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Fire Coral in Minecraft | MinecraftBible
Fire Coral is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4, dropping Fire Coral.
What is Fire Coral?
Fire Coral is a Minecraft block classified under the default material group. It has a hardness of 0 and a blast resistance of 0. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a transparent block, meaning it doesn't fully block light or vision. Fire Coral does not emit light. Fire Coral filters 1 levels of light passing through it, even though it is technically transparent.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:fire_coral. Command: /give @p minecraft:fire_coral 1.
Fire Coral drops
When broken, Fire Coral drops:
- Fire Coral (Silk Touch required)
Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.
Block tags & properties
- Transparent
- Hand-Mineable
- Silk Touch Sensitive
Fire Coral technical properties
- Waterloggable: Yes
- Flammable: No
- Burns from lava: No
- Renewable: Yes
- Emits light: No (luminance 0)
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Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Coral (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:fire_coral
- Material family: default
- Hardness: 0
- Blast resistance: 0
- Stack size: 64
- Transparent: Yes
- Blocks light: 1
- Emits light: 0
- Diggable: Yes
- Craftable: No
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:fire_coral 1
Overview
Fire Coral is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Fire Coral can be broken by hand or with any tool, though using a tool is usually faster.
- With the correct tool this takes about 0s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 0s.
- Fire Coral is transparent, so light passes through and adjacent blocks won't be shaded by it.
Pro tips
- Use /give @p minecraft:fire_coral 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
- No special tool is required, so hand-mining is a valid fallback in an emergency.
- Use a Silk Touch tool if you want the block itself instead of its normal drop.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 1-5 min
Frequently Asked Questions
What tool do I need to mine Fire Coral?
Fire Coral can be broken by hand or with any tool - no specific tool tier is required.
What does Fire Coral drop when mined?
Breaking Fire Coral drops Fire Coral (silk touch required).
How hard is Fire Coral to mine?
Fire Coral has a hardness value of 0. That works out to roughly 0s with the correct tool or 0s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Fire Coral?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:fire_coral, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.