Coal

Coal is a mineral item mainly obtained by harvesting coal ore. It is used as fuel, for crafting torches and campfires, or for trading with villagers.

Mining
Coal ore mined using a pickaxe drops 1 unit of coal. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it may drop an extra unit per level of Fortune, up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III.

Mob loot
Wither skeletons have a $1/3$ chance of dropping a single coal upon death. The maximum amount of coal is increased by 1 per level of Looting. The chance of a wither skeleton not dropping any coal can be found using the formula. For example, Looting III gives a $1/3$ chance of not dropping any coal. All other amounts have an equal chance of occurring.

Fuel
When used in a furnace as a fuel, a piece of coal lasts 80 seconds (smelting up to 8 items), like charcoal. Coal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood logs used as fuel, being more efficient than any other use of wood for smelting $$, but outstripped by wooden slabs $$.

Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by furnace minecarts. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.

Trading
Novice-level fisherman villagers have a 50% chance to buy 10 coal for an emerald.

$$, novice-level armorer and toolsmith villagers have a 40% chance of offering to buy 15 coal for one emerald. Novice-level weaponsmith villagers and apprentice-level butcher villagers have $2/3$ chance of offering to buy 15 coal for one emerald.

$$, novice-level armorer, toolsmith, and weaponsmith villagers and apprentice-level butcher villagers buy 15 coal for an emerald.

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