Minecraft:Coral Block: Difference between revisions

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Template:Infobox block A coral block is a solid block that comes in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Obtaining

Breaking

Coral blocks can be obtained only with a pickaxe enchanted with Minecraft:Silk Touch; if mined with a pickaxe not enchanted with Silk Touch, they drop the respective dead coral block. Template:Breaking row

Natural generation

Coral blocks naturally generate in coral reef structures, which can be found in warm oceans.

Template:Block distribution

Trading

Wandering traders may sell 1 of any coral block for 3 Minecraft:emeralds. Template:Trade sources

Mob loot

Template:IN, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 coral block when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an Minecraft:emerald.

Usage

Template:FakeImage Coral blocks can be used for building or as decoration blocks.

Placement

In order for a coral block to stay alive, at least one of the six directly adjacent blocks must be Minecraft:water or a waterlogged block. If placed outside of water, it transforms into its respective dead coral block after 3 to 4.95 secondsTemplate:Only or 2.25 secondsTemplate:Only — a grayscale version of the coral block. A coral block still dies if the game rule randomTickSpeed is set to Template:Cd.<ref>Template:Bug</ref> Once a coral block dies, it is not possible to turn a dead coral block into a live coral block.

Template:IN, coral blocks do not die if they are surrounded by any non-air blocks.<ref>Template:Bug</ref>

Sea pickle farm blocks

If sea pickles are planted on live coral blocks, using bone meal on the sea pickles increases the number of sea pickles and creates more sea pickles on nearby coral blocks. Specifically, they can spread to the original sea pickle's level or one level below, out to a horizontal taxicab distance of 2. This only works on living coral blocks, not dead coral blocks.

Note blocks

All types of coral blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sulfur cube

Template:In development Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb all coral blocks, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob when hitting it.

Sounds

Template:El: Template:Sound table/Block/Coral block/JE Template:El:<ref group=sound>Template:Bug</ref> Template:Sound table/Block/Stone/BE

Data values

ID

Template:Edition: Template:ID table Template:ID table Template:ID table Template:ID table Template:ID table

History

Template:Missing information Template:More sounds

Issues

Template:Issue list

Trivia

After players had placed 10 million coral blocks underwater Template:In, Mojang donated US$100,000 to The Nature Conservancy to protect and restore coral reefs around the world.<ref>Template:Mcnet</ref>

Gallery

Screenshots

Coral blocks naturally generating in a coral reef.

Coral blocks naturally generating in a coral reef.
All variants of coral blocks.

All variants of coral blocks.
Coral blocks within a coral reef.

Coral blocks within a coral reef.

Development images

Prototype corals shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017.

Prototype corals shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017.
File:1.2 02 secret coral.png

In other media

File:Coral Reef Artwork.png
Coral blocks on the key art for Minecraft:Coral Crafters Skin Pack

Coral blocks on the key art for Minecraft:Coral Crafters Skin Pack
File:Wandering trader's coral bargain.jpg

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:Mcnet

Navigation

Template:Navbox coral Template:Navbox blocks

de:Korallenblock es:Bloque de coral fr:Bloc de corail it:Blocco di corallo ja:サンゴブロック ko:산호 블록 nl:Koraalblok pl:Koralowiec pt:Bloco de Coral ru:Коралловый блок zh:珊瑚块

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 == Obtaining ==
 === Breaking ===
-Coral blocks can be obtained only with a pickaxe enchanted with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]]; if mined with a pickaxe not enchanted with Silk Touch, they drop the respective [[Minecraft:dead coral block]].
+Coral blocks can be obtained only with a pickaxe enchanted with [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]]; if mined with a pickaxe not enchanted with Silk Touch, they drop the respective dead coral block.
 {{breaking row|sprite=Coral Blocks|Coral Block|Pickaxe|Wood|drop=0|horizontal=1}}
 === Natural generation ===
-Coral blocks naturally generate in [[Minecraft:coral reef]] structures, which can be found in [[Minecraft:warm ocean]]s.
+Coral blocks naturally generate in coral reef structures, which can be found in warm oceans.
 {{Block distribution}}
 === Trading ===
-[[Minecraft:Wandering trader]]s may sell 1 of any coral block for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s.
+Wandering traders may sell 1 of any coral block for 3 [[Minecraft:emerald]]s.
 {{Trade sources|Brain Coral Block|Bubble Coral Block|Fire Coral Block|Horn Coral Block|Tube Coral Block}}
 === Mob loot ===
-{{IN|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:wandering traders]] have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of [[Minecraft:Looting]]) to drop 1 coral block when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
+{{IN|bedrock}}, wandering traders have a chance of 8.5% (increased by 1% per level of Looting) to drop 1 coral block when killed while showing the item as trade offer, if the player holds an [[Minecraft:emerald]].
 == Usage ==
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 === Placement ===
-In order for a coral block to stay alive, at least one of the six directly adjacent blocks must be [[Minecraft:water]] or a [[Minecraft:waterlogging|waterlogged block]]. If placed outside of water, it transforms into its respective [[Minecraft:dead coral block]] after 3 to 4.95 seconds{{only|JE}} or 2.25 seconds{{only|BE}} &mdash; a grayscale version of the coral block. A coral block still dies if the [[Minecraft:game rule]] <code>randomTickSpeed</code> is set to {{cd|0}}.<ref>{{bug|MC-129942|||Invalid}}</ref> Once a coral block dies, it is not possible to turn a dead coral block into a live coral block.
+In order for a coral block to stay alive, at least one of the six directly adjacent blocks must be [[Minecraft:water]] or a waterlogged block. If placed outside of water, it transforms into its respective dead coral block after 3 to 4.95 seconds{{only|JE}} or 2.25 seconds{{only|BE}} &mdash; a grayscale version of the coral block. A coral block still dies if the game rule <code>randomTickSpeed</code> is set to {{cd|0}}.<ref>{{bug|MC-129942|||Invalid}}</ref> Once a coral block dies, it is not possible to turn a dead coral block into a live coral block.
 {{IN|BE}}, coral blocks do not die if they are surrounded by any non-air blocks.<ref>{{bug|MCPE-62394}}</ref>
 === Sea pickle farm blocks ===
-If [[Minecraft:sea pickle]]s are planted on live coral blocks, using [[Minecraft:bone meal]] on the sea pickles increases the number of sea pickles and creates more sea pickles on nearby coral blocks. Specifically, they can spread to the original sea pickle's level or one level below, out to a horizontal [[Minecraft:taxicab distance]] of 2. This only works on living coral blocks, not dead coral blocks.
+If sea pickles are planted on live coral blocks, using bone meal on the sea pickles increases the number of sea pickles and creates more sea pickles on nearby coral blocks. Specifically, they can spread to the original sea pickle's level or one level below, out to a horizontal taxicab distance of 2. This only works on living coral blocks, not dead coral blocks.
 === Note blocks ===
-All types of coral blocks can be placed under [[Minecraft:note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.
+All types of coral blocks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
 === Sulfur cube ===
 {{In development|drop=Chaos Cubed|section=1}}
-[[Minecraft:Sulfur cube]]s have the ability to absorb all coral blocks, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob when hitting it.
+Sulfur cubes have the ability to absorb all coral blocks, either through picking them up or being interacted with them. This provides the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob when hitting it.
 == Sounds ==
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 {{HistoryTable
 |{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
-|{{HistoryLine||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|[[Minecraft:Notch]] expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade".}}
+|{{HistoryLine||May 21, 2009|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/110762705/my-list-on-tile-types-so-far|Notch expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade".}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
-|{{HistoryLine||June 28, 2010|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/746938105/the-server-is-back-up|[[Minecraft: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 [[Minecraft:fish]] [[Minecraft:particles]] around them."}}
+|{{HistoryLine||June 28, 2010|link=https://web.archive.org/web/0/http://notch.tumblr.com/post/746938105/the-server-is-back-up|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."}}
-|{{HistoryLine||20100629|[[File:EarlyBetaCoral.png|32px]] A coral block texture is added to [[Minecraft:terrain.png]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||20100629|[[File:EarlyBetaCoral.png|32px]] A coral block texture is added to terrain.png.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|Java beta}}
-|{{HistoryLine||May 17, 2011|link=Java Edition Beta 1.2_02 (20110517)|An unused <code>CoralTile</code> class can be found in the jar file of a [[Minecraft:Java Edition Beta 1.2 02 (20110517)|developer fork]] of [[Minecraft:Beta 1.2_02]]. The coral block would receive a randomized color depending on its coordinates.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||May 17, 2011|link=Java Edition Beta 1.2_02 (20110517)|An unused <code>CoralTile</code> class can be found in the jar file of a developer fork of Beta 1.2_02. The coral block would receive a randomized color depending on its coordinates.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java}}
-|{{HistoryLine||October 5, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|253954758489038848}}|Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot [[Minecraft:12marc40awesome]], along with [[Minecraft:fish]] mobs and "fish [[Minecraft:block]]s".}}
+|{{HistoryLine||October 5, 2012|link={{tweet|Dinnerbone|253954758489038848}}|Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with fish mobs and "fish [[Minecraft:block]]s".}}
-|{{HistoryLine||November 18, 2017|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAapz_nIC_Y|Coral were shown in a clip at [[Minecraft:MINECON Earth]].
+|{{HistoryLine||November 18, 2017|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAapz_nIC_Y|Coral were shown in a clip at MINECON Earth.
 |[[File:Tube Coral Block pJE20171118.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Block pJE20171118.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Block pJE20171118.png|32px]] [[File:Tube Coral Slab pJE20171118.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Slab pJE20171118.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Slab pJE20171118.png|32px]] Multicolored coral blocks were shown, alongside unimplemented slab variants.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=18w09a|[[File:Tube Coral Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bubble Coral Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Coral Block JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Block JE1.png|32px]] Added coral.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10a|[[File:Tube Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bubble Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Block JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Each coral block variant now uses a unique texture.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10d|Added [[Minecraft:coral reef]]s, allowing coral to generate naturally.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w10d|Added coral reefs, allowing coral to generate naturally.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w14b|What was previously named "Coral" has been renamed to "Coral Blocks", and what was previously named "Coral Plants" have been renamed to "Coral".
 |The blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow variants of all coral blocks have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn, respectively.}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w16a|[[Minecraft:Breaking|Mining]] coral blocks now requires [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] to [[Minecraft:drop]] them.
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w16a|Mining coral blocks now requires [[Minecraft:Silk Touch]] to drop them.
 |Coral blocks now have a short delay before dying.
 |Coral blocks no longer die as long as one side is touching [[Minecraft:water]].}}
-|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre6|Living coral blocks now have new [[Minecraft:sound]] events: <code>block.coral_block.break</code>, <code>block.coral_block.fall</code>, <code>block.coral_block.hit</code>, <code>block.coral_block.place</code>, and <code>block.coral_block.step</code>.}}
+|{{HistoryLine|||dev=pre6|Living coral blocks now have new sound events: <code>block.coral_block.break</code>, <code>block.coral_block.fall</code>, <code>block.coral_block.hit</code>, <code>block.coral_block.place</code>, and <code>block.coral_block.step</code>.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w05a|Added [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, which sell all types of coral blocks, making them [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=19w05a|Added wandering traders, which sell all types of coral blocks, making them renewable.}}
 |{{HistoryLine|java upcoming}}
-|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added [[Minecraft:sulfur cube]]s, which have the ability to absorb coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.2|dev=snap 1|Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.14.2|[[File:Tube Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bubble Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Block BE1.png|32px]] Added coral blocks.
-|Coral blocks currently die only if they touch [[Minecraft:air]] or [[Minecraft:void]] [[Minecraft:block]]s, meaning that coral technically do not need [[Minecraft:water]] to stay alive.|Coral blocks with a damage/metadata value of 13 would display the following name: '<code>tile.coral_block..name</code>'.}}
+|Coral blocks currently die only if they touch [[Minecraft:air]] or void [[Minecraft:block]]s, meaning that coral technically do not need [[Minecraft:water]] to stay alive.|Coral blocks with a damage/metadata value of 13 would display the following name: '<code>tile.coral_block..name</code>'.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.4.0|dev=beta 1.2.20.1|Coral blocks with a damage/metadata value of 13 have had their name changed to '<code>tile.coral_block.blue_fan.name</code>'.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.5.0|dev=beta 1.5.0.4|Coral blocks no longer die as long as one side is touching [[Minecraft:water]].}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Coral blocks can now be [[Minecraft:trading|bought]] from [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s.
+|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|Coral blocks can now be bought from wandering traders.
 |[[File:Horn Coral Block JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of horn coral blocks has been changed to look the same as {{el|je}}'s texture.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=unknown|When buying from wandering traders, one emerald now purchases one coral block instead of three of the same type.}}
 |{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Decreased the hardness of coral blocks from 7 to 1.5.
 |Increased the blast resistance of coral blocks from 0.9 to 6.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||1.21.0|dev=Preview 1.21.0.21|The different [[Minecraft:block states]] for the <code>coral_block</code> ID have now been split up into their own IDs.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||1.21.0|dev=Preview 1.21.0.21|The different block states for the <code>coral_block</code> ID have now been split up into their own IDs.}}
 |{{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 coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.}}
+|{{HistoryLine||26.20|dev=Preview 26.20.23|exp=Drop 2 of 2026|Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb coral blocks, providing the golf ball/fast flat effect to the mob.}}
 }}
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 |{{HistoryLine|console}}
 |{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU69|ps3=1.76|psvita=1.76|ps4=1.76|wiiu=Patch 38|[[File:Tube Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Brain Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Bubble Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Fire Coral Block JE2 BE1.png|32px]] [[File:Horn Coral Block JE2 BE2.png|32px]] Added coral blocks.}}
-|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Added [[Minecraft:wandering trader]]s, which sell all types of coral blocks, making them [[Minecraft:renewable]].}}
+|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.91|wiiu=none|switch=none|Added wandering traders, which sell all types of coral blocks, making them renewable.}}
 }}
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 == Trivia ==
-* After [[Minecraft:player]]s had placed 10 million coral blocks underwater {{in|bedrock}}, [[Minecraft:Mojang]] donated US$100,000 to [[Wikipedia:The Nature Conservancy|The Nature Conservancy]] to protect and restore coral reefs around the world.<ref>{{Mcnet|you-helped-us-help-oceans|You helped us help the ocean!|June 26, 2018|[[Minecraft:Tom Stone]]}}</ref>
+* After players had placed 10 million coral blocks underwater {{in|bedrock}}, Mojang donated US$100,000 to [[Wikipedia:The Nature Conservancy|The Nature Conservancy]] to protect and restore coral reefs around the world.<ref>{{Mcnet|you-helped-us-help-oceans|You helped us help the ocean!|June 26, 2018|Tom Stone}}</ref>
 == Gallery ==
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 === Screenshots ===
 <gallery>
-File:Coral Reef 18w14b.png|Coral blocks naturally generating in a [[Minecraft:coral reef]].
+File:Coral Reef 18w14b.png|Coral blocks naturally generating in a coral reef.
 File:All Coral Blocks.png|All variants of coral blocks.
 File:Coral reef at night.png|Coral blocks within a coral reef.
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 === Development images ===
 <gallery>
-File:SeaPlantsMineConEarth2017.jpg|Prototype corals shown in a clip from [[Minecraft:MINECON Earth 2017]].
+File:SeaPlantsMineConEarth2017.jpg|Prototype corals shown in a clip from MINECON Earth 2017.
 File:1.2 02 secret coral.png|alt=
 </gallery>
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 == External links ==
-*{{Mcnet|block-week--coral|Block of the Week: Coral|March 2, 2022|[[Minecraft:Duncan Geere]]}}
+*{{Mcnet|block-week--coral|Block of the Week: Coral|March 2, 2022|Duncan Geere}}
 == Navigation ==
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 [[Category:Natural blocks]]
-[[Minecraft:de:Korallenblock]]
+de:Korallenblock
-[[Minecraft:es:Bloque de coral]]
+es:Bloque de coral
-[[Minecraft:fr:Bloc de corail]]
+fr:Bloc de corail
-[[Minecraft:it:Blocco di corallo]]
+it:Blocco di corallo
-[[Minecraft:ja:サンゴブロック]]
+ja:サンゴブロック
-[[Minecraft:ko:산호 블록]]
+ko:산호 블록
-[[Minecraft:nl:Koraalblok]]
+nl:Koraalblok
-[[Minecraft:pl:Koralowiec]]
+pl:Koralowiec
-[[Minecraft:pt:Bloco de Coral]]
+pt:Bloco de Coral
-[[Minecraft:ru:Коралловый блок]]
+ru:Коралловый блок
-[[Minecraft:zh:珊瑚块]]
+zh:珊瑚块