Netherrack

"Netherrack was added to the Java edition of Minecraft in Alpha version 1.2.0, the Halloween Update, alongside pumpkins, clocks, fishing and the Nether. Spoiler alert: the Nether is where netherrack gets its name from (though it was originally called "bloodstone", eww), and it's also where you'll find more netherrack than any one person could ever need."

- Duncan Geere

Netherrack is a rock-like block found in the Nether.

Natural generation
Netherrack makes up most of the Nether's terrain.

Post-generation
$$, netherrack generates as part of nether portals spawned floating.

, crimson or warped nylium transforms into netherrack if a solid, opaque block is directly above it.

From block loot
Netherrack can be mined only with a pickaxe.

From mob loot
, endermen can pick up netherrack, and drop the block if killed while holding it.

Info
When netherrack's top is lit on fire, the fire burns indefinitely.

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

Breaking
Netherrack can be mined only with a pickaxe.

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Video
Note: This video is outdated. It states that netherrack is unique in that fire can burn indefinitely on it. Since 1.12, magma blocks can also maintain fires eternally. Soul sand and soul soil also can have soul fire burning indefinitely.

History
{{History|||snap=20w16a|Netherrack can now spawn in the Overworld as part of a Ruined_Portal.

{{History|pocket alpha}} {{History||0.6.0| Added netherrack, which now generates as the main block of the Nether reactor instead of obsidian.}} {{History||0.7.1|Netherrack is now flammable.}} {{History||0.12.1|snap=build 1|The Nether reactor has been removed and replaced with the actual Nether, and this is now the way to get netherrack.}} {{History||0.15.0|snap=build 1|Endermen can now pick up netherrack.}} {{History|bedrock}} {{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3| The texture of netherrack has been changed.}}

{{History|console}} {{History||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1| Added netherrack.}} {{history||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|Endermen can now pick up netherrack.}} {{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none| The texture of netherrack has been changed.}}

{{History|New 3DS}} {{History||0.1.0| Added netherrack.}} {{History|foot}}