Charcoal

Charcoal

Rarity color	Common
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)

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.

Obtaining

Breaking

A campfire broken without the silk touch enchantment drops 2 charcoal.

Smelting

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Any Log or Any Stripped Log or Any Wood or Any Stripped Wood + Any fuel	0.15

Compound creation

Charcoal can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Name	Elements	Example recipe
Charcoal	7 Carbon 4 Hydrogen 1 Oxygen	74

Usage

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Campfire	Stick + Charcoal + Any Log or Stem or Any Stripped Log or Stem or Any Wood or Hyphae or Any Stripped Wood or Hyphae
Fire Charge	Blaze Powder + Charcoal + Gunpowder	3
Gunpowder	Charcoal + Sulfur + Bone Meal	3	‌[Bedrock and Education editions only]
Soul Torch	Charcoal + Stick + Soul Soil or Soul Sand	4
Torch	Charcoal + Stick	4

Lab table ingredient

Charcoal is one of the lab table ingredients needed to produce the heat block.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Result	Materials Needed
Heat Block
	Iron, Water, Charcoal, Salt

Fuel

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

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Charcoal	charcoal	item.minecraft.charcoal

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Charcoal	coal	263	item.charcoal.name

Item data

In Bedrock Edition coal and charcoal use the following data values:

	DV	Description
	0	Coal
	1	Charcoal

Achievements

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS)
		Renewable Energy	Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal.	Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel.	10G	Bronze

History

Java Edition Beta
December 25, 2010					Charcoal is suggested to Notch by @Moleculor on Twitter as a writing implement.
1.2					Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal.
					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			The texture of coal and charcoal have been changed.
1.6.1		13w19a			The texture of charcoal has been changed.
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.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 263.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of coal and charcoal have been changed.
		19w02a			Coal and charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.3.2					Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal.
0.8.0		build 2			The texture of coal and charcoal have been changed.
0.8.1					The texture of charcoal has been changed.
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.
					The textures of coal and charcoal have been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Coal and charcoal are now used to craft soul fire torches.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added coal and charcoal.
?					The texture of coal and charcoal has been changed.
		1.90			The textures of coal and charcoal have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added coal and charcoal.

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