Nether Brick
| Transparency |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
No |
| Blast resistance |
30 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Data values |
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| Name |
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This article is about the block. For the item, see Nether Brick (item).
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“ | Nether brick blocks came to Minecraft in version 1.0.0 - the first official release of the game. They generate naturally in only one place - the walls and pillars of nether fortresses, where they provide protection for those inside from ghast fireballs and other dangers. Unfortunately, there's usually more danger inside the fortresses than out, as they act as spawning grounds for blazes, wither skeletons and other terrors. | „ |
| —Duncan Geere[1] |
Nether bricks are blocks used to form nether fortresses in the Nether.
Red nether bricks are decorative variants that do not naturally generate.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.
| Block | Nether Brick Red Nether Brick | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 10 | |
| Wooden | 1.5 | |
| Stone | 0.75 | |
| Iron | 0.5 | |
| Diamond | 0.4 | |
| Golden | 0.25 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Natural generation[edit]
Nether brick forms the walls and supporting pillars of all nether fortresses.
Crafting[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick | Nether Brick (item) | |
| Red Nether Brick | Nether Wart + Nether Brick (item) |
Usage[edit]
Nether brick is non-flammable and immune to ghast fireballs, making it a suitable shelter material for the Nether. When walking on it, it makes the same step sound as stone.
If a nether brick block is inside the whole bounding box of a nether fortress (not just inside the individual parts), nether fortress mobs (such as blazes and wither skeletons) can spawn on it if other normal conditions are met.
Crafting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick Fence | Nether Brick | |
| Nether Brick Slab | Nether Brick | |
| Nether Brick Stairs | Nether Brick |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Official release | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre1 |   Added nether brick, which can be crafted into nether brick stairs and fences. | |||
| 1.4.6 | Nether brick is now used to craft nether brick slabs. | ||||
| 1.5 | 13w01a | Added crafting recipe, using nether brick items. | |||
| 1.10 | May 6, 2016 | Jens Bergensten tweets an image of two new nether blocks. | |||
| 16w20a | Added red nether brick. | ||||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Renamed to (red) nether bricks. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.6.0 | Added nether brick, which can be crafted into nether brick stairs. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | build 1 | Nether brick is now used to craft nether brick slabs and fences. | |||
| 0.14.2 | Nether brick now has a brighter texture. | ||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.3 | build 1 | Added red nether bricks. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU7 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added nether bricks. | |
| TU9 | Added crafting recipe, using nether brick items. | ||||
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Added red nether bricks. | |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to “Nether Brick” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery[edit]
First picture of nether bricks, released by Jeb.
Same as before but brightened.
Second nether brick screenshot released by Jeb showing bridges.
The second screenshot again, but brightened.
The first image of red nether bricks, as tweeted by Jeb.
Red nether bricks.
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Nether Brick" – Minecraft.net, February 9, 2018
