Smelting Overload
by the_tizio
Smelting Overload changes how fast campfires, smokers and blast furnaces smelt vanilla items, with its own timings for each block.
What it does
Campfires, smokers and blast furnaces smelt vanilla items at a different speed than they do in the base game. A normal furnace takes 10 seconds per item, a blast furnace 2.5 seconds, and campfires take 30 seconds. Smokers fall between these values, and the exact timings are set by the mod's recipes rather than by the player.
Recipes are data-driven, so they can be removed or modified with a datapack. Smoker crafting is made slightly harder, and a blast furnace now needs many more materials to build. The server must run the mod, while players may add it to their clients, so joining needs nothing extra from them. Smelting Overload is released under the MIT License and is not open source. Files are published for Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and a data pack build is also available. The current build targets 1.17 – 26.3 across 34 release versions.
Key features
Adjusted smelting speed
Each heat-based block smelts vanilla items at its own speed, so campfires, smokers and blast furnaces no longer finish in the same time.
Harder blast furnace
The blast furnace requires many more materials to craft, which makes it a later purchase in the progression.
Harder smoker
The smoker recipe is made slightly harder, so it takes more effort to build than in the base game.
Data-driven recipes
Smelting recipes are stored in datapack files, so they can be changed, removed or adjusted without editing code.
Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
26.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.21.x12 of 12 versions with builds
1.20.x7 of 7 versions with builds
1.19.x5 of 5 versions with builds
1.18.x1 of 1 version with builds
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Who it’s for: Server owners who want to change how fast smelting works, and players who want the smelting blocks to take longer or finish sooner than in vanilla. Players on a server that runs the mod need nothing extra beyond their normal client.
How it compares
Extended Blast Furnace (& Smoker) Recipes is open source under The Unlicense and is server required with an optional client, for 1.20 – 1.21.11 on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt. Random Smelting is a Fabric-only mod for 1.21.1 that runs on both client and server, under All rights reserved. Smelting Overload covers the widest range of loaders and versions here, 1.17 – 26.3 on Fabric, Forge and NeoForge, and is licensed under the MIT License without being open source.
| Mod | Loaders | Game versions | Environment | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smelting Overload | Fabric, Forge and NeoForge | 1.17 – 26.3 | Server required, client optional | 2026-09-16 |
| Extended Blast Furnace (& Smoker) Recipes | Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt | 1.20 – 1.21.11 | Server required, client optional | 2026-03-04 |
| Random Smelting | Fabric | 1.21.1 | Client and server | 2026-08-01 |
Questions
Does Smelting Overload need to be installed on the client?
Which loaders does Smelting Overload support?
Can the smelting times be changed without the mod's code?
In the catalog
Smelting Overload is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 19,630 Game mechanics mods for Fabric. 8,071 mods support Minecraft 26.3.
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What the author says
Smoker crafting has been made slightly harder and to craft the blast furnace you will be required many more materials. Recipes are data-driven, which means that all recipes can be removed or modified trough datapack.
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/smeltingoverload
- Owner
- the_tizio
- Published
- 2025-02-08
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-09-16
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15