Overview
In Minecraft 1.21.4, Dead Tube Coral Block is an underwater block. It has no crafting recipe — you collect it by mining it where it generates. Hardness 1.5 puts it in the middle of the pack for mining speed.
Mine it with a wooden pickaxe or better, or you get no drop at all. Broken correctly, it drops itself. Sixty-four fit in one inventory slot.
No recipe takes it as an ingredient.
How long it takes to break
Dead Tube Coral Block sits at hardness 1.5: 7.5 seconds per block with your fists, 0.25 with the correct netherite tool.
An iron tool takes 0.4 seconds and a diamond one 0.3, so the jump that actually matters for this block is the one to diamond.
It will break below wooden, and you will get nothing for it. That combination of time spent and drop lost is the classic mining mistake.
The Efficiency formula is level² + 1 added to tool speed — at V that is about 2.5 times the unenchanted rate.
| Tool | No enchantment | Efficiency III | Efficiency V |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand * | 7.5 s | 7.5 s | 7.5 s |
| Wooden | 1.2 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Stone | 0.6 s | 0.2 s | 0.1 s |
| Iron | 0.4 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Diamond | 0.3 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Netherite | 0.25 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
| Golden | 0.2 s | 0.15 s | 0.1 s |
Properties
With 6 blast resistance Dead Tube Coral Block usually goes down to a nearby explosion. It is fully opaque and produces no light. One inventory slot holds 64, the normal full stack. It is renewable, so a single world can supply an unlimited amount of it. A pickaxe is fastest here; any other class mines it at bare-hand speed, because the bonus only applies to the class the block is tagged for.
- Transparent
- No
- Required tool
- Wooden Pickaxe
- Renewable
- Yes
Drops
Mined with Wooden Pickaxe, Dead Tube Coral Block drops itself.
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Frequently asked questions
How do you get Dead Tube Coral Block in Minecraft?
Mine Dead Tube Coral Block with Wooden Pickaxe and it drops itself.
What tool do you need to break Dead Tube Coral Block?
Wooden Pickaxe or better is required; anything weaker destroys the block without dropping it.
Is Dead Tube Coral Block blast resistant?
Dead Tube Coral Block has a blast resistance of 6, so an explosion nearby will destroy it.
How many Dead Tube Coral Block fit in one stack?
Dead Tube Coral Block stacks to 64, which puts 3,456 of them in a double chest.
Is Dead Tube Coral Block renewable?
It is. Dead Tube Coral Block can be made again in the same world, so there is no need to ration it.
How long does Dead Tube Coral Block take to break?
With the correct tool at netherite tier it takes 0.25 seconds; by hand it takes 7.5 seconds.
