What is Fire Coral in Minecraft?
Fire coral is a vibrant, red plant like block found in the warm oceans of Minecraft. It has a distinct, branching shape that looks a bit like antlers or a small, leafless tree. Its main purpose is for decoration, adding a splash of bright, fiery color to the underwater world. It is one of five types of coral and helps make up the beautiful and colorful coral reefs. Players seek out fire coral to build stunning aquariums, decorate underwater bases, or to bring a piece of the ocean's beauty back to their land bases. To keep its beautiful red color, it must always be touching water. If it is not, it will quickly die and turn a lifeless gray.
How to get Fire Coral in Minecraft
Getting living fire coral requires a special tool and some care. First, you need to find a coral reef, which generates in warm ocean biomes. These reefs are full of colorful blocks and plants, including the red fire coral. To collect the fire coral without it breaking, you must mine it with a pickaxe that has the Silk Touch enchantment. If you try to mine it with a regular pickaxe or your hand, it will break and you will get nothing. It is also very important that the fire coral block is in water when you mine it. If you drain the water around it first, it will die and turn into dead coral before you can even break it. So, the key is to swim down to the reef and use your Silk Touch pickaxe to carefully collect the living fire coral.
How to use Fire Coral in Minecraft
The main use for fire coral is for decoration. To keep it alive and red, you must place it in a location where at least one of its sides is touching a water block. This makes it perfect for building your own custom coral reefs in an aquarium or for decorating the floor of a pond or lake. You can place it on top of other blocks or on the sides of them. If you place fire coral on land with no water nearby, it will quickly lose its color and turn into dead fire coral. This can also be used for decoration if you are going for a fossilized or ruined look. You can also place fire coral in a flower pot, but it will immediately turn into the dead version, creating a small, gray, stony decoration.
How to craft Fire Coral in Minecraft
No recipes for this block.
What can Fire Coral make in Minecraft
No items can be crafted.