Editing Guide:Getting started (section)

=== Craft a {{InvSprite|Blast Furnace}} blast furnace. ===
Once you've gotten some Nether coal, you can craft a new type of furnace called the [[Blast Furnace|blast furnace]]. This furnace smelts items faster than normal furnaces, and can be used to obtain items that can't normally be obtained from smelting in a normal furnace. You'll need one piece of Nether coal and eight iron ingots to craft one.{{Crafting table
|type=workbench
|1=Iron Ingot|2=Iron Ingot|3=Iron Ingot
|4=Iron Ingot|5=Nether Coal|6=Iron Ingot
|7=Iron Ingot|8=Iron Ingot|9=Iron Ingot
|RESULT=Blast Furnace
|foot=y
}}Note that the blast furnace will only accept certain types of fuel, being Nether coal and {{InvSprite|Olivine}} [[olivine]], a special mineral which you can get by blasting [[Cobbled Basalt|cobbled basalt]]. Nether coal will only be able to blast 16 items, while olivine can blast 2 items. However, olivine is a renewable resource, and it's easy to get large quantities of it by smelting cobbled basalt. Because one piece of olivine can smelt two pieces of cobbled basalt, you can get infinite quantities of fuel for your blast furnace.