Coral Block
Transparent |
No |
---|---|
Luminance |
No |
Blast resistance |
30 |
Tool | |
Renewable | |
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Flammable |
No |
Drops |
Coral Block: |
Name |
See Data values |
Coral blocks are solid blocks that come in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.
Dead coral blocks are the dead variants of coral blocks.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Coral blocks can only be obtained with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, otherwise, they will drop the respective dead coral block. Dead coral blocks can be obtained with any type of pickaxe.
Block | Coral Block | |
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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.
Natural generation[edit]
Coral blocks and dead coral blocks naturally generate in coral reef structures. These are found in warm oceans.
Trading[edit]
Coral block can be bought from wandering traders for 3 emeralds.[upcoming: JE 1.14 & BE 1.10]
Usage[edit]
Coral blocks and their dead variants can be used as building or decoration blocks.
Dead coral blocks[edit]
In order for coral blocks to stay alive, at least one of the orthogonally-adjacent blocks must be water. If placed outside of water, it will transform into its respective dead coral block after a few seconds. They are a grayscale version of coral blocks. Maximum density of living corals is reached when water blocks are a chess knight's move apart, like in a sugar cane farm.
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Block | Name ID |
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Tube Coral Block | tube_coral_block
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Brain Coral Block | brain_coral_block
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Bubble Coral Block | bubble_coral_block
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Fire Coral Block | fire_coral_block
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Horn Coral Block | horn_coral_block
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Dead Tube Coral Block | dead_tube_coral_block
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Dead Brain Coral Block | dead_brain_coral_block
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Dead Bubble Coral Block | dead_bubble_coral_block
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Dead Fire Coral Block | dead_fire_coral_block
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Dead Horn Coral Block | dead_horn_coral_block
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Block | Name ID | Numeric ID |
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Coral Block | coral_block
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387 |
Block data[edit]
In Bedrock Edition coral blocks have the following block data:
DV | Description | |
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0 | Tube Coral Block | |
1 | Brain Coral Block | |
2 | Bubble Coral Block | |
3 | Fire Coral Block | |
4 | Horn Coral Block | |
5 | Dead Tube Coral Block | |
6 | Dead Brain Coral Block | |
7 | Dead Bubble Coral Block | |
8 | Dead Fire Coral Block | |
9 | Dead Horn Coral Block |
History[edit]
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Java Edition Classic | |||||
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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. Horn coral, fire coral, tube coral, and dead coral were shown (only one variant at the time), and in the clip slab variants of coral were shown as well. | ||||
1.13 | 18w09a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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18w10a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10b | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
18w10d | Added coral reefs, allowing coral blocks to generate naturally. | ||||
18w14b | Renamed what was previously called coral to coral blocks, and renamed coral plants to coral. | ||||
Renamed the blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow variants of all coral blocks and dead coral blocks to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn, respectively. | |||||
18w16a | Mining coral blocks will now require Silk Touch to drop them. | ||||
Coral blocks will now have a short delay before dying. | |||||
Coral blocks will no longer die as long as one side is touching water. | |||||
1.13-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 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
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1.5 | beta 1.5.0.4 | Coral blocks will now no longer die as long as one side is touching water. | |||
Upcoming Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.10 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Coral can be bought from the new wandering trader. | |||
Updated texture of horn coral block to look the same as In Java Edition. | |||||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
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Education Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | Added coral blocks. |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Coral Block" or "Dead Coral Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- In Bedrock Edition, the horn coral block has a different texture than In Java Edition.[2]
- Meanwhile, the dead variant of this block is the same.
- 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.[3]
Gallery[edit]
Corals (prototype) shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017.
Coral blocks naturally generating in a coral reef.
References[edit]
- ↑ MC-126564
- ↑ MCPE-33471
- ↑ "You Helped Us Help Oceans" – Minecraft.net