblestone
Release Version	1.0.0, Base Minecraft

Crafting Recipe

Components	Recipe	Outputs
Cobblestone		Furnace

References

• 1. https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Furnace
• 2. https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Smelting