Coal Ore

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

This article is about the ore. For the item, see Coal. For the mineral block, see Block of 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.

Occurrence[edit]

Natural generation[edit]

Coal ore can also replace some part of polished andesite and diorite in woodland mansions, igloo basement, and snowy tundra village houses.

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

Mineral veins[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 17, from altitudes 0 to 128, in all biomes.

Obtaining[edit]

Loot[edit]

From block loot[edit]

The block itself can be obtained via Silk Touch.

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool	Silk Touch
`blocks/coal_ore`	Coal Ore	Nothing (100%)	See #Block loot	1 (100%)

Usage[edit]

Breaking[edit]

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 Haste § Instant mining.

Block loot[edit]

Namespaced ID	Source	Incorrect tool	Correct tool	Fortune I	Fortune II	Fortune III	Silk Touch
`blocks/coal_ore`	Coal Ore	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)	[1 (67%) or 2 (33%)] Average 1.37	[1 (50%) or 2 (25%) or 3 (25%)] Average 1.75	[1 (40%) or 2 (20%) or 3 (20%) or 4 (20%)] Average 2.2	1 (100%)
Hardcoded	Coal Ore		0–2	0–2	0–2	0–2

Smelting ingredient[edit]

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Coal	Coal Ore + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds[edit]

Java Edition:

Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Subtitle key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	`block.stone.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8	16
None^[2]	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.stone.fall`	`None`	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

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.^[3]
?				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.
1.3.1		12w22a		Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to .
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	Added coal ore.
		1.90		The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0				Added coal ore.