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 |
|
fossil_2
|
A horizontal sternum. | 10 Bone Block |
|
fossil_3
|
Small partial ribcage. | 6 Bone Block |
|
fossil_4
|
Small ribcage structure. | 6 Bone Block |
|
fossil_5
|
One medium rib. | 5 Bone Block |
|
fossil_6
|
Large ribcage structure. | 21 Bone Block |
|
fossil_7
|
Three sets of large ribs. | 18 Bone Block |
|
fossil_8
|
One large rib. | 6 Bone Block |
|
fossil_9
|
Three ascending sets of medium ribs. | 15 Bone Block |
|
fossil_10
|
One large rib. | 8 Bone Block |
|
fossil_11
|
Medium ribcage structure. | 24 Bone Block |
|
fossil_12
|
Medium ribcage structure. | 11 Bone Block |
|
fossil_13
|
Three large ribs. | 17 Bone Block |
|
fossil_14
|
Large ribcage structure. | 26 Bone Block |
|
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2019 | Nether fossils shown unnamed as part of soul sand valley biome at Minecon 2019. | ||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Added nether fossils. | |||
| 20w11a | Nether fossils can now be located with /locate. | ||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | Added nether fossils. | |||
Issues
Issues relating to "Nether Fossil" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- Nether Fossils are one of the five generated structures that never generate with loot chests (the others being swamp huts, overworld fossils, desert wells, and ocean monuments).
- Nether fossils do not have coal ore variants like overworld fossils.













