Campfire

For the soul variant, see Soul Campfire. For other uses, see Fire (disambiguation).

Campfire

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	2
Hardness	2
Luminous	Yes (15) when lit
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	34 PODZOL
Note block instrument	Bass

A campfire is a block that can be used to cook food, pacify bees, or act as a spread-proof light source, a smoke signal, or a damaging trap.

Obtaining

Breaking

Campfires can be mined with any tool or by hand, but axes are the fastest. When mined regularly, a campfire drops 2 charcoal. If mined with a tool enchanted with Silk Touch, the campfire instead drops itself as an item.

In Bedrock Edition, a campfire can also be broken by pushing it with a piston or sticky piston. Pistons cannot move or break campfires in Java Edition.

Block	Campfire
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	13 (JE) 3 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Campfires can generate in taiga and snowy taiga‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} villages.

Campfires can generate in camps inside ancient cities, beneath a pile of blue, light blue and cyan wool blocks.

Campfires can generate in trail ruins and abandoned camps.

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick + Coal or  Charcoal + Any Log or Stem or  Any Stripped Log or Stem or  Any Wood or Hyphae or  Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae

Note that crimson and warped stems are valid campfire ingredients even though they are not themselves flammable as items.

Trading

Villager		Probability		Villager wants	Player receives	Trades in stock	Villager experience	Price multiplier
		JE	BE
Fisherman	Apprentice	67%	50%	2 × Emerald	Campfire	12	5	0.05

Usage

Lit campfires emit a light level of 15. Unlike regular fire, a campfire's fire does not spread under any circumstances.

Campfires are lit by default when placed. A campfire can be manually lit by using flint and steel on it (either by player or by dispenser), using a fire charge on it, shooting it with a flaming arrow, or using or dispensing fire charges, blaze fireballs, and ghast fireballs when /gamerule mobGriefing is true. In Bedrock Edition, campfires can also be lit by using an item enchanted with Fire Aspect, or stepping on it while burning.

A campfire can be extinguished by waterlogging it (placing water in the same block space), throwing a splash water bottle on it, or using a shovel on it. Campfires cannot be extinguished from their bottom face.‌^{[JE only][1]} In Bedrock Edition, campfires can also be extinguished by placing a water source or allowing water to flow in the space above the campfire. As with torches, rain does not extinguish campfires.^[2]

Using flint and steel on the side of a waterlogged or lit campfire sets the adjacent air block on fire instead.

In Bedrock Edition, if a campfire item is named in an anvil, it will display the name above the campfire block on hover.

Particles and smoke signals

Campfires produce smoke particles that float up around 10 blocks before disappearing. If a hay bale is placed below, the campfire becomes a signal fire and the smoke floats up 24 blocks instead. At 198 campfires within render distance, the height of a smoke signal produced by a campfire with a hay bale placed below reduces by 1 block. Further campfires reduce this number down to the minimum height of 1 block above each campfire.

Campfire smoke particles can partially pass through a block directly above it, but do not pass through blocks any higher than that.

Although a trapdoor is thinner than a slab, a trapdoor can block the smoke completely, preventing the smoke from floating up.

Campfires emit extra smoke particles during rain, similar to lava.

Campfires also occasionally emit ember particles, similar to lava.

Damage

If lit, campfires damage mobs standing on top of them, even if underwater (with exceptions such as shulkers, zombified piglins, or guardians). Campfires deal 1HP every tick (although damage immunity reduces this to once every half-second). Campfires do not cause lasting burning or destroy items. Because campfires do not set mobs on fire, mobs that die to them drop raw food instead of cooked food. Damage taken is considered fire damage, so armor itself does not reduce damage caused by campfire; to do so, the player needs the Resistance potion effect, or the Protection or Fire Protection enchantments. The player can avoid being damaged at all, either by using a potion of Fire Resistance or wearing Frost Walker boots.

Regardless of height, all blocks prevent damage done to mobs or players above campfires. The campfire deals damage only to entities occupying its block.

Cooking

The player can place any of the following food items on a lit campfire by using the food item on it.

• Raw Beef
• Raw Chicken
• Raw Rabbit
• Raw Porkchop
• Raw Mutton
• Raw Cod
• Raw Salmon
• Potato
• Kelp

Up to four food items can be placed on a campfire, which cooks the items simultaneously. Unlike other blocks that can cook food, campfires do not require any kind of fuel. On a campfire, food produces small smoke particles, indicating they are being cooked. Food items take 30 seconds (600 ticks) to cook, compared to 10 seconds for furnaces or 5 seconds for smokers. Assuming that one uses all four slots to cook at once, campfires are more efficient than furnaces but less efficient than smokers, and must be watched so as to pick up the food and refill it once it is done. Once finished cooking, items pop off the campfire. If the campfire is extinguished while cooking food, the remaining cooking time quickly counts back up. Food items can be placed on an unlit campfire. Any items cooking on a campfire always drop when the campfire block is broken.

Other items can be placed on campfires using external editors, mods, or add-ons.

Hoppers

Campfires do not have an external inventory. Raw food cannot be loaded into the campfire with a hopper.

A hopper placed directly underneath a campfire pulls through any items dropped into the campfire. Any drops from a mob that dies in the campfire get pulled into the hopper.

Bees

Placing a campfire within five blocks of a beehive or bee nest allows honey bottles and honeycomb to be harvested without provoking the bees.

There must be unobstructed air between the campfire and the beehive or bee nest. Copper grates and carpets‌^{[Java Edition only]} are an exception.

Light source

Standard lit campfires emit a light level of 15. Like most other sources of light, campfires melt nearby snow and ice.

Piston interactivity

In Bedrock Edition, pushing a campfire with a piston or sticky piston breaks it, dropping two charcoal. Campfires cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

In Java Edition, pistons do not interact with campfires. Campfires neither move nor break when pushed or pulled by pistons.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wood.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wood.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wood.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wood.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wood.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

wood sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.wood	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.wood	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8
	​Axe strips	Blocks	When an axe strips a log or wood block [sound 1]	use.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	1.0	0.8
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.wood	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.23	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.wood	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.18	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition:

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Campfire	campfire	Block & Item	campfires	block.minecraft.campfire

Name	Identifier
Block entity	campfire

Bedrock Edition:

Campfire	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Block	campfire	464	Block & Ungiveable Item[i 2]	item.campfire (Numeric: -209)	tile.campfire.name
Item	campfire	589	Item	—	tile.campfire.name

Name	Savegame ID
Block entity	Campfire

Block states

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

Block data

A campfire has a block entity associated with it that holds additional data about the block.

Java Edition:

Bedrock Edition:

See Bedrock Edition level format/Block entity format.

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
PS4	Other
		Bee our guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Bottle without aggravating the bees.	—	15	Bronze

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Bee Our Guest	Use a Campfire to collect Honey from a Beehive using a Glass Bottle without aggravating the Bees	Use a glass bottle on a beehive or bee nest while not angering the bees inside.

History

Announcement and biome vote

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.14			19w02a				Added campfires.
			19w03a				The model and texture of the campfire have been changed. Also, campfires now have an item texture.
							Lit campfires now produce spark particles.
							The light level of campfires has been changed from 9 to 15.
							Campfires are now directionally placed.
							Lit campfires produce smoke plume particles more often.
			19w04a				Campfires now spawn in taiga villages on the ground and inside chimneys.
							Crouching on a campfire no longer prevents the player from taking damage from it.[3]
			19w08a				Campfires can now be extinguished by splash water bottles.
			19w11a				Fisherman villagers now sell campfires for 2 emeralds.
1.14.1			pre2				Campfires can now be lit by flaming arrows.
1.14.2			pre1				Flaming arrows can no longer light waterlogged campfires.
1.15			19w34a				Campfires under bee nests and bee hives now prevent bees from aggravating toward players who harvest them.
			19w37a				Campfires can now be extinguished using a shovel.
			19w42a				Campfires can now be lit by small fireballs.
1.16			20w11a				Campfires can now be lit by any burning projectile.
			20w13a				Campfires can now be crafted using stems and hyphae.
			20w22a				Campfires now drop the food being cooked when they are put out with a shovel or water bottle.
			pre3				Food can now be placed on unlit campfires. However, due to a bug,[4] food pops off of campfires when extinguished.
1.17			20w46a				Food no longer pops off of campfires when extinguished.
1.18			21w41a				Changed campfire textures as items.
1.19			22w13a				Campfires now generate in camps inside ancient cities.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			pre1				Cherry logs, wood, and their stripped variations can now be used to craft a campfire.[5]
26.3			snap1				Campfires now generate as part of abandoned camps.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.10.0 Experiment Experimental Gameplay			beta 1.10.0.3				Added campfires.
							Campfires are available only through Experimental Gameplay.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Campfires have been fully implemented.
							The model and texture of the campfire have been changed.
			beta 1.11.0.4				Campfires can now be bought from fishermen villagers.
1.13.0			?				Campfires now emit embers similar to lava.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Campfires under bee nests and beehives now prevent bees from aggravating toward players who harvest them.
1.17.30			beta 1.17.30.23				Campfires are now stackable in the inventory.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.22				Campfires now drop 2 charcoal instead of 1 when broken by a piston or explosion.[6]
1.18.10			beta 1.18.10.20				Changed campfire textures as items.
1.19.60			Preview 1.19.60.23				Campfires no longer set players and mobs on fire.
1.19.80			Preview 1.19.80.22				Campfires now damage mobs standing on top of them.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the hardness and blast resistance campfires from 5 to 2.
1.20.60			Preview 1.20.60.21				Campfires now drop 2 charcoal when mined, rather than 4.
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Campfires now generate as part of abandoned camps.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

PlayStation 4 Edition

PlayStation 4 Edition
1.91							Added campfires.
							Campfires can be bought from fishermen villagers for 2 emeralds.
							Campfires are not stackable.

• 
  Cooking with a campfire in Java Edition 19w02a

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Campfire" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 
  A few naturally generating campfires in a taiga biome village
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  A comparison between a campfire with a hay bale below it (left) and one without (right)
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  The number of particles depends on the height of the top block.
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  Cooking porkchops with a campfire
• 
  A named campfire

Mojang screenshots

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  Campfire smoke coming out of a cozy cabin
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  Campfire near a cozy cabin
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  A campfire amidst a sheet of ice

In other media

• 
  Steve, Alex, Sunny, Noor, and Efe around a campfire
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  Several monsters in front of a campfire
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  An arctic fox beside a campfire
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  The campfire texture as it appears in Minecraft Plus!
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  A classic styled Campfire texture using sticks as seen in the Minecraft Minigames result screen

Trivia

• An early campfire design can be seen in the Legacy Console Edition Minigames when the Player's being a "Camper".

References

External links

• Taking Inventory: Campfire – Minecraft.net on March 19, 2020