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Nether fossils are fossils that generate in soul sand valleys.

Generation

Nether fossils generate randomly throughout the Nether in soul sand valleys.

Structure

Main article: /Structure

Nether fossils are composed of 5 to 27 bone blocks. Unlike regular fossils, they do not have a lowered structure integrity and no blocks are replaced with coal or diamond ore. They are made with the NBT structure block format and the NBT files for each fossil are stored in the folder minecraft.jar/data/minecraft/structures/nether_fossils.

There are 14 different variants of nether fossils:

Structure name Description Consists of Image
fossil_1 Small ribs. 10 Bone Block Nether fossil 1
fossil_2 A horizontal sternum. 10 Bone Block Nether fossil 2
fossil_3 Small partial ribcage. 6 Bone Block Nether fossil 3
fossil_4 Small ribcage structure. 6 Bone Block Nether fossil 4
fossil_5 One medium rib. 5 Bone Block Nether fossil 5
fossil_6 Large ribcage structure. 21 Bone Block Nether fossil 6
fossil_7 Three sets of large ribs. 18 Bone Block Nether fossil 7
fossil_8 One large rib. 6 Bone Block Nether fossil 8
fossil_9 Three ascending sets of medium ribs. 15 Bone Block Nether fossil 9
fossil_10 One large rib. 8 Bone Block Nether fossil 10
fossil_11 Medium ribcage structure. 24 Bone Block Nether fossil 11
fossil_12 Medium ribcage structure. 11 Bone Block Nether fossil 12
fossil_13 Three large ribs. 17 Bone Block Nether fossil 13
fossil_14 Large ribcage structure. 26 Bone Block Nether fossil 14

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019Nether fossils shown unnamed as part of soul sand valley biome at Minecon 2019.
1.1620w06aAdded nether fossils.
20w11aNether fossils can now be located with /locate.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0beta 1.16.0.57Added nether fossils.

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