Nether Coal

Nether Coal

Description	A fuel that radiates immense heat, found in the Nether.
Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)

Nether coal is a fuel source that can only be found in the Nether, and is most commonly used as a stronger variant of coal.

Obtaining

Mining

Nether coal can be obtained by mining any Nether coal ore found in the Nether.

Crafting

A block of Nether coal can be crafted back down to its original components, that being 8 nether coal.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Nether Coal	Block of Nether Coal	8

Trommeling

There is a rare chance you can obtain Nether coal with a trommel when inputting soul sand.

Item	Amount	Chance
Soul Sand	1	0.9%

Usage

Fuel

Nether coal can be used in a furnace to smelt 32 items. This means Nether coal lasts four times as long as regular coal. In a blast furnace, Nether coal can be used to blast 16 items.

Crafting ingredient

Nether coal can be utilized to craft torches, a blast furnace, or a block of nether coal.

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Torch	Nether Coal + Stick	8
Blast Furnace	Iron Ingot + Nether Coal
Block of Nether Coal	Nether Coal

Data value

Name	Type	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Nether Coal	Item	nethercoal	16488

History

History
Minecraft Beta 1.7.4_01
		Added Nether coal.
Better than Adventure! 1.7.7.0
Pre-2
	Changed the texture for Nether coal.