Coal Ore

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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.

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 0–2XP when mined. Fortune does not affect the amount of experience dropped.

Coal ore can generate in the Overworld in the form of ore blobs. 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 Edition, 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 fossils.

The primary usage of coal ore is to mine it for coal.

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Issues relating to "Coal Ore" or "Deepslate Coal Ore" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

• 👁 A blob of coal ore found in a giant tree taiga cliff.
  
  A blob of coal ore found in a giant tree taiga cliff.
• 👁 A blob of coal with surrounding blocks excavated.
  
  A blob of coal with surrounding blocks excavated.
• 👁 A blob of coal naturally occurring in a desert.
  
  A blob of coal naturally occurring in a desert.
• 👁 A block of coal ore found underwater. The glowstone is placed by the player.
  
  A block of coal ore found underwater. The glowstone is placed by the player.
• 👁 A coal blob in a mushroom biome hillside.
  
  A coal blob in a mushroom biome hillside.
• 👁 A 20-block blob of coal ore found in a ravine.
  
  A 20-block blob of coal ore found in a ravine.
• 👁 A coal ore blob found in a mountains biome.
  
  A coal ore blob found in a mountains biome.
• 👁 One coal ore blob that generated close to the surface in a cave opening.
  
  One coal ore blob that generated close to the surface in a cave opening.
• 👁 A blob of coal ore above a lake of lava.
  
  A blob of coal ore above a lake of lava.
• 👁 A blob of coal ore found in Pocket Edition.
  
  A blob of coal ore found in Pocket Edition.
• 👁 Coal ore generated in snowy biome.
  
  Coal ore generated in snowy biome.
• 👁 A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a stronghold bridge over it.
  
  A ravine with multiple ores, water and lava falls, and a stronghold bridge over it.
• 👁 Coal ore exposed on the surface of a windswept hills biome.
  
  Coal ore exposed on the surface of a windswept hills biome.
• 👁 A blob of deepslate coal ore.
  
  A blob of deepslate coal ore.
• 👁 A screenshot of a coal ore.
  
  A screenshot of a coal ore.

• 👁 Coal ore as it appeared in Minecraft Earth.
  
  Coal ore as it appeared in Minecraft Earth.
• 👁 Coal ore as it appears in Minecraft Legends.
  
  Coal ore as it appears in Minecraft Legends.

• Block of the Week: Coal Ore – Minecraft.net on December 8, 2017