{{Infobox block
| image = <gallery>
Coal Ore JE5 BE4.png|Coal Ore
Deepslate Coal Ore JE1 BE2.png|Deepslate Coal Ore
</gallery>
| invimage = Coal Ore
| invimage2 = Deepslate Coal Ore
| transparent = No
| hardness = '''Coal Ore''': {{Hardness values|Coal Ore}}<br>
'''Deepslate Coal Ore''': {{Hardness values|Deepslate Coal Ore}}
| light = No
| tool = wooden pickaxe
| renewable = No
| stackable = Yes (64)
| flammable = No
| lavasusceptible = No
}}
'''Coal ore''' is a [[mineral]] block that drops [[coal]] when mined.

'''Deepslate coal ore''' is a variant of coal ore that rarely generates at the top of the [[deepslate]] layer.

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Coal ore itself can be obtained by mining it with any [[pickaxe]] enchanted with [[Silk Touch]]. When mined without Silk Touch, it drops one [[coal]]. It is affected by the [[Fortune]] enchantment, dropping 1–2, 1–3, or 1–4 coal respectively with Fortune I, II, and III.  It also drops {{xp|0|2}} when mined. Fortune does not affect the amount of experience dropped.

{{breaking row
|Coal Ore;Deepslate Coal Ore
|link=none; none
|Pickaxe; Pickaxe
|Wood; Wood
}}

=== Natural generation ===
{{see also|Ore (feature)}}
Coal ore can generate in the [[Overworld]] in the form of [[ore blob]]s. It generates in two batches per chunk. The first batch attempts to generate 30 times per chunk in blobs of 0-37, evenly from levels 136 to 320. The second batch attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of 0-37, from levels 0 to 192, being most common at Y=96, and being less common toward either end of the range. Coal ore in this second batch is also less likely to be exposed to air: 50% of ore blocks that would generate exposed do not generate. {{IN|Bedrock}}, coal ore also has the third batches, which attempts to generate 20 times per chunk in blobs of size 0-37, evenly from levels 128 to 256, within any type of [[mountains]] biomes.

Coal ore can replace [[stone]], [[andesite]], [[diorite]], [[granite]], [[tuff]], and [[deepslate]]. Deepslate coal ore generates when replacing [[tuff]] or [[deepslate]], which is a rare occurrence due to the rarity of coal blobs below Y=8 where deepslate generates.

Coal ore is also found in small amounts alongside underground [[fossil]]s.

{{Block distribution}}

== Usage ==
=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
|showname=1
|Coal Ore; Deepslate Coal Ore
|Coal
|0.1
}}

=== Note blocks ===
Coal ore can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

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

=== Deepslate coal ore ===
{{Sound table/Block/Deepslate}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_ore
|showblocktags=y
|blocktags=coal_ores, mineable/pickaxe}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_coal_ore
|blocktags=coal_ores, mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=coal_ore
|id=16}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Deepslate Coal Ore
|spritetype=block
|nameid=deepslate_coal_ore
|id=661
|foot=1}}

== Video ==
{{yt|9YcXAIv-3JM}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java classic}}
|{{HistoryLine||May 23, 2009|link=wordofnotch:111691116|[[Notch]] says he accomplished adding coal blobs in [[stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.0.14a|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.24_SURVIVAL_TEST|[[Mining]] coal ore currently [[drops]] the [[ore]] block.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.26 SURVIVAL TEST|Mining an ore [[block]] now drops [[Smooth Stone Slab|stone slab]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.28|Coal ore can be obtained in the [[Creative inventory]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|java indev}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.31|dev=20100128|When destroyed by hand or with any tool, coal ore drops 1-3 pieces of [[coal]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20100201-2227|Coal ore now [[drops]] 1 piece of [[coal]] when mined with a pickaxe and nothing otherwise.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java infdev}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100227-1414|Coal ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100320|Coal ore blobs now generate, but differently.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100325|Ore blobs now appear more like they do today.}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100327|Coal ore now regenerates after the world is reloaded, assuming that the positions of the [[ore]] blocks were replaced by [[stone]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||20100330|Coal ore no longer regenerates.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 6|Coal ore can now be smelted to obtain [[coal]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.3.1|dev=12w22a|Coal ore now drops [[experience]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near [[fossil]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||Texture Update|link=Texture Update|dev=November 9, 2017|slink={{tweet|JAPPA|928570147685781504}}|[[File:Coal Ore Texture Update Revision 1.png|32px]] A new texture for coal ore has been proposed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17|dev=21w06a|The height limit was expanded down to Y{{=}}-64. Coal ores are temporary generating from Y{{=}}-64 instead of Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w07a|[[File:Coal Ore JE3.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.
|Coal ore now attempts to generate twice: once, evenly between an altitude of Y{{=}}136 and Y{{=}}256; and as a triangle spread, peaking at an altitude of Y{{=}}96 and generating between an altitude of Y{{=}}0 and Y{{=}}192.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w08a|[[File:Coal Ore JE4.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed, again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w10a|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore JE1.png|32px]] Added deepslate variant of coal ore.
|[[File:Coal Ore JE5.png|32px]] Tweaked the coal ore texture.
|Reduced air exposure for coal ore.
|Coal ore can no longer generate in fossils below Y{{=}}0.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w15a|All the changes to coal ore generation in the previous 1.17 snapshots have been reverted, but they can be re-enabled with the [[Caves & Cliffs Prototype Data Pack]].}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w17a|Deepslate coal ore variant now generates naturally.
|Coal ore can now replace [[tuff]] and [[deepslate]] upon generating.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18|dev=Experimental Snapshot 1|Coal ore once again generates the way it did in the 1.17 snapshots without the use of a data pack.
|Deepslate coal ore no longer generates naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=21w44a|Deepslate coal ore can now generate naturally, again.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=Release Candidate 4|Fixed an issue where coal ore at lower heights (Y{{=}}0 to Y{{=}}192) is not distributed as intended since 1.18-pre1.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.1.0|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.0|Coal ore now drops [[coal]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.3.2|Coal ore is now available in the creative inventory.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|[[Mining]] coal ore now drops [[experience]] orbs.
|Coal ore can now be collected with [[Silk Touch]], [[drop]]ping the [[block]] itself. 
|Coal ore now drops extra [[coal]]s with the [[Fortune]] enchantment.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.220|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.220.50|[[File:Coal Ore JE4 BE3.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed. 
|In the Caves & Cliffs [[Experimental Gameplay]], 20 additional blobs of coal ore now attempt to generate in new [[mountain]] biomes between Y{{=}}128 and Y{{=}}256.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|exp=Caves and Cliffs|dev=beta 1.16.230.52|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore BE1.png|32px]] Added deepslate variant of coal ore behind the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay. It generates instead of coal in [[deepslate]] blobs.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.54|[[File:Coal Ore JE5.png|32px]] Coal ore texture was updated.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.230.56|In the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay, coal ore generation has been changed. Coal ore blob now generates as a triangle spread generating between Y{{=}}1 and Y{{=}}191 and peaking at Y{{=}}96. Larger coal ore blobs now sometimes form. Additional blobs in mountains that was introduced in beta 1.16.220.50 still form.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.17.0.50|[[File:Deepslate Coal Ore JE1.png|32px]] Deepslate coal ore texture was changed match to {{JE}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.17.0|dev=beta 1.17.0.52|Now deepslate coal ore generates without the Caves & Cliffs Experimental Gameplay.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.20|Removed the "Caves & Cliffs" experimental toggle. New coal ore generation are now available through normal gameplay.
|Coal ore generation has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|Deepslate coal ore no longer generates.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.18.0|dev=beta 1.18.0.22|Coal ore generation height has now been tweaked to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.18.0.24|Coal ore generation has now been tweaked again to be in parity with ''Java Edition''.
|Deepslate coal ore variant once again generates naturally.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.20.30|dev=Preview 1.20.20.21|Increased the blast resistance of deepslate coal ore from 1.8 to 3.}}
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|Coal ore now drops [[experience]] when mined.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|switch=1.0.1|Coal ore can now be found in small amounts near [[fossil]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Coal Ore JE2 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of coal ore has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Coal Ore JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added coal ore.}}
}}

=== Data history ===
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral ID was 16.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list|Coal Ore|Deepslate Coal Ore}}

== Gallery ==
=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Coal ore in giant tree taiga.png|A blob of coal ore found in a [[giant tree taiga]] cliff.
ExposedCoalBlob.png|A blob of coal with surrounding blocks excavated.
DesertCoal.png|A blob of coal naturally occurring in a desert.
UnderwaterCoal.png|A block of coal ore found underwater. The [[glowstone]] is placed by the player.
MushroomBiomeCoal.png|A coal blob in a mushroom biome hillside.
LotsofCoal.png|A 20-block blob of coal ore found in a ravine.
ExtremeHillsCoal.jpg|A coal ore blob found in a mountains biome.
Coal ore blobs.png|One coal ore blob that generated close to the surface in a cave opening.
Coal On Surface Lava.png|A blob of coal ore above a lake of lava.
Pecoal.jpg|A blob of coal ore found {{in|Pocket}}.
SnowCoveredCoal.png|Coal ore generated in snowy biome.
Canyon intersecting a stronghold.png|A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a [[stronghold]] bridge over it.
Coal in mountains biome.png|Coal ore exposed on the surface of a [[windswept hills]] biome.
Deepslate Coal Blob.png|A blob of deepslate coal ore.
</gallery>

=== In other media ===
<gallery>
Coal Ore (inventory) MCE.png|[[MCE:Coal ore|Coal ore]] as it appeared {{in|Earth}}.
Coal Journal Icon MCL.png|[[MCL:Coal|Coal ore]] as it appears {{in|Legends}}.
</gallery>

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-coal-ore Block of the Week: Coal Ore] – Minecraft.net on December 8, 2017

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