Netherrack is a block found in extensive quantities in the Nether. Its quantity in the Nether is similar to that of stone or dirt in the Overworld.
Description
Netherrack is found extensively in the Nether, being the third most common block, only rarer than Lava and Air. Fire burns infinitely on netherrack.
Uses
Due to fire lasting forever on Netherrack, players sometimes use netherrack to build fireplaces or large torches. However, it is also capable of spreading fire to flammable blocks, but not to other netherrack. Netherrack can also be smelted in furnaces to make Nether bricks, which are used to craft Nether Brick Blocks. If Netherrack is on fire, it won't be put out by rain but will be put out if water runs over the area.
Mining
Netherrack requires a pickaxe to harvest, otherwise it will drop nothing.
| Tool | 
|
|---|---|
| Hardness | 0.4 |
| Breaking time[note 1] | |
| Default | 2 |
| Wood | 0.3 |
| Stone | 0.15 |
| Iron | 0.1 |
| Diamond | 0.1 |
| Netherite | 0.1 |
| Gold | 0.05 |
- ↑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Trivia
- Burning Netherrack can be used to keep an area clear of snow and ice more efficiently than torches due to it having a greater brightness, but it is not advisable to do this around wood planks, as it is a flammable block.
- Before Pocket Edition 0.12.1, Netherrack could only be obtained using a Nether Reactor Core.
- In the PS3 and PS4 edition tutorial world, a Nether portal, included to teach a player about the Nether, leads to a cavern exclusively of Netherrack with some being on fire when a player arrives.
- Netherrack is one of the most brittle blocks in Minecraft; thus, caution is advised when digging in any direction, especially digging down.
- In older versions, Netherrack was named "bloodstone".
