Coal Ore

Coal Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	Coal Ore: 3 Deepslate Coal Ore: 4.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	11 STONE  59 DEEPSLATE
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

Coal ore is a mineral block that drops coal when mined.

Deepslate coal ore is a variant of coal ore that rarely generates at the top of the deepslate layer.

Obtaining

Breaking

Coal ore itself can be obtained by mining it with any pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch. When mined without Silk Touch, it drops one coal. It is affected by the Fortune enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 coal respectively with Fortune I, II, and III. It also drops 0–2XP when mined. Fortune does not affect the amount of experience dropped.

Block	Coal Ore	Deepslate Coal Ore
Hardness	3	4.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	115 (JE) 15 (BE)	122.5 (JE) 22.5 (BE)
Wooden	12.25 (JE) 2.25 (BE)	13.4 (JE) 3.4 (BE)
Stone	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)	11.7 (JE) 1.7 (BE)
Copper	10.9 (JE) 0.9 (BE)	11.35 (JE) 1.35 (BE)
Iron	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)	11.15 (JE) 1.15 (BE)
Diamond	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)	10.85 (JE) 0.85 (BE)
Netherite	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Golden	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (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

Natural generation

Coal ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs. It generates in two batches per chunk. The first batch attempts to generate 30 times per chunk in blobs of 0–37, evenly from levels 136 to 320. The second batch attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of 0–37, from levels 0 to 192, being most common at Y=96, and being less common toward either end of the range. Coal ore in this second batch is also less likely to be exposed to air: 50% of ore blocks that would generate exposed do not generate. In Bedrock Edition, coal ore also has the third batches, which attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of size 0–37, evenly from levels 128 to 256, within any type of mountains biomes.

Coal ore can replace stone, andesite, diorite, granite, tuff, and deepslate. Deepslate coal ore generates when replacing tuff below Y=0 or deepslate, which is a rare occurrence due to the rarity of coal blobs below Y=8 where deepslate generates.

Coal ore is also found in small amounts alongside underground fossils.

Coal ore also generates in abandoned camps.

Usage

The primary usage of coal ore is to mine it for coal.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Coal	Coal Ore or  Deepslate Coal Ore + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Coal ore

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Deepslate coal ore

Java Edition:

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

Bedrock Edition:

deepslate sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.deepslate	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.deepslate	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.deepslate	​ ?	0.3	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.deepslate	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.deepslate	​ ?	0.3	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Jumping from the block	jump.deepslate	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.deepslate	​ ?	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Coal Ore	coal_ore	Block & Item	coal_ores mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.coal_ore
Deepslate Coal Ore	deepslate_coal_ore	Block & Item	coal_ores mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.deepslate_coal_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Coal Ore	coal_ore	16	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.coal_ore.name
Deepslate Coal Ore	deepslate_coal_ore	661	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -406)	tile.deepslate_coal_ore.name

Videos

History

Development

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
0.0.14a							Added coal ore.
0.0.19a							Coal ore is not placeable under normal conditions, as it is not present on the hotbar. This version is the one that introduces the concept of inventory sprites, and the sprite here can be seen in later versions.
0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST							Mining coal ore currently drops itself.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Mining coal ore now drops stone slabs.
0.28							Coal ore can be obtained in the Creative inventory.
Java Edition Indev
0.31			20100124-2119				Coal ore now generates in starting house chests.
			20100128-2200				When mined, coal ore drops 1–3 coal.
			20100129-1447				Coal ore no longer generates in starting house chests.
			20100201-2227				Coal ore now drops 1 piece of coal when mined with a pickaxe.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1414							Coal ore no longer generates.
20100320							Coal ore blobs now generate, but differently.
20100325-1545							Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.
20100327							Coal ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the ore blocks were replaced by stone.
20100330							Coal ore no longer regenerates.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4				Coal ore can now be obtained by mining it using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch.
			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6				Coal ore can now be smelted to obtain coal.
1.3.1			12w22a				Coal ore now drops experience when mined.
1.10			16w20a				Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near fossils.
Texture Update			November 9, 2017				A new texture for coal ore has been proposed.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of coal ore has been changed.
1.17			21w06a				The height limit was expanded down to Y=-64. Coal ores are temporary generating from Y=-64 instead of Y=0.
			21w07a				The texture of coal ore has been changed.
							Coal ore now attempts to generate twice: once, evenly between an altitude of Y=136 and Y=256; and as a triangle spread, peaking at an altitude of Y=96 and generating between an altitude of Y=0 and Y=192.
			21w08a				The texture of coal ore has been changed, again.
			21w10a				Added deepslate variant of coal ore.
							Tweaked the coal ore texture.
							Reduced air exposure for coal ore.
							Coal ore can no longer generate in fossils below Y=0.
			21w15a				All the changes to coal ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack.
			21w17a				Deepslate coal ore now generates naturally.
							Coal ore can now replace tuff and deepslate upon generating.
1.18			Experimental Snapshot 1				Coal ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
							Deepslate coal ore no longer generates naturally.
			21w44a				Deepslate coal ore can now generate naturally, again.
			Release Candidate 4				Fixed an issue where coal ore at lower heights (Y=0 to Y=192) is not distributed as intended since 1.18-pre1.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb both coal ore and deepslate coal ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.1.0							Added coal ore.
v0.3.0							Coal ore now drops coal when mined.
v0.3.2							Coal ore is now available in the creative inventory.
v0.12.1			build 1				Mining coal ore now drops experience orbs.
							Coal ore can now be collected with Silk Touch, dropping the block itself.
							Coal ore now drops extra coals with the Fortune enchantment.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of coal ore has been changed.
1.16.220 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.220.50				The texture of coal ore has been changed.
							In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, 20 additional blobs of coal ore now attempt to generate in new mountain biomes between Y=128 and Y=256.
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.16.230.52				Added deepslate variant of coal ore behind the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay. It generates instead of coal in deepslate blobs.
			beta 1.16.230.54				Coal ore texture was updated.
			beta 1.16.230.56				In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, coal ore generation has been changed. Coal ore blob now generates as a triangle spread generating between Y=1 and Y=191 and peaking at Y=96. Larger coal ore blobs now sometimes form. Additional blobs in mountains that was introduced in beta 1.16.220.50 still form.
			beta 1.17.0.50				Deepslate coal ore texture was changed match to Java Edition.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Now deepslate coal ore generates without the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.20				Removed the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggle. New coal ore generation are now available through normal gameplay.
							Coal ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with Java Edition.
							Deepslate coal ore no longer generates.
1.18.0			beta 1.18.0.22				Coal ore generation height has now been tweaked to be in parity with Java Edition.
			beta 1.18.0.24				Coal ore generation has now been tweaked again to be in parity with Java Edition.
							Deepslate coal ore variant once again generates naturally.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of deepslate coal ore from 1.8 to 3.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb both coal ore and deepslate coal ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Coal ore and deepslate coal ore's sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added coal ore.
TU7							Coal ore now drops experience when mined.
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near fossils.
			1.90				The texture of coal ore has been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added coal ore.

Data history

Issues

Issues relating to "Coal Ore" or "Deepslate Coal Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Screenshots

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  A blob of coal ore found in a giant tree taiga cliff
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  A blob of coal with surrounding blocks excavated
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  A blob of coal naturally occurring in a desert
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  A block of coal ore found underwater. The glowstone is placed by the player.
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  A coal blob in a mushroom biome hillside
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  A 20-block blob of coal ore found in a ravine
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  A coal ore blob found in a mountains biome
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  One coal ore blob that generated close to the surface in a cave opening
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  A blob of coal ore above a lake of lava
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  A blob of coal ore found in Pocket Edition
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  Coal ore generated in snowy biome
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  A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a stronghold bridge over it
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  Coal ore exposed on the surface of a windswept hills biome
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  A blob of deepslate coal ore
• 
  A screenshot of a coal ore

In other media

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  Coal ore as it appeared in Minecraft Earth
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  Coal ore as it appears in Minecraft Legends

External links

• Block of the Week: Coal Ore – Minecraft.net on December 8, 2017