Picture this: cooking delicious food, fending off menacing mobs, and immersing yourself in a breathtakingly aesthetic night sky, all thanks to one incredible item—the campfire. It is a multi-purpose item that can improve your in-game life all by itself. Moreover, if you have some great Minecraft shaders installed, it can even turn your night truly aesthetic. So, grab your tools, invite your friends to the best Minecraft survival servers, and let's learn how to make a campfire in Minecraft.

How to Make a Campfire in Minecraft (2023)

Our guide goes over crafting, usage, and all the other mechanics of campfire in Minecraft. Explore all the segments thoroughly to learn everything you need to know about this item.

What is a Campfire in Minecraft

Campfires are fire-holder blocks in Minecraft that act as a stove, a light sources, a weapon, and more. In terms of appearance, campfires look similar to a stack of chopped wood that has a fire burning on top of them.

But, unlike regular fire in Minecraft, the campfire doesn't spread and burn its surroundings. Moreover, they don't require any fuel to keep themselves burning. This turns campfires into an infinite light and cooking source in Minecraft.

Types of Campfire

There are two types of campfires in Minecraft:

• Regular Campfire: A simple campfire with bright light and the ability to melt ice blocks.
• Soul Campfire: A low-light variant of the campfire with turquoise-colored fire that does double damage and also keeps Piglins away. It cannot melt ice blocks.

Where Do Campfire Spawn

Naturally, campfires only generate in taiga villages and the Ancient Cities of Minecraft. In the Bedrock edition, you can also find them in snowy taiga villages. Our list of the best Minecraft village seeds will lead you to one in no time.

To pick a campfire up, you have to break it with the help of a silk touch enchanted tool. Without it, the campfire will break its core elements. Moreover, all of these locations only spawn a regular variety of this item. So, you must learn how to make a campfire in Minecraft manually to get your hands on a soul campfire.

Materials Required to Make a Campfire in Minecraft

You have to collect the following items to craft a campfire in Minecraft:

• 3 logs/stems/stripped logs (any)
• 3 sticks
• 1 charcoal or coal
• A soul soil or soul sand block (for a soul campfire)

Obtaining logs in Minecraft is a straightforward task. All you have to do is break down a tree and collect as many logs as you want. The type of wood you use doesn't affect the campfire in any way. So, you can freely utilize any available wood type, including the new bamboo wood.

However, it's important to ensure that the log blocks you collect are all of the same type of wood. Once you have enough logs, you can place the additional ones into planks by placing them on a crafting table. These planks, when placed one beneath the other, turn into sticks which are another essential item for crafting a campfire.

How to Get Charcoal or Coal

You can use either charcoal or coal to craft a campfire in Minecraft. Both charcoal and coal are equivalent in terms of their functionality, so the choice of fuel doesn't impact the resulting campfire. However, getting charcoal in Minecraft is relatively easier. You can craft it by smelting wood blocks inside a furnace.

On the other hand, coal spawns naturally as an ore in the overworld. You can refer to an ore distribution guide to easily locate a bunch of coal within no time. Once you find coal ore, you can mine it with a pickaxe to obtain coal. Feel free to use the coal or charcoal at your convenience.

How to Find Soul Soil or Sand in Minecraft

If you want to craft the blue soul campfire in Minecraft then you must get a block of soul soil. Follow these steps to learn how:

1. First, create a Nether portal in Minecraft and travel to the Nether dimension. Our dedicated guide will help you with the same.

2. Then, look for soul sand valleys to get soul sand blocks or find Nether wastes for collecting soul soil blocks.

3. Alternatively, you can also find soul sand in Ancient cities. This is the only spot where the soul blocks can spawn outside the Nether.

How to Make a Campfire in Minecraft

Once you have collected all the ingredients, follow these easy steps to craft a campfire in Minecraft:

1. First, open a crafting table by right-clicking or using the secondary action key on it.

2. Next, fill up the bottommost row of the crafting grid with three logs. You can use any type of wood for the purpose but make sure that all three logs are identical.

3. Then, place two sticks on the side cells of the second row and one in the middle of the topmost row.

4. Finally, put a piece of coal or charcoal in the middle of the crafting grid. With that, your campfire is ready.

5. Not to forget, if you place a soul sand or soul soil block instead of coal. Doing so will create a soul campfire instead of a regular one.

Uses of Campfire in Minecraft

Now that you know how to make a campfire in Minecraft, let's go over its uses to get the most out of this block:

• Cooking: Expanding the item limitation of a furnace, the campfire allows you to cook up to four items at once. You don't even need any fuel to cook the food.
• Weapon: Since both fire and soul fire causes heavy damage to mobs and players, you can creatively use them as effective killing machines. They are also quite reliable for creating mob XP farms in Minecraft.
• Honey Harvesting: The campfire, while burning, releases smoke particles which are a great way to calm down bees in the game. This makes campfires a key item to obtaining honeycomb in Minecraft.
• Light: Unsurprisingly, you can use the campfire to light us your base aesthetically. Their presence can also decrease the spawn rate of hostile mobs.
• Smoke Signals: What makes campfire unique from most other forms of fire in the game is the ability to release smoke. This allows players to use this amazing item as a way to communicate on Minecraft SMP servers.
• Mob Distancing: When lit, soul campfires in Minecraft have a distinct ability to repel all Piglins. This turns them into a shield-like item within the Nether.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do soul campfires burn items?

Even with a dimmed flame, the soul campfires are much more powerful than regular campfires. They can be used to harm all types of mobs and players in Minecraft.

How to convert soul sand into soul soil?

You can use the soul sand to craft a campfire in Minecraft. But when you break it (without silk touch) the campfire will drop soul soil blocks. This simple hack can help you get the rare soul soil blocks without any searching.

Is soul fire stronger than fire?

The soul fire does almost twice as much damage as regular fire and it doesn't spread naturally.

Which is faster: a campfire or a furnace?

It takes only 10 seconds to cook food on a furnace in Minecraft. But, a campfire takes a total of 30 seconds to cook the same food. However, the lack of fuel consumption makes campfire a much more efficient option.

Make and Use Campfires in Minecraft

With that, you know everything there is to know about how to make a campfire in Minecraft. But to create a complete camping experience, you will have to do a few extra steps. Firstly, embark on an exciting quest to find a cherry grove biome, as it will enhance your forest adventure. Then, create a small structure with smooth stone or something similar to create a pleasing contrast with the environment. Finally, to complete the immersive experience, craft a cozy bunk bed in Minecraft. With these elements in place, you'll have a fully-realized camping experience complete with a cozy campfire.