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Renewable Energy

Renewable Energy

Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal.

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How to unlock the Renewable Energy achievement in Minecraft - Definitive Guide

Make a furnace using 8 stone. Then place wood in the top slot (NOT wood planks). Then use any wood or coal to make charcoal. Once you have a piece of charcoal then smelt another wood (not planks) using that charcoal and boom achievement.

Update May2019: It seems a lot of people are having issues with this achievement now. For some of you make sure you are actually playing the correct version of Minecraft associated with this achievement since there are multiple Minecrafts on Xbox One. Also thanks to xPut Name Herex who discovered the furnace needs to be brand new, meaning the first thing made with it must be smelting wood with charcoal. So you will need a separate furnace to make the first piece of charcoal.
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27 Aug 2017 21:16

28 Comments
Any idea why it wouldn't be working for me? Does it have to be a furnace I built maybe?
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By Kulphrix on 23 Apr 2018 15:48
The top of the furnace needs to be wood LOGS. That is the biggest trick. Then just use anything in the bottom to make the logs into charcoal. If you made charcoal and the achievement didn't unlock it might just be delayed. Which version of the game are you playing? @Kulphrix
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By Bdawginator on 27 Apr 2018 03:58
As of 18/2/19, its currently unobtainable on Xbox and Switch versions.
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By NoHeroes94 on 18 Feb 2019 14:44
Yea unobtainable for me too as at 19/2/19
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By YAT0 on 19 Feb 2019 23:57
Same with me. Tried Everything since two weeks.
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By LoeweFlosse779 on 20 Feb 2019 07:33
Unlocked for me on Xbox One 03/20/2019
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By omgeezus on 21 Mar 2019 01:32
Not unlocking for me. Weird.
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By xPut Name Herex on 22 Mar 2019 04:18
It may have to be a furnace you built, I did it on a furnace already there and it didn't pop and then built a furnace and did it again and it did pop. Could be coincidence though.
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By iMaginaryy on 22 Mar 2019 20:18
Not Unlocking 17/07/2019
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By Shepele on 17 Apr 2019 16:58
After numerous failed attempts over the past several months, following the directions posted by xPut Name Herex has finally unlocked this and the "Super Fuel" achievement for me. Same method for "Super Fuel": new unused furnace, power by lava only and nothing else prior, smelt cobblestone (or whatever), achievement unlocks after removing the bucket and whatever smelted.
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By II TreyN II on 28 Apr 2019 07:00
Thank you for adding that it has to be a new furnace. I tried this like 4 times and got frustrated, so I came here and that tip seemed to do the trick for me. What an odd bug.
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By Myckel Jay on 23 Jun 2019 02:01
Confirmed - You have to build a new furnace, put in charcoal, burn it to convert the log to charcoal - I let it convert 4. When I took the 4, it popped.
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By SubtleEel4 on 27 Jul 2019 03:40
I tried the new furnace thing and couldn't get it to work. However, I saw another video by Static Buzz, which pointed out something important:

If you use another type of fuel (like coal) to make the first piece of charcoal, remember to let the fire burn out before making the second piece of charcoal. Otherwise, you're still using the heat from the other source to make charcoal, and that won't count.
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By TheUnknown285 on 09 Oct 2019 12:35
You DO NOT need to build a new Furnace. You just need s Cold Furnace & before you put the made Charcoal into the furnace, make sue it is completely burned out. WOrked for me Jan 2020.
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By TinCannEd on 20 Jan 2020 04:57
Verified that it doesn't need to be a new furnace - Jan 2020
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By Machaira on 21 Jan 2020 22:04
just did on June 15 2020 tried multiple times with old furnace and it wouldn't work... popped first try with a new furnace :)
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By R1O7 GHO5T on 16 Jun 2020 02:20
just did on June 15 2020 tried multiple times with old furnace and it wouldn't work... popped first try with a new furnace :)
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By R1O7 GHO5T on 16 Jun 2020 02:28
xPut Name Herex is the only method that was successful for me. +1 for including his solution in the edited version.
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By Bostonsmafia on 19 Jun 2020 19:56
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By Leo Deo Neo on 04 Aug 2020 19:17
Worked for me with an old furnace :)
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By dexter742 on 31 Oct 2020 23:16
I can’t get this to work. I’ve tried X put name herex’s solution and still nothing. I’ve tried multiple new worlds, resetting my Xbox. If anyone has more tips I’d greatly appreciate it!
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By Yeksulcm on 24 Nov 2020 20:17
A new patch for this game just went live and this achievement appears to be unlocking along with 'It's a sign' Loaded up a new world and popped it without issue on the first try
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By W1ntermuted on 08 Dec 2020 17:40
Finally unlocked for me today. Logged in to my daughter's world on her profile ( on my console) then joined her world in split screen.
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By AgileDuke on 22 Jun 2021 17:54
Thank you, bro! I followed the update hint and worked perfectly (july/2022).
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By MarceloHXHX on 12 Jul 2021 21:48
Solution is great, I had to do this multiple time for it to pop
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By ajgoesUNLUCKY on 12 Oct 2021 02:35
Thumbs up from me 👍
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By on 18 Dec 2023 22:48
Definitely doesn't need to be a new furnace. I picked up current furnace and placed it again to make sure it didn't have any fuel left in it. Used wood trunk on Top and Bottom. Then used newly made Charcoal on bottom and Trunk on top.
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By ChooseMyFate on 09 Jun 2020 13:47
I had done that (made a new world even), and it didn't pop. Just tried again today in that world, and I did pop it; I guess that you can't have used anything other than charcoal as fuel ever in the furnace? I made charcoal from wood burning wood in one furnace, and then put charcoal in as wood and didn't unlock (even after burning several pieces of wood with multiple pieces of charcoal). But then I decided to make a second furnace, placed the charcoal as fuel in that, and burned some wood to get it to unlock.
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By xPut Name Herex on 23 Mar 2019 02:29
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Requirements:
- Furnace
- 3 pieces of wood or 2 pieces of wood* and 1 igniter (coal/charcoal**)

- Create/Place the furnace
- Place wood* in the top slot
- Place wood* or other igniter (coal, charcoal**, etc) in the bottom slot
- Place newly created charcoal in bottom slot
- Place other piece of mandatory wood* in the top slot
- Once the new charcoal is created the achievement should pop

* Wood is not a plank
** Charcoal would get you the achievement
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11 Mar 2018 10:41

use wood and make charcoal and then use wood and charcoal and get the achievement toast
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21 Oct 2017 16:27

Before adding charcoal as fuel, make sure to use a cold furnace (the flame has completely burned out). Otherwise, it's still using the energy left over from what other fuel source you were using (e.g., wood, lava, coal), and it won't count towards the achievement.

(Thanks to Static Buzz at YouTube for pointing that out).
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