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Coral Block
Transparent |
No |
---|---|
Luminance |
0 |
Blast resistance |
30 |
Tool | |
Renewable |
Yes |
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Drops |
Coral Block: |
Data value |
dec: 387 hex: 183 bin: 110000011 |
Namespaced ID |
See Data values |
A coral block is a solid block that comes in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.
A dead coral block is a dead variant of a coral block.
Contents
Natural generation[edit]
Coral blocks and dead coral blocks naturally generate in coral reef structures. These are found in warm oceans.
Obtaining[edit]
Coral blocks can only be obtained with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, otherwise, they drop the respective dead coral block. Dead coral blocks can be obtained with any type of pickaxe.
Block | Coral Block | |
---|---|---|
Hardness | 1.5 | |
Tool | ||
Breaking time[note 1] | ||
Hand | 7.5 | |
Wooden | 1.15 | |
Stone | 0.6 | |
Iron | 0.4 | |
Diamond | 0.3 | |
Golden | 0.2 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
Trading[edit]
In Java Edition, one coral block can be bought from wandering traders for 3 emeralds, while in Bedrock Edition, 3 of the same coral block can be bought for 1 emerald.
Usage[edit]
Coral blocks and their dead variants can be used as building or decoration blocks.
Sea pickle farm blocks[edit]
Coral blocks grow sea pickles when bone meal is used on them.[more information needed][Java Edition only] Additionally, if sea pickles are planted on coral blocks, using bone meal on the sea pickles increases the number of sea pickles and creates more sea pickles on nearby coral blocks. Specifically, they can spread to the original sea pickle's level or one level below, out to a horizontal taxicab distance of 2. This is the only way to farm renewable sea pickles.
Dead coral blocks[edit]
In order for a coral block to stay alive, at least one of the six directly adjacent blocks must be water. If placed outside of water, it transforms into its respective dead coral block after a few seconds — a grayscale version of the coral block.
Sounds[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Namespaced ID | Subtitle ID | Source | Pitch | Volume | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block breaking | block.coral_block.hit
|
subtitles.block.generic.hit
|
Blocks | 0.5 | 0.25 | 16 | |
Block broken | block.coral_block.break
|
subtitles.block.generic.break
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Block placed | block.coral_block.place
|
subtitles.block.generic.place
|
Blocks | 0.8 | 1.0 | 16 | |
Footsteps | block.coral_block.step
|
subtitles.block.generic.footsteps
|
Blocks | 1.0 | 0.15 | 16 | |
No subtitle | block.coral_block.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[edit]
ID[edit]
Block | Namespaced ID |
---|---|
Tube Coral Block | tube_coral_block
|
Brain Coral Block | brain_coral_block
|
Bubble Coral Block | bubble_coral_block
|
Fire Coral Block | fire_coral_block
|
Horn Coral Block | horn_coral_block
|
Dead Tube Coral Block | dead_tube_coral_block
|
Dead Brain Coral Block | dead_brain_coral_block
|
Dead Bubble Coral Block | dead_bubble_coral_block
|
Dead Fire Coral Block | dead_fire_coral_block
|
Dead Horn Coral Block | dead_horn_coral_block
|
Block | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID |
---|---|---|
Coral Block | coral_block
|
387 |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition coral blocks have the following block data:
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Tube Coral Block | |
1 | Brain Coral Block | |
2 | Bubble Coral Block | |
3 | Fire Coral Block | |
4 | Horn Coral Block | |
8 | Dead Tube Coral Block | |
9 | Dead Brain Coral Block | |
10 | Dead Bubble Coral Block | |
11 | Dead Fire Coral Block | |
12 | Dead Horn Coral Block |
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 mobs and "fish blocks". | ||||
November 18, 2017 | Coral blocks were shown in a clip at MINECON Earth.![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.13 | 18w09a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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18w10a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10b | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10d | Added coral reefs, allowing coral blocks to generate naturally. | ||||
18w14b | What was previously called "Coral" has now been renamed to "Coral Blocks", and what was previously named "Coral Plants" have now been renamed to "Coral". | ||||
The blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow variants of all coral blocks and dead coral blocks have now been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn, respectively. | |||||
18w16a | Mining coral blocks now require Silk Touch to drop them. | ||||
Coral blocks now have a short delay before dying. | |||||
Coral blocks no longer die as long as one side is touching water. | |||||
pre6 | Living coral blocks now have new sound events: block.coral_block.break , block.coral_block.fall , block.coral_block.hit , block.coral_block.place , and block.coral_block.step . | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.5.0 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Coral blocks no longer die as long as one side is touching water. | |||
1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Coral blocks can now be bought from the new wandering trader. | |||
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Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Education Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
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Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Coral Block" or "Dead Coral Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- After players had placed 10 million coral blocks underwater in Bedrock Edition, Mojang donated US$100,000 to The Nature Conservancy to protect and restore coral reefs around the world.[2]
Gallery[edit]
Corals (prototype) shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017.
Coral blocks naturally generating in a coral reef.