Fast Sand Smelting
by Alexio12pro
Fast Sand Smelting makes a Blast Furnace smelt sand into glass in half the time a regular furnace of the same kind takes.
What it does
Placed in the Blast Furnace, sand comes out as glass at a higher speed than in vanilla, so glass production waits less. The change works through a datapack, so no extra mod loader is needed beyond Forge or NeoForge, and it can run alongside vanilla content. Either side can run it, and neither needs it. Builds cover 1.20.1 and 1.21.1, with the 1.0.0 file published on 2024-11-30 for each loader.
Key features
Faster glass from sand
A Blast Furnace smelts sand into glass in about half the vanilla time, shortening the wait for glass.
Regular furnace placement
A Blast Furnace is placed and fueled the same way as before, and it produces glass at the increased speed.
Datapack-based change
The speed-up is delivered through a datapack, keeping the solution lightweight and close to vanilla.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
How it compares
Smelting Sand in Blast Furnace is server-side only, open source under the MIT License, and covers 1.16.5 – 26.2 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Fast Sand Smelting is not open source; it is licensed as All rights reserved and targets 1.20.1 and 1.21.1 on Forge and NeoForge.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast Sand Smelting | Forge and NeoForge | 1.20.1 – 1.21.1 | Client or server, optional | 2024-11-30 |
| Smelting Sand in Blast Furnace | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.16.5 – 26.2 | Server-side only | 2026-09-04 |
Questions
Does Fast Sand Smelting need a mod loader?
Does Fast Sand Smelting have to be installed on servers?
In the catalog
Fast Sand Smelting is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 32,366 mods support Minecraft 1.21.1.
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What the author says
Tired of waiting around for sand to smelt into glass? This mod speeds things up by allowing you to smelt Sand in the Blast Furnace, taking advantage of its faster smelting speed to get your glass in half the time! Simply place Sand into a Blast Furnace just like you would in a regular Furnace — it'll smelt into Glass…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/fast-sand-smelting
- Owner
- Alexio12pro
- Published
- 2024-11-30
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2024-11-30
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15