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Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)

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This article documents an April Fools' Day joke.
 
This article describes the implementation of this feature from a joke version. For the actually implemented block, see Block of Coal.
Block of Coal
Block of Coal JE1.png: Infobox image for Minecraft block 'Block of Coal'
Invicon Block of Coal (Joke).png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal (Joke) in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Coal
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A block of coal is a block added in Java Edition 2.0. It was later added as an authentic block in 1.6.

Obtaining

Breaking

Blocks of coal can be mined using any pickaxe, in which case it drops itself. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block Block of Coal
Hardness 5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default 25
ItemSprite wooden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for wooden-pickaxe in MinecraftWooden 3.75
ItemSprite stone-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for stone-pickaxe in MinecraftStone 1.9
ItemSprite iron-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for iron-pickaxe in MinecraftIron 1.25
ItemSprite diamond-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for diamond-pickaxe in MinecraftDiamond 0.95
ItemSprite golden-pickaxe.png: Sprite image for golden-pickaxe in MinecraftGolden 0.65
Options
Efficiency
000
Haste
001
1JEBE
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
  1. ↑ These durations ignore any other influential factors (e.g., Mining Fatigue) and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Mining efficiency.

Crafting

Similar to other mineral blocks, it is crafted with 9 coal.

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Coal
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: CoalInvicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal
Invicon Block of Coal (April Fools' joke).png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal (April Fools' joke) in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Coal

Usage

Blocks of coal can be crafted back into coal but the coal will not be stackable with normal coal.[1]

Crafting ingredient

Ingredients Crafting recipe
Block of Coal
Invicon Block of Coal (April Fools' joke).png: Inventory sprite for Block of Coal (April Fools' joke) in Minecraft as shown in-game with description: Block of Coal
Invicon Coal.png: Inventory sprite for Coal in Minecraft as shown in-game linking to Coal with description: Coal

Fuel

Blocks of coal can be used as fuel in a furnace. One block of coal lasts 800 seconds (16000 ticks),[verify] which smelts 80 items.

Sounds

This section uses a sound table which may not accurately represent the sounds associated with this feature.
 
Captions as a whole may not have existed at this point in development, so a dedicated sound table accounting for this may be required.
BlockSprite stone.png: Sprite image for stone in Minecraft stone sound type
SoundClosed captionsSourceDescriptionIdentifierTranslation keyVolumePitchAttenuation
distance
​Block brokenBlocksOnce the block has brokenblock.stone.breaksubtitles.block.generic.break​1.00.816
​Block placedBlocksWhen the block is placedblock.stone.placesubtitles.block.generic.place​1.00.816
​Block breakingBlocksWhile the block is in the process of being brokenblock.stone.hitsubtitles.block.generic.hit​0.250.516
​Something falls on a blockEntity-DependentFalling on the block with fall damageblock.stone.fallsubtitles.block.generic.fall​0.50.7516
​FootstepsEntity-DependentWalking on the blockblock.stone.stepsubtitles.block.generic.footsteps​0.151.016

Data values

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Issues

Issues relating to "Block of Coal (April Fools' joke)" are not maintained on the bug tracker because it is an April Fools' joke, and is therefore not in the newest stable version or snapshot. Issues reported there are closed as "Invalid".

  • A talking block of coal
    A talking block of coal

References

  1. ↑ The coal does not stack with other coal due to having a data value of 32767.

Sources

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