Nether Bricks

Nether Bricks

Transparent	No
Luminance	0
Blast resistance	30
Tool
Renewable	No‌[Java Edition only]
Stackable	Yes (64)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Drops	Itself
Data values	Nether Brick Block dec: 112 hex: 70 bin: 1110000 Red Nether Brick dec: 215 hex: D7 bin: 11010111
Namespaced ID	See § Data values

This article is about the block. For the item, see Nether Brick.

	“	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

Nether bricks are blocks used to form fortresses in the Nether.

Red nether bricks are decorative variants that do not naturally generate.

Natural generation

Nether bricks form the walls and supporting pillars of all fortresses.

Obtaining

Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.

Block	Nether Bricks Red Nether Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Hand	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Golden	0.25

Usage

Nether bricks are 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 bricks block is inside the whole bounding box of a fortress (not just inside the individual parts), fortress mobs (such as blazes and wither skeletons) can spawn on it if other normal conditions are met.

Sounds

Sound	Subtitle	Namespaced ID	Subtitle ID	Source	Pitch	Volume	Attenuation distance
	Block breaking	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	Blocks	0.5	0.25	16
	Block broken	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Block placed	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	Blocks	0.8	1.0	16
	Footsteps	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	Blocks	1.0	0.15	16
	No subtitle	block.stone.fall	(Plays when fallen on from a height)	Blocks	0.75	0.5	16

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Block	Namespaced ID
Nether Bricks	nether_bricks
Red Nether Bricks	red_nether_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Block	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID
Nether Brick Block	nether_brick	112
Red Nether Brick	red_nether_brick	215

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether brick, which can be crafted into nether brick stairs and fences.
1.3.1		12w22a			Inventory sprites for blocks have now been flipped from left to right, changing to .
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.
1.13		17w47a			The IDs have now been changed from (red_)nether_brick to (red_)nether_bricks.
					"Nether Brick" has now been renamed to "Nether Bricks".
					"Red Nether Brick" has now renamed to "Red Nether Bricks".
					Prior to The Flattening, these blocks' numeral IDs were 112 and 215.
1.14		18w43a			The textures of nether bricks have now been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of nether bricks has now been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of red nether bricks has now been changed, once again.
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 will now have a brighter texture.
Pocket Edition
1.1.3		alpha 1.1.3.0			Added red nether bricks.
Bedrock Edition
1.9.0		beta 1.9.0.0			Nether brick blocks and red nether bricks are now used to craft stairs, slabs and walls.
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The textures of nether brick blocks and red nether bricks have now been changed.
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.
PlayStation 4 Edition
1.90					The textures of nether brick blocks and red nether bricks have now been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added nether bricks.
1.9.19					Added red nether bricks.

• 

  First picture of nether bricks, released by Jeb.

• 

  Same as before, but brightened.

• 

  Second nether brick screenshot released by Jeb showing bridges.

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  The second screenshot again, but brightened.

• 

  The first image of red nether bricks, as tweeted by Jeb.

Issues

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

Gallery

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  Red nether bricks.

References

Blocks

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