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Coal Ore

1Block states
YesItem form

Coal Ore is a block in Minecraft that players break with a pickaxe. Mining it gives up Coal, and the ore block itself can also drop as an item.

Players gather it mainly for the coal it yields. The ore block is also an ingredient in two recipes, so it is useful to keep as well as to break.

Contents (4)
  1. Data values
  2. Natural generation
  3. History
  4. See also

Data values

Read from reports/blocks.json of Minecraft 26.3.

Identifierminecraft:coal_ore
Numeric default state ID136
Block states1
State properties0
Item formYes

Natural generation

Biomes whose own feature list places this block, followed from worldgen/biome through placed_feature to feature. Blocks that the terrain itself is made of (stone, dirt, deepslate) come from the surface rules instead and are not listed here.

Placed by the worldgen features ice_cave_ore_coal, ice_cave_ore_coal_buried, ore_coal, ore_coal_buried.

… and 17 more.

History

Worked out by reading the registry of every Minecraft build Mojang has published, in release order.

VersionDateWhat the files show
before 18w01a—Already in the game when Mojang’s data generator first shipped, in 18w01a (3 January 2018). The files do not say which earlier version added it.

See also