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

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.

Obtaining[edit]

Breaking[edit]

Coral fans and their dead variants can be mined instantly, but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool. Breaking coral fans without Silk Touch destroys the coral fan.

Natural generation[edit]

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

Post-generation[edit]

Bone meal[edit]

When bone meal is used in warm ocean biomes, it has a chance of generating coral fans.‌^{[Java Edition only]}‌^{[upcoming: BE 1.16.210]}

Dead coral fans[edit]

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]}.

Wall Coral Fans[edit]

Wall coral fans cannot be obtained through vanilla means. in Java Edition, they are completely unobtainable, but in Bedrock Edition, they can be obtained through add-ons or inventory editing, though the item form is badly glitched to the point of being completely nameless.

Usage[edit]

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

Placement[edit]

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

Pushing with pistons[edit]

Live coral fans cannot be pushed by pistons (attempting to do so results in the coral fan breaking). Dead coral fans can be pushed by pistons as long as it will still be "supported" in the new position (not floating).

Sounds[edit]

The following sounds section uses an outdated format and should be redone using {{Sound table}}.

You can help by converting the contents of this section into a sound table template.
Examples can be seen at Bee#Sounds and Ladder#Sounds.
The wikicode should be laid out neatly as in these examples for improved readability.
Remember to include a foot parameter so the table appears in the correct place. Do NOT convert the table using Visual Editor.

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

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Reports on Mojira.

Data values[edit]

ID[edit]

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Block tags (JE)	Item form?	Translation key
Tube Coral Fan	`tube_coral_fan`	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	Yes	`block.minecraft.tube_coral_fan`
Brain Coral Fan	`brain_coral_fan`	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	Yes	`block.minecraft.brain_coral_fan`
Bubble Coral Fan	`bubble_coral_fan`	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	Yes	`block.minecraft.bubble_coral_fan`
Fire Coral Fan	`fire_coral_fan`	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	Yes	`block.minecraft.fire_coral_fan`
Horn Coral Fan	`horn_coral_fan`	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	Yes	`block.minecraft.horn_coral_fan`
Dead Tube Coral Fan	`dead_tube_coral_fan`	None	Yes	`block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral_fan`
Dead Brain Coral Fan	`dead_brain_coral_fan`	None	Yes	`block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral_fan`
Dead Bubble Coral Fan	`dead_bubble_coral_fan`	None	Yes	`block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral_fan`
Dead Fire Coral Fan	`dead_fire_coral_fan`	None	Yes	`block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral_fan`
Dead Horn Coral Fan	`dead_horn_coral_fan`	None	Yes	`block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral_fan`
Tube Coral Wall Fan	`tube_coral_wall_fan`	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	No	`block.minecraft.tube_coral_wall_fan`
Brain Coral Wall Fan	`brain_coral_wall_fan`	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	No	`block.minecraft.brain_coral_wall_fan`
Bubble Coral Wall Fan	`bubble_coral_wall_fan`	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	No	`block.minecraft.bubble_coral_wall_fan`
Fire Coral Wall Fan	`fire_coral_wall_fan`	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	No	`block.minecraft.fire_coral_wall_fan`
Horn Coral Wall Fan	`horn_coral_wall_fan`	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	No	`block.minecraft.horn_coral_wall_fan`
Dead Tube Coral Wall Fan	`dead_tube_coral_wall_fan`	None	No	`block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral_wall_fan`
Dead Brain Coral Wall Fan	`dead_brain_coral_wall_fan`	None	No	`block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral_wall_fan`
Dead Bubble Coral Wall Fan	`dead_bubble_coral_wall_fan`	None	No	`block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral_wall_fan`
Dead Fire Coral Wall Fan	`dead_fire_coral_wall_fan`	None	No	`block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral_wall_fan`
Dead Horn Coral Wall Fan	`dead_horn_coral_wall_fan`	None	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.
	18w11a		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.
	18w14b		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.
	pre8		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.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.210	beta 1.16.210.51		Bone meal used in water now has a chance of growing coral fans.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69	1.76	Patch 38	Added coral fans and dead coral fans
Education Edition
1.4.0			Added coral fans and dead coral fans.