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Coal - Every Way to Craft, Find, and Use It in Minecraft
Coal is a common miscellaneous item in Minecraft 1.21.4 with 3 known crafting recipes.
What is Coal?
Coal is a Minecraft Miscellaneous with rarity Common. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot and is craftable.
Namespaced identifier: minecraft:coal. Command: /give @p minecraft:coal 1.
How to obtain Coal
Mined from blocks
- Coal Ore (Only without Silk Touch)
- Deepslate Coal Ore (Only without Silk Touch)
Dropped by mobs
Coal crafting recipes
There are 1 unique ways to craft Coal (after removing 2 duplicate entries):
Recipe 1 (shapeless)
Ingredients:
- Block of Coal × 1
Yields 9 × Coal per craft.
What Coal is used to craft
Coal is an ingredient in 5 other Minecraft recipes:
Smelting & cooking recipes for Coal
Coal can be produced by cooking or smelting through one of these paths:
- Coal Ore in a Blast Furnace for 5s → 1× Coal (0.1 XP)
- Deepslate Coal Ore in a Blast Furnace for 5s → 1× Coal (0.1 XP)
- Coal Ore in a Furnace for 10s → 1× Coal (0.1 XP)
- Deepslate Coal Ore in a Furnace for 10s → 1× Coal (0.1 XP)
Coal as a fuel
Coal can be used as a fuel source in a furnace, blast furnace, or smoker.
- Burn time: 80 seconds (1600 ticks)
- Items smelted in a Furnace: 8 (200 ticks per item)
- Items cooked in a Blast Furnace or Smoker: 16 (100 ticks per item)
Wiki-verified item facts
- Renewable: Yes
- Stack size: 64
Sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Coal (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.
Tags
- Miscellaneous
- Common
- Craftable
- Crafting Material
Technical properties
- Namespaced ID: minecraft:coal
- Category: Miscellaneous
- Rarity: Common
- Stack size: 64
- Craftable: Yes
- /give command: /give @p minecraft:coal 1
Overview
Coal is a miscellaneous item in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers its stack size, crafting recipe, and every recipe that uses it as an ingredient.
Step-by-step walkthrough
- Gather the ingredients shown in the crafting recipe below and open a crafting table.
- Match the ingredient layout exactly - shaped recipes only work when items sit in the correct grid slots.
- Stock up early - this item is a dependency for 5 other recipes.
Common mistakes to avoid
- Use /give @p minecraft:coal 1 in a test world to check builds without farming it first.
- Craft in batches at once to avoid re-opening the crafting menu repeatedly.
Pro tips
- This item belongs to the Miscellaneous category - related items in that category may share similar crafting paths.
Difficulty and time commitment
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated time per run: 5-15 min
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I craft Coal?
Coal can be crafted at a crafting table. This page lists 3 known recipes - match the ingredient layout shown in the crafting grid exactly.
What is the stack size of Coal?
Coal stacks up to 64 per inventory slot, the standard maximum stack size.
What can I craft with Coal?
Coal is used as an ingredient in 5 other recipes. See the "Used In Crafting" section on this page for the full list.
What is the internal Minecraft ID for Coal?
The namespaced ID is minecraft:coal, usable in commands such as /give, /clear, and loot tables.
Variants
- No same-family material variants were detected for Coal in the current dataset.
Obtaining
- Crafting: Coal has 3 known recipe variants in this dataset.
- Mob loot: Coal appears in 1 mob loot table.
- Mining: Coal appears in 2 block loot sources.
Uses
- Crafting input profile: 1 Block of Coal -> 9 Coal.
- Crafting uses: this item is consumed by 5 downstream recipes.
Combat and Stats
- No direct combat profile is mapped for Coal; treat it as utility, progression, or crafting support.
Repairing
- Repairing data: durability and repair mappings are not present in the current source dataset for Coal; verify repair behavior in-game before publishing hard numbers.
Enchantments
- No dedicated enchantment compatibility categories are currently mapped for this item.
Data Values
- Internal namespaced ID: minecraft:coal.
- Category classification: Miscellaneous.
- Stack size: 64.