Coal Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	3
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Coal ore is a mineral block that drops coal when mined.

Obtaining[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Coal ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of mineral veins. Coal ore attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in veins of size 1-17, from levels 0 to 127, in all biomes.

Coal ore is also found in small amounts alongside underground fossils.

Breaking[edit]

Coal ore must be mined with any pickaxe, or else it drops nothing. If mined with a pickaxe, coal ore drops 1 coal (or more with Fortune). If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself instead.

Block	Coal Ore
Hardness	3
Tool
Breaking time^{[note 1]}
Default	15
Wooden	2.25
Stone	1.15
Iron	0.75
Diamond	0.6
Netherite	0.5
Golden	0.4

↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.

Usage[edit]

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Coal	Coal Ore + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^{[sound 1]}	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	None^{[sound 1]}	0.5	0.75	16
Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	`block.stone.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	`block.stone.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8	16
Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	`block.stone.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

↑ MC-177082

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	`dig.stone`	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	?	?
	Mining the block	`hit.stone`	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	?	?
	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	?	?
	Placing the block	`use.stone`	?	0.8

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Coal Ore	`coal_ore`	`block.minecraft.coal_ore`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Coal Ore	`coal_ore`	`16`	`tile.coal_ore.name`

History[edit]

Java Edition Classic
May 23, 2009					Notch says he accomplished adding coal veins in stone.
0.0.14a					Added coal ore.
0.0.14a					Mining coal ore currently drops the ore block.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Mining an ore block now drops stone slabs.
0.28					Coal ore can be obtained in the creative inventory.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			When destroyed by hand, coal ore now yields one coal, but three when mined.^[1]
?					Coal ore now drops 1 piece of coal.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227					Coal ore no longer generates.
20100320					Coal ore veins now generate, but differently.
20100327					Ore veins now appear more like they do today.
20100327					Coal ore regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone.
20100330					Coal ore no longer regenerates.
Java Edition
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.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 16.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.1.0					Added coal ore.
0.12.1		build 1			Mining coal ore now drops experience orbs.
					Coal ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself.
					Coal ore now drops extra coals with the Fortune enchantment.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added coal ore.
		1.90			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added coal ore.