The invention discloses a manganese oxide mineral sulfur-based fire reduction method, which comprises: crushing a manganese oxide mineral and a sulfur-based reducer respectively till the mass percentage content of 1.0-millimeter particles is over 80 percent, and uniformly mixing the crushed manganese oxide mineral and the crushed sulfur-based reducer in a mass ratio of 1:(0.05-0.5); and placing in a closed environment and heating for roasting, wherein the obtained product of the roasting is a mixture of MnO and MnSO4. The method can realize the reduction of the manganese oxide mineral at a lower temperature and has the advantages of low energy consumption, high conversion efficiency, simple process and the like. The method overcomes the drawbacks of high temperature, low efficiency and high energy consumption of the conventional reduction roasting with the carbon-based reducer, and is suitable for processing manganese oxide minerals including pyrolusite, psilomelane, hausmannite, braunite, manganite, metamanganate and the like. In the invention, the process is simple, the operation is convenient, the roasting temperature is low, the energy consumption is low, the rate of the conversion from high-valence manganese to divalent manganese is high; the reduction roasting cost of the manganese oxide minerals can be reduced obviously; and the method is suitable for industrial application. Particularly, the method is suitable for preparing manganese sulfate and electrolytic manganese high-quality materials.