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Charcoal – Wiki Guide

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This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft charcoal with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, charcoal is an important basic item in your inventory. Charcoal can be used to quickly to craft torches. It can also be used as a fuel in a furnace to smelt/cook 8 items (1 charcoal will burn in a furnace for 80 seconds).

Let’s explore how to make charcoal in a furnace.

Where to find Charcoal in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find charcoal in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform	Version(s)	Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.8 – 1.11	Materials
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.12 – 1.19	Miscellaneous
Java Edition (PC/Mac)	1.19.3 – 1.19.4	Ingredients

Platform is the platform that applies.

Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).

Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

Required Materials to make Charcoal

In Minecraft, these are the materials you can use to craft charcoal:

1 Oak Log
1 Spruce Log
1 Birch Log
1 Jungle Log
1 Acacia Log
1 Dark Oak Log
1 Stripped Oak Log
1 Stripped Spruce Log
1 Stripped Birch Log
1 Stripped Jungle Log
1 Stripped Acacia Log
1 Stripped Dark Oak Log
1 Stripped Oak Wood
1 Stripped Spruce Wood
1 Stripped Birch Wood
1 Stripped Jungle Wood
1 Stripped Dark Oak Wood
1 Oak Wood with Bark
1 Spruce Wood with Bark
1 Birch Wood with Bark
1 Jungle Wood with Bark
1 Dark Oak Wood with Bark

TIP: You only need to use one type of wood! You don’t have to gather them all.

How to craft Charcoal in Survival Mode

1. Open the Furnace Menu

First, open your furnace so that you have the Furnace menu that looks like this:

2. Add Fuel to the Furnace

Next, you need to add fuel to the bottom fuel box in the furnace.

In this tutorial, we are going to use coal as our fuel.

TIP: Read our tutorial called How to Add Fuel to a Furnace if you aren’t sure what items can be used as fuel, the length of time each fuel will burn, or how many items each fuel can smelt/cook.

3. Add Items to make Charcoal

Next, place the wooden item in the top box of the furnace. In this example, we are going to make charcoal from an oak log. You should see the flames cooking the oak log.

Once the wood is cooked/burned in the furnace, the charcoal will appear in the box to the right.

4. Move the Charcoal to Inventory

Now that you have made charcoal in your furnace, you need to move the new item to your inventory.

Congratulations, you have made charcoal in Minecraft!