What is Brain Coral in Minecraft?
Brain coral is a living, non solid block that looks like a small, pink, maze like structure, similar to a real brain coral. It is one of the five types of coral that generate in warm ocean biomes. Its main purpose is for decoration, especially for building vibrant and lively underwater scenes. When it is underwater, brain coral has a beautiful, bright pink color. However, if you take it out of the water, it will quickly lose its color and turn into a gray, dead version of itself. This makes it a unique and somewhat challenging block to work with for builders. It is a key part of what makes coral reefs so colorful and beautiful.
How to get Brain Coral in Minecraft
The only way to get a living brain coral is to find it and mine it with a special tool. Brain coral grows naturally on the floor of warm ocean biomes, as part of the colorful coral reefs. You can find these biomes by looking for clear, light blue water and lots of sea life. To collect the brain coral without it dying, you must mine it with a pickaxe that has the Silk Touch enchantment. If you break it with any other tool, or even a pickaxe without Silk Touch, it will break and you will get nothing. So, the first step is to get a Silk Touch pickaxe. Then, you will need to prepare for an underwater adventure with potions of water breathing or a good helmet with the Respiration enchantment. Find a coral reef, locate the brain coral, and carefully mine it.
How to use Brain Coral in Minecraft
The main use for brain coral is for decoration. To keep it alive and colorful, you must place it in a block of water. This makes it perfect for building custom aquariums, underwater bases, or any water feature where you want a splash of bright pink. You can place it on any solid block, as long as that block is also submerged in water. If you place brain coral outside of water, it will stay alive for a few seconds before turning into a dead brain coral block, which is a gray, stony color. The dead version is also a nice decorative block, useful for creating fossilized reefs or spooky, desolate landscapes. Like other corals, brain coral can be placed in a flower pot for a cute, tiny decoration, but it will be the dead version.
How to craft Brain Coral in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
What can Brain Coral make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.