How To Make Block Of Coal In Minecraft

Are you tired of being constantly refilling your Furnaces with coal? In this article, we will show you how to craft a Block of Coal to reduce your time!

Updated on Aug 29, 2023
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How To Make Block Of Coal In Minecraft

Everything you need to make Block of Coal

Block of Coal is a common mineral block that can be used for both fueling and decoration purposes. Since Coal is super easy to get, crafting a Block of Coal is fairly easy in the early game stage.

  • 9x Coal

How to craft Block of Coal in Minecraft

#1 Collect 9x Coal

Coal can be obtained by mining Coal Ore with any Pickaxe. Each ore drops 1x Coal on break and up to 4x Coal if you have a Fortune III pickaxe.


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If you mine Coal Ore with a Silk Touch pickaxe, it will drop 1x Coal Ore. You can mine it with a normal pickaxe or put it in the Furnace to get 1x Coal.


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Coal can also be found in looted chests in most structures like Dungeons, Mineshafts, Igloos, Shipwrecks, Strongholds, Ruins, Villages, and Woodland Mansions. They have a variety of chances to contain 1-8x Coal.


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Wither Skeleton in the Nether dimension has a 33.33% chance to drop 1x Coal on death. It can drop up to 4x Coal if you have a Looting III enchantment sword.


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#2 Finish off crafting a Block of Coal

When you have 9x Coal, right-click a Crafting Table and put them all in the grid to craft 1x Block of Coal.


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What is the give command to get a Block of Coal?

The command to give yourself a Block of Coal is: /give @p coal_block 1

Now you have a Block of Coal, simply put it in the Furnace and it can cook more than a stack of items for you!

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