Netherrack

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, and it is among the few blocks that are found in the Nether. 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.

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, 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.
• In older versions, netherrack was named "bloodstone".

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Blocks
Natural	Air • Stone • Granite • Andesite • Diorite • Bedrock • Clay( Terracotta) • Cobblestone ( Moss) • Cobweb • Dirt • Gravel • Coarse Dirt • Bone • Ice • Monster Spawner • Sand ( Red) • Sandstone ( Red) • Obsidian • Snow • Sponge • Wet Sponge • Stone Brick ( Cracked • Moss • Chiseled) • Prismarine ( Dark • Brick) • Sea Lantern • Bee Nest
Manufactured	Bookshelf • Brick • Wool ( Carpet) • Concrete( Powder) • Conduit • Dried Kelp Block • Fence • Glass ( Pane) • Stained Glass ( Pane) • Glazed Terracotta • Hay Bale • Iron Bars • Jack-O-Lantern • Ladder • Painting • Scaffolding • Slabs • Smooth Stone • Cut Sandstone • Smooth Quartz • Smooth Red Sandstone • Slime • Snow • Stairs • Walls • Wooden Planks • Bee Hive
Ore	Coal Ore • Diamond Ore • Emerald Ore • Gold Ore • Iron Ore • Lapis Lazuli Ore • Redstone Ore Nether Quartz Ore
Mineral Blocks	Block of Diamond • Block of Emerald • Block of Gold • Block of Iron • Lapis Lazuli Block • Block of Quartz • Block of Redstone • Block of Coal
Utility	Bed • Brewing Stand • Cake • Cauldron • Chest • Shulker Box • Crafting Table • Enchantment Table • Furnace • Jukebox • TNT • Anvil • Blast Furnace • Barrel • Bell • Campfire • Cartography Table • Compost • Fletching Table • Grindstone • Lantern • Lectern • Loom • Smithing Table • Smoker • Stonecutter • Dispenser • Redstone Lamp • Door • Fence Gate • Lever • Note • Piston ( Sticky) • Pressure Plate • Rail ( Powered • Detector • Activator) • Redstone ( Wire • Torch • Repeater • Comparator) • Trapdoor • Trapped Chest • Hopper • Dropper • Daylight Detector • Tripwire Hook • Observer
Plants	Cactus • Dead Bush • Chorus Plant • Flowers • Grass ( Grass • Fern) • Leaves • Lily Pad • Melon • Mushrooms ( Huge)  • Mycelium • Podzol • Pumpkin • Saplings • Sugar Cane • Vines • Wheat • Log • Corals • Kelp • Sweet Berry Bush
Liquids	Lava • Water
Non-Solid	Fire • Sign • Torch • Banner
The Nether	Glowstone • Netherrack • Nether Brick ( Fence)  • Nether Quartz • Nether Wart • Soul Sand • Magma Block
The End	Dragon Egg • End Stone • Purpur • Purpur Pillar • Endstone Brick • End Rod • Dragon Head • Ender Crystal
Creative only	Barrier • Structure Block • Jigsaw
Pocket Edition only	Stonecutter (old) • Nether Reactor
Technical	Piston Arm • Block 36 • Burning Furnace • Glowing Redstone Ore • Off-state Redstone Torch • Active Redstone Repeater • Flowing Water • Flowing Lava • Farmland • Pumpkin Stem • Melon Stem • Block 97 • Portal • End Portal Frame • End Portal
Unused	Locked Chest
Removed	Gear • Dirt Slab • Cyan Flower • Camera(PE)
Unimplemented	Crying Obsidian