What is Coal Block in Minecraft?
A block of coal is a solid, dark black block made from compressing nine pieces of coal. It has a slightly rough, rocky texture that is a uniform black color on all sides. The main purpose of a block of coal is to be a highly efficient way to store coal and to be a very long lasting fuel source. For players who do a lot of mining, chests can fill up with coal very quickly. Turning that coal into blocks saves a huge amount of storage space. As a fuel, a single block of coal can smelt a massive number of items, making it one of the best fuel sources in the game for large scale smelting projects. It is a simple but incredibly useful utility block.
How to get Coal Block in Minecraft
The only way to get a block of coal is by crafting it. It does not generate naturally in the world. The crafting recipe is very simple and is designed for storage. To craft a block of coal, you will first need to gather nine individual pieces of coal. Coal is one of the most common ores in Minecraft and can be found in veins underground at almost any elevation. You can mine coal ore with any pickaxe to get the coal item. You can also get coal by defeating wither skeletons in the Nether, or by finding it in various loot chests in dungeons, mineshafts, and villages. Once you have your nine pieces of coal, open a crafting table. Place the nine coal pieces in a three by three square, filling the entire grid. This will give you one block of coal.
How to use Coal Block in Minecraft
A block of coal has two primary uses. The first is storage. One block of coal represents nine pieces of coal, so it is a great way to compress your coal collection and save a lot of space in your chests. You can turn a block of coal back into nine pieces of coal at any time by simply placing it in a crafting grid. The second, and very popular, use is as a fuel. A single block of coal can smelt 80 items in a furnace, blast furnace, or smoker. This is the same amount as nine individual pieces of coal would smelt, but it is much more convenient as you do not have to refill the furnace as often. This makes it the perfect fuel for big projects, like smelting hundreds of iron ore or cooking a whole chest full of food.
How to craft Coal Block in Minecraft
Crafting Table
