Overview
Minecraft classifies Dead Tube Coral as an underwater block. With a hardness of 0 it gives way immediately under almost any tool. It needs at least a wooden pickaxe to drop anything; a weaker tool destroys it for nothing.
Because it is transparent it does not block light. A blast resistance of 0 means a single creeper will clear it away. It stacks to 64.
Nothing on the crafting grid is made from it.
How long it takes to break
At a hardness of 0, Dead Tube Coral takes 0 seconds to punch out and 0 seconds with a netherite-tier tool of the correct class.
A weaker tool still breaks it, but anything under wooden returns nothing — you spend the time and lose the drop, which is how most veins get wasted.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed, which on a block this soft tips over into instant mining very early.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | instant | instant | instant |
| Wooden | instant | instant | instant |
| Stone | instant | instant | instant |
| Iron | instant | instant | instant |
| Diamond | instant | instant | instant |
| Netherite | instant | instant | instant |
| Golden | instant | instant | instant |
Properties
Dead Tube Coral resists blasts at 0, which is not enough to survive anything explosive nearby. Light passes through it, and it emits none of its own. Stack size is 64 — the standard full stack. It renews, so a single world will never run out. The fastest tool for it is a pickaxe; any other kind of tool mines it no faster than a bare hand does, because the speed bonus only applies to the tool class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- Yes
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Renewable
- Yes
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Dead Tube Coral in Minecraft?
Dead Tube Coral generates naturally in the world and does not drop anything without Silk Touch.
What tool do you need to break Dead Tube Coral?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Dead Tube Coral blast resistant?
Dead Tube Coral has a blast resistance of 0, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Dead Tube Coral fit in one stack?
A stack is 64, and a double chest of them comes to 3,456.
Is Dead Tube Coral renewable?
Yes — you can keep producing Dead Tube Coral in one world, so building with it will not exhaust the supply.
How long does Dead Tube Coral take to break?
The correct netherite tool clears it in 0 seconds. Bare hands take 0.
