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Fire Coral Block in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Fire Coral Block is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Fire Coral Block.

What is Fire Coral Block?

Fire Coral Block is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 1.5 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Fire Coral Block does not emit light. Fire Coral Block filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:fire_coral_block. Command: /give @p minecraft:fire_coral_block 1.

How to mine Fire Coral Block

Fire Coral Block requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

With the correct tool: approximately 2.25 seconds
By hand (no tool): approximately 7.5 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Fire Coral Block drops

When broken, Fire Coral Block drops:

Fire Coral Block (Silk Touch required)
Dead Fire Coral Block (Only without Silk Touch)

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

Block tags & properties

Opaque
Requires Tool
Silk Touch Sensitive

Fire Coral Block technical properties

Flammable: No
Burns from lava: No
Renewable: Yes
Emits light: No (luminance 0)
Map color: * Tube Coral Block Tube Coral * Brain Coral Block Brain Coral * Bubble Coral Block Bubble Coral * Fire Coral Block Fire Coral * Horn Coral Block Horn Coral

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Coral Block (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Technical properties

Namespaced ID: minecraft:fire_coral_block
Material family: mineable/pickaxe
Hardness: 1.5
Blast resistance: 6
Stack size: 64
Transparent: No
Blocks light: 15
Emits light: 0
Diggable: Yes
Craftable: No
/give command: /give @p minecraft:fire_coral_block 1

Overview

Fire Coral Block is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Fire Coral Block with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
Expect to collect Fire Coral Block (silk touch required), Dead Fire Coral Block (only without silk touch) once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Fire Coral Block with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
Expect to collect Fire Coral Block (silk touch required), Dead Fire Coral Block (only without silk touch) once it breaks.
With the correct tool this takes about 2.25s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 7.5s.

Pro tips

Use /give @p minecraft:fire_coral_block 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.
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 Block?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Fire Coral Block drop when mined?

Breaking Fire Coral Block drops Fire Coral Block (silk touch required), Dead Fire Coral Block (only without silk touch).

How hard is Fire Coral Block to mine?

Fire Coral Block has a hardness value of 1.5. That works out to roughly 2.25s with the correct tool or 7.5s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Fire Coral Block?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:fire_coral_block, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.