This Minecraft tutorial explains how to craft a blue coral block called a Tube Coral Block with screenshots and step-by-step instructions.

In Minecraft, a tube coral block is an item that you can not make with a crafting table or furnace. Instead, you need to find and gather this item in the game. Gathering tube coral blocks is a bit tricky in Minecraft because you need to mine it with a pickaxe that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

Let’s explore how to add a tube coral block to your inventory.

Where to find a Tube Coral Block in Creative Mode

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

Here is where you can find a tube coral block in the Creative Inventory menu:

Platform Version(s) Creative Menu Location
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13 – 1.19
Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.19.3 – 1.19.4
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers where the item can be found in the menu location listed (we have tested and confirmed this version number).
  • Creative Menu Location is the location of the item in the Creative Inventory menu.

How to get a Tube Coral Block in Survival Mode

You can add a tube coral block to your inventory in Survival mode by finding them growing in a Warm Ocean biome and mining them with a pickaxe with Silk Touch. So, let’s get started!

1. Find a Tube Coral Block

First, you need to find a tube coral block in your Minecraft world. A tube coral block is a blue coral that is usually found growing underwater in a Coral Reef in the Warm Ocean biome.

This is what a tube coral block looks like:

2. Hold a Pickaxe with Silk Touch

To mine a tube coral block, you need to dig up the tube coral block with a pickaxe with Silk Touch. These are the pickaxes you can choose from.

How to make a Diamond Pickaxe
How to make a Golden Pickaxe
How to make a Iron Pickaxe
How to make a Stone Pickaxe
How to make a Wooden Pickaxe
How to make a Netherite Pickaxe

If you try to mine the tube coral block with your hand or other tool (that is not a pickaxe), the small block of tube coral will not appear. And you will not be able to add the tube coral block to your inventory.

In this example, we are going to use a diamond pickaxe that is enchanted with Silk Touch.

3. Mine the Tube Coral Block

The game control to mine the tube coral block depends on the version of Minecraft:

  • For Java Edition (PC/Mac), left click and hold on the tube coral block.
  • For Pocket Edition (PE), you tap and hold on the tube coral block.
  • For Xbox 360 and Xbox One, press and hold the RT button on the Xbox controller.
  • For PS3 and PS4, press and hold the R2 button on the PS controller.
  • For Wii U, press and hold the ZR button on the gamepad.
  • For Nintendo Switch, press and hold the ZR button on the controller.
  • For Windows 10 Edition, left click and hold on the tube coral block.
  • For Education Edition, left click and hold on the tube coral block.

You will need to continue to mine until the tube coral block breaks and a smaller tube coral block appears floating in the water. If you wait too long, the tube coral block will float to the top of the water.

TIP: Normally when you mine a tube coral block, you will get a dead tube coral block. However, when you mine the tube coral block using a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch, you will get the living tube coral block itself as a drop.

4. Pick up the Tube Coral Block

Make sure you pick up the tube coral block before it disappears.

Once you pick up the tube coral block, it will appear in your hotbar.

A tube coral block is a useful item and should be kept in your inventory to be used later.

Item ID and Name

Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft, a tube coral block has the following Name, ID and DataValue:

Description
(Minecraft ID Name)		 ID Data Value Stack Size Version
Tube Coral Block
(minecraft:tube_coral_block)		 64 1.13 – 1.19.4
  • Description is what the item is called and (Minecraft ID Name) is the string value that is used in game commands.
  • Minecraft ID is the Internal number for the item.
  • Data Value (or damage value) identifies the variation of the block if more than one type exists for the Minecraft ID.
  • Stack Size is the maximum stack size for this item. While some items in Minecraft are stackable up to 64, other items can only be stacked up to 16 or 1. (NOTE: These stack sizes are for vanilla Minecraft only. If you are running a mod, some mods may change the stack size for an item.)
  • Platform is the platform that applies.
  • Version(s) is the Minecraft version numbers that the Minecraft ID and Name are valid for.

Give Command for Tube Coral Block

Give Command in Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac)

In Minecraft Java Edition (PC/Mac) 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 and 1.19.4, the /give command for Tube Coral Block is:

/give @p tube_coral_block 1

Other Coral

There are other types of coral in Minecraft such as:

How to make Tube Coral
How to make Brain Coral
How to make Bubble Coral
How to make Fire Coral
How to make Horn Coral
How to make a Tube Coral Fan
How to make a Brain Coral Fan
How to make a Bubble Coral Fan
How to make a Fire Coral Fan
How to make Horn Coral Fan
How to make a Brain Coral Block
How to make a Bubble Coral Block
How to make a Fire Coral Block
How to make a Horn Coral Block
How to make a Dead Tube Coral Block
How to make a Dead Brain Coral Block
How to make a Dead Bubble Coral Block
How to make a Dead Fire Coral Block
How to make a Dead Horn Coral Block

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