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{{For||Coal family}}
{{Infobox block
| group = Coal Ore
| 1-1 = Coal Ore.png
| group2 = Deepslate Coal Ore
| 2-1 = Deepslate Coal Ore.png
| invimage = Coal Ore
| invimage2 = Deepslate Coal Ore
| transparent = No
| hardness = '''Coal Ore''': {{Hardness values|Coal Ore}}<br>
'''Deepslate Coal Ore''': {{Hardness values|Deepslate Coal Ore}}
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
| mapcolor = {{TooltipSprite||Coal Ore}} {{Map color|Stone}}
{{TooltipSprite||Deepslate Coal Ore}} {{Map color|Deepslate}}
}}
'''Coal ore''' is a [[Minecraft:mineral]] block that drops [[Minecraft:coal]] when mined.

'''Deepslate coal ore''' is a variant of coal ore that rarely generates at the top of the [[Minecraft:deepslate]] layer.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Coal ore itself can be obtained by mining it with any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]] enchanted with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]]. When mined without Silk Touch, it drops one [[Minecraft:coal]]. It is affected by the [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 coal respectively with Fortune I, II, and III. It also drops {{xp|0|2}} when mined. Fortune does not affect the amount of experience dropped.

{{breaking row
|Coal Ore;Deepslate Coal Ore
|link=none; none
|Pickaxe; Pickaxe
|Wood; Wood
|drop=0; 0}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{see also|Ore (feature)}}
Coal ore can generate in the [[Minecraft:Overworld]] in the form of [[Minecraft:ore blob]]s. 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 192, being most common at Y=96, and being less common toward 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}}, coal ore also has the third batches, which attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of size 0–37, evenly from levels 128 to 256, within any type of [[Minecraft:mountains]] biomes.

Coal ore can replace [[Minecraft:stone]], [[Minecraft:andesite]], [[Minecraft:diorite]], [[Minecraft:granite]], [[Minecraft:tuff]], and [[Minecraft:deepslate]]. Deepslate coal ore generates when replacing [[Minecraft:tuff]] or [[Minecraft:deepslate]], which is a rare occurrence due to the rarity of coal blobs below Y=8 where deepslate generates.

Coal ore is also found in small amounts alongside underground [[Minecraft:fossil]]s.

{{Block distribution}}

== Usage ==
The primary usage of coal ore is to [[#Breaking|mine]] it for [[Minecraft:coal]].
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Coal Ore; Deepslate Coal Ore
|Coal
|0.1
}}

=== Note blocks ===
Coal ore can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

=== Sulfur cube ===
{{In development|section=1|drop=Chaos Cubed}}
[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb coal ore and deepslate coal ore, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

== Sounds ==
=== Coal ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Stone}}

=== Deepslate coal ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Deepslate}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_ore
|showblocktags=y
|blocktags=coal_ores, mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_coal_ore
|blocktags=coal_ores, mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_ore
|id=16}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_coal_ore
|id=661
|foot=1}}

== Videos ==
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== History ==
=== Development ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||May 23, 2009|link=wordofnotch:111691116|[[Minecraft:Notch]] says he accomplished adding coal blobs in [[Minecraft:stone]].}}
}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.14a|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|[[Minecraft:Mining]] coal ore currently [[Minecraft:drops]] itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|Mining coal ore now drops [[Minecraft:Smooth Stone Slab|stone slab]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.28|Coal ore can be obtained in the [[Minecraft:Creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100124-2119|Coal ore now generates in [[Minecraft:starting house]] chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100128-2200|When mined, coal ore drops 1–3 [[Minecraft:coal]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100129-1447|Coal ore no longer generates in starting house chests.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|Coal ore now [[Minecraft:drops]] 1 piece of [[Minecraft:coal]] when mined with a pickaxe.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Coal ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100320|Coal ore blobs now generate, but differently.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100325-1545|Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100327|Coal ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the [[Minecraft:ore]] blocks were replaced by [[Minecraft:stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100330|Coal ore no longer regenerates.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 4|Coal ore can now be obtained by mining it using a pickaxe enchanted with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6|Coal ore can now be smelted to obtain [[Minecraft:coal]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w22a|Coal ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near [[Minecraft:fossil]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=November 9, 2017|slink={{tweet|JAPPA|928570147685781504}}|[[File:Coal Ore Texture Update Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for coal ore has been proposed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w06a|The height limit was expanded down to Y{{=}}-64. Coal ores are temporary generating from Y{{=}}-64 instead of Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w07a|[[File:Coal Ore JE3.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.
|Coal ore now attempts to generate twice: once, evenly between an altitude of Y{{=}}136 and Y{{=}}256; and as a triangle spread, peaking at an altitude of Y{{=}}96 and generating between an altitude of Y{{=}}0 and Y{{=}}192.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[File:Coal Ore JE4.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed, again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w10a|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore JE1.png|32px]] Added deepslate variant of coal ore.
|[[File:Coal Ore JE5.png|32px]] Tweaked the coal ore texture.
|Reduced air exposure for coal ore.
|Coal ore can no longer generate in fossils below Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w15a|All the changes to coal ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the [[Minecraft:Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w17a|Deepslate coal ore now generates naturally.
|Coal ore can now replace [[Minecraft:tuff]] and [[Minecraft:deepslate]] upon generating.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Coal ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
|Deepslate coal ore no longer generates naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w44a|Deepslate coal ore can now generate naturally, again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Release Candidate 4|Fixed an issue where coal ore at lower heights (Y{{=}}0 to Y{{=}}192) is not distributed as intended since 1.18-pre1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb coal ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Coal ore now drops [[Minecraft:coal]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Coal ore is now available in the creative inventory.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|[[Minecraft:Mining]] coal ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] orbs.
|Coal ore can now be collected with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]], [[Minecraft:drop]]ping the [[Minecraft:block]] itself. 
|Coal ore now drops extra [[Minecraft:coal]]s with the [[Minecraft:Fortune]] enchantment.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Coal Ore JE4 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed. 
|In the Caves & Cliffs [[Minecraft:Experimental Gameplay]], 20 additional blobs of coal ore now attempt to generate in new [[Minecraft:mountain]] biomes between Y{{=}}128 and Y{{=}}256.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore BE1.png|32px]] Added deepslate variant of coal ore behind the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay. It generates instead of coal in [[Minecraft:deepslate]] blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.54|[[File:Coal Ore JE5.png|32px]] Coal ore texture was updated.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.56|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, coal ore generation has been changed. Coal ore blob now generates as a triangle spread generating between Y{{=}}1 and Y{{=}}191 and peaking at Y{{=}}96. Larger coal ore blobs now sometimes form. Additional blobs in mountains that was introduced in beta 1.16.220.50 still form.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore JE1.png|32px]] Deepslate coal ore texture was changed match to {{JE}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Now deepslate coal ore generates without the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Removed the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggle. New coal ore generation are now available through normal gameplay.
|Coal ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|Deepslate coal ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Coal ore generation height has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.24|Coal ore generation has now been tweaked again to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|Deepslate coal ore variant once again generates naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of deepslate coal ore from 1.8 to 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb both coal ore and deepslate coal ore, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Coal ore now drops [[Minecraft:experience]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near [[Minecraft:fossil]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w06a|Coal ore now uses the newly-implemented model json file {{code|models/block/cube.json}}; previously the geometry was defined in the game code itself.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 16.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Coal Ore|Deepslate Coal Ore}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Coal ore in giant tree taiga.png|A blob of coal ore found in a [[Minecraft:giant tree taiga]] cliff.
ExposedCoalBlob.png|A blob of coal with surrounding blocks excavated.
DesertCoal.png|A blob of coal naturally occurring in a desert.
UnderwaterCoal.png|A block of coal ore found underwater. The [[Minecraft:glowstone]] is placed by the player.
MushroomBiomeCoal.png|A coal blob in a mushroom biome hillside.
LotsofCoal.png|A 20-block blob of coal ore found in a ravine.
ExtremeHillsCoal.jpg|A coal ore blob found in a mountains biome.
Coal ore blobs.png|One coal ore blob that generated close to the surface in a cave opening.
Coal On Surface Lava.png|A blob of coal ore above a lake of lava.
Pecoal.jpg|A blob of coal ore found {{in|Pocket}}.
SnowCoveredCoal.png|Coal ore generated in snowy biome.
Canyon intersecting a stronghold.png|A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a [[Minecraft:stronghold]] bridge over it.
Coal in mountains biome.png|Coal ore exposed on the surface of a [[Minecraft:windswept hills]] biome.
Deepslate Coal Blob.png|A blob of deepslate coal ore.
Minecraft Coal.png|A screenshot of a coal ore.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
Coal Ore (inventory) MCE.png|[[Minecraft:MCE:Coal ore|Coal ore]] as it appeared {{in|Earth}}.
Coal Journal Icon MCL.png|[[Minecraft:MCL:Coal|Coal ore]] as it appears {{in|Legends}}.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-coal-ore Block of the Week: Coal Ore] – Minecraft.net on December 8, 2017

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