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 with any pickaxe.
Crafting
A block of Nether coal can be crafted back down to its original components, that being 8 nether coal.
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Block of Nether Coal |  8 |
Trommeling
There is a rare chance you can obtain Nether coal with a trommel when inputting soul sand.
| Block | Amount | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Soul Sand | 1 | 0.9% |
Smelting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Nether Coal Ore |  |
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.
In a trommel, Nether coal can trommel 128 blocks.
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. | ||