{{About|the mineral block|the ore|Coal Ore|the item|Coal}}
{{Block
|image=Block of Coal.png
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=wooden pickaxe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=Yes (5)
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
A '''block of coal''' is a storage block, equivalent to nine [[coal]], that can also be used as [[fuel]].

== Obtaining ==

Blocks of coal can be mined using any [[pickaxe]]. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Block of Coal|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Crafting ===

Blocks of coal can be crafted only from regular [[coal]], not [[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 [[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 ===
Block of coal can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

== 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}}

== Video ==
<div style="text-align:center">{{yt|DmnNJMsxNEE}}</div>

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||2.0|[[File:Block of Coal JE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal to the April Fool's 'update', [[Java Edition 2.0|Minecraft 2.0]], using a recolored version of the [[Block of Redstone]] texture. It could not be used as fuel and was only a compact block. 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.}}
{{History||April 5, 2013|link={{tweet|dinnerbone|320261310854090752}}|Coal blocks mentioned by [[Dinnerbone]],<ref>{{tweet|dinner|320261310854090752}}</ref> after their featuring in [[Minecraft 2.0]]. These would apparently be difficult to implement due to an analogous [[block]] made of [[charcoal]] requiring a separate block ID due to "logical issues".}}
{{History||1.6.1|snap=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 [[smelting]] time for block of coal is 720 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=13w18c|The smelting time for a block of coal has been changed to 800 seconds.}}
{{History|||snap=13w19a|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.
|Blocks of coal are now flammable.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=14w11b|Blocks of coal with [[Java Edition data value/Pre-flattening/Block IDs/Before 14w25a|numerical metadata variants]] 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have [[Missing model|no model]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] rather than appearing identical to blocks of coal.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards with the introduction of [[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|[[Block of Coal]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=missing-texture-block|dv=1-15|[[Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants#Boring variants|Inaccessible "boring" variants of blocks of coal]]|foot=1}}}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 173.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.8.0|snap=build 1|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU19|xbone=CU7|ps=1.12|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
{{History|Ps4}}
{{History||1.90|[[File:Block of Coal JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of blocks of coal has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Block of Coal JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added blocks of coal.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==

{{issue list}}

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

== Gallery ==

<gallery>
13w18a.png|The 13w18a Banner, Showing a block of coal, [[furnace]], [[hopper]], and multiple [[hay bale]]s.
</gallery>

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{Blocks|Building}}

[[Category:Ore]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Compacted blocks]]
[[Category:Flammable blocks]]

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[[es:Bloque de carbón]]
[[fr:Bloc de charbon]]
[[hu:Szénblokk]]
[[it:Blocco di minerale]]
[[ja:石炭ブロック]]
[[ko:석탄 블록]]
[[nl:Steenkoolblok]]
[[pl:Blok węgla]]
[[pt:Bloco de carvão]]
[[ru:Угольный блок]]
[[uk:Блок вугілля]]
[[zh:煤炭块]]
