Coal

Coal lumps are items mainly obtained by harvesting coal ore blocks. Their main uses are as a fuel or crafting torches.

Charcoal is an alternative to coal obtained from smelting wood. It can do everything coal can be traded with villagers or crafted into a block of coal. Coal and charcoal also cannot stack together.

Obtaining
The main difference between coal and charcoal is in the methods of obtaining.

Mining
Coal ore mined using a pickaxe will drop 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.

Compound Creator
Charcoal can be crafted using 7 Carbon, 4 Hydrogen, and an Oxygen in Compound Creator.

Wither Skeletons
A wither skeleton have a $1/3$ chance of dropping a coal lump upon death, and amounts and chances increases by the Looting enchantment.

Fuel
When used in a furnace as a fuel, a coal lump or piece of charcoal lasts 80 seconds (which smelts up to 8 items). Coal/charcoal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood logs used as fuel.

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

Trading
Villager fishermen, armorers, tool smiths and weapon smiths buy 16-24 coals for one emerald as part of their first tier trades. Butchers buy 16-24 coals for one emerald as part of their second tier trades.

Data values
Coal and charcoal share the same ID name, which is, but charcoal has a data value of 1.

History
{{History||0.14.0|snap=build 1|Coal can be found inside chest minecart in Abandoned Mineshaft {{History||0.15.0|snap=build 1|Coal and charcoal are now used to craft fire charges.}} {{History|pocket edition}} {{History||1.0|snap=build 1|Coal can be found in the stronghold storeroom chests. {{History||1.0.4|snap=build 1|Fisherman, armorer, tool smith, weapon smith and butcher villagers now sell 16–24 coal for 1 emerald.}} {{History||1.1|snap=build 1|Coal is now found in the woodland mansion chests.}} {{History|bedrock}} {{History||1.2.13|snap=build 3|Added Stripped Logs variants which can smelted to obtain charcoal.}} {{History||1.2.14|snap=build 1|Coal now can be found inside Shipwreck Chest.}} {{History|bedrock upcoming}} {{History||1.2.20|snap=build 1|coal can be found inside underwater ruins chest.|Charcoal now can be crafted using 7 Carbon, 4 Hydrogen, and an Oxygen in Compound Creator.}} {{History|Console}} {{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1| Added coal and charcoal.}} {{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12| Changed the charcoal texture.}} {{History|foot}}
 * Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests.}}