
Disposable Furnaces
Quick smelting for the hurried traveler. Wooden furnaces and more!
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About this Mod

Tired of waiting for your furnace to smelt while travelling? Why not craft a furnace out of the fuel itself for smelting in a pinch?
This mod adds several quick-smelting furnaces with no fuel slots, but once they are depleted, they burn themselves up and self-destruct.
Cook food while travelling... in a pinch!

Smelt iron while mining... in a pinch!

Make glass and bricks while building... but be careful!

Added furnaces
- Wooden Furnace
- Dried Kelp Furnace
- Charcoal Furnace
- Coal Furnace
- Blaze Furnace
- Lava Furnace (Getting a little silly there)
- Gunpowder Furnace (I know, gunpowder is not a fue- BOOM!)
Generally, furnaces made from more expensive fuels will be able to smelt more items more quickly, but are a greater hazard. I don't recommend using any of them in your base.
The crafting recipes should be easy to guess except the following few:
Configuration
You can edit the config in disposablefurnaces.json in the config folder of your minecraft directory if you disagree with the balancing or want to remove the explosions from some of the more powerful furnaces.
{
"furnaceGriefing": true, // Set to false to disable explosive hazards. May harm the gameplay balance by reducing risk.
"numItemsCanSmeltWooden": 8, // How many items can the Wooden Furnace smelt during its lifetime?
"smeltDurationSecWooden": 8.0, // How many seconds is the Wooden Furnace's lifetime?
"numItemsCanSmeltDriedKelp": 16, // ...
"smeltDurationSecDriedKelp": 4.0,
"numItemsCanSmeltCoal": 48,
"smeltDurationSecCoal": 10.0,
"numItemsCanSmeltCharcoal": 48,
"smeltDurationSecCharcoal": 10.0,
"numItemsCanSmeltBlaze": 64,
"smeltDurationSecBlaze": 9.0,
"numItemsCanSmeltLava": 400,
"smeltDurationSecLava": 20.0,
"numItemsCanSmeltGunpowder": 40,
"smeltDurationSecGunpowder": 2.0
}
Resources I found helpful when making this mod
- The Fabric Wiki
- Kaupenjoe's Block Entity Fabric Modding Tutorial
- People on the Fabric Discord Server
- Draylar's Fabric Furances source code
- Xander's YetAnotherConfigLib wiki on Config API usage
This is my first Minecraft mod; don't hesistate to make an issue if there's something wrong.
Available Versions
How to Install Disposable Furnaces on Your Server
Order Server
Order a Minecraft Java server with at least 3 GB RAM (4 GB recommended).
Set fabric Loader
In the panel under "Egg", select the fabric loader and matching Minecraft version (1.20.6).
Install Mod
Open the mod browser in the dashboard and search for "Disposable Furnaces". Click "Install" – done! Alternatively, upload the .jar via SFTP to the /mods folder.
Compatibility
Mod Loaders
Minecraft Versions
1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4
Server-side
✓ RequiredRecommended RAM
4 GB(min. 3 GB)Frequently Asked Questions
Disposable Furnaces server crashes on startup – what to do?
Most common cause: wrong fabric version or insufficient RAM. Check the server log (latest.log) for "OutOfMemoryError" or "Mixin" errors. With Mado Hosting: ensure at least 3 GB RAM is allocated and the loader matches the mod version (1.20.6). You can switch loaders with one click in the panel.
Is Disposable Furnaces compatible with fabric?
Disposable Furnaces officially supports fabric for Minecraft 1.20.6, 1.20.5, 1.20.4. The Mado dashboard automatically detects incompatible loader combinations.
Server lagging with Disposable Furnaces – how to optimize performance?
Recommended RAM: 4 GB (per 8 players). Use /spark profiler to check if Disposable Furnaces consumes the most tick time. Common fixes: reduce server view-distance to 8-10, install "performant" or "starlight" as supplementary mods on Forge. With Mado Hosting, your server runs on NVMe SSDs with dedicated CPU cores for minimal latency.
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