Coral
Renewable |
Yes |
---|---|
Stackable |
Yes (64) |
Tool |
Any tool |
Blast resistance |
0 |
Hardness |
0 |
Luminant |
No |
Transparent |
Yes |
Flammable |
No |
Catches fire from lava |
No |
Coral is a type of non-solid block that comes in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.
Dead coral is the dead variants of coral.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Breaking[edit]

Coral can be mined instantly, but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool.
Natural generation[edit]
Coral naturally generates in coral reef structures found in warm ocean biomes.
Post-generation[edit]
When using bone meal on dirt, coarse dirt, sand, red sand, gravel, or clay in warm ocean biomes, coral generates in place of some of the seagrass.
Dead coral is created when coral is placed out of water.
Usage[edit]
Coral can be used as a building or decoration block. If it is not adjacent to a water block, it quickly transforms into dead coral.
Dead coral[edit]
In order for coral to stay alive, at least one of the blocks surrounding it must be water. If placed outside of water, it dies and transforms into its respective dead coral after a few seconds.
Dead coral cannot be turned back into living coral.
Note Blocks[edit]
All types of dead coral and coral can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sound.
Videos[edit]
The fastest coral fan farm by ncolyer
Sounds[edit]
Alive[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block.wet_grass.break | subtitles.block.generic.break | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
None[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.wet_grass.fall | None[sound 1] | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block.wet_grass.hit | subtitles.block.generic.hit | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block.wet_grass.place | subtitles.block.generic.place | 1.0 | 0.8 | 16 | |
Footsteps | Blocks | Walking on the block | block.wet_grass.step | subtitles.block.generic.footsteps | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 |
Bedrock Edition:[more information needed]
Dead[edit]
Sound | Subtitle | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | 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[sound 1] | Blocks | Falling on the block with fall damage | block.stone.fall | None[sound 1] | 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 |
Sound | Source | Description | Namespaced ID | 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 |
Data values[edit]
ID[edit]
Name | Namespaced ID | Block tags (JE) | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tube Coral | tube_coral | corals coral_plants underwater_bonemeals | Block & Item | block.minecraft.tube_coral |
Brain Coral | brain_coral | corals coral_plants underwater_bonemeals | Block & Item | block.minecraft.brain_coral |
Bubble Coral | bubble_coral | corals coral_plants underwater_bonemeals | Block & Item | block.minecraft.bubble_coral |
Fire Coral | fire_coral | corals coral_plants underwater_bonemeals | Block & Item | block.minecraft.fire_coral |
Horn Coral | horn_coral | corals coral_plants underwater_bonemeals | Block & Item | block.minecraft.horn_coral |
Dead Tube Coral | dead_tube_coral | None | Block & Item | block.minecraft.dead_tube_coral |
Dead Brain Coral | dead_brain_coral | None | Block & Item | block.minecraft.dead_brain_coral |
Dead Bubble Coral | dead_bubble_coral | None | Block & Item | block.minecraft.dead_bubble_coral |
Dead Fire Coral | dead_fire_coral | None | Block & Item | block.minecraft.dead_fire_coral |
Dead Horn Coral | dead_horn_coral | None | Block & Item | block.minecraft.dead_horn_coral |
Name | Namespaced ID | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coral | coral | 386 | Block & Item | tile.coral.blue.name tile.coral.pink.name tile.coral.purple.name tile.coral.red.name tile.coral.yellow.name tile.coral.blue_dead.name tile.coral.pink_dead.name tile.coral.purple_dead.name tile.coral.red_dead.name tile.coral.yellow_dead.name |
Metadata[edit]
In Bedrock Edition, coral has the following block data:
DV | Description | |
---|---|---|
0 | Tube Coral | |
1 | Brain Coral | |
2 | Bubble Coral | |
3 | Fire Coral | |
4 | Horn Coral | |
8 | Dead Tube Coral | |
9 | Dead Brain Coral | |
10 | Dead Bubble Coral | |
11 | Dead Fire Coral | |
12 | Dead Horn Coral |
Block state[edit]
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
waterlogged | true | false true | Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral. |
Name | Default value | Allowed values | Description |
---|---|---|---|
coral_color | blue
| blue | |
pink | |||
purple | |||
red | |||
yellow | |||
dead_bit | 0 | 0 1 | Whether or not this coral is dead. |
History[edit]
Java Edition Classic | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 21, 2009 | Notch expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade". | ||||
Java Edition Alpha | |||||
June 28, 2010 | Notch mentioned on his blog: "I tried adding corals, but it's really hard to draw a single block that looks like corals, since it's really more about crazy amounts of variation and diversity. But I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them." | ||||
Java Edition | |||||
October 5, 2012 | Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with fish as mobs and "fish blocks". | ||||
November 18, 2017 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
1.13 | 18w10a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
18w10b | ![]() | ||||
18w10d | Added coral reefs, allowing coral plants to generate naturally. | ||||
18w14b | "Coral Plants" have been renamed to "Coral". | ||||
Blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral plants have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn coral, respectively. | |||||
pre6 | 5 new sound events that apply to coral have been added: block.wet_grass.break , block.wet_grass.fall , block.wet_grass.hit , block.wet_grass.place , and block.wet_grass.step . | ||||
pre10 | Coral can now be collected using Silk Touch. Prior to this, coral was completely unobtainable in survival. | ||||
1.13.1 | 18w31a | Bone meal used in water of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing coral. | |||
18w32a | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
Bedrock Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.13.0 | beta 1.13.0.9 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Coral can now be collected using Silk Touch. | |||
Legacy Console Edition | |||||
TU69 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Education Edition | |||||
1.4.0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Coral" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia[edit]
- In real life, coral are colonies of sessile (immobile) animals.
Gallery[edit]
Coral naturally generating in a coral reef.
Coral blocks within a coral reef.
References[edit]