Ancient Debris

Ancient Debris

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1,200
Hardness	30
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	29 COLOR_BLACK

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Ancient debris is a rare ore found in the Nether, and is the main source of netherite scraps, which can then be used to craft netherite ingots. Its high blast resistance makes it immune to normal explosions. In item form, it floats on lava and is completely immune to any form of fire.

Obtaining

Breaking

Ancient debris drops itself if mined by a diamond pickaxe or netherite pickaxe. If mined by any other tool, it drops nothing.

Block	Ancient Debris
Hardness	30
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	150
Wooden	75
Stone	37.5
Iron	25
Diamond	5.65
Netherite	5
Golden	12.5
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

Ancient debris generates in the Nether in the form of scatter ores which are never naturally exposed to air. They can only replace netherrack, basalt‌, and blackstone‌.

On average, Y-level 16 has the most ancient debris.

In Java Edition, up to two clusters may generate per chunk: one cluster of 0–3 ancient debris attempts to generate with a triangle distribution from levels 8 to 24, and an additional cluster of 0–2 ancient debris attempts to generate evenly from levels 8 to 119. There is an average of 1.65 ancient debris blocks per chunk, with a normal maximum of 5. As of Java Edition 1.16.5, on average they generate 1.56 ores per chunk. Given this number, and that there are 32768 blocks in a chunk (16×128×16), there is approximately a 0.004% chance that any randomly selected block will be an ancient debris block.

In Bedrock Edition, up to five clusters may generate per chunk: two clusters of 0–3 ancient debris attempt to generate evenly from levels 8 to 23, and an additional three clusters of 0–2 ancient debris attempt to generate evenly from levels 8 to 119.

Generated loot

Ancient debris can appear in bastion chests, either as a singular item or as a stack of two items. These two options are rolled separately from each other.

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	[hide]Chance
Java Edition
Ancient Debris	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	12% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.12, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	27.1% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.271, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Generic chest	1	13.5% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1348314606741573, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Ancient Debris	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2	5% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.050000000000000044, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Treasure chest	2	11.5% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.11526400000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
Bedrock Edition
Ancient Debris	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	1	5.7% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.05681818181818177, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }
		Treasure chest	1	27.1% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.271, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }
		Generic chest	1	13.5% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 1, "chance": 0.1348314606741573, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Generic chest" }
Ancient Debris	Bastion Remnant	Treasure chest	2	11.5% { "item": "Ancient Debris", "stacksize": 2, "chance": 0.11526400000000003, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Treasure chest" }

Usage

Smelting ingredient

Ancient debris can be smelted using a furnace or blast furnace, which gives the player netherite scrap. If a player takes out the netherite scrap, they are rewarded with 2 experience points.

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Smelting recipe
Netherite Scrap	Ancient Debris + Any fuel	2

Redstone component

Because of its unique combination of being both blast resistant enough to withstand TNT and being movable with a piston, ancient debris is sometimes used as a redstone component, usually in tunnel bores.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e ancient_debris sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.ancient_debris.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.ancient_debris.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.ancient_debris.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.ancient_debris.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.ancient_debris.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e ancient_debris sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.ancient_debris	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.ancient_debris	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.ancient_debris	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.ancient_debris	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.ancient_debris	0.17	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.ancient_debris	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.ancient_debris	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Ancient Debris	ancient_debris	Block & Item	mineable/pickaxe needs_diamond_tool	block.minecraft.ancient_debris

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Ancient Debris	ancient_debris	526	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.ancient_debris.name

Advancements

Icon	Advancement	In-game description	Actual requirements (if different)
	Hidden in the Depths	Obtain Ancient Debris	Have an ancient debris in the inventory.

History

[hide]Java Edition
1.16			20w06a				Added ancient debris.
			20w16a				Ancient debris now generates in bastion remnants chests.
1.16.2			20w30a				Increased the chance of ancient debris generating in bastion remnants chests.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added ancient debris.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Ancient debris now generates in bastion remnants chests.
			beta 1.16.0.59				Smelting ancient debris now gives experience.
1.20.30			Preview 1.20.20.21				Increased the blast resistance of ancient debris from 720 to 1,200.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The texture of the ancient debris is supposed to look like pressed metal plates.
• Ancient debris is actually what remains of the mining activity of the piglins, who extracted all the original netherite ore.
• It is possible to find blobs of up to 20 contiguous ancient debris - up to five debris can generate in a chunk, so if a blob of five generates in adjacent corners of four different chunks, a blob of 20 debris would be created.

Gallery

Screenshots

• 

  Ancient debris being discovered.

• 

  Blast mining for ancient debris.

• 

  Ancient debris without color.

See also

• Netherite
• Block of Netherite
• Netherite Ingot
• Netherite Scrap
• Nether Update
• Tutorials/Ancient Debris

External links

• Block of the Week: Ancient Debris – Minecraft.net on November 11, 2021