Campfire

A campfire is a Light-emitting block.

Uses

• A source of Light
• A decorative fireplace, which will not spread to other blocks
• Cooks up to four Food items (slowly), include:
  • 
    Raw Beef
  • 
    Raw Porkchop
  • 
    Raw Rabbit
  • 
    Raw Chicken
  • 
    Raw Mutton
  • 
    Raw Cod
  • 
    Raw Salmon
  • 
    Kelp
  • 
    Potato
• Can act as a smoke signal (if a hay bale is used) or a marker to a player's base.

Mechanics

Players can light a campfire to create a "cozy" light source. They originally emitted a light level of 9, but as of snapshot 19w03c, campfires now emit a light level of 15. The fire can also be put out at any time.

A Hay Bale can be placed directly under a campfire block to create smoke signals, which can be seen from very far away, increasing smoke height from 10 blocks to 25 blocks.

Campfires can also be used to cook food, although it takes longer for it to cook than if a Furnace or Smoker is used. The progress of the food cooking is not displayed, and the food will pop out of the campfire once cooked.

If a player were to walk on the campfire, they would take of damage.

If a campfire is destroyed, it will drop 2 Charcoal and Sticks.

Crafting

Campfire
None	Stick	None
Stick	Coal or Charcoal	Stick
Stripped Log	Stripped Log	Stripped Log

Note: The stripped wood variants cannot be mixed and must be the same variant.

History

Campfires were revealed as a possible addition in the lead-up to the Minecon Earth.^[1] Viewers were encouraged to vote for one of three existing Biomes during the livestream, and the one with the most votes would be updated with various additions.

In an animated video, developers Jens Bergensten and Agnes Larsson revealed campfires as a feature of a taiga update, if it were to get the most votes (Sweet Berry Bushes, and Foxes were also mentioned).

Following the Minecon Earth livestream, Mojang announced the winner in a Twitter post:^[2]

"The winner of the MINECON Earth biome vote is Taiga!!!
Foxes, berries and campfires coming to an Overworld near you!"

On January 9, 2019 Mojang revealed that campfires were now available as part of Snapshot 19w02a.^[3]

Trivia

• If a player dies from being on a campfire, then the death message will say: "discovered the floor is lava". This is the same death message that appears when a player dies while standing on Magma Blocks.
• The April Fools special in 2019, Minecraft 3D, features campfires.
• Fishermen Villagers have a chance to sell campfires in exchange for Emeralds.
• The original texture of the campfire had a burning animation while the player held it.

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