Netherrack

Netherrack

Renewable	No‌[JE only] Yes‌[BE only]
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.4
Hardness	0.4
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

Netherrack is a rock-like block found in the Nether.

Obtaining

Netherrack can be mined only with a pickaxe.

Block	Netherrack
Hardness	0.4
Tool
Breaking time
Default	2
Wooden	0.35
Stone	0.2
Iron	0.1
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.05

Natural generation

Netherrack makes up most of the Nether's terrain, and also generates as part of ruined portals.

Nylium

Crimson or warped nylium transforms into netherrack if a solid, opaque block is directly above it. Netherrack can also be obtained by mining nylium without Silk Touch.

Nether portals

In Bedrock Edition, netherrack generates as part of nether portals spawned floating.

Usage

When netherrack's top is lit on fire, the fire burns indefinitely.

Using bone meal on netherrack placed next to warped nylium or crimson nylium transforms the netherrack into more nylium.

Analyzing the netherrack in a material reducer, it turns out to be a volcanic silicate rock rich in mercury.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Nether Brick	Netherrack + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.netherrack.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.netherrack.fall	None	0.5	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.netherrack.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.netherrack.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.netherrack.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	?	16

Bedrock Edition: ^{[needs in-game testing]}

Sound	Description	Namespaced ID	Volume	Pitch
	Breaking the block	dig.stone	?	0.8
	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	?	?
	Mining the block	hit.stone	?	0.5
?	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	?	?
?	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	?	?
	Walking on the block	step.stone	?	?
	Placing the block	use.stone	?	0.8

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	block.minecraft.netherrack

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	87	tile.netherrack.name

Video

Note: This video is outdated. It states that netherrack is unique in that fire can burn indefinitely on it. Since 1.12, magma blocks can also maintain fires eternally. Soul sand and soul soil also can have soul fire burning indefinitely.

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			Added netherrack, originally called "bloodstone", and referred to by Notch at one point as "netherstone".
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of netherrack has been slightly changed.
1.5		13w01a			Netherrack can now be smelted into a nether brick item, which are used to craft nether bricks, just like clay can become normal bricks.
		13w02a			Netherrack now uses the hellrock.png texture in texture packs.
1.8		14w27b			The netherrack's texture now randomly rotates depending on position.
1.10		16w20a			Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 87.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of netherrack has been changed, once again.
1.16		20w06a			Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
		20w07a			Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
		20w16a			Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.
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		build 1			The Nether reactor has been removed and replaced with the actual Nether, and this is now the way to get netherrack.
0.15.0		build 1			Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
					Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added netherrack.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
		1.90			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added netherrack.

Issues

Issues relating to "Netherrack" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

See also

• Nylium
• Tutorials/Mob farm
• Tutorials/Traps

References

Blocks

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