Coal

Coal is an item mainly obtained by harvesting coal ore blocks. It is used as fuel, for crafting torches and campfires, or for trading with villagers. Coal and charcoal cannot stack together.

Breaking
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 in Java Edition, but outstripped by wooden slabs in Bedrock.

Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by powered 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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Item data
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History
{{History|||snap=beta 1.2.20.1|Coal can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. {{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|Coal and charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. {{History||1.11.0|snap=beta 1.11.0.1|Coal can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests and in village butcher and toolsmith chests.}} {{History|||snap=beta 1.11.0.4|Armorer, weaponsmith, toolsmith, and butcher villagers now buy 15 coal for an emerald. {{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.51|Coal and charcoal are now used to craft soul fire torches.}}
 * Coal JE4 BE3.png Charcoal JE4 BE4.png The textures of coal and charcoal have been changed.}}
 * Fishermen villagers now have a 50% chance to buy 10 coal for an emerald as part of their first tier trade.}}

{{History|console}} {{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1| Added coal and charcoal.}} {{History||?| The texture of coal and charcoal has been changed.}} {{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none| The textures of coal and charcoal have been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}} {{History||0.1.0| Added coal and charcoal.}} {{History|foot}}

Issues
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