Coral Fan

👁 Tube Coral Fan BE.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Brain Coral Fan.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Brain Coral Fan BE.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Bubble Coral Fan.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Bubble Coral Fan BE.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Fire Coral Fan.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Fire Coral Fan BE.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Horn Coral Fan.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Horn Coral Fan BE.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Coral Fan'

👁 Invicon Tube Coral Fan.png: Inventory sprite for Tube Coral Fan in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Tube Coral Fan
👁 Invicon Brain Coral Fan.png: Inventory sprite for Brain Coral Fan in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Brain Coral Fan
👁 Invicon Bubble Coral Fan.png: Inventory sprite for Bubble Coral Fan in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Bubble Coral Fan
👁 Invicon Fire Coral Fan.png: Inventory sprite for Fire Coral Fan in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Fire Coral Fan
👁 Invicon Horn Coral Fan.png: Inventory sprite for Horn Coral Fan in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Horn Coral Fan

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	0
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	👁 BlockSprite tube-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-fan in Minecraft 25 COLOR_BLUE‌^{[JE only]} 👁 BlockSprite brain-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-fan in Minecraft 20 COLOR_PINK‌^{[JE only]} 👁 BlockSprite bubble-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-fan in Minecraft 24 COLOR_PURPLE‌^{[JE only]} 👁 BlockSprite fire-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-fan in Minecraft 28 COLOR_RED‌^{[JE only]} 👁 BlockSprite horn-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-fan in Minecraft 18 COLOR_YELLOW‌^{[JE only]} 👁 BlockSprite all-coral-fans.png: Sprite image for all-coral-fans in Minecraft 👁 Image – Grass tint‌^{[BE only]}
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

{
 "extratext": "View [[#Gallery|all renders]]",
 "title": "Coral Fan",
 "images": [
 "Tube Coral Fan.png",
 "Tube Coral Fan BE.png",
 "Brain Coral Fan.png",
 "Brain Coral Fan BE.png",
 "Bubble Coral Fan.png",
 "Bubble Coral Fan BE.png",
 "Fire Coral Fan.png",
 "Fire Coral Fan BE.png",
 "Horn Coral Fan.png",
 "Horn Coral Fan BE.png"
 ],
 "rows": [
 {
 "field": "Yes",
 "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Yes (64)",
 "label": "Stackable"
 },
 {
 "field": "Any tool",
 "label": "Tool"
 },
 {
 "field": "0",
 "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
 },
 {
 "field": "0",
 "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
 },
 {
 "field": "0",
 "label": "(link to Light article, displayed as Luminous)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Yes",
 "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Yes",
 "label": "(link to Waterlogging article, displayed as Waterloggable)"
 },
 {
 "field": "No",
 "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
 },
 {
 "field": "No",
 "label": "Catches fire<br>from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
 },
 {
 "field": "(values exceeds 1000 characters...)",
 "label": "(link to Map color article, displayed as Map color)"
 },
 {
 "field": "Default (Harp)",
 "label": "(link to Note Block#Instruments article, displayed as Note block instrument)"
 }
 ],
 "invimages": [
 "Tube Coral Fan",
 "Brain Coral Fan",
 "Bubble Coral Fan",
 "Fire Coral Fan",
 "Horn Coral Fan"
 ]
}

Coral fans are non-solid blocks that come in five variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Obtaining

Breaking

Coral fans can be mined instantly but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool. Breaking coral fans without Silk Touch destroys the coral fan.

Block	👁 Image
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

Legend

incorrect tool, drops nothing
correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
correct tool, drops the block itself
italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Coral fans naturally generate in coral reef structures.

Post-generation

Bone meal

When bone meal is used in warm ocean biomes, it has a chance of generating coral fans. In Java Edition, coral wall fans also have a chance of generating on the sides of blocks.

Coral wall fans

Coral wall fans item form cannot be obtained through vanilla means in Bedrock Edition except through add-ons or inventory editing.^{[more information needed]}

Usage

Coral fans can be used for building or as decoration blocks.

Placement

All coral fans can be placed on the four sides and the top surface of blocks; they cannot be placed on the bottom surface.

Water

In order for coral fans to stay alive, they must be placed in water. In Java Edition, coral fans can also be placed outside of water as long as one of the blocks surrounding it contains water. If placed outside of water, they transform into their respective dead coral fan immediately‌^{[Bedrock Edition only]}^[1] or after 3 to 4.95 seconds‌^{[Java Edition only]}. Once a coral fan dies, it is not possible to turn a dead coral fan back into a live coral fan.

Pushing with pistons

Live coral fans cannot be pushed by pistons (attempting to do so results in the coral fan breaking).

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e 👁 ItemSprite kelp.png: Sprite image for kelp in Minecraft `wet_grass` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`block.wet_grass.break`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	0.8	0.8	16
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`block.wet_grass.place`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	0.8	0.8	16
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`block.wet_grass.hit`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.25	0.5	16
Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	`block.wet_grass.fall`	`subtitles.block.generic.fall`	0.5	0.75	16
Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	`block.wet_grass.step`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e 👁 BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft `stone` sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	`dig.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.break`	1.0	0.8–1.0
Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	`place.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.place`	1.0	0.8–1.0
Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	`hit.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.hit`	0.37	0.5
Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	`fall.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.4	1.0
Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	`step.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.3	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	`jump.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.12	1.0
Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	`land.stone`	`subtitles.block.generic.footsteps`	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite tube-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-fan in Minecraft Tube Coral Fan	`tube_coral_fan`	Block & Item	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	`block.minecraft.tube_coral_fan`
👁 BlockSprite brain-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-fan in Minecraft Brain Coral Fan	`brain_coral_fan`	Block & Item	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	`block.minecraft.brain_coral_fan`
👁 BlockSprite bubble-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-fan in Minecraft Bubble Coral Fan	`bubble_coral_fan`	Block & Item	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	`block.minecraft.bubble_coral_fan`
👁 BlockSprite fire-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-fan in Minecraft Fire Coral Fan	`fire_coral_fan`	Block & Item	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	`block.minecraft.fire_coral_fan`
👁 BlockSprite horn-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-fan in Minecraft Horn Coral Fan	`horn_coral_fan`	Block & Item	`corals` `underwater_bonemeals`	`block.minecraft.horn_coral_fan`
👁 BlockSprite tube-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Tube Coral Wall Fan	`tube_coral_wall_fan`	Block	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	`block.minecraft.tube_coral_wall_fan`
👁 BlockSprite brain-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Brain Coral Wall Fan	`brain_coral_wall_fan`	Block	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	`block.minecraft.brain_coral_wall_fan`
👁 BlockSprite bubble-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Bubble Coral Wall Fan	`bubble_coral_wall_fan`	Block	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	`block.minecraft.bubble_coral_wall_fan`
👁 BlockSprite fire-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Fire Coral Wall Fan	`fire_coral_wall_fan`	Block	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	`block.minecraft.fire_coral_wall_fan`
👁 BlockSprite horn-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Horn Coral Wall Fan	`horn_coral_wall_fan`	Block	`underwater_bonemeals` `wall_corals`	`block.minecraft.horn_coral_wall_fan`

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID^{[i 1]}	Translation key
👁 BlockSprite tube-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-fan in Minecraft Tube Coral Fan	`tube_coral_fan`	`coral_fan / 0`	`388`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-133`)	`tile.coral_fan.blue_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite brain-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-fan in Minecraft Brain Coral Fan	`brain_coral_fan`	`coral_fan / 1`	`1095`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-840`)	`tile.coral_fan.pink_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite bubble-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-fan in Minecraft Bubble Coral Fan	`bubble_coral_fan`	`coral_fan / 2`	`1096`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-841`)	`tile.coral_fan.purple_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite fire-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-fan in Minecraft Fire Coral Fan	`fire_coral_fan`	`coral_fan / 3`	`1097`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-842`)	`tile.coral_fan.red_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite horn-coral-fan.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-fan in Minecraft Horn Coral Fan	`horn_coral_fan`	`coral_fan / 4`	`1098`	Block & Giveable Item^{[i 2]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-843`)	`tile.coral_fan.yellow_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite tube-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for tube-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Tube Coral Wall Fan	`tube_coral_wall_fan`	`coral_fan_hang / 0`	`390`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-135`)	`tile.tube_coral_wall_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite brain-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for brain-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Brain Coral Wall Fan	`brain_coral_wall_fan`	`coral_fan_hang / 1`	`1159`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-904`)	`tile.brain_coral_wall_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite bubble-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for bubble-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Bubble Coral Wall Fan	`bubble_coral_wall_fan`	`coral_fan_hang2 / 0`	`391`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-136`)	`tile.bubble_coral_wall_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite fire-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for fire-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Fire Coral Wall Fan	`fire_coral_wall_fan`	`coral_fan_hang2 / 1`	`1162`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-907`)	`tile.fire_coral_wall_fan.name`
👁 BlockSprite horn-coral-wall-fan.png: Sprite image for horn-coral-wall-fan in Minecraft Horn Coral Wall Fan	`horn_coral_wall_fan`	`coral_fan_hang3 / 0`	`392`	Block & Ungiveable Item^{[i 4]}	Identical^{[i 3]} (Numeric: `-137`)	`tile.horn_coral_wall_fan.name`

↑ ID of block's direct item form, which is used in savegame files and addons.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Available with /give command.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j The block's direct item form has the same ID as the block.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Unavailable with /give command

Block states

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	`true`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	`north`	`east` `north` `south` `west`	The direction in which the coral fan juts out from the block it is attached to. For example, a coral fan facing north is attached to a block to its south.
waterlogged	`true`	`false` `true`	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
coral_fan_direction	Not Supported	`0`	`0` `1`	`Unsupported`	The direction the coral fan is facing. East-west or north-south.

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
coral_direction	`0x4` `0x8`	`0`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	`0` `1` `2` `3`	The direction the top of the fan is facing. 0: west 1: east 2: north 3: south

History

👁 Image

This section would benefit from the addition of more sounds.

Please remove this notice once you have added suitable sounds to the section.
The specific instructions are: Sounds before 1.13-pre6

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

Java Edition

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009		Notch expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade".
Java Edition Alpha
June 28, 2010,		Notch mentioned on his blog: "I tried adding corals, but it's really hard to draw a single block that looks like corals since it's really more about crazy amounts of variation and diversity. But I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them."
Java Edition
October 5, 2012		Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with fish as mobs and "fish blocks".
1.13	18w11a	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added coral fans.
	18w11a	Coral fans currently do not generate naturally.
	18w14b	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image The textures of all coral fans, except fire coral fans, have been changed.
	18w14b	Blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral fans have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn coral fans, respectively.
	18w16a	Coral fans now generate naturally in coral reefs.
	pre6	5 new sound events that apply to coral fans have been added: `block.wet_grass.break`, `block.wet_grass.fall`, `block.wet_grass.hit`, `block.wet_grass.place`, and `block.wet_grass.step`.
	pre8	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Coral fans can now be placed on the tops of blocks.
	pre10	Coral fans now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.13.1	18w32a	Bone meal used in water in warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing coral fans, making them renewable.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added coral fans.
	beta 1.2.14.2	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Coral fans can be placed on the ground.
	beta 1.2.20.1	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image The textures of coral fans have been changed.
	beta 1.2.20.1	👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image The top textures^[verify] of coral fans have been changed.
1.10.0	beta 1.10.0.3	Coral fans with damage/metadata values 5 now display normal names.
1.16.0	beta 1.16.0.51	Coral fans now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.16.210	beta 1.16.210.51	Bone meal used in water now has a chance of growing coral fans.
1.20.30	Preview 1.20.20.21	Decreased the blast resistance of coral fans from 0.9 to 0.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image 👁 Image Added coral fans.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0	beta 1.2.14.2	Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 would display '`tile.coral_fan..name`' as their name.
1.4.0	beta 1.2.20.1	Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 have had their name changed from '`tile.coral_fan..name`' to '`tile.coral_fan.Base.name`'.
1.7.0	?	Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 have had their name changed once again, now displaying as follows: '`tile.coral_fan.`'
1.20.80	Preview 1.20.80.20	The different coral color block states for the `coral_fan` ID have been split up into their own IDs.
1.21.20	Preview 1.21.10.21	The different coral hang type block states for the `coral_fan_hang`, `coral_fan_hang2`, and `coral_fan_hang3` IDs have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Coral Fan" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

References

↑ MCPE-57196 – Coral fans die instantly when placed outside of water, unlike coral plants

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