Skip to main content

How to Craft Minecart with Furnace in Minecraft

Minecart with Furnace in Minecraft, drawn from the game's own item texture. Pushing other minecarts on rails.

At a Crafting Table, a Minecart with Furnace asks for 1 Minecart and 1 Furnace. Each attempt hands back 1 Minecart with Furnace. Minecarts with Furnace do not stack, so each one takes an inventory slot of its own.

Minecart with Furnace Item ID and Give Command

The item ID for Minecart with Furnace is minecraft:furnace_minecart. In commands the namespace may be left off, so furnace_minecart works too. Checked against Minecraft Java 26.2.

Give yourself one
/give @p furnace_minecart
Give several at once
/give @p furnace_minecart 5
Give it to a named player
/give Steve furnace_minecart 1

Cheats have to be on for Minecart with Furnace to appear this way, and the same command works on Bedrock Edition, where the name is written the same.

Overview

A Minecart with Furnace propels itself and pushes other minecarts when fueled with coal. Minecart with Furnace uses a shapeless recipe, so the ingredients can go in any cells of the grid as long as all of them are present.

The minecart with furnace was already in the game in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release with an English language file to read, so this recipe is at least that old.

The materials come together from a few sources: you will be working with minecart (craft from iron ingots) and furnace (craft from cobblestone).

What A Stack Yields

Work a stack down, 64 furnaces, and you land on 64 minecart with furnaces. Bring 64 minecarts along for the ride. Down to the last furnace, nothing spare.

Materials Needed

ItemAmountWhere to Find
MinecartMinecartMinecart1xCraft from iron ingots
Furnace1xCraft from cobblestone

To make Minecart with Furnace you will gather Minecart (craft from iron ingots) and Furnace (craft from cobblestone), and craft them at a Crafting Table.

The Full Chain

4 crafts deep: Iron Ingot, Furnace, Minecart, then the Minecart with Furnace. All in: 8 Cobblestone and 5 Iron Ore.

  1. 1
    5Iron IngotIron Ingot5Iron IngotFurnace, repeat 5x
  2. 2
    8Furnace
  3. 3
    Iron IngotIron Ingot5MinecartMinecartMinecart
  4. 4
    Minecart with FurnaceMinecart with FurnaceMinecart with Furnacethis page

Gather this first

8Cobblestone5Iron Ore

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. 1

    MinecartMinecartMinecartFurnace

  2. 2

    Minecart with Furnace

Minecraft crafting recipe for Minecart with Furnace: 1 x Minecart, 1 x Furnace in a crafting table, making 1 Minecart with Furnace.

Tips & Notes

  • Because this one is shapeless, Minecart and Furnace can go in any cells you like. The grid only checks that they are all present.
  • Shopping list: 1x Minecart and 1x Furnace. Plan the Minecart first: craft from iron ingots.

Uses for Minecart with Furnace

  • Pushing other minecarts on rails
  • Self-powered rail travel

View detailed item stats, durability and properties for Minecart with Furnace on the Astroworld Items Database.

Frequently Asked Questions

What do I need to craft a Minecart with Furnace in Minecraft?
Bring 1 Minecart and 1 Furnace to a Crafting Table and you can make a Minecart with Furnace. The cells do not matter here, so drop them in anywhere, and one craft produces one Minecart with Furnace.
What do you need to make a Minecart with Furnace from scratch?
Gather 8 Cobblestones and 5 Iron Ore and you have everything a Minecart with Furnace needs. The in-between items are all crafted, 4 crafts from start to finish.
Where do you find the materials for a Minecart with Furnace?
A Minecart with Furnace draws its parts from several different places. Minecart: craft from iron ingots. Furnace: craft from cobblestone.
What should I craft first for a Minecart with Furnace?
For a Minecart with Furnace, start with an Iron Ingot: 5 Iron Ore gives you 5 Iron Ingots. After that the order is Furnace and Minecart, and then the Minecart with Furnace itself.
How many Minecarts with Furnace do you get from one craft?
The Minecart with Furnace recipe makes one Minecart with Furnace per craft.
What is the item ID for Minecart with Furnace in Minecraft?
The Minecart with Furnace item ID is minecraft:furnace_minecart, and in a command you can drop the namespace and write furnace_minecart on its own. Checked against Java 26.2.
What is the give command for Minecart with Furnace?
Use /give @p furnace_minecart to put a Minecart with Furnace in your own inventory. Add a number on the end for more than one, and note that cheats have to be on.
How many crafting steps does a Minecart with Furnace take?
A Minecart with Furnace takes 4 crafts once you count the parts: Iron Ingot, Furnace and Minecart, and then the Minecart with Furnace. The chain section above walks through them in order.
Does it matter where you put the ingredients for a Minecart with Furnace?
No, a Minecart with Furnace is a shapeless recipe, so 1 Minecart and 1 Furnace can go in any slots you like. Only the set of ingredients is checked, not their arrangement.
What version of Minecraft added the Minecart with Furnace?
The minecart with furnace was already listed in Minecraft Beta 1.0, the oldest release Mojang publishes with an English language file, so this one is older than the files can prove and there is nothing earlier to check against. What you see in the grid above is how it works in the current release.

Sources

Grid, ingredients and yield
1 Minecart and 1 Furnace in, 1 Minecart with Furnace out, Crafting Table. Java 26.2, .
How far back it goes
Present in Minecraft Java Beta 1.0, the oldest release that exists to check. From all 163 released Java clients, rd-132211 to 26.2.
Stack size
The Astroworld Items Database, built from the same jar.
The stack sum
Counted, not played: 1 Minecart with Furnace per craft against the stack size.

Related Recipes