Charcoal
Charcoal is an item obtained by smelting logs or wood. It is used as fuel, or for crafting torches and campfires. Unlike coal, charcoal cannot be traded with villagers or crafted into a block of coal. Coal and charcoal also cannot stack together.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]
A campfire broken without the silk touch enchantment drops 2 charcoal.
Smelting[edit]
Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
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Any Log or Any Stripped Log or Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood + Any fuel |
Compound creation[edit]
Charcoal can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Name | Elements | Example recipe |
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Charcoal | 7 Carbon 4 Hydrogen 1 Oxygen |
Usage[edit]
Crafting ingredient[edit]
Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
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Campfire | Stick + Charcoal + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae |
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Fire Charge | Blaze Powder + Charcoal + Gunpowder |
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Soul Torch | Charcoal + Stick + Soul Soil or Soul Sand |
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Torch | Charcoal + Stick |
Lab table ingredient[edit]
Charcoal is one of the lab table ingredients needed to produce the heat block.[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Result | Materials Needed |
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![]() Heat Block |
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Fuel[edit]
When used in a furnace as a fuel, a piece of charcoal lasts 80 seconds (smelting up to 8 items), the same as coal. Charcoal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood logs used as fuel, being more efficient than any other use of wood for smelting in Java Edition, but outstripped by wooden slabs in Bedrock.
Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by powered minecarts. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Form | Translation key |
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Charcoal | charcoal | Item | item.minecraft.charcoal |
Name | Namespaced ID | Alias ID (BE) | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
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Charcoal | charcoal | coal / 1 | 263 | Item | item.charcoal.name |
Achievements[edit]
Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Gamerscore earned | Trophy type (PS) | |
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![]() | Renewable Energy | Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal. | Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel. | 10G | Bronze |
History[edit]
Java Edition Beta | |||||
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December 25, 2010 | Charcoal is suggested to Notch by @Moleculor on Twitter as a writing implement. | ||||
1.2 | ![]() | ||||
Charcoal is not used as a writing implement. | |||||
Java Edition | |||||
1.2.1 | 12w04a | Coal and charcoal are now used to craft fire charges. | |||
1.3.1 | 1.3 | ![]() ![]() | |||
1.6.1 | 13w19a | ![]() | |||
1.8 | 14w02a | Charcoal can no longer be traded from villagers. | |||
1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the coal ID have been split up into their own IDs.
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Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 263. | |||||
1.14 | 18w43a | ![]() ![]() | |||
19w02a | Coal and charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. | ||||
Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
v0.3.2 | ![]() | ||||
v0.8.0 | build 2 | ![]() ![]() | |||
v0.8.1 | ![]() | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.13.8 | Added stripped log variants, which can be smelted to obtain charcoal. | |||
beta 1.2.20.1 | Charcoal now can be crafted using 7 Carbon, 4 Hydrogen, and an Oxygen in a compound creator. | ||||
Charcoal can now be used in the lab table to create a heat block. | |||||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Coal and charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. | |||
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1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Coal and charcoal are now used to craft soul fire torches. | |||
1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.56 | The ID of charcoal has been changed from coal/1 to charcoal . | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | ![]() ![]() |
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1.90 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
0.1.0 | ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Charcoal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.