Better Smelters

Tiered standalone furnaces. Completely independent of the UC power system — they just smelt faster as you upgrade.

Upgrade Chain

Each tier wraps the previous furnace at a vanilla crafting table. Pattern: 6 material ingots surrounding 1 material block with previous furnace in center.

vanilla furnace
  ↓  6× copper_ingot + copper_block
copper furnace
  ↓  6× iron_ingot + iron_block
iron furnace
  ↓  6× gold_ingot + gold_block
gold furnace
  ↓  6× emerald + emerald_block
emerald furnace
  ↓
amethyst furnace
  ↓
diamond furnace
  ↓
netherite furnace
  ↓  6× blaze_rod + netherite_block
blazing furnace
  ↓
nether_star furnace  (top tier)

Key Points

• Each higher tier smelts faster than the previous
• Not connected to UC power — no generators needed
• Functions as a direct drop-in replacement for vanilla furnaces
• Good parallel investment alongside UC machines; doesn't require the chip/power progression