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Dead Brain Coral

Dead Brain Coral

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What Is Dead Brain Coral in Minecraft?

Dead Brain Coral is the dried, grey form of Brain Coral. Coral dies and turns grey when it is placed outside of water. It can be collected with Silk Touch and used as a decorative underwater plant.

How Does Dead Brain Coral Work?

  • Requires Silk Touch to collect. Breaking without Silk Touch drops nothing.
  • Must be placed in water or on a waterlogged block to stay alive - but this is already dead.
  • Purely decorative - has no special gameplay function.

How to Get Dead Brain Coral

How to Collect Dead Brain Coral

  • Requires a Silk Touch tool to drop when broken. Breaking without Silk Touch drops nothing.
  • Found in Warm Ocean biomes where coral has died, or by placing Brain Coral out of water.

Dead Brain Coral Trading with Villagers and Wandering Traders

  • Wandering Trader: No
  • Emerald Price: Not stated
  • Villager Trading: No

How to Use Dead Brain Coral

Building with Dead Brain Coral

  • Use as a grey decorative plant for dried reef and ocean ruin builds.
  • Mix with other dead coral types for a bleached reef effect.
  • Great for sunken ruins, old shipwrecks and dried ocean floor builds.

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