Coral Fan

Coral Fan

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Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	0
Transparent	Yes
Waterloggable	Yes
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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    "extratext": "View [[#Gallery|all renders]]",
    "title": "Coral Fan",
    "images": [
        "Tube Coral Fan.png",
        "Brain Coral Fan.png",
        "Bubble Coral Fan.png",
        "Fire Coral Fan.png",
        "Horn Coral Fan.png"
    ],
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            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Renewable resource article, displayed as Renewable)"
        },
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            "label": "Stackable"
        },
        {
            "field": "Any tool",
            "label": "Tool"
        },
        {
            "field": "0",
            "label": "(link to Explosion#Blast resistance article, displayed as Blast resistance)"
        },
        {
            "field": "0",
            "label": "(link to Breaking#Blocks by hardness article, displayed as Hardness)"
        },
        {
            "field": "0",
            "label": "(link to Light article, displayed as Luminous)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Opacity article, displayed as Transparent)"
        },
        {
            "field": "Yes",
            "label": "(link to Waterlogging article, displayed as Waterloggable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "(link to Flammable article, displayed as Flammable)"
        },
        {
            "field": "No",
            "label": "Catches fire from (link to lava article, displayed as lava)"
        }
    ],
    "invimages": [
        "Tube Coral Fan",
        "Brain Coral Fan",
        "Bubble Coral Fan",
        "Fire Coral Fan",
        "Horn Coral Fan"
    ]
}

Coral fans are non-solid blocks that come in 5 variants: tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn.

Obtaining

Breaking

Coral fans can be mined instantly but can be obtained only when mined with a Silk Touch enchanted tool. Breaking coral fans without Silk Touch destroys the coral fan.

Block	Coral Fan
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	0.05

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Coral fans naturally generate in coral reef structures.

Post-generation

Bone meal

When bone meal is used in warm ocean biomes, it has a chance of generating coral fans.

Wall Coral Fans

Wall coral fans cannot be obtained through vanilla means in Bedrock Edition except through add-ons or inventory editing, though the item form is badly glitched to the point of being completely nameless.

Usage

Coral fans can be used for building or as decoration blocks.

Placement

All coral fans can be placed on the four sides and the top surface of blocks; they cannot be placed on the bottom surface.

Water

In order for coral fans to stay alive, they must be placed in water. In Java Edition, coral fans can also be placed outside of water as long as one of the blocks surrounding it contains water. If placed outside of water, they transform into their respective dead coral fan immediately‌ or after 3 to 4.95 seconds‌. Once a coral fan dies, it is not possible to turn a dead coral fan back into a live coral fan.

Pushing with pistons

Live coral fans cannot be pushed by pistons (attempting to do so results in the coral fan breaking).

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e wet_grass sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.wet_grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.wet_grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.wet_grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.wet_grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.wet_grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e stone sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.stone	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	0.37	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	0.3	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Translation key
Tube Coral Fan	tube_coral_fan	Block & Item	corals underwater_bonemeals	block.minecraft.tube_coral_fan
Brain Coral Fan	brain_coral_fan	Block & Item	corals underwater_bonemeals	block.minecraft.brain_coral_fan
Bubble Coral Fan	bubble_coral_fan	Block & Item	corals underwater_bonemeals	block.minecraft.bubble_coral_fan
Fire Coral Fan	fire_coral_fan	Block & Item	corals underwater_bonemeals	block.minecraft.fire_coral_fan
Horn Coral Fan	horn_coral_fan	Block & Item	corals underwater_bonemeals	block.minecraft.horn_coral_fan
Tube Coral Wall Fan	tube_coral_wall_fan	Block	underwater_bonemeals wall_corals	block.minecraft.tube_coral_wall_fan
Brain Coral Wall Fan	brain_coral_wall_fan	Block	underwater_bonemeals wall_corals	block.minecraft.brain_coral_wall_fan
Bubble Coral Wall Fan	bubble_coral_wall_fan	Block	underwater_bonemeals wall_corals	block.minecraft.bubble_coral_wall_fan
Fire Coral Wall Fan	fire_coral_wall_fan	Block	underwater_bonemeals wall_corals	block.minecraft.fire_coral_wall_fan
Horn Coral Wall Fan	horn_coral_wall_fan	Block	underwater_bonemeals wall_corals	block.minecraft.horn_coral_wall_fan

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Tube Coral Fan	tube_coral_fan	coral_fan / 0	388	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -133)	tile.coral_fan.blue_fan.name
Brain Coral Fan	brain_coral_fan	coral_fan / 1	1095	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -840)	tile.coral_fan.pink_fan.name
Bubble Coral Fan	bubble_coral_fan	coral_fan / 2	1096	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -841)	tile.coral_fan.purple_fan.name
Fire Coral Fan	fire_coral_fan	coral_fan / 3	1097	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -842)	tile.coral_fan.red_fan.name
Horn Coral Fan	horn_coral_fan	coral_fan / 4	1098	Block & Giveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -843)	tile.coral_fan.yellow_fan.name
Tube Coral Wall Fan	tube_coral_wall_fan	coral_fan_hang / 0	390	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -135)	—
Brain Coral Wall Fan	brain_coral_wall_fan	coral_fan_hang / 1	1159	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -904)	—
Bubble Coral Wall Fan	bubble_coral_wall_fan	coral_fan_hang2 / 0	391	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -136)	—
Fire Coral Wall Fan	fire_coral_wall_fan	coral_fan_hang2 / 1	1162	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -907)	—
Horn Coral Wall Fan	horn_coral_wall_fan	coral_fan_hang3 / 0	392	Block & Ungiveable Item	Identical (Numeric: -137)	—

Block states

Java Edition:
Floor

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Wall

Name	Default value	Allowed values	Description
facing	north	east north south west	The direction in which the coral fan juts out from the block it is attached to. For example, a coral fan facing north is attached to a block to its south.
waterlogged	true	false true	Whether or not there's water in the same place as this coral fan.

Bedrock Edition:
Floor

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
coral_fan_direction	Not Supported	0	0 1	Unsupported	The direction the coral fan is facing. East-west or north-south.

Wall

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
coral_direction	0x4 0x8	0	0 1 2 3	0 1 2 3	The direction the top of the fan is facing. 0: west 1: east 2: north 3: south

History

There is an associated page listing all historical changes related to the appearance and/or sounds associated with this block in further detail than below; see /Asset history.

Java Edition Classic
May 21, 2009							Notch expresses interest in a suggestion regarding corals by user "solarblade".
Java Edition Alpha
June 28, 2010,							Notch mentioned on his blog: "I tried adding corals, but it's really hard to draw a single block that looks like corals since it's really more about crazy amounts of variation and diversity. But I do know that the corals will have tiny fish particles around them."
Java Edition
October 5, 2012							Coral were jokingly teased in the fake snapshot 12marc40awesome, along with fish as mobs and "fish blocks".
1.13			18w11a				Added coral fans.
							Coral fans currently do not generate naturally.
			18w14b				The textures of all coral fans, except fire coral fans, have been changed.
							Blue, pink, purple, red, and yellow coral fans have been renamed to tube, brain, bubble, fire, and horn coral fans, respectively.
			18w16a				Coral fans now generate naturally in coral reefs.
			pre6				5 new sound events that apply to coral fans have been added: block.wet_grass.break, block.wet_grass.fall, block.wet_grass.hit, block.wet_grass.place, and block.wet_grass.step.
			pre8				Coral fans can now be placed on the tops of blocks.
			pre10				Coral fans now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.13.1			18w32a				Bone meal used in the water of warm ocean biomes now has a chance of growing coral fans, making them renewable.
Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Added coral fans.
							Coral fans can be placed on the ground.
			beta 1.2.20.1				The textures of coral fans have been changed.
							The top textures of coral fans have been changed.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				Coral fans with damage/metadata values 5 now display normal names.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Coral fans now drop themselves when mined with Silk Touch.
1.16.210			beta 1.16.210.51				Bone meal used in water now has a chance of growing coral fans.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Decreased the blast resistance of coral fans from 0.9 to 0.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		Added coral fans.
Minecraft Education
1.4.0							Added coral fans.

Data history

Bedrock Edition
1.4.0			beta 1.2.14.2				Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 would display 'tile.coral_fan..name' as their name.
			beta 1.2.20.1				Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 have had their name changed from 'tile.coral_fan..name' to 'tile.coral_fan.Base.name'.
1.7.0			?				Coral fans with a damage/metadata value of 5 have had their name changed once again, now displaying as follows: 'tile.coral_fan.'
1.20.80			Preview 1.20.80.20				The different coral color block states for the coral_fan ID have been split up into their own IDs.
1.21.20			Preview 1.21.10.21				The different coral hang type block states for the coral_fan_hang, coral_fan_hang2, and coral_fan_hang3 IDs have been split up into their own IDs.

Issues

Issues relating to "Coral Fan" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

Renders

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  Wall Tube Coral Fan (JE)

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  Wall Brain Coral Fan (JE)

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  Wall Bubble Coral Fan (JE)

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  Wall Fire Coral Fan (JE)

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  Wall Horn Coral Fan (JE)

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  Wall Tube Coral Fan (BE)

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  Wall Brain Coral Fan (BE)

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  Wall Bubble Coral Fan (BE)

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  Wall Fire Coral Fan (BE)

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  Wall Horn Coral Fan (BE)

Screenshots

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  All live variants of coral fans.

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  Coral fans within a coral reef.

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  The appearance of coral fans in Bedrock Edition beta 1.2.14.2.

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  The same image, but with the texture update for coral fans.