Nether Bricks

Nether Bricks

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	6
Hardness	2
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color	35 NETHER
Note block instrument	Bass Drum
Sulfur cube archetype	Slow Bouncy

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Nether bricks are the building blocks of Nether fortresses in the Nether and are used to spawn mobs in that structure.

Obtaining

Breaking

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

Block	Nether Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	110.05 (JE) 10 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

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

Crafting

Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Nether Brick

Usage

Nether bricks are non-flammable and immune to ghast fireballs, making them a suitable shelter material for the Nether.

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.

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Nether Bricks	Nether Bricks + Any fuel	0.1

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e nether_bricks sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_bricks.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_bricks.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_bricks.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nether_bricks.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_bricks.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e nether_brick sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​ ?	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.nether_brick	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.nether_brick	​ ?	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nether_brick	​ ?	0.25	0.5
	​ ?	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nether_brick	​ ?	0.4	1.0
	​ ?	Players	Walking on the block	step.nether_brick	​ ?	0.16	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.bone_block	​ ?	0.12	1.0
	​ ?	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.nether_brick	​ ?	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Nether Bricks	nether_bricks	Block & Item	block.minecraft.nether_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	Translation key
Nether Bricks	nether_brick	112	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.nether_brick.name

History

Java Edition

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				Nether brick can now be crafted with nether brick items.
1.13			17w47a				"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Bricks".
1.14			18w43a				The texture of Nether bricks has been changed.
							Nether brick blocks are now used to craft walls.
			18w47a				The texture of Nether bricks has been changed, again.
1.16			20w06a				Nether bricks now have new sounds.
			20w07a				Nether bricks have become renewable, due to piglins offering Nether brick items through bartering.
1.21.4			24w44a				The texture of the Nether bricks has been changed.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether bricks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added Nether brick.
							Nether brick can be crafted into Nether brick stairs.
v0.12.1			build 1				Nether brick is now used to craft Nether brick slabs and fences.
v0.14.2							Nether brick now has a brighter texture.
Bedrock Edition
1.2.0			beta 1.2.0.2				"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Brick Block"
1.9.0			beta 1.9.0.0				Nether brick blocks are now used to craft walls.
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of Nether brick has been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Nether bricks now generate on ruined portals.
							Nether bricks can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
							Nether bricks now have new sounds.
			beta 1.16.0.63				The texture of Nether bricks has been changed to match Java Edition's again.
1.16.100			beta 1.16.100.54				Nether Bricks can no longer be obtained from bartering, replaced by Nether brick items to match Java Edition.
1.21.30			Preview 1.21.30.22				Changed name from "Nether Brick Block" to "Nether Bricks" to match Java Edition.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.29				The texture of the Nether bricks has been changed.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb Nether bricks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.
			Preview 26.30.27				Nether bricks' sulfur cube archetype has been changed from regular to slow bouncy.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU7	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added Nether brick.
TU9							A crafting recipe has now been added, using Nether brick items.
			1.88				Nether brick blocks are now used to craft walls.
			?				"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Brick Block".
			1.90				The textures of Nether brick blocks have been changed.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added Nether bricks.

Data history

Java Edition
1.8			14w11b				Nether bricks with numerical metadata variants 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have no model rather than appearing identical to Nether bricks.
			14w26a				Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onward with the introduction of block states. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game: DV Description 0 Nether Bricks 1-15 Inaccessible "boring" variants of Nether bricks
1.13			17w47a				The ID has been changed from nether_brick to nether_bricks.
							Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral IDs was 112.

Issues

Issues relating to "Nether Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• Nether bricks are the only block type to have both a fence and a wall. It is also the only fence type without a corresponding gate.

Gallery

Mojang images

• 
  A chick on a throne made of Nether bricks
• 
  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

In other media

• 
  Nether bricks as they appeared in the MCC x Minecraft 15th Anniversary Party
• 
  Nether Bricks as they appeared in Minecraft Earth
• 
  Nether bricks as they appear in Minecraft Dungeons

External links

• "Block of the Week: Nether Brick" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, September 2, 2018.