Coal is very important as it is needed to make torches. True, it is quite difficult to find it. We will tell you how to make charcoal, which is an excellent substitute for regular charcoal.
Steps

Step 1. Find trees and cut them down
You need a lot of wood! About 30 blocks.

Step 2. Make a workbench
Make boards. Leave half of the wood blocks.

Step 3. Get 8 blocks of cobblestone, make a furnace
Place it on the ground.

Step 4. Place a bucket of lava on the bottom and one block of wood in the top slot of the furnace

Step 5. You will get charcoal
It replaces regular coal.
Advice
- Collect 19 wood blocks to make 64 torches. Make boards from 1 block. There will be 4 boards and there will be 18 more blocks. Put 2 blocks in the oven and put 2 boards in the bottom slot. Wait for 2 wood blocks to turn into charcoal and then place them in the bottom slot. Now you have 16 wood blocks and 2 coal blocks left, use the charcoal to burn the rest of the wood. You will have 16 blocks of charcoal, place them on the workbench along with 16 sticks, and you will receive torches.
- You will always have charcoal if you create a tree nursery in your yard.
- You can use charcoal instead of lava.