Coal

Coal is a material harvested from Coal Ore. It is the fourth most efficient fuel source behind Lava, Coal Blocks and Blaze Rods. Coal is used to craft Torches and Fire Charges.  Unlike most other fuel sources Coal is able to smelt 8 items in the Furnace lasting 80 seconds. The most efficient way of gathering coal is by mining Coal Ore located pretty much everywhere underground at any levels. Each Coal Ore drops only one piece when mined unless the player is using a Fortune enchanted pickaxe. Coal also has a 2/3 chance of dropping 1-3 experience orbs when mined. The coal can also be used to create Coal Blocks, another and more efficient furnace fuel.

Coal Ore being smelt in the furnace is completely pointless since it can just be placed and mined with a regular pickaxe to get at least as much coal, with no fuel source needed.

A varient of coal is known as charcoal which is obtained by smelted Wooden logs in the furnace. This tip is useful for superflat worlds where there is no coal availible underground.



This video is outdated!