Block of Coal
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
No |
| Blast resistance |
30 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
Yes (5) |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Data value |
dec: 173 hex: AD bin: 10101101 |
| Namespaced ID |
coal_block |
This article is about the mineral block. For the ore, see The block of coal is a mineral block that can also be used as a fuel.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Blocks of coal can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.
| Block | Block of Coal | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 5 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 25 | |
| Wooden | 3.75 | |
| Stone | 1.9 | |
| Iron | 1.25 | |
| Diamond | 0.95 | |
| Golden | 0.65 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Crafting[edit]
Blocks of coal can be crafted only from regular coal, not charcoal. It is crafted in the same way as other mineral blocks.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Coal |
Usage[edit]
Blocks of coal are often used to store coal in a compact fashion, or otherwise used as a fairly cheap construction block.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | Block of Coal |
Fuel[edit]
Blocks of coal can be used as fuel in a furnace. One block of coal lasts 800 seconds, which smelts 80 items. This is ten times the duration of a single piece of coal and 11⁄9 times as efficient as nine individual pieces of coal.
Sounds[edit]
| Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block breaking | block.stone.hit
|
subtitles.block.generic.hit
|
Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
| Block broken | block.stone.break
|
subtitles.block.generic.break
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Block placed | block.stone.place
|
subtitles.block.generic.place
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | block.stone.step
|
subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
|
Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
| No subtitle | block.stone.fall
|
(Plays when fallen on from a height) | Blocks | 0.75 | 0.5 | 16 |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5, 2013 | Coal blocks mentioned by Dinnerbone,[1] after their featuring in Minecraft 2.0. These would apparently be difficult to implement due to an analogous block made of charcoal requiring a separate block ID due to "logical issues". | ||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w18a |  Added blocks of coal.
| |||
| Blocks of coal utilize the same texture as from Minecraft 2.0. | |||||
| The smelting time for block of coal is 720 seconds. | |||||
| 13w18c | The smelting time for a block of coal has now been changed to 800 seconds. | ||||
| 13w19a |  The texture for blocks of coal has now been changed.
| ||||
| Blocks of coal are now flammable. | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 173. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of blocks of coal has now been changed. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.8.0 | build 2 | Added blocks of coal. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of blocks of coal has now been changed. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added blocks of coal. |
| 1.90 | The texture of blocks of coal has now been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added blocks of coal. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Block of Coal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- Surprisingly, blocks of coal cannot be used as fuel for the minecart with furnace.
- A full stack of coal blocks should smelt for 14.2 hours – over 42 Minecraft days. That is over fifty times as many items as a lava bucket. However, the player needs 576 coal or 9 stacks of coal to do this.
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