In older versions of minecraft, you could smelt items by dropping it into lava or through fire. however, it was removed due to it being faster and cheaper than furnace smelting.
Here, I am going to make a suggestion that will re-implement fire smelting, but in a balanced way that requires some skill to do correctly.
First of all, the basis of this suggestion: The coal block.
Crafted from 4 coal, the coal block burns for quite a long time. It can be used in a furnace, smelting 32 items, or it can be placed and set on fire.
When you set one on fire, it burns for 10 minutes with a blueish flame, due to the immense heat. However, it also sets things around it on fire in a greater radius. Instead of only lighting adjacent blocks up to 4 blocks above it on fire, blocks up to 3 blocks away in any direction and 5 upwards can be set on fire.
In addition to the increased flame spread range, being within 3 blocks of a burning coal block can set you on fire.
If an item is dropped into this fire, it will normally be destroyed. However, if an ore is dropped onto it, it will survive for a while. After 4 seconds, it turns into an ingot. 1 second after becoming an ingot, however, it is destroyed. This requires the user to either have quick reflexes, or automate the process somehow.
Please let me know what you think, and if you like the idea, give it a +. It shows your support!
I disagree on the coal block, 4 coal only gives you 32 uses. And the rest of this is either overpowered or just pointless. :/ I think smelting it would just be easier.
I disagree on the coal block, 4 coal only gives you 32 uses. And the rest of this is either overpowered or just pointless. :/ I think smelting it would just be easier.
I did my math wrong. I corrected the amount of items smelted.
Also, smelting it IS just easier. However, this method is great for mass-producing it. Say you want to smelt 1 iron. A furnace is far better.
but what if you need to smelt several stacks? You could use furances, which is easy, but it takes a long time and consumes resources.
You could use this as a more complicated way to do it, but also consumes less resources and does it quicker.
I can see someone devloping a water conveyer belt that pulls his items into it so that he doesn't need to endanger himself to put the items in. Then, a piston system that gets the items out of the forge.
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Here, I am going to make a suggestion that will re-implement fire smelting, but in a balanced way that requires some skill to do correctly.
First of all, the basis of this suggestion: The coal block.
Crafted from 4 coal, the coal block burns for quite a long time. It can be used in a furnace, smelting 32 items, or it can be placed and set on fire.
When you set one on fire, it burns for 10 minutes with a blueish flame, due to the immense heat. However, it also sets things around it on fire in a greater radius. Instead of only lighting adjacent blocks up to 4 blocks above it on fire, blocks up to 3 blocks away in any direction and 5 upwards can be set on fire.
In addition to the increased flame spread range, being within 3 blocks of a burning coal block can set you on fire.
If an item is dropped into this fire, it will normally be destroyed. However, if an ore is dropped onto it, it will survive for a while. After 4 seconds, it turns into an ingot. 1 second after becoming an ingot, however, it is destroyed. This requires the user to either have quick reflexes, or automate the process somehow.
Please let me know what you think, and if you like the idea, give it a +. It shows your support!
The statement above is false.
I did my math wrong. I corrected the amount of items smelted.
Also, smelting it IS just easier. However, this method is great for mass-producing it. Say you want to smelt 1 iron. A furnace is far better.
but what if you need to smelt several stacks? You could use furances, which is easy, but it takes a long time and consumes resources.
You could use this as a more complicated way to do it, but also consumes less resources and does it quicker.
I can see someone devloping a water conveyer belt that pulls his items into it so that he doesn't need to endanger himself to put the items in. Then, a piston system that gets the items out of the forge.