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Netherrack
| Transparent |
No |
|---|---|
| Luminance |
0 |
| Blast resistance |
2 |
| Tool | |
| Renewable | |
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Flammable |
No |
| Experience |
Smelted: 0.1 |
| Drops |
Itself |
| Data value |
dec: 87 hex: 57 bin: 1010111 |
| Namespaced ID |
netherrack |
|
“ |
|
„ |
| — Duncan Geere[1] |
Netherrack is a rock-like block found in the Nether.
Contents
Obtaining[edit]
Netherrack can only be mined 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. For more information, see Haste § Instant mining.
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 | Netherrack + Any fuel |
Video[edit]
History[edit]
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.2.0 | preview |  Added netherrack, originally called "bloodstone", and referred to by Notch at one point as "netherstone"[2] | |||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5 |  Netherrack's texture has now been slightly changed. | |||
| 1.3.1 | 12w22a | Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to | |||
| 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 will now use the hellrock.png texture in texture packs. | ||||
| 1.8 | 14w27b | The netherrack's texture will now randomly rotate 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 |  Changed the texture of netherrack. | |||
| 18w47a |  Changed the texture of netherrack again. | ||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| 0.6.0 | Added netherrack, which will now generate 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 now 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 | Changed the texture of netherrack. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | Added netherrack. | |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | Endermen can now pick up netherrack. | |
| PlayStation 4 Edition | |||||
| 1.90 | Changed the texture of netherrack. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added netherrack. | ||||
Issues[edit]
Issues relating to "Netherrack" are maintained on the bug 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, November 5, 2010
