Netherrack

Netherrack

Renewable	No‌ Yes‌
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.4
Hardness	0.4
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No, but burns indefinitely on the top surface
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	35 NETHER

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Netherrack is a fragile stone block found abundantly in the Nether and in blobs below ruined portals. Fire lit on top of netherrack burns indefinitely and cannot be extinguished by rain.

Obtaining

Breaking

Netherrack can only be obtained with a pickaxe. It drops nothing if mined without one.

Block	Netherrack
Hardness	0.4
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	2
Wooden	0.3
Stone	0.15
Iron	0.1
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.05
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

Netherrack can also be obtained by mining nylium with a pickaxe that's not enchanted with Silk Touch.

Natural generation

Netherrack makes up most of the Nether's terrain, and also generates as part of ruined portals in the Overworld and the Nether.

Netherrack generates as part of bridge and treasure room bastion remnants.

Post-generation

In Bedrock Edition, netherrack generates as part of nether portals spawned floating, making netherrack renewable.

Crimson or warped nylium transforms into netherrack if a solid, opaque block is directly above it, or when it is covered by snow.

Usage

Netherrack can be used as a cheap building block. Because of its abundance and softness, it can be used to construct temporary structures that can be used for scaffolding, blockage, or other purposes.

When netherrack's top is lit on fire, the fire burns indefinitely. This fire can spread to flammable blocks adjacent to the netherrack.

Using bone meal on netherrack placed next to warped nylium or crimson nylium transforms the netherrack into more warped or crimson nylium.

Analyzing the netherrack in a material reducer, it turns out to be a volcanic silicate rock rich in mercury.‌

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	[hide]Smelting recipe
Nether Brick	Netherrack + Any fuel	0.1

Note Blocks

Netherrack can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e netherrack sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.netherrack.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.netherrack.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.netherrack.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.1375	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.netherrack.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.netherrack.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e netherrack sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.netherrack	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.netherrack	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.netherrack	0.22	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.netherrack	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.netherrack	0.13	1.0-1.1
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.netherrack	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.netherrack	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	Block & Item	base_stone_nether infiniburn_end infiniburn_nether infiniburn_overworld mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.netherrack

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	87	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.netherrack.name

History

[hide]Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0			preview				Added netherrack, referred to by Notch at one point as "netherstone".
[hide]Java Edition Beta
1.0							Items now have tooltips, officially naming this block netherrack.
[hide]Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5				The texture of netherrack has been slightly changed.
1.5			13w01a				Netherrack can now be smelted into a nether brick item, which are used to craft nether bricks, just like how clay balls can become bricks.
			13w02a				Netherrack now uses the hellrock.png texture in texture packs.
1.8			14w27b				The netherrack's texture now randomly rotates depending on position.
1.10			16w20a				Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of netherrack has been changed.
			18w47a				The texture of netherrack has been changed, once again.
1.16			20w06a				Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
							New unique sounds have been added for netherrack.
			20w07a				Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
			20w16a				Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals, the latter making netherrack generate in the Overworld for the first time.
1.19.4 Experiment Update 1.20			23w04a				Netherrack can now be used to craft netherite upgrade smithing templates and rib armor trims.
[hide]Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0							Added netherrack, which now generates as the main block of the Nether reactor instead of obsidian.
v0.7.1							Netherrack is now flammable.
v0.12.1			build 1				The Nether reactor has been removed and replaced by the Nether, and this is now the way to get netherrack.
v0.15.0			build 1				Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of netherrack has been changed.
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
							Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.
							Changed breaking and placing sounds.
1.19.80 Experiment Next Major Update			Preview 1.19.80.21				Netherrack can now be used to craft netherite upgrade smithing templates and rib armor trims.
[hide]Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added netherrack.
TU9							An option to reset the Nether has been added, making netherrack renewable.
							Netherrack can now be smelted into a nether brick item, which are used to craft nether bricks, just like how clay balls can become bricks
TU43	CU33	1.36	1.36	1.36	Patch 13		Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
			1.90				The texture of netherrack has been changed.
[hide]New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added netherrack.

Data history

[hide]Java Edition
1.13			17w47a				Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 87.

Issues

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

Trivia

• The "blood" of the old netherrack texture was originally intended to be red moss.

Gallery

Renders

• 

  Enderman holding netherrack. This no longer occurs naturally after the Nether Update, as endermen are no longer able to pick up netherrack.

Screenshots

• 

  A naturally generated netherrack next to a soul sand valley.

See also

• Nylium
• Tutorials/Mob farm
• Tutorials/Traps

External links

• Block of the Week: Netherrack – Minecraft.net on June 4, 2018