About Smelting Sand in Blast Furnace
From ModrinthSmelt Sand Faster in the Blast Furnace
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This Minecraft mod makes you able to smelt Sand into Glass in a blast furnace, which means you can smelt Sand at 2x speed.
Blast Furnaces are in real-world used to melt sand into glass so it would make sense if it was the same in Minecraft.

Configuration
You can configure this mod directly in-game or edit the JSON file config/blastingsand.json in your profile folder. Please note that any changes will require restarting Minecraft to take effect.
sand_list - List of Blocks you can blast into Glass
Highlights
From source dataGame versions
Supports 33 Minecraft versions, the newest being 26.2.
Loaders
Runs on Fabric, Forge, NeoForge and Quilt.
Footprint
Rated a light load on a server.
What kind of mod it is
From the catalogGameplay & overhauls
New mechanics, content and overhauls that change how the game plays.
Runs on your server
From source side supportModrinth lists Smelting Sand in Blast Furnace as required on the server. Check its Modrinth page to see whether players need it too.
Compatibility
- Game
- Minecraft
- Loaders
- FabricForgeNeoForgeQuilt
- Runs on
- Serverrequired on the server
- Game versions
- 26.2 and 32 earlier
Verified at the source
- ✓ModrinthOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-01Open ↗
- ✓AuthorMarsThePlanet, as published on Modrinth
- ✓LicenseMITFree















