This article is about the item smelted from wood. For the natural mineral item, see Coal

Charcoal Rarity color 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 or crafted into a block of coal. Coal and charcoal also cannot stack together.

Obtaining [ edit ]

Breaking [ edit ]

A campfire broken without the silk touch enchantment drops 2 charcoal.

Smelting [ edit ]

Compound creation [ edit ]

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

Name Elements Example recipe Charcoal 7 Carbon

4 Hydrogen

1 Oxygen 7 4





Usage [ edit ]

Crafting ingredient [ edit ]

Lab table ingredient [ edit ]

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

Fuel [ edit ]

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 powered minecarts. They provide approximately four minutes of transit each.

Data values [ edit ]

ID [ edit ]

Java Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Translation key Charcoal charcoal item.minecraft.charcoal

Bedrock Edition:

Name Namespaced ID Numeric ID Translation key Charcoal coal 263 item.charcoal.name

Item data [ edit ]

In Bedrock Edition coal and charcoal use the following data values:

DV Description 0 Coal 1 Charcoal

Achievements [ edit ]

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

History [ edit ]

Issues [ edit ]

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