FurnaceHUD
With FurnaceHUD installed, a small panel in the top-left corner shows how far the furnace under the crosshair has progressed.
What it does
The panel shows idle, empty, paused or fire-out states as well, and it always follows whichever block the crosshair is on, so looking away and back updates it at once. Times come from live tick counters, so a line reading 6.0s means about six seconds remain.
The values are read from the same fields the in-game furnace interface uses, so they match what the vanilla screen would display. The HUD is drawn through Fabric's HudRenderCallback and hides together with the rest of the interface when F1 is pressed. The key K toggles the panel, and it is off by default. The mod is read-only: it never opens a furnace, changes a block or sends a packet. FurnaceHUD requires Fabric API and is released under the MIT License; the code is not open source in the sense the catalog uses for open-source mods.
Key features
Exact seconds remaining
Smelting and fuel lines show the remaining time in seconds, not only a progress bar.
Furnace type in the title
The title line names the block as Furnace, Blast Furnace or Smoker, so several stations are told apart.
Toggle with K
The panel can be switched on or off with K, and the key is polled through raw GLFW so it works the same on every supported version.
Read-only panel
The panel displays progress without opening the furnace or touching the block, leaving smelting unchanged.
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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.
Requirements
Dependencies declared by the latest file for each loader.
Required 1
Use cases
Who it’s for: Players on Fabric who run furnaces, blast furnaces or smokers in singleplayer worlds and want their progress visible without opening each block.
How it compares
Roughly Enough Fuels is a client-side only Fabric mod for 1.21.7, released under The Unlicense and open source, so it covers a different part of the fuel system. Fast Smelt runs on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge for 1.21 – 26.3 and is server required with an optional client, under the MIT License. Conifgure-Furnace-Speed is client and server on Fabric for 1.21.2 – 1.21.11 and is not open source, licensed as All rights reserved.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FurnaceHUD | Fabric | 1.21.8 – 1.21.11 | Client-side only | 2026-06-09 |
| Roughly Enough Fuels | Fabric | 1.21.7 | Client-side only | 2026-08-29 |
| Fast Smelt | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.21 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-23 |
| Conifgure-Furnace-Speed | Fabric | 1.21.2 – 1.21.11 | Client and server | 2026-02-23 |
Questions
Does FurnaceHUD need Fabric API?
Will FurnaceHUD show progress on a dedicated server?
Which game versions does FurnaceHUD support?
In the catalog
FurnaceHUD is one of 36,990 Utility mods on ModsFinder, and one of 25,772 Utility mods for Fabric. 19,862 mods support Minecraft 1.21.11.
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What the author says
No GUI to open, no clicking, no waiting for the door to close — just look at it and you know. Walk away, look at a different furnace, glance back; it always reflects whatever your crosshair is on. Times are computed from live tick counters, so a 6.0s left line really means six seconds — no rough estimates.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/furnacehud
- Owner
- kvapilvaclav0
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15