Coral reef

It has been suggested that this page be split into Coral tree, Coral claw, and Coral mushroom. ^[discuss^]

If this split may potentially be controversial, do not split until a consensus has been reached.

Coral reef

Warm Ocean

Consists of


Coral Blocks Coral Coral Fans Dead Coral Blocks ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Dead Coral Fans ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Sea Pickle Granite ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Diorite ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]} Andesite ‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Can generate in
existing chunks

Yes

Coral reefs are structures that generate in warm ocean biomes. They consist of multiple clusters of coral blocks, coral and coral fans. These clusters come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and colors, ranging from a few blocks of brain coral on the ground to large tree-like structures of fire coral.

Generation[]

Coral reefs generate throughout warm ocean biomes (though not deep warm oceans), densely covering the sea floor. Coral reefs generate at constant elevation y level. Although they can generate on underwater ravine floors, they do not generate on deep ocean floors.

In Bedrock Edition, the coral reef structures are stored in the coralcrust folder.^{[more information needed]} Therefore, players can manually load every piece of coral reef structure using structure blocks, for example: coralcrust/outcropping1 loads one of coral reef variant structure.

Structure[]

A coral reef consists of a few clusters of coral blocks, each of a particular type. Sometimes, these clusters include dead coral, andesite, diorite, or granite blocks.‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}

Coral reefs are usually topped with coral, and sometimes coral fans and sea pickles. The coral and coral fans are not necessarily the same type of coral as their support blocks; in fact there are often multiple types on the same reef. In Bedrock Edition, coral reefs occasionally include dead coral fans.

Variants[]

crust1
crust2
crust3
crust4
crust5
outcropping1
outcropping2
outcropping3
outcropping4
outcropping5
outcropping6

^{[more information needed]}

History[]

Java Edition
1.13	18w10d	Added coral reefs, previously teased at MINECON Earth 2017.
	18w16a	Coral fans now generate in coral reefs.
	pre1	The title screen panorama now showcases a coral reef.
1.14	November 28, 2018	A hotfix for 1.14 snapshots replaces the title screen panorama, which no longer shows a coral reef.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Added coral reefs.
1.5.0	beta 1.5.0.4	The title screen panorama now showcases a coral reef.
1.8.0	beta 1.8.0.8	The title screen no longer showcases a coral reef.