Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)

This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.

This article describes the implementation of this feature from a joke version. For the actually implemented block, see Block of Coal.

Block of Coal

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	29 COLOR_BLACK
Note block instrument	JE: Bass Drum BE: Default (Harp)
Sulfur cube archetype	Regular

A block of coal is a joke block in Java Edition 2.0. It was later added as an authentic block in 1.6.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blocks of coal can be mined using any pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block	Block of Coal
Hardness	5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	125 (JE) 25 (BE)
Wooden	13.75 (JE) 3.75 (BE)
Stone	11.9 (JE) 1.9 (BE)
Iron	11.25 (JE) 1.25 (BE)
Diamond	10.95 (JE) 0.95 (BE)
Golden	10.65 (JE) 0.65 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Crafting

Similar to other mineral blocks, it is crafted with 9 coal.

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Coal

Usage

Blocks of coal can be crafted back into coal but the coal will not be stackable with normal coal.^[1]

Crafting ingredient

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Block of Coal

Fuel

Blocks of coal can be used as fuel in a furnace. One block of coal lasts 800 seconds (16000 ticks), which smelts 80 items.

Sounds

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.

Captions as a whole may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

Gallery

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  A talking block of coal

References