Nether Bricks

Nether Bricks

Renewable	Yes‌[BE only]‌[upcoming: JE 1.16] No‌[JE only][until JE 1.16]
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No

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 nether fortresses in the Nether.

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

Obtaining

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

Breaking

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

Block	Nether Bricks Red Nether Bricks Chiseled Nether Bricks Cracked Nether Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time
Default	10
Wooden	1.5
Stone	0.75
Iron	0.5
Diamond	0.4
Netherite	0.35
Golden	0.25

Block loot

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

Namespaced ID	Source	Drops
		Incorrect tool	Correct tool
blocks/nether_bricks	Nether Bricks	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/red_nether_bricks	Red Nether Bricks	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/cracked_nether_bricks	Cracked Nether Bricks	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)
blocks/chiseled_nether_bricks	Chiseled Nether Bricks	Nothing (100%)	1 (100%)

Crafting

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe	Description
Nether Bricks	Nether Brick
Red Nether Bricks	Nether Wart + Nether Brick
Chiseled Nether Bricks	Nether Brick Slab		‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe	Description
Cracked Nether Bricks	Nether Bricks + Any fuel	0.1	‌[upcoming: JE 1.16 & BE 1.16.0]

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.^{[until 1.16]}

If a nether bricks 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. It is not known if this is an exclusive property of the block.

Sounds

Java Edition: ‌^{[upcoming: JE 1.16]}

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

^{[until JE 1.16]}

Sound	Subtitle	Source	Description	Namespaced ID	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Breaking the block	block.stone.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	0.8	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.stone.fall	None	0.5	0.75	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	Mining the block	block.stone.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	0.5	16
	Block placed	Blocks	Placing the block	block.stone.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	0.8	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.stone.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	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
Nether Bricks	nether_bricks	block.minecraft.nether_bricks
Red Nether Bricks	red_nether_bricks	block.minecraft.red_nether_bricks
Cracked Nether Bricks	cracked_nether_bricks	block.minecraft.cracked_nether_bricks
Chiseled Nether Bricks	chiseled_nether_bricks	block.minecraft.chiseled_nether_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Namespaced ID	Numeric ID	Translation key
Nether Brick Block	nether_brick	112	tile.nether_brick.name
Red Nether Brick	red_nether_brick	215	tile.red_nether_brick.name
Cracked Nether Bricks	cracked_nether_bricks	?	tile.cracked_nether_bricks.name
Chiseled Nether Bricks	chiseled_nether_bricks	?	tile.chiseled_nether_bricks.name

History

Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease			Added nether brick, which can be crafted into nether brick stairs and fences.
1.4.6		12w49a			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 been changed from (red_)nether_brick to (red_)nether_bricks.
					"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Bricks".
					"Red Nether Brick" has been 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 been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of nether bricks has been changed.
		18w50a			The texture of red nether bricks has been changed, once again.
Upcoming Java Edition
1.16		20w06a			Nether bricks now have new sounds.
		20w15a			Added cracked and chiseled nether bricks.
		20w16a			The texture of chiseled nether bricks has been changed.
Pocket Edition Alpha
0.6.0					Added nether brick.
					Nether brick 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		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 been changed.
Upcoming Bedrock Edition
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.57			Added cracked and chiseled nether bricks. The texture used by the cracked bricks in this version is unknown.
					Nether bricks now generate on ruined portal.
		beta 1.16.0.63			The texture of chiseled nether bricks has been changed.
					The texture of Nether Bricks now matches Java again.
Legacy Console Edition
TU7	CU1	1.0	Patch 1		Added nether bricks.
TU9					A crafting recipe has now been added, using nether brick items.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Added red nether bricks.
		1.90			The textures of nether brick blocks and red nether bricks have been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added nether bricks.
1.9.19					Added red nether bricks.

Trivia

• Similarly to the chiseled versions of sandstone, red sandstone, and polished blackstone, chiseled nether brick has a face/symbol on its texture. In this case, a wither skeleton skull.
• Nether bricks are the only blocks that have both a fence and wall variant.

Issues

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

Gallery

• 

  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.

References

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