Coal

| Rarity tier |
Common |
|---|---|
| Renewable |
Yes |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
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"title": "Coal",
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{
"field": "Common",
"label": "(link to Rarity article, displayed as Rarity tier)"
},
{
"field": "Yes",
"label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
},
{
"field": "Yes (64)",
"label": "Stackable"
}
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"invimages": [
"Coal"
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"images": [
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}
Coal is a mineral item mainly obtained from coal ore. It is primarily used for crafting torches and campfires, as well as fuel.
Obtaining
Mining
Coal ore when mined using a pickaxe drop 1 piece of coal. If the pickaxe is enchanted with Fortune, it may drop an extra piece per level of Fortune, up to a maximum of 4 with Fortune III.
Mob loot
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Wither Skeleton | 0–1 | 33.33% | 0.33 | 0–2 | 66.67% | 0.83 | 0–3 | 83.33% | 1.33 | 0–4 | 88.89% | 1.83 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Wither Skeleton | 0–1 | 1⁄3 | 1⁄3 | 0–2 | 2⁄3 | 5⁄6 | 0–3 | 5⁄6 | 4⁄3 | 0–4 | 8⁄9 | 11⁄6 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Wither Skeleton | 0 | 2⁄3 (66.67%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄9 (11.11%) | |
| 1 | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | 5⁄12 (41.67%) | 5⁄18 (27.78%) | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | 1⁄3 (33.33%) | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | 2⁄9 (22.22%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄18 (5.56%) | ||
| Average | 1⁄3 (0.33) | 5⁄6 (0.83) | 4⁄3 (1.33) | 11⁄6 (1.83) | ||
| Drops | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mob | Expected Number of Kill | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Wither Skeleton | 3.00 | 1.20 | 0.75 | 0.55 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Wither Skeleton | 0–1 | 50.00% | 0.50 | 0–2 | 50.00% | 0.75 | 0–3 | 50.00% | 1.00 | 0–4 | 50.00% | 1.25 | |
| Mob | Quantity / Chance / Average | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||||||||||
| Wither Skeleton | 0–1 | 1⁄2 | 1⁄2 | 0–2 | 1⁄2 | 3⁄4 | 0–3 | 1⁄2 | 1 | 0–4 | 1⁄2 | 5⁄4 | |
| Mob | Amount | Probability | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | |||
| Wither Skeleton | 0 | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | |
| 1 | 1⁄2 (50.00%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 1⁄8 (12.50%) | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | ||
| 2 | 0 | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 1⁄4 (25.00%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄8 (12.50%) | 1⁄6 (16.67%) | ||
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1⁄12 (8.33%) | ||
| Average | 1⁄2 (0.50) | 3⁄4 (0.75) | 1 (1.00) | 5⁄4 (1.25) | ||
| Drops | 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mob | Expected Number of Kill | ||||
| Default | Looting I | Looting II | Looting III | ||
| Wither Skeleton | 2.00 | 1.33 | 1.00 | 0.80 | |
Generated loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Chest | 1–4 | 26.6%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.26610816000000004, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 3–8 | 27.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.27314935357988357, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 6–15 | 46.5%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "6–15", "chance": 0.4654112666071859, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–4 | 70.4%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.7036114467820859, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 13.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
| ||
| Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 13.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
| ||
| Supply chest | 2–8 | 37.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.3733254862763913, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
| ||
| Storeroom chest | 3–8 | 34.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.34326506922961153, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Storeroom chest" }
| ||
| Suspicious gravel | 1 | 2.2%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.022222222222222254, "structure": "Trail Ruins", "container": "Suspicious gravel" }
| ||
| Small ruins chest | 1–4 | 84.2%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.8421943782381399, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
| ||
| Big ruins chest | 1–4 | 81%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.8100781882091176, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
| ||
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 9.9%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.0989873657501581, "structure": "Village", "container": "Toolsmith's chest" }
| ||
| Fisherman's chest | 1–3 | 43%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.4299830488478805, "structure": "Village", "container": "Fisherman's chest" }
| ||
| Butcher's chest | 1–3 | 27.9%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.27904475953099894, "structure": "Village", "container": "Butcher's chest" }
| ||
| Snowy house chest | 1–4 | 41.2%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.4118208436710489, "structure": "Village", "container": "Snowy house chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–4 | 15.6%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.15592098765432094, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Chest | 1–4 | 26.6%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.26610816000000004, "structure": "Monster Room", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 3–8 | 27.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.27314935357988357, "structure": "Mineshaft", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 6–15 | 46.5%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "6–15", "chance": 0.4654112666071859, "structure": "Ancient City", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–4 | 70.4%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.7036114467820859, "structure": "Igloo", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
| Cold ruins suspicious gravel | 1 | 13.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean Ruins", "container": "Cold ruins suspicious gravel" }
| ||
| Warm ruins suspicious sand | 1 | 13.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1333333333333333, "structure": "Ocean ruins", "container": "Warm ruins suspicious sand" }
| ||
| Supply chest | 2–8 | 37.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "2–8", "chance": 0.3733254862763913, "structure": "Shipwreck", "container": "Supply chest" }
| ||
| Storeroom chest | 3–8 | 28.5%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "3–8", "chance": 0.2845331813431661, "structure": "Stronghold", "container": "Storeroom chest" }
| ||
| Big ruins chest | 1–4 | 81%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.8100781882091176, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Big ruins chest" }
| ||
| Small ruins chest | 1–4 | 84.2%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.8421943782381399, "structure": "Underwater Ruins", "container": "Small ruins chest" }
| ||
| Toolsmith's chest | 1–3 | 9.9%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.0989873657501581, "structure": "Village", "container": "Toolsmith's chest" }
| ||
| Butcher's chest | 1–3 | 27.9%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–3", "chance": 0.27904475953099894, "structure": "Village", "container": "Butcher's chest" }
| ||
| Snowy house chest | 1–4 | 41.2%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.4118208436710489, "structure": "Village", "container": "Snowy house chest" }
| ||
| Chest | 1–4 | 23.3%{ "item": "Coal", "stacksize": "1–4", "chance": 0.2332220150124208, "structure": "Woodland Mansion", "container": "Chest" }
| ||
Crafting
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Coal |
Smelting
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Coal Ore or Deepslate Coal Ore + Any fuel |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Block of Coal | ||
| Campfire | Stick + + Any Log orStem or Any Stripped Log orStem or Any Wood orHyphae or Any Stripped Wood orHyphae |
|
| Fire Charge | Blaze Powder + + Gunpowder |
|
| Soul Torch | + Stick + Soul Soil or Soul Sand |
|
| Torch | + Stick |
Fuel
When used in a furnace as a fuel, a piece of coal lasts 80 seconds (smelting up to 8 items), like charcoal. Coal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood logs used as fuel, being more efficient than any other use of wood for smelting in Java Edition, but outstripped by wooden slabs in Bedrock Edition.
Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by furnace minecarts. They provide three minutes of transit each.
Trading
| Villager | Probability | Villager wants | Player receives | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JE | BE | |||
| 67% | 100% | 15 × | ||
| 50% | 50% | 10 × | ||
| 40% | 100% | 15 × | ||
| 67% | 100% | 15 × | ||
| 40% | 100% | 15 × | ||
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
coal | Item | coals | item |
| Name | Identifier | Alias ID | Numeric ID | Form | Item tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
coal | coal / 0 | 302 | Item | minecraft:coals | item |
Video
History
| Java Edition Classic | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2009 | Notch shows interest in adding coal, commenting that it might be combined with iron ore to make steel. | ||||||
| Java Edition Indev | |||||||
| 0.31 | 20100128-2200 | ||||||
| Mining coal ore blocks drops 2-5 pieces of coal. | |||||||
| 20100129-1447 | Coal can be used to craft torches. | ||||||
| 20100201-2227 | Mining coal ore now drops 1 piece of coal (down from 2-5). | ||||||
| 20100219 | |||||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||||
| 1.8 | Pre-release | Coal can now be found in the new mineshaft chests and stronghold storeroom chests. | |||||
| Java Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6 | Coal can be now obtained by smelting coal ore. | |||||
| 1.2.1 | 12w04a | Coal can now be used to craft fire charges. | |||||
| 1.3.1 | 12w21a | Blacksmith and butcher villagers now buy 16–23 of either coal or charcoal for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 1.3 | |||||||
| 1.4.2 | 12w36a | Coal is now dropped by wither skeletons, making it renewable. | |||||
| 1.6.1 | 13w18a | Coal can now be used to craft blocks of coal. | |||||
| 1.8 | 14w02a | Fisherman, armorer, tool smith, weapon smith and butcher villagers now buy 16–24 coal for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 1.9 | 15w43a | Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||||
| 15w44a | The average yield of coal from mineshaft chests has been decreased, and added to dungeon chests. | ||||||
| 1.11 | 16w39a | Coal can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests. | |||||
| 1.13 | 18w09a | Coal can now be found in the loot chests of ocean ruins. | |||||
| 18w11a | Coal now generates in shipwreck chests. | ||||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| 18w48a | Coal can now be found in chests in village fishing cottages. | ||||||
| 18w49a | Coal can now be found in chests in village butcher shops and snowy village houses. | ||||||
| 18w50a | Coal can now be found in chests in village toolsmith houses. | ||||||
| 19w02a | Coal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. | ||||||
| 19w11a | Armorer, butcher, toolsmith and weaponsmith villagers now buy 15 coal for 1 emerald. | ||||||
| Fisherman villagers now buy 10 coal for 1 emerald. | |||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Coal can now be used to craft soul torches. | |||||
| 1.19 | 22w13a | Coal may now be found in ancient city chests. | |||||
| 1.20 | 23w12a | Coal can now be found in suspicious gravel and suspicious sand in cold and warm ocean ruins and in trail ruins. | |||||
| 23w16a | Coal no longer generates in suspicious sand in trail ruins. | ||||||
| Due to the split of the archaeological loot tables for the suspicious gravel within the trail ruins; coal now is in the common loot. | |||||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||||
| v0.3.0 | |||||||
| Coal can be used to craft torches. | |||||||
| v0.8.0 | build 1 | ||||||
| Coal can now be crafted to make a block of coal. | |||||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Coal is now dropped by wither skeletons. | |||||
| v0.14.0 | build 1 | Coal can now be found inside chest minecarts in mineshafts. | |||||
| v0.15.0 | build 1 | Coal is now used to craft fire charges. | |||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.0.0 | alpha 0.17.0.1 | Coal can now be found in the stronghold storeroom chests. | |||||
| Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |||||||
| 1.0.4 | alpha 1.0.4.0 | Fisherman, armorer, toolsmith, weaponsmith and butcher villagers now buy 16–24 coal for 1 emerald. | |||||
| 1.1.0 | alpha 1.1.0.0 | Coal is now found in woodland mansion chests. | |||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.4.0 | beta 1.2.14.2 | Coal can now be found inside shipwreck chests. | |||||
| beta 1.2.20.1 | Coal can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | ||||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | Coal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. | |||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Coal can now be found in snowy tundra village house chests and in village butcher and toolsmith chests. | |||||
| beta 1.11.0.4 | Armorer, weaponsmith, toolsmith, and butcher villagers now buy 15 coal for an emerald. | ||||||
| Fishermen villagers now have a 50% chance to buy 10 coal for an emerald as part of their first tier trade. | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.51 | Coal can now used to craft soul torches. | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| TU9 | |||||||
| TU14 | 1.04 | Blacksmith and butcher villagers now buy 16–23 of either coal or charcoal for 1 emerald. | |||||
| TU19 | CU7 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.12 | Coal is now dropped by wither skeletons, making it renewable. | ||
| Coal can now be used to craft blocks of coal. | |||||||
| TU31 | CU19 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.22 | Patch 3 | Fisherman, armorer, tool smith, weapon smith and butcher villagers now buy 16–24 coal for 1 emerald. | |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Coal may now be found in igloo basement chests. | |
| TU54 | CU44 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | Patch 24 | 1.0.4 | Coal can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests. |
| TU69 | 1.76 | 1.76 | 1.76 | Patch 38 | Coal can now be found inside shipwreck chests. | ||
| Coal can now be found inside underwater ruins chests. | |||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| 1.91 | Coal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal. | ||||||
| Armorer, weaponsmith, toolsmith, and butcher villagers now buy 15 coal for an emerald. | |||||||
| Fishermen villagers now have a chance to buy 10 coal for an emerald as part of their first tier trade. | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||||
| 1.9.19 | Coal can now be found in the new woodland mansion chests. | ||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The different data values for the coal ID have been split up into their own IDs.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 263. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Coal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.