How do you craft a Charcoal in Minecraft?

Open a Furnace and place the ingredients in the correct pattern. This recipe requires 1 Log and produces 1 Charcoal per craft.

How many Charcoal does this recipe make?

Each successful smelt yields 1 Charcoal in Minecraft 26.3.

What can you make with Charcoal?

Charcoal is used as an ingredient in 4 other recipes, including Copper Torch, Soul Torch, Torch, Fire Charge.

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How to Craft Charcoal

Minecraft 26.3 Materials 1 per craft

The Charcoal is a materials item in Minecraft 26.3. You smelt it at a Furnace from Log, and each craft produces a single Charcoal. It is an ingredient in 4 other recipes.

Charcoal crafting recipe — the exact Furnace grid layout in Minecraft 26.3

Crafted at a Furnace. Click any ingredient to see its recipe.

Recipe data generated from Minecraft 26.3, last verified 2026-05-07.

Ingredients to Craft Charcoal

Log (any log) × 1

Items You Can Craft with Charcoal

Charcoal is an ingredient in 4 other Minecraft recipes.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you craft a Charcoal in Minecraft?: Open a Furnace and place the ingredients in the correct pattern shown above. This recipe requires 1 Log and produces 1 Charcoal per craft.
How many Charcoal does this recipe make?: Each successful smelt yields 1 Charcoal in Minecraft 26.3.
What station do you need to craft Charcoal?: You need a Furnace.
What can you make with Charcoal?: Charcoal is used as an ingredient in 4 other recipes, including Copper Torch, Soul Torch, Torch, Fire Charge.