Coal Ore
| Transparency |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
No |
| Blast resistance |
15 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Experience |
Mined: 0–2 |
| Drops |
|
| Data value |
dec: 16 hex: 10 bin: 10000 |
| Name |
coal_ore |
This article is about the coal ore. For the usable lump obtained from it, see Coal.
|
“ | Veins of coal ore vary in size - you might only find a few blocks together close to the surface, but underground you'll find much bigger clumps - especially if there's a fossil in the neighbourhood. | „ |
| —Duncan Geere[1] |
Coal ore is a mineral block that drops coal when mined.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
The coal ore block itself (rather than its coal drops) can be obtained by mining it with a pickaxe with the Silk Touch enchantment.
| Block | Coal Ore | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 3 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 15 | |
| Wooden | 2.25 | |
| Stone | 1.15 | |
| Iron | 0.75 | |
| Diamond | 0.6 | |
| Golden | 0.4 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Natural generation[edit]
Coal ore is generated naturally in veins between stone blocks, much like other ores. It is a common sight on almost all maps, and can be found at almost any elevation, from cliff faces, through underground caves and sea bottoms, down to bedrock. On average, there are about 142.6 coal ore per chunk. It is the only ore to appear well above sea level; coal ore comprises about 1% of all stone, regardless of altitude. Coal veins can vary greatly in size — mountaintop deposits are usually five blocks at most, but underground ones are generally at least ten blocks, and can range up to 64.
Coal ore is also found in small amounts alongside underground fossils.
Usage[edit]
Coal ore drops 1 piece of coal and 0 to 2 experience when mined with any pickaxe. Mining with a Fortune enchanted pickaxe will increase yields by 1 per level (up to 4 with level 3)
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | Coal Ore + Any fuel |
History[edit]
| Classic | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2009 | Notch says he accomplished adding coal veins in stone. | ||||
| 0.0.14a | Added coal ore. | ||||
| Mining the coal ore originally dropped the ore block. | |||||
| 0.27 SURVIVAL TEST | Mining an ore block now drops stone slabs. | ||||
| 0.28 | Coal ore can be obtained in Creative inventory. | ||||
| Indev | |||||
| 0.31 | ? | When destroyed by hand, coal ore will yield only one coal, but three when mined.[2] | |||
| Infdev | |||||
| March 27, 2010 | Coal ore will regenerate after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone. | ||||
| March 30, 2010 | Coal ore no longer regenerates. | ||||
| Official release | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Coal ore now drops experience when mined. | |||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near fossils. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added coal ore. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | Coal ore now drops experience points when smelted. | ||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added coal ore. | |
Issues[edit]
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Gallery[edit]
Coal ore on a small cliff
A vein of coal that was exposed to show its size
A vein of coal naturally occurring in desert
A coal vein underwater
A coal vein in a Mushroom Biome
A very big coal vein
A coal vein found in an Extreme Hills Biome
A coal vein found in a microscopic cliff
References[edit]
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Coal Ore" – Minecraft.net, December 8, 2017
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpmK7rDU5bA – via YouTube
