Block of Coal


Obtaining

Blocks of coal can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.

Block
Block of Coal
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by minecraft time
Hand 25
Wooden 3.75
Stone 1.9
Iron 1.25
Diamond 0.95
Golden 0.65
  1. ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.

Trivia

  • Though made from 9 Coal (able to smelt 72 items), one block of coal can actually smelt 80 items, making it a more efficient form of long-term fuel.
  • When first introduced in Minecraft 1.6 snapshots, it had a recolored "Block of Redstone" texture, which was soon changed to what is it now.
  • Coal blocks were also implemented in the Minecraft 2.0 April Fools update.

Info

Block of Coal
Block of Coal.png

Transparency When leaves are opaque (in "fast" graphics), they completely block rendering. When leaves are transparent (in "fancy" graphics), the world behind them is also rendered. Opacity (and its inverse, transparency) are properties of blocks with minecraft

No

Luminance Light (or lighting) in Minecraft affects visibility, mob spawning, and plant growth. Contents 1 Brightness 1.1 Spread 2 Sources of light 2.1 Blocks 2.2 Other 3 Light-filtering blocks 4 Effects of light 4.1 Mobs 4.2 minecraft

No

Blast resistance

30

Tool


Renewable A renewable resource (as opposed to a non-renewable, or finite, resource) is a resource that can be recreated indefinitely in survival without exploiting glitches or using commands. While running out of resources isn t likely to minecraft

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Flammable

Yes, but does not catch fire from lava Lava Transparency Yes Luminance Yes, 15 Blast resistance 500 Tool Renewable No Stackable N/A Flammable No Drops None Data values Flowing Lava dec: 10 hex: A bin: 1010 Still Lava dec: 11 hex: B bin: 1011 Name Flowing Lava flowing_lava Still minecraft

Drops See the items that drop from entities and blocks. For drops as in falls, see Fall Damage. Typical drops from a skeleton: experience orbs, an arrow, and bones. Drops are items that minecraft

Itself

Data value

dec:173 hex:AD bin:10101101

Name See values from the latest PCPersonal Computer version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft

coal_block

The block of coal is a mineral block that can also be used as a fuel.

Videos

Trivia

Crafting

Blocks of coal can only be crafted with regular coal, not charcoal Coal Type Raw materials Durability N/A Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) First appearances See History Data value dec: 263 hex: 107 bin: 100000111 Name coal See the coal lump and charcoal item. For other uses, minecraft . It is crafted in the same way as other mineral blocks. In the console edition, they are crafted with regular coal but they drop charcoal instead.

Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
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Usage

Blocks of coal are often used to store coal in a compact fashion, or otherwise used as a fairly cheap construction block.

Crafting ingredient

Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition minecraft Ingredients Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid minecraft recipe
Coal Block of Coal

Fuel

Blocks of coal can be used as fuel in a furnace Furnace Type Solid Block Requirements None Physics No Transparency Partial (when active) Luminance Yes, 13 (when active) Blast resistance 17.5 Hardness 3.5 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No First appearances See History Drops minecraft . One block of coal lasts 800 seconds, which smelts 80 items. This is ten times the duration of a single piece of coal and 11⃢₁₄9 times as efficient as singular pieces of coal.

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History

Official releaseAnnounce Minecraft 1.0 Starting version 1.0.0 (Nov. 18th, 2011) Latest version 1.12 Paid Yes Website http://www.minecraft.net/ See the official release of Minecraft for the PC. For the version, see 1.0.0. For the first minecraft
1.6.1 1.6.1 Official name Horse Update Release date Jul. 1, 2013 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 13w16a 13w16b 13w17a 13w18a 13w18b 13w18c 13w19a 13w21a 13w21b 13w22a 13w23a 13w23b 13w24a 13w24b 13w25a 13w25b 13w25c 13w26a Pre-releases minecraft 13w18a 13w18a Type Snapshot Release date May 2, 2013 1] Snapshot for 1.6.1 Download Client (.json) Server .exe ◄◄ 1.5.2 ◄ 13w17a 13w18b ► 1.6.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, minecraft Block of Coal 13w18a.png Added block of coal. Smelting time was 720 seconds.
13w18c 13w18c Type Snapshot Release date May 2, 2013 1] Snapshot for 1.6.1 Download Client (.json) Server .exe ◄◄ 1.5.2 ◄ 13w18b 13w19a ► 1.6.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, minecraft Smelting time was changed to 800 seconds.
13w19a 13w19a Type Snapshot Release date May 10, 2013 1] Snapshot for 1.6.1 Download Client (.json) Server .exe ◄◄ 1.5.2 ◄ 13w18c 13w21a ► 1.6.2 ►► See the computer edition. For other editions, minecraft Block of Coal.png The texture was changed. Blocks of coal are now flammable.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.8.0 build 2 Added block of coal.
Console Edition This is not an official version history or changelog. For the official list, please visit the 4JStudios forum threads for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U or Nintendo
TU19 CU7 1.12 Patch 1 Added coal blocks.

Issues

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Crafting

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