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Charcoal

Rarity

Common

Renewable

Yes

Stackable

Yes (64)

Charcoal is an item obtained by smelting logs or wood. It is used as fuel, or for crafting torches and campfires. Unlike coal, charcoal cannot be traded with villagers, nor can it be crafted into a block of coal. Coal and charcoal cannot stack together either. It can be used as a substitute for coal, as both charcoal and coal have an equivalent duration when smelted.

Contents

• 1 Obtaining
  • 1.1 Breaking
  • 1.2 Smelting
  • 1.3 Compound creation
• 2 Usage
  • 2.1 Crafting ingredient
  • 2.2 Lab table ingredient
  • 2.3 Fuel
• 3 Data values
  • 3.1 ID
• 4 Achievements
• 5 History
• 6 Issues
• 7 How it's renewable

Obtaining[]

Breaking[]

A campfire broken without the Silk Touch enchantment drops 2 charcoal.

Smelting[]

Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Any Log orAny Stripped Log orAny Wood orAny Stripped Wood +Any fuel	0.15

Compound creation[]

Charcoal can be created from its base elements, using the compound creator.‌[Bedrock Edition and Minecraft Education only]

Name	Elements	Example recipe
Charcoal	7 Carbon4 Hydrogen1 Oxygen	74

Usage[]

Crafting ingredient[]

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Fire Charge	Blaze Powder +Charcoal +Gunpowder	3
Soul Torch	Charcoal +Stick +Soul Sand	4
Torch	Charcoal +Stick	4

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Stick +Coal orCharcoal +Any Log or Stem orAny Stripped Log or Stem orAny Wood or Hyphae orAny Stripped Wood or Hyphae

Lab table ingredient[]

Charcoal is one of the lab table ingredients needed to produce the heat block.‌[Minecraft Education only]

Result	Materials Needed
Heat Block
	Iron, Water, Charcoal, Salt

Fuel[]

When used in a furnace as a fuel, a piece of charcoal lasts 80 seconds (smelting up to 8 items), the same as coal. Charcoal used as fuel lasts more than 5 times longer than wood planks or wood logs used as fuel, being more efficient than any other use of wood for smelting in Java Edition, but outstripped by wooden slabs in Bedrock.

Coal and charcoal are also the only fuels accepted by furnace minecarts. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.

Data values[]

ID[]

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Charcoal	charcoal	Item	item.minecraft.charcoal

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item tags (JE)	Translation key
Charcoal	charcoal	coal / 1	303	Item	minecraft:coals	item.charcoal.name

Achievements[]

Icon		Achievement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)	Gamerscore earned	Trophy type (PS4)
PS4	Other
Renewable Energy	Smelt wood trunks using charcoal to make more charcoal.	Smelt a wooden log with charcoal as the fuel.	10G	Bronze

History[]

Java Edition Beta
December 25, 2010					In 0.3.2, charcoal was suggested to Notch by @Moleculor on Twitter as a writing implement.
1.2					Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal.
					Charcoal is not used as a writing implement.
Java Edition
1.2.1		12w04a			Charcoal can now be used to craft fire charges.
1.3.1		?			Charcoal is now directly available in the creative inventory.
		1.3			The texture of charcoal has been changed.
1.6.1		13w19a			The texture of charcoal has been changed.
1.8		14w02a			Charcoal can no longer be traded from villagers.
1.13		17w47a			The different data values for the coal ID have been split up into their own IDs.
					Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 263.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of charcoal has been changed.
		19w02a			Charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.0					Added charcoal, with the same texture as coal. It is not yet obtainable.
v0.3.2					Charcoal is now obtainable by smelting wood in a furnace.
v0.8.0		build 1			The texture of charcoal has been changed.
v0.8.1					The texture of charcoal has been changed.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0		beta 1.2.13.8			Added stripped log variants, which can be smelted to obtain charcoal.
		beta 1.2.20.1			Charcoal now can be crafted using 7 Carbon, 4 Hydrogen, and an Oxygen in a compound creator.
					Charcoal can now be used in the lab table to create a heat block.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			Charcoal can now be used to craft campfires. Destroying a campfire returns 2 charcoal.
					The textures of charcoal has been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Charcoal are now used to craft soul fire torches.
1.16.100		beta 1.16.100.56			The ID of charcoal has been changed from coal/1 to charcoal.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added charcoal.
?					The texture of charcoal has been changed.
1.90	The texture of charcoal has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added charcoal.

Issues[]

Issues relating to "Charcoal" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

How it's renewable[]

Charcoal comes from smelting log. Logs are renewable and charcoal can be used as fuel to smelt logs

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