Netherrack
| Transparency |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
No |
| Blast resistance |
2 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable |
No |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Experience |
Smelted: 0.1 |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Data value |
dec: 87 hex: 57 bin: 1010111 |
| Name |
netherrack |
|
“ | Netherrack was added to the Java edition of Minecraft in Alpha version 1.2.0, the Halloween Update, alongside pumpkins, clocks, fishing and the Nether. Spoiler alert: the Nether is where netherrack gets its name from (though it was originally called “bloodstone”, eww), and it’s also where you’ll find more netherrack than any one person could ever need. | „ |
| —Duncan Geere[1] |
Netherrack is a rock-like block found in the Nether.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Netherrack can only be collected with a pickaxe.
| Block | Netherrack | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.4 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time[note 1] | ||
| Hand | 2 | |
| Wooden | 0.35 | |
| Stone | 0.2 | |
| Iron | 0.1 | |
| Diamond | 0.1 | |
| Golden | 0.05 | |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Natural generation[edit]
Netherrack makes up most of the Nether's terrain.
Netherrack generates as part of nether portals spawned floating.[Bedrock Edition only]
Netherrack regenerates when the player resets the Nether.[Legacy Console Edition only]
Endermen[edit]
Endermen can pick up netherrack, and will drop the block they are holding if killed.
Usage[edit]
When netherrack's top is lit on fire, the fire will burn indefinitely.
Smelting ingredient[edit]
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick (item) | Netherrack + Any fuel |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.2.0 |  Added netherrack, originally called "bloodstone", and referred to by Notch at one point as "netherstone"[2] | ||||
| Official release | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9-pre5 | Netherrack's texture was slightly changed. | |||
| 1.5 | 13w01a | Netherrack can now be smelted into a Nether Brick item, which are used to craft a Nether Brick block, just like clay can become normal bricks | |||
| 13w02a | Netherrack now uses the hellrock.png texture in texture packs. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w27b | Netherrack's texture is now randomly rotated depending on position. | |||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Endermen can now pick up netherrack. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.6.0 | Added netherrack, which now generates as the main block of the Nether reactor instead of obsidian. | ||||
| 0.7.1 | Netherrack is now flammable. | ||||
| 0.12.1 | The Nether reactor has been removed and replaced with the actual Nether, and this is the way to get netherrack now. | ||||
| 0.15.0 | build 1 | Endermen can now pick up netherrack. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added netherrack. | |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Endermen can now pick up netherrack. | |
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to “Netherrack” are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Block of the Week: Netherrack" – Minecraft.net, April 6, 2018
- ↑ “@luitjens yes, and it'd also take away some of the annoyingness of mining Netherstone with diamond pickaxes.” – @notch, Nov 5, 2010
