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{{for|the joke block in [[Minecraft:Java Edition 2.0]]|Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)}}
{{For||Coal family}}
{{Infobox block
| image = Block of Coal.png
| invimage = Block of Coal
| transparent = No
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = Yes
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = Yes (5)
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
A '''block of coal''', also known as a '''coal block''', is a storage block, equivalent to nine [[Minecraft:coal]], that can also be used as [[Minecraft:fuel]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Blocks of coal can be mined using any [[Minecraft:pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Block of Coal|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Natural generation ===
Blocks of coal can generate in [[Minecraft:trail ruins]].

=== Crafting ===
Blocks of coal can be crafted only from regular [[Minecraft:coal]], not [[Minecraft:charcoal]]. It is crafted in the same way as other mineral blocks.

{{Crafting
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Coal
|Output= Block of Coal
|type= Building block
}}

== Usage ==
Blocks of coal are often used to store coal in a compact fashion, or otherwise used as a fairly cheap construction block.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Fuel ===
Blocks of coal can be used as fuel in a [[Minecraft:furnace]]. One block of coal lasts 800 seconds (16000 ticks), which smelts 80 items. This is ten times the duration of a single piece of coal and 1{{frac|1|9}} times as efficient (+11.11%) as nine individual pieces of coal, which would only smelt 72 items. The latter, however, prevents inactive furnace use; while smelting one item with one coal wastes seven potential items, smelting one item with one block of coal wastes 79 potential items.

=== Note blocks ===
Blocks of coal 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 blocks of coal, either through picking it up or being interacted with it. This provides the regular/football effect to the mob when hitting it.

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

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Coal
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_block
|showblocktags=y|blocktags=mineable/pickaxe|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Block of Coal
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_block
|id=173
|foot=1}}

== Videos ==
<div style="text-align:center">
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== History ==
=== Development ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine||April 5, 2013|link={{tweet|dinnerbone|320261310854090752}}|Coal blocks were mentioned by [[Minecraft:Dinnerbone]],<ref>{{tweet|dinner|320261310854090752|@LuxurioMusic No. Logical issues with crafting and destroying. There would have to be separate coal/charcoal blocks which isn't nice.|April 5, 2013}}</ref> after their existence in [[Minecraft:Minecraft 2.0]]. These would apparently be difficult to implement due to an analogous [[Minecraft:block]] made of [[Minecraft:charcoal]] requiring a separate block ID due to "logical issues".}}
}}

=== ''Java Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||2.0|[[File:Block of Coal JE1.png|32px]] Added [[Minecraft:Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)|blocks of coal]] to the April Fools' "update", [[Minecraft:Minecraft 2.0]], using a recolored version of the [[Minecraft:block of redstone]] texture. When crafted back to coal, it would have an item data value of 32767 instead of 0, so it could not be stacked with other coal.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.6.1|dev=13w18a|[[File:Block of Coal JE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.
|Blocks of coal utilize the same texture as from the April Fools' Day update.
|The [[Minecraft:smelting]] time for block of coal is 720 seconds.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w18c|The smelting time for a block of coal has been changed to 800 seconds.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w19a|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.
|Blocks of coal are now flammable.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20|dev=23w16a|Blocks of coal can now generate in [[Minecraft:trail ruins]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb blocks of coal, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== ''Bedrock Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.8.0|dev=build 1|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.0|Blocks of coal can now generate in trail ruins.}}
|{{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 blocks of coal, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.}}
}}

=== Legacy Console Edition ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps3=1.12|psvita=1.12|ps4=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}
}}

=== ''New Nintendo 3DS Edition'' ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w11b|Blocks of coal with [[Minecraft:Java Edition data value/Pre-flattening/Block IDs/Before 14w25a|numerical metadata variants]] 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have [[Minecraft:Missing model|no model]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] rather than appearing identical to blocks of coal.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w26a|Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of [[Minecraft:block states]]. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game:
{{dvt|spritetype=block|sprite=block-of-coal|[[Minecraft:Block of Coal]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=missingno|dv=1-15|[[Minecraft:Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants#Boring variants|Inaccessible "boring" variants of blocks of coal]]|foot=1}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[Minecraft:1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 173.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* Blocks of coal cannot be used as fuel for the [[Minecraft:minecart with furnace]].
* A full stack of coal blocks should smelt for 14.2 hours – over 42 ''[[Minecraft:Minecraft]]'' days. That is over 50 times as many items as a [[Minecraft:lava bucket]]. However, the player needs 576 coal or 9 stacks of coal to do this.

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
13w18a.png|The 13w18a Banner, showing a block of coal, [[Minecraft:furnace]], [[Minecraft:hopper]], and multiple [[Minecraft:hay bale]]s.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [[Minecraft:Coal Ore]]
* [[Minecraft:Coal]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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