How to get the Best Free Fuel in Minecraft near the sea

Posted in Games Blog, Minecraft

Hi Everyone! In this Minecraft blog post I want to share how to get and use the BEST FREE FUEL in Minecraft, especially if your base is nearby the sea. And the great thing about this is that it is totally renewable or re-plantable and I share a video of automating the whole thing at the bottom.

So let’s start, here are all the super easy steps:

Step 1

Easy peasy! Jump into the water and chop down a heap of kelp.

Info: Kelp naturally grows from the bottom of the sea very tall upwards and requires only that above it is a water block. The height for each plant can vary a lot and the maximum should be ~24 blocks.

Step 2

Put some campfires and cook the kelp on them (4 per 1 campfire).

Info: Why campfires? Because it is 100% free to cook kelp on them – no fuel needed. You just click 4 times for each campfire.

Step 3

Once the kelp is cooked the campfires spit out the dry kelp items onto the floor. Just collect it all 🙂

Step 4

Craft dry kelp pieces (per 9) into Dry Kelp Blocks!

Step 5

Cook anything you want using the dry kelp blocks – it can cook up to 20 items! That’s way more than Coal (8 items)!

Q&A

Q: What if my base is not near the sea?
A: Go find the sea (ocean biome) or deeper rivers – you just need to get a bunch of kelp to re-grow it near your base!

Q: How to grow kelp?
A: You just need to create an area of water and plant kelp at the bottom. Also see the more advanced video at the bottom.

Q: Is it possible to automate the process partially or fully?
A: Yes, it is similar to sugar cane farming. Semi-automatic system is very easy to do, but also a fully automated “factory” is possible to construct although it requires a more advanced understanding of Minecraft.

Q: How to make a campfire in Minecraft?
A: 3 sticks + 3 logs + 1 coal or charcoal