Lava is one of the best fuel sources in the game. With a burn time of 1000 seconds, the lava bucket is able to smelt 100 items, meaning that players can burn a stack and a half with a single bucket.

In Minecraft 1.19 update, players can easily create an automatic lava farm with a few items. A few years ago, creating this farm was quite tricky; however, after the introduction of some new blocks, ...

If you want to get lava in Minecraft, you will first need three iron ingots, which are made by smelting iron ore (the orange-ish rock). Then, right click a source of lava (be careful not to fall in).