Smelting Raw Ore Blocks into Full Metal Blocks

Preparing Raw Ore Blocks

Instead of smelting loose raw materials one by one, you can process entire raw ore blocks directly.

1. Collect your mined raw iron, raw copper, or raw gold.

2. Open a crafting table and craft the loose items into their corresponding raw ore blocks (Raw Iron Block, Raw Copper Block, or Raw Gold Block).

3. Keep your ore in block form—there is no need to break them down before heading to your smelter.

Smelting in a Furnace

1. Place down a standard furnace or a blast furnace and open its interface.

2. Place your raw ore blocks into the top input slot.

3. Add your fuel, such as coal, into the bottom slot.

4. Each block cooks in the time it normally takes to smelt 8 single raw ores, saving you one item's worth of cook time per block.

5. Remove the finished full metal block (Block of Iron, Block of Copper, or Block of Gold) from the output slot on the right, which also collects your earned experience points.