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The complete guide to creating and using a campfire
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Campfires are a handy tool in Minecraft, as they can offer light, cook food, and provide helpful smoke signals. But how exactly do you craft this multi-purpose tool in your own world? Keep reading to learn the exact recipe for a Minecraft campfire, along with all the different ways you can use this item.
Things You Should Know
- Layer 3 wood blocks, 3 sticks, and 1 piece of coal or charcoal on a crafting table to make a campfire.
- Alternatively, use 1 block of soul sand or soul soil instead of coal or charcoal to make a soul campfire.
- Use a campfire to create light, cook food, create smoke signals, repel bees, and more.
Steps
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Minecraft Campfire Recipe
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Place 3 wood blocks on the bottom row of a crafting table. Build a crafting table and place 3 wood blocks in the bottom 3 slots of the 3 by 3 crafting interface. Stems and stripped logs can also work for this base layer.
- Any type of wood works for this—it doesn’t have to be a specific type.
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Put a piece of coal in the center of the crafting table. If you don’t have any coal on hand, use your furnace to smelt a piece of wood into charcoal.Advertisement
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Place a triangle of sticks around the piece of coal or charcoal. Put your first 2 sticks to the left and right of the coal/charcoal. Then, place your 3rd stick on top of the coal/charcoal.
- Don’t have any sticks? Put a few wood planks in the center spot of the crafting table, and then put planks in the slot directly underneath it.
- Alternative: Use a piece of soul sand or soul soil to make a soul campfire. These items can be acquired in the Nether, which can be reached by making a Nether Portal . Soul campfires largely do the same thing as campfires, though their flames are a little less bright (but twice as damaging).
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Grab the finished campfire and place it on the ground. After your sticks, charcoal, and wood blocks are in place, a campfire appears in the output box of the crafting table. Take the campfire so it goes directly into your inventory. Then, set your campfire in a spot where it could be useful, like a place where you’re setting up camp for the night.
- Campfires light automatically when you place them on the ground.
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