Do I need Silk Touch to get Tube Coral Blocks?

Yes. Without Silk Touch, mining breaks the coral and drops a dead coral block instead. Silk Touch lets you collect the living block intact.

Where do Tube Coral Blocks spawn?

They spawn naturally in Warm Ocean biomes, usually in coral reefs underwater. Look on the ocean floor around y-level 50 and below.

Can I craft Tube Coral Blocks?

No. Tube Coral Blocks can only be found in the world and collected with a Silk Touch pickaxe. There's no crafting recipe.

What pickaxe enchantments do I need?

You only need Silk Touch. You can use any pickaxe material (wood, stone, iron, diamond, golden, or netherite) as long as it has Silk Touch.

What's the difference between Tube Coral and Tube Coral Block?

Tube Coral is the smaller plant form that grows underwater. Tube Coral Block is the solid block version. Both are blue and found in warm oceans.

Tube Coral Block Guide

Tube Coral Blocks are blue coral blocks you can only get by mining them in the world. You can’t craft them. If you want to collect them for building, you need a pickaxe with Silk Touch, otherwise you’ll get a dead coral block instead.

Here’s everything you need to know about getting Tube Coral Blocks in Minecraft.

Finding Tube Coral Blocks in Creative Mode

In Creative Mode, Tube Coral Blocks are in the building blocks menu. They appear in different tabs depending on your Minecraft version:

Version	Menu Location
1.13 to 1.19	Building Blocks
1.19.3 to 1.19.4	Natural Blocks

Getting Tube Coral Blocks in Survival Mode

Step 1: Find a Warm Ocean

Tube Coral Blocks spawn naturally in Warm Oceans, usually in coral reefs. They’re bright blue and easy to spot underwater. You’ll need to dive down to find them since they grow on the ocean floor.

Step 2: Get a Silk Touch Pickaxe

This is the important part. If you mine the block without Silk Touch, you get a dead coral block. With Silk Touch, you get the living block. You can use a diamond, iron, golden, netherite, stone, or wooden pickaxe, but it must have the Silk Touch enchantment.

Step 3: Mine the Block

Hold down the left click (or the equivalent on your platform) until the block breaks. It takes a few seconds. Once it breaks, a floating block will appear in the water. Pick it up before it despawns.

Step 4: Pick It Up

The block will float toward the surface. Grab it before it disappears. Once in your inventory, you can keep it or use it for building.

Item Info

Minecraft ID and Name

In Java Edition, Tube Coral Blocks use this command ID:

Name	ID Name	Stack Size	Versions
Tube Coral Block	minecraft:tube_coral_block	64	1.13 to 1.19.4

Give Command

To spawn one in creative or with commands:

/give @p tube_coral_block 1

Related Coral Types

Minecraft has several coral varieties. You can find guides for:

Tube Coral
Brain Coral
Bubble Coral
Fire Coral
Horn Coral
Coral Fans (all types)
Coral Blocks (all types)
Dead Coral variants

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