Damaged Items (Gold, Iron, Chainmail) cannot be reclaimed into their respective nuggets (fully repaired items can be) via furnace.
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MCPE-42453
Cannot smelt armor, tool, and weapon in blast furnace
Resolved
MCPE-42788
Mob drops drops can't be smelted
Resolved
MCPE-42894
Golden armor,iron armor and chain armor can't smelt in the furnace and blast furnace.
Resolved
MCPE-43045
Furnace
Resolved
MCPE-43362
Armor not smelting into nuggets
Resolved
Comments 6
why shouldn't it work this way? it gives a use for all of that gold armor from zombies and swords from pigmen.
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