Coal
| Type |
Raw materials |
|---|---|
| Durability |
N/A |
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| First appearances |
See History |
| Data value |
dec: 263 hex: 107 bin: 100000111 |
| Name |
coal |
This article is about the coal lump and charcoal item. For other uses, see Coal (disambiguation).
Coal lumps are items mainly obtained by harvesting coal ore blocks. Their main uses are as a fuel or crafting torches.
Charcoal is an alternative to coal obtained from smelting wood. It can do everything coal can, except be traded with villagers or crafted into a block of coal. Coal and charcoal also cannot stack together.
Contents
Obtaining[edit | edit source]
The main difference between coal and charcoal is in the methods of obtaining.
Mining[edit | edit source]
Coal ore mined using a pickaxe will drop 1 unit of coal. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it may drop an extra unit per level of Fortune, up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III.
Crafting[edit | edit source]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | Block of Coal |
Smelting[edit | edit source]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | Coal Ore + Any fuel |
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| Charcoal | Any Wood + Any fuel |
Wither Skeletons[edit | edit source]
A wither skeleton may drop a coal lump upon death.
Natural generation[edit | edit source]
Coal can be found in 27.4% of dungeon chests, 74.3% of igloo chests, and 27.4% of woodland mansion chests, all in stacks of 1–4; and in 32.0% of chest minecarts in abandoned mineshafts and 35.6% of stronghold storeroom chests in stacks of 3–8.
Usage[edit | edit source]
Crafting ingredient[edit | edit source]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Coal | Coal | |
| Fire Charge | Blaze Powder + Coal or Charcoal + Gunpowder |
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| Torch | Coal or Charcoal + Stick |
Fuel[edit | edit source]
When used in a furnace as a fuel, a coal lump or piece of charcoal lasts 80 seconds (which smelts up to 8 items). Coal/charcoal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood used as fuel.
Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by powered minecarts. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.
Trading[edit | edit source]
Villager fishermen, armorers, tool smiths and weapon smiths buy 16-24 coals for one emerald as part of their first tier trades. Butchers buy 16-24 coals for one emerald as part of their second tier trades.
Data values[edit | edit source]
Coal and charcoal share the same ID name, which is minecraft:coal, but charcoal has a data value of 1.
| DV | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Coal | |
| 1 | Charcoal |
Achievements[edit | edit source]
| Icon | Achievement | In-game description | Actual requirements (if different) | Availability | Xbox points earned | Trophy type (PS) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xbox | PS | Nintendo | |||||||
| Renewable Energy | Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10G | Bronze | ||
Video[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
| Indev | |||||
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| 0.31 (January 29, 2010) |  Added coal, which dropped when coal ore was lit on fire. |
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| Coal can be used to craft torches. | |||||
| 0.31 (January 31, 2010) | Coal may be mined from coal ore blocks, dropping one coal if mined by hand, or three when mined with a pickaxe.[1] | ||||
| ? | Coal texture changed. |
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| Beta | |||||
| December 25, 2010 | Charcoal is suggested to Notch by @Moleculor as a writing implement. | ||||
| 1.2 | Charcoal was added, with the same texture as coal. It was not used as a writing implement. | ||||
| 1.8 | pre1 | Coal can be found in the new stronghold storeroom chests. | |||
| Official release | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Coal and charcoal are now used to craft fire charges. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Blacksmith and butcher villagers now buy 16–23 of either coal or charcoal for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.4.2 | 12w36a | Coal is now dropped by wither skeletons, making it renewable. | |||
| 1.6.1 | 13w18a | Coal can be used to craft coal blocks. | |||
| 13w19a | Changed the charcoal texture. |
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| 1.8 | 14w02a | Fisherman, armorer, tool smith, weapon smith and butcher villagers now sell 16–24 coal for 1 emerald. Charcoal is no longer traded. | |||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||
| 15w44a | Decreased average yield from mineshaft chests, and added to dungeon chests. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Coal is now found in the new woodland mansion chests. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.3.0 | Added coal, which can be used to craft torches. |
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| 0.3.2 | Added charcoal. | ||||
| 0.8.0 | Coal can be crafted to make a block of coal. | ||||
| 0.8.1 | Changed the charcoal texture. |
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| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Coal is now dropped by wither skeletons. | |||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Coal and charcoal are now used to craft fire charges. | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.0 | build 1 | Coal can be found in the stronghold storeroom chests. | |||
| Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||||
| 1.0.4 | build 1 | Fisherman, armorer, tool smith, weapon smith and butcher villagers now sell 16–24 coal for 1 emerald. | |||
| 1.1 | build 1 | Coal is now found in the woodland mansion chests. | |||
| Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added coal and charcoal. |
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| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | Changed the charcoal texture. |
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Issues[edit | edit source]
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