Coral Fan

Coral Fan

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminant	0
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

This article is about the block that can be placed on the top and sides of blocks. For the plant, see Coral. For other kinds of coral, see Coral (disambiguation).

Coral fans are non-solid blocks that come in 5 variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Dead coral fans are the dead variants of coral fans.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Coral fans and dead coral fans naturally generate in coral reef structures.

Post-generation

Bone meal

When bone meal is used in warm ocean biomes, it has a chance of generating coral fans.

Dead coral fans

In order for coral fans to stay alive, they must be placed in water. In Java Edition, coral fans can also be placed outside of water as long as one of the blocks surrounding it contains water. If placed outside of water, they transform into their respective dead coral fan immediately‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or after a few seconds‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Placement

All coral fans (and their dead variants) can be placed on the four sides and the top surface of blocks; they cannot be placed on the bottom surface.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Coral fans and their dead variants can be mined instantly, but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool.

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default	Silk Touch
blocks/brain_coral_fan	Brain Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/bubble_coral_fan	Bubble Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/fire_coral_fan	Fire Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/horn_coral_fan	Horn Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tube_coral_fan	Tube Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_brain_coral_fan	Dead Brain Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_bubble_coral_fan	Dead Bubble Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_fire_coral_fan	Dead Fire Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_horn_coral_fan	Dead Horn Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_tube_coral_fan	Dead Tube Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Usage

Info

Coral fans and dead coral fans can be used as a building or decoration block.

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Default	Silk Touch
blocks/brain_coral_fan	Brain Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/bubble_coral_fan	Bubble Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/fire_coral_fan	Fire Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/horn_coral_fan	Horn Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tube_coral_fan	Tube Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_brain_coral_fan	Dead Brain Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_bubble_coral_fan	Dead Bubble Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_fire_coral_fan	Dead Fire Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_horn_coral_fan	Dead Horn Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_tube_coral_fan	Dead Tube Coral Fan	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.wet_grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.wet_grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	0.8	16
	Block placed	block.wet_grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	0.8	16
	Footsteps	block.wet_grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.wet_grass.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16
	Block breaking	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.stone.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Item form?	Translation key
Tube Coral Fan	tube_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.tube_coral_fan
Brain Coral Fan	brain_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.brain_coral_fan
Bubble Coral Fan	bubble_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.bubble_coral_fan
Fire Coral Fan	fire_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.fire_coral_fan
Horn Coral Fan	horn_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.horn_coral_fan
Dead Tube Coral Fan	dead_tube_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral_fan
Dead Brain Coral Fan	dead_brain_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral_fan
Dead Bubble Coral Fan	dead_bubble_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral_fan
Dead Fire Coral Fan	dead_fire_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral_fan
Dead Horn Coral Fan	dead_horn_coral_fan	Yes	block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral_fan
Tube Coral Wall Fan	tube_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.tube_coral_wall_fan
Brain Coral Wall Fan	brain_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.brain_coral_wall_fan
Bubble Coral Wall Fan	bubble_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.bubble_coral_wall_fan
Fire Coral Wall Fan	fire_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.fire_coral_wall_fan
Horn Coral Wall Fan	horn_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.horn_coral_wall_fan
Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan	dead_tube_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral_wall_fan
Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan	dead_brain_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral_wall_fan
Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan	dead_bubble_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral_wall_fan
Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan	dead_fire_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral_wall_fan
Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan	dead_horn_coral_wall_fan	No	block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral_wall_fan

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Coral Fan	coral_fan	388	tile.coral_fan.blue_fan.name tile.coral_fan.pink_fan.name tile.coral_fan.purple_fan.name tile.coral_fan.red_fan.name tile.coral_fan.yellow_fan.name
Dead Coral Fan	coral_fan_dead	389	tile.coral_fan.blue_fan_dead.name tile.coral_fan.pink_fan_dead.name tile.coral_fan_dead.purple_fan_dead.name tile.coral_fan_dead.red_fan.name tile.coral_fan_dead.yellow_fan.name
Coral Wall Fan (tube and brain)	coral_fan_hang	390	tile.coral_fan_hang.name
Coral Wall Fan (bubble and fire)	coral_fan_hang2	391	tile.coral_fan_hang2.name
Coral Wall Fan (horn)	coral_fan_hang3	392	tile.coral_fan_hang3.name

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition coral fans have the following block data:

Coral fan:

	DV	Description
	0	Tube Coral Fan facing east-west
	1	Brain Coral Fan facing east-west
	2	Bubble Coral Fan facing east-west
	3	Fire Coral Fan facing east-west
	4	Horn Coral Fan facing east-west
	8	Tube Coral Fan facing north-south
	9	Brain Coral Fan facing north-south
	10	Bubble Coral Fan facing north-south
	11	Fire Coral Fan facing north-south
	12	Horn Coral Fan facing north-south

Dead coral fan:

	DV	Description
	0	Dead Tube Coral Fan facing east-west
	1	Dead Brain Coral Fan facing east-west
	2	Dead Bubble Coral Fan facing east-west
	3	Dead Fire Coral Fan facing east-west
	4	Dead Horn Coral Fan facing east-west
	8	Dead Tube Coral Fan facing north-south
	9	Dead Brain Coral Fan facing north-south
	10	Dead Bubble Coral Fan facing north-south
	11	Dead Fire Coral Fan facing north-south
	12	Dead Horn Coral Fan facing north-south

Coral fan (hang):

	DV	Description
	0	Tube Coral Wall Fan facing west
	1	Brain Coral Wall Fan facing west
	2	Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan facing west
	3	Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan facing west
	4	Tube Coral Wall Fan facing east
	5	Brain Coral Wall Fan facing east
	6	Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan facing east
	7	Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan facing east
	8	Tube Coral Wall Fan facing north
	9	Brain Coral Wall Fan facing north
	10	Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan facing north
	11	Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan facing north
	12	Tube Coral Wall Fan facing south
	13	Brain Coral Wall Fan facing south
	14	Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan facing south
	15	Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan facing south

Coral fan (hang 2):

	DV	Description
	0	Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing west
	1	Fire Coral Wall Fan facing west
	2	Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing west
	3	Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan facing west
	4	Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing east
	5	Fire Coral Wall Fan facing east
	6	Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing east
	7	Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan facing east
	8	Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing north
	9	Fire Coral Wall Fan facing north
	10	Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing north
	11	Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan facing north
	12	Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing south
	13	Fire Coral Wall Fan facing south
	14	Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan facing south
	15	Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan facing south

Coral fan (hang 3):

	DV	Description
	0	Horn Coral Wall Fan facing west
	2	Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan facing west
	4	Horn Coral Wall Fan facing east
	6	Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan facing east
	8	Horn Coral Wall Fan facing north
	10	Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan facing north
	12	Horn Coral Wall Fan facing south
	14	Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan facing south

Block state

See also: Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction in which the coral fan juts out from the block it is attached to. For example, a coral fan facing north is attached to a block to its south.
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Bedrock Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
coral_color	blue	blue
		pink
		purple
		red
		yellow
coral_fan_direction	0	0 1	The direction the coral is facing. East-west or north-south.

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
coral_hang_type_bit	0	0 1	Which coral it is; depends on the ID. For hang 0 means tube and 1 means brain. For hang2 0 means bubble and 1 means fire. For hang3 both mean horn.
coral_direction	0	0 1 2 3	The direction the top of the fan is facing.
dead_bit	0	0 1	Whether or not this coral is dead.

History

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009					Notch expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade".
Java Edition Alpha
June 28, 2010					Notch mentioned on his blog: "I tried adding corals, but it's really hard to draw a single block that looks like corals, since it's really more about crazy amounts of variation and diversity. But I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them."
Java Edition
October 5, 2012					Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with fish as mobs and "fish blocks".
1.13		18w11a			Added coral fans.
					Coral fans currently do not generate naturally.
		18w14b			Blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral fans have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn coral fans, respectively.
					The textures of all coral fans, except fire coral fans, have been changed.
		18w16a			Coral fans now generate naturally in coral reefs.
		pre6			5 new sound events that apply to coral fans have been added: block.wet_grass.break, block.wet_grass.fall, block.wet_grass.hit, block.wet_grass.place, and block.wet_grass.step.
		pre8			Added dead coral fans.
					Coral fans can now be placed on the tops of blocks.
		pre10			Coral fans and their dead variants now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.13.1		18w32a			Bone meal used in the water of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing coral fans.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added coral fans.
					Added dead coral fans.
					Dead coral fans are currently a feature exclusive to Bedrock Edition.
					Coral fans can now be placed on the ground.
		beta 1.2.20.1			The textures of coral fans have been changed.
					The textures of dead coral fans have been changed.
					The top textures of coral fans have been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Coral fans and their dead variants now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added coral fans.
Education Edition
1.4.0					Added coral fans.

Issues

Issues relating to "Coral Fan" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  All live variants of coral fans.

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  Coral fans within a coral reef.

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  The appearance of coral fans in 1.2.14.2.

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  The same image, but with the texture update for coral fans.

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