Coral Fan

Coral Fan

Transparent	Yes
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	0
Tool	Any tool
Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Drops	Itself (with Silk Touch)
Namespaced ID	See Data values

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.

Obtaining

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

Natural generation

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

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. If placed outside of water, they will transform into their respective dead coral fan immediately ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} or after a few seconds ‌^{[Java Edition only]}.

Usage

Coral fans and dead coral fans can be used as a building or decoration block. Or in a redstone machine to dupe the TNT entity.

Placement

All coral fans (and their dead variants) can only be placed on the 4 sides (north, south, east, and west) and the tops of blocks - placing them on the bottom of a block won't work.

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Block	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Item form
Coral Fan	coral_fan	388	Yes
Dead Coral Fan	dead_coral_fan	389
Coral Wall Fan	coral_fan_hang	390	No
Coral Wall Fan (2)	coral_fan_hang2	391
Coral Wall Fan (3)	coral_fan_hang3	392

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition coral fans have the following block data:

Coral fan:

	DV	Description
	0	Tube Coral Fan
	1	Brain Coral Fan
	2	Bubble Coral Fan
	3	Fire Coral Fan
	4	Horn Coral Fan

Dead coral fan:

	DV	Description
	0	Dead Tube Coral Fan
	1	Dead Brain Coral Fan
	2	Dead Bubble Coral Fan
	3	Dead Fire Coral Fan
	4	Dead Horn Coral Fan

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:
Coral fans and dead coral fans

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

Coral wall fans and dead coral wall fans

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 will be 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.

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. At this time, they did not generate naturally.
		18w14b			Renamed blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral fans to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn, respectively.
					The textures of all coral fans, except fire coral fans, have been changed.
		18w16a			Coral fans will now generate naturally in coral reefs.
		pre6			Added 5 new sound events that apply to coral fans: 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 will 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, a feature exclusive to Bedrock at the time.
					Coral fans can now be placed on the ground.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Coral fan textures have been changed.
					Dead coral fan textures have been changed.
					Top coral fan textures have been changed.
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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