Talk:Netherrack/Archive 1

Naming
According to Minutor, a user-made mapping tool, 'Bloodstone' is called Brimstone. This might not be canon, but I think it deserves a mention. XANA520 23:30, 30 October 2010 (CDT)

This page is called Hellstone, yet the block template refers to Bloodstone. I don't want to change it until we've decided on a name, can someone make a choice please? DannyF1966 05:30, 31 October 2010 (CDT)
 * I have. hellstone. it is not blood, it is moss, he said so. until further notice, it is hellstone.


 * also, I want to add that notch always does this to us, and it's really frustrating!--Kizzycocoa 10:44, 31 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Also, this block couldn't be bloodstone, as bloodstone(the nickname for heliotrope) is green, with red 'spots'. --Antome 01:15, 1 November 2010 (CDT)

I think the name should be Netherstone as the official name for the dimension is "The Nether" (Plus I think Netherstone has a better ring to it). --Flanjygo 12:59, 1 November 2010 (CDT)

The only certainty we have is that it's NOT called hellstone, since notch is avoiding all references to hell and other real world religions as he stated in his blog and twitter. MLegion 04:27, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

Avoiding all references to hell? I thought he did the image. Did I mix that one up? --Nekoyoubi 21:32, 3 November 2010 (CDT)
 * That image was did by Notch before he avoided all references to Hell.--Somebody500 23:44, 4 November 2010 (UTC)
 * THE OFFICIAL NAME IS NETHERSTONE, See here: http://twitter.com/notch/status/472444385107968 Does that mean we can rename the article? -F1racer101 09:09, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

It seems the name has been changed to "Netherrack" as of Minecraft Beta 1.0, the 12/20/2010. You can now see an item's name by hovering your mouse over it in the inventory. The page should be renamed. EDIT : I have gone ahead and changed most of the references to the old name "Netherstone" to the new name, "Netherrack". The page however, is still named Netherstone since I don't want to cause any havoc so fast after the update. -228.zip 19:10, 20 December 2010

Hellstone as a fuel
The article claims Hellstone can be used as a fuel. I just tried using Hellstone as a fuel for Iron Ore, Sand and Cobblestone, and it didn't work. As I didn't have any Clay, Gold Ore, Pork or Fish on me at the time, I couldn't test those. I won't remove the claim from the article in case it does in fact work as fuel for these items, although why it would work for some and not others, I have no clue. --King Elemento 17:21, 31 October 2010 (UTC)


 * I have tried pork, and it does nothing. I don't know where the fuel info came from, but I'm pretty sure it is wrong. Jessejericho 17:26, 31 October 2010 (UTC)

Iron Blocks and Smoothstone are also not destroyed
How do I know? Well, I learned my lesson about hacking 7 spawners to become Ghast Spawners x.x Should I provide video proof of this before adding it, or is my word good enough? -Icalasari 05:34, 1 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, pretty much everything has a higher resistance to the ghastss fireballs than Hellstone, so that information wouldn't really prove relevant unless you are planing on making a controlled test, which would include every block your hacking self can spawn in. I would like to personally see how TNT handles the fireballs. Levy 15:55, 4 November 2010 (CDT)
 * Can someone (modder?) get the strength of fireballs in relation to TNT?--PurpleKiwi 17:31, 4 November 2010 (CDT)

Bloodstone
for the record, everyone campaigning for bloodstone? I hate you forever. I had to undo SO MANY edits, and notch said it was red moss.

so, yeah =D --Kizzycocoa 13:01, 5 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Still, as it is a nick name that many people still use, it SHOULD, be on the page. Just saying. Leave your personal feelings out of the wiki. Levy 10:18, 19 November 2010 (CST)
 * like aspergite? :/
 * honestly though, I was just a little frustrated. no-one here checked for accuracy. it was a free-for-all. and even when notch said it's name, there was still a mini war.--Kizzycocoa 13:59, 19 November 2010 (CST)

Source?
"The redness on Netherstone is moss, not blood". I know, I remember reading it somewhere... Can anyone point out where it is at? Because it's sort of harsh putting it in the article without a source... :P --Scykei 03:58, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Most likely on Notch's Twitter. – ultradude25 ( T  04:01, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Fire Spread
I've changed the page to indicate that fire does spread from Netherstone.

I placed a small netherstone fire into my home and came back 15 seconds later to find my two giant trees on fire. There are no other sources of fire in my home, so it couldn't have been anything else. --Quxxy 02:04, 13 November 2010 (CST)


 * After some testing, it turns out I was hasty to add that to the article. Fire does spread to flammable blocks placed above burning netherstone, but it is rather buggy and won't always spread. I have several fire testing platforms upon which I've placed plank blocks that didn't catch on fire. On others, they incinerated in seconds. Epinephilim 14:33, 30 November 2010 (CST)

Naming
When are we going to stop changing the name of this page? It's been through Hellstone, Bloodstone, Netherstone and now Netherrack, in some order. It doesn't matter what the page is called, as long as those names link to it. Plus, "Netherrack" doesn't even make sense. Immibis 04:46, 28 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Netherrack is the official name as defined by the game now. Since the beta update, the names of materials appear when the cursor is over them in the item window. Rack is a nice pretty name, too! 'Rack' is also an old word for torture, so it works in that way too. --JohnnyMadhouse 22:51, 27 December 2010 (CST)
 * Just an addendum to the naming bit. Is it possible that the new name Netherrack is a pun on the name of the old roguelike Nethack?  Pfhortipfhy 01:55, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Half use with mining?
I've noticed that I am getting a great deal of netherrack with just a stone pickaxe. Unless Notch tweaked the amounts on the pickaxes, netherrack appears to only use up a half use on the pickaxe rather than a full use, like with other rock. Can someone confirm? A stone pick should only give 64 Netherrack, but I got 132. Levy 05:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Mined 60 with wooden pick. Levy 05:57, 14 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I have determined that it is not the netherrack that is making the pick last longer, but the durability of the items themselves seem to have been changed. Levy 12:38, 14 January 2011 (UTC)

Spreading
Fire from netherrack will spread to other netherrack. On my SMP server (1.5_01) I was building a trench of flaming netherrack and I had a line of flaming netherrack.I accidentally hit one in the middle, putting the fire out. Just before i was about to light it, it burst back into flame. I tried this a few other times with different pieces in different positions and it happened again. Can someone else confirm this? (btw, they were the only things on fire for quite a distance around) --Deanm 01:22, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * It's uber lag on your SMP server. Netherrack does NOT spread, or we'd have a 100% flaming ground in the Nether. --R ocĸetor talk  03:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually it's because you can't punch out fire on SMP, you need to break the block it's on or put a block on the fire to ever get rid of it. – ultradude25 ( T at 03:25, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you that helps a lot, and that's a good point R0cketor made with the nether, although my server has very little lag (It'll probably have more when i figure out how to port forward already). --Deanm 19:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Possible reference?
Every time I read "netherrack" I can't help but be reminded of a crappy Adult Swim liveaction called "saul of the mole men". The main character is a geologist trapped in a bizarre underworld beneath the earth's crust. The character pronounces rock in an odd accent that sounds like he says "rack".