Minecraft Java 26.3 Snapshot 4: `cooking_fuel` vs. Recipe `cookingtime`

Minecraft Java 26.3 Snapshot 4: cooking_fuel vs. Recipe cookingtime

Minecraft Java 26.3 Snapshot 4 separates recipe cooking duration from fuel burn duration and cooking speed.

What each setting controls

A cooking recipe's optional cookingtime field specifies its cooking duration in ticks. If the field is omitted, the recipe uses its default duration.

The minecraft:cooking_fuel item component describes fuel for furnaces, smokers, and blast furnaces. It has two fields:

• burn_time references a minecraft:number_provider element representing how many ticks the fuel burns.
• speed_multiplier references a minecraft:number_provider element representing cooking or smelting speed.

In practice, use cookingtime for a recipe's duration, burn_time for a fuel's burn duration, and speed_multiplier for the cooking speed supplied by a fuel.

Smoker and blast-furnace behavior

Snapshot 4 changes smoker and blast-furnace recipe data to use the same cooking times as the corresponding furnace recipes. Their cooking-speed increase is instead supplied through the minecraft:cooking/speed_default number provider used by furnace-fuel components.

Brewing fuel is separate

Brewing stands use minecraft:brewing_fuel, not minecraft:cooking_fuel. Its uses and speed_multiplier fields reference number providers. Snapshot 4 also removes the #brewing_fuel item tag as a way to register brewing fuels.

Compatibility

Minecraft Java 26.3 Snapshot 4 uses data-pack version 111.0. Verify packs against that snapshot before relying on these formats, and follow sourced Minecraft coverage on TOP OF GAMES for related updates.

Sources and verification

• Minecraft 26.3 Snapshot 4Documents the cooking_fuel and brewing_fuel components, their number-provider fields, supported cooker types, smoker and blast-furnace timing changes, removal of the brewing-fuel tag, and data-pack version 111.0.
• Recipe/Serializers/cooking – Minecraft WikiDocuments cookingtime as an optional cooking-recipe field that specifies cooking duration in ticks and uses a default when omitted.