Coal Ore

Coal Ore

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	3
Hardness	Coal Ore: 3 Deepslate Coal Ore: 4.5
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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

Deepslate coal ore is a variant of coal ore that can generate in deepslate and tuff blobs.

Obtaining

Natural generation

For coal ore distribution, see Ore § Overworld.

Coal ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of 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 190, being most common at Y=95, and being less common as towards 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 attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-37, evenly from levels 128 to 256, within any type of mountains biome.

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

Breaking

Coal ore must be mined with any pickaxe, or else it drops nothing. If mined with a pickaxe, coal ore drops 1 coal (or more with Fortune). If mined with Silk Touch, the block drops itself instead.

Block	Coal Ore	Deepslate Coal Ore
Hardness	3	4.5
Tool
Breaking time
Default	15	22.5
Wooden	2.25	3.4
Stone	1.15	1.7
Iron	0.75	1.15
Diamond	0.6	0.85
Netherite	0.5	0.75
Golden	0.4	0.6

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Coal	Coal Ore + Any fuel	0.1

Note Blocks

Coal ore can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Coal Ore

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	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
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	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
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0
	Blocks	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	use.stone	1.0	0.8

Deepslate Coal Ore

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.deepslate.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	?	?	?
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.deepslate.fall	None	?	?	?
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.deepslate.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	?	?	?
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.deepslate.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	?	?	?
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.deepslate.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	?	?	?

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Coal Ore	coal_ore	coal_ores mineable/pickaxe	Block & Item	block.minecraft.coal_ore
Deepslate Coal Ore	deepslate_coal_ore	coal_ores mineable/pickaxe	Block & Item	block.minecraft.deepslate_coal_ore

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Coal Ore	coal_ore	16	Block & Item	tile.coal_ore.name
Deepslate Coal Ore	deepslate_coal_ore	661	Block & Item	tile.deepslate_coal_ore.name

History

Java Edition Classic
May 23, 2009					Notch says he accomplished adding coal blobs in stone.
0.0.14a					Added coal ore.
					Mining coal ore currently drops the ore block.
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST					Mining an ore block now drops stone slabs.
0.28					Coal ore can be obtained in the creative inventory.
Java Edition Indev
0.31		20100129			When destroyed by hand, coal ore now yields one coal, but three when mined.
?					Coal ore now drops 1 piece of coal.
Java Edition Infdev
20100227-1					Coal ore no longer generates.
20100320					Coal ore blobs now generate, but differently.
20100325					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		?			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.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
1.17		21w07a			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
		21w08a			The texture of coal ore has now been changed, again.
		21w10a			Added deepslate variant of coal ore.
					Tweaked the coal ore texture.
					Coal ore can no longer generate in fossils below Y=0.
		21w17a			Deepslate coal ore variant now generates naturally.
					Coal ore can now replace tuff and deepslate upon generating.
1.18		Experimental Snapshot 1			Deepslate coal ore no longer generates naturally.
		21w44a			Deepslate coal ore can now generate naturally, again.
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 now been changed.
1.16.220		beta 1.16.220.50			The texture of coal ore has been changed.
					20 additional blobs of coal ore now generate in new mountain biomes between Y=128 and Y=256.
1.17.0		beta 1.16.230.52			Added deepslate variant of coal ore.
					It generates instead of coal in deepslate blobs
		beta 1.16.230.54			Coal ore texture was updated.
		beta 1.17.0.50			Deepslate coal ore texture was changed match to Java Edition.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added coal ore.
		1.90			The texture of coal ore has now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added coal ore.

Data history

Java Edition
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 16.

Issues

Issues relating to "Coal Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Trivia

• Deepslate Coal Ore is the rarest ore in the Overworld; it can only be found if a coal ore blob generates at y0, and generates down far enough into a deepslate or tuff block.

Gallery

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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.

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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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  Ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and stronghold bridge over it.