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Dead Coral Block

Dead Coral Block

A dead coral block is a dead variant of a coral block. These blocks are always gray. There are five variants total: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

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Contents (18)
  1. Obtaining
  2. Breaking
  3. Natural generation
  4. Post-generation
  5. Usage
  6. Sounds
  7. Data values
  8. ID
  9. History
  10. Java Edition
  11. Bedrock Edition
  12. Legacy Console Edition
  13. Minecraft Education
  14. Data history
  15. Issues
  16. Gallery
  17. Screenshots
  18. References
This article is about the dead variant of the solid block. For the live variant, see Coral Block. For the non-solid block, see Dead Coral. For other kinds of corals, see Coral (disambiguation).
Dead Coral Block
Dead Tube Coral Block.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Dead Coral Block'
Dead Brain Coral Block.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Dead Coral Block'
Dead Bubble Coral Block.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Dead Coral Block'
Dead Fire Coral Block.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Dead Coral Block'
Dead Horn Coral Block.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Dead Coral Block'
Invicon Dead Tube Coral Block.png: Inventory sprite for Dead Tube Coral Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Dead Tube Coral BlockInvicon Dead Brain Coral Block.png: Inventory sprite for Dead Brain Coral Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Dead Brain Coral BlockInvicon Dead Bubble Coral Block.png: Inventory sprite for Dead Bubble Coral Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Dead Bubble Coral BlockInvicon Dead Fire Coral Block.png: Inventory sprite for Dead Fire Coral Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Dead Fire Coral BlockInvicon Dead Horn Coral Block.png: Inventory sprite for Dead Horn Coral Block in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Dead Horn Coral Block
Renewable Yes
Stackable Yes (64)
Tool Invicon Wooden Pickaxe.png: Sprite image for Wooden Pickaxe in Minecraft
Blast resistance 6
Hardness 1.5
Luminous 0
Transparent No
Flammable No
Catches fire
from lava 		No
Map color
 21 COLOR_GRAY
Note block instrument Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype Fast Flat

A dead coral block is a dead variant of a coral block. These blocks are always gray. There are five variants total: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Obtaining

Breaking

Dead coral blocks can be obtained with any type of pickaxe. They can also be obtained by mining the respective live variant of coral blocks without Silk Touch.

Block Dead Coral Block
Hardness 1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 7.5 (JE)
7.5 (BE)
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 1.15 (JE)
1.15 (BE)
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 0.6 (JE)
0.6 (BE)
ItemSprite copper-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for copper-pickaxe in MinecraftCopper 0.45 (JE)
0.45 (BE)
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 0.4 (JE)
0.4 (BE)
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.3 (JE)
0.3 (BE)
ItemSprite netherite-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for netherite-pickaxe in MinecraftNetherite 0.25 (JE)
0.25 (BE)
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.2 (JE)
0.2 (BE)
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Natural generation

In Bedrock Edition, dead coral blocks naturally generate in coral reef structures, which can be found in warm oceans. In Java Edition, dead coral blocks do not generate naturally.

Post-generation

If a live coral block is placed outside of water, it transforms into its respective dead coral block after a few seconds — a grayscale version of the coral block. A coral block still dies if the game rule randomTickSpeed is set to 0.[1]

Usage

Dead coral blocks can be used for building or as decoration blocks. Unlike live coral blocks, dead coral blocks cannot be used for farming sea pickles. It is not possible to turn a dead coral block back into a live coral block.

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Sounds

Java Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]BlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Bedrock Edition:

BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitch
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokendig.stonesubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.8–1.0
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedplace.stonesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.8–1.0
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenhit.stonesubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.370.5
​FootstepsPlayersFalling on the block with fall damagefall.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.41.0
​FootstepsPlayersWalking on the blockstep.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.31.0
​FootstepsBlocksJumping from the blockjump.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.121.0
​FootstepsBlocksFalling on the block without fall damageland.stonesubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.221.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

NameIdentifierFormBlock tags Translation key
BlockSprite dead-tube-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-tube-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Tube Coral Blockdead_tube_coral_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral_block
BlockSprite dead-brain-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-brain-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Brain Coral Blockdead_brain_coral_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral_block
BlockSprite dead-bubble-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-bubble-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Bubble Coral Blockdead_bubble_coral_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral_block
BlockSprite dead-fire-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-fire-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Fire Coral Blockdead_fire_coral_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral_block
BlockSprite dead-horn-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-horn-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Horn Coral Blockdead_horn_coral_blockBlock & Itemmineable/pickaxe block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral_block

Bedrock Edition:

NameIdentifierAlias ID Numeric ID FormItem ID[i 1] Translation key
BlockSprite dead-tube-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-tube-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Tube Coral Blockdead_tube_coral_blockcoral_block / 8-853Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.coral_block.blue_dead.name
BlockSprite dead-brain-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-brain-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Brain Coral Blockdead_brain_coral_blockcoral_block / 9-854Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.coral_block.pink_dead.name
BlockSprite dead-bubble-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-bubble-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Bubble Coral Blockdead_bubble_coral_blockcoral_block / 10-855Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.coral_block.purple_dead.name
BlockSprite dead-fire-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-fire-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Fire Coral Blockdead_fire_coral_blockcoral_block / 11-856Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.coral_block.red_dead.name
BlockSprite dead-horn-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-horn-coral-block in Minecraft Dead Horn Coral Blockdead_horn_coral_blockcoral_block / 12-857Block & Giveable Item[i 2]Identical[i 3] tile.coral_block.yellow_dead.name
  1. ↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Available with /give command.
  3. ↑ a b c d e The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
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History

Java Edition

Java Edition
November 18, 2017 Dead coral was shown (only one variant at the time), and in the clip slab variants of coral were shown as well, although they were not implemented.
1.1318w09a Added dead coral.
18w10b The single dead coral has been replaced with five dead coral as a solution to MC-126564.
Dead coral in worlds before this update are deleted when the world is updated.
18w14b What was previously named "Dead Coral" has been renamed to "Dead Coral Blocks".
The blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow variants of dead coral blocks have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn, respectively.
18w16a Dead coral blocks can no longer be obtained as long as one side of the live coral block is touching water.
26.2snap1 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb dead coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0beta 1.2.14.2 Added dead coral blocks.
1.5.0beta 1.5.0.4 Dead coral blocks can no longer be obtained as long as one side of the live coral block is touching water.
1.20.30Preview 1.20.20.21 Decreased the hardness of dead coral blocks from 7 to 1.5.
Increased the blast resistance of dead coral blocks from 0.9 to 6.
26.20
Experiment
Drop 2 of 2026		Preview 26.20.23 Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb dead coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.
26.30Preview 26.30.20 Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360Xbox OnePS3PS4PS VitaWii USwitch
TU69 1.761.761.76Patch 38 Added dead coral blocks.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.4.0 Added dead coral blocks.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.21.0Preview 1.21.0.21 The different block states for the coral_block ID have now been split up into their own IDs.

BlockSprite tube-coral-block.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-block in Minecraft tube_coral_block

BlockSprite brain-coral-block.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-block in Minecraftbrain_coral_block

BlockSprite bubble-coral-block.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-block in Minecraft bubble_coral_block

BlockSprite fire-coral-block.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-block in Minecraft fire_coral_block

BlockSprite horn-coral-block.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-block in Minecraft horn_coral_block

BlockSprite dead-tube-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-tube-coral-block in Minecraft dead_tube_coral_block

BlockSprite dead-brain-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-brain-coral-block in Minecraft dead_brain_coral_block

BlockSprite dead-bubble-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-bubble-coral-block in Minecraft dead_bubble_coral_block

BlockSprite dead-fire-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-fire-coral-block in Minecraft dead_fire_coral_block

BlockSprite dead-horn-coral-block.png: Sprite image for dead-horn-coral-block in Minecraft dead_horn_coral_block

Issues

Issues relating to "Dead Coral Block" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Screenshots

  • All variants of dead coral blocks
    All variants of dead coral blocks

References

  1. ↑ MC-129942 – resolved as "Invalid".
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