Coral

Coral

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

This article is about the non-solid coral plant. For the solid block, see Coral Block. For other kinds of corals, see Coral (disambiguation).

	“	Coral is a relatively new addition to Minecraft, but its history goes back a long way. The devs expressed interest in adding it to the game way back in 2009, very early in development. Then it was teased in 2012 in a fake snapshot, alongside "fish blocks". But it took until the Update Aquatic, released in July 2018, before coral finally began populating Minecraft's deep, dark oceans. Coral comes in five types – tube, fire, horn, bubble and brain. Which are the names I will be giving the next five dogs I adopt. There are also fan-shaped variants of all five, which grow on the sides of blocks as well as the tops.	„
		— Duncan Geere

Corals are non-solid blocks that come in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Dead corals are the dead variants of coral.

Occurrence

Natural generation

Corals generated in warm oceans.

Corals can be mined instantly, but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool.

Corals naturally generate in coral reef structures found in warm ocean biomes.

Post-generation

When using bone meal on dirt, coarse dirt, sand, red sand or gravel underwater, coral generates in place of some of the seagrass.‌^{[Java Edition only]} However, this works only in warm ocean biomes.

Dead coral is created when coral is placed out of water.

Obtaining

Loot

From block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Default	Silk Touch
blocks/brain_coral	Brain Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/bubble_coral	Bubble Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/fire_coral	Fire Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/horn_coral	Horn Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tube_coral	Tube Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_brain_coral	Dead Brain Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_bubble_coral	Dead Bubble Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_fire_coral	Dead Fire Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_horn_coral	Dead Horn Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_tube_coral	Dead Tube Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Usage

Info

Corals can be used as a building or decoration block. If it isn't adjacent to a water block, it quickly transforms into dead coral.^{[needs in-game testing]} If at any time the block above a coral is removed (such as by using a bucket to remove a water source block or by breaking a solid or transparent block) and not immediately replaced with water (which can flow into the block or be left behind when a waterlogged block is broken), the coral breaks and drops nothing.

Block loot

Namespaced ID	Source	Default	Silk Touch
blocks/brain_coral	Brain Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/bubble_coral	Bubble Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/fire_coral	Fire Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/horn_coral	Horn Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/tube_coral	Tube Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_brain_coral	Dead Brain Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_bubble_coral	Dead Bubble Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_fire_coral	Dead Fire Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_horn_coral	Dead Horn Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/dead_tube_coral	Dead Tube Coral	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Dead coral

In order for coral to stay alive, at least one of the blocks surrounding it must be water. If placed outside of water, it dies and transform into its respective dead coral after a few seconds.

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	Translation key
Tube Coral	tube_coral	block.minecraft.tube_coral
Brain Coral	brain_coral	block.minecraft.brain_coral
Bubble Coral	bubble_coral	block.minecraft.bubble_coral
Fire Coral	fire_coral	block.minecraft.fire_coral
Horn Coral	horn_coral	block.minecraft.horn_coral
Dead Tube Coral	dead_tube_coral	block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral
Dead Brain Coral	dead_brain_coral	block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral
Dead Bubble Coral	dead_bubble_coral	block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral
Dead Fire Coral	dead_fire_coral	block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral
Dead Horn Coral	dead_horn_coral	block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Coral	coral	386	?

Block data

See also: Data values

In Bedrock Edition, corals have the following block data:

	DV	Description
	0	Tube Coral
	1	Brain Coral
	2	Bubble Coral
	3	Fire Coral
	4	Horn Coral
	8	Dead Tube Coral
	9	Dead Brain Coral
	10	Dead Bubble Coral
	11	Dead Fire Coral
	12	Dead Horn Coral

Block state

See also: Block states

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
coral_color	blue	blue
		pink
		purple
		red
		yellow
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".
November 18, 2017					Two types of coral were shown in a clip at MineCon Earth.
1.13		18w10a			Added coral plants.
		18w10b			The texture of red coral plants has been changed.
		18w10d			Added coral reefs, allowing coral plants to generate naturally.
		18w14b			"Coral Plants" have now been renamed to "Coral".
					Blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral plants have now been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn coral, respectively.
		pre6			5 new sound events that apply to corals have now been added: block.wet_grass.break, block.wet_grass.fall, block.wet_grass.hit, block.wet_grass.place, and block.wet_grass.step.
		pre10			Coral can now be collected using Silk Touch. Prior to this, coral was completely unobtainable in survival.
1.13.1		18w31a			Bone meal used in water of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing coral.
		18w32a			Added dead coral.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.14.2			Added corals.
1.13.0		beta 1.13.0.9			Added dead corals.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Coral can now be collected using Silk Touch.
Legacy Console Edition
TU69		1.76	Patch 38		Added corals.
Education Edition
1.4.0					Added corals.

Issues

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

Trivia

• In real life, corals are colonies of sessile (immobile) animals.

Gallery

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  Coral naturally generating in a coral reef.

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  All variants of live coral.

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  Coral blocks within a coral reef.

References

Blocks

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