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Glass is a handy item to have in Minecraft—and, best of all, it’s super easy to make with sand and a furnace. In this guide, we’ll show you exactly how to make this helpful resource in Minecraft, along with other similar recipes, like stained glass and glass panes.
How to Craft Glass in Minecraft
To create glass, add fuel to the lower slot of your furnace and place sand blocks into the upper slot—the furnace will create glass automatically. To make glass panes, fill the bottom 2 rows of a crafting table with glass blocks.
Steps
How to Make Glass in Minecraft
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Fill a furnace with fuel. Put coal, charcoal, dried kelp, or any other fuel source into the bottom square of the furnace.
- Don’t have a furnace? Make one by placing 8 cobblestone blocks in a ring using your crafting table.
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Place sand in the furnace. Collect sand from the shorelines around your Minecraft world and place a stack of it in the upper box of the furnace.Advertisement
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Take the glass from the furnace. The glass will appear in the results square in the smelting window.
Community Q&A
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QuestionHow do I make coal on Minecraft PC version?Community AnswerThere are two ways. You can mine coal with a pickaxe or get charcoal by smelting wood (logs not planks) in a furnace.
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QuestionHow do I get glass panes?Community AnswerMake glass panes by putting glass boxes in the bottom two rows of a 3x3 box.
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QuestionWhat is a quick slot bar?Community AnswerIf you press a number key from 1 to 9, you can quickly get an item without scrolling!
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Tips
- A redstone current can still travel down the side of a glass block that is diagonal to it.Thanks
- To get light underwater, make a tower from glass blocks. As long as the glass is all connected to glass at the surface, a faint glow will spread through it from the daylight above.Thanks
- You cannot dye glass panes directly, but you can turn stained glass blocks into panes of the same color.Thanks
Tips from our Readers
- Glass can also help you see if there are any monsters near your house at night, and you can see when the sun comes up.
- If you place a glass block somewhere you don't want and destroy it, it doesn't go back into your inventory.
- To get a glass pane back when you break it, use a silk touch pick axe or else you won't get it back.
Warnings
- Many objects will not stick to glass, including jack o' lanterns, doors and trapdoors, beds, ladders, rails, redstone wire, and pressure plates. You can place torches on top of glass blocks, but not on the sides.Thanks
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To make glass in Minecraft, start by gathering some sand and fuel. Then, open your furnace and put the sand in the top square and the fuel in the bottom square. After a few seconds, glass should appear in the square to the right. Transfer the glass to your inventory and you're finished! To learn how to make other items out of glass, such as panes or bottles, keep reading!
