Netherrack

Netherrack

Renewable	No‌[JE only] Yes‌[BE only]
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.4
Hardness	0.4
Luminant	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No, but burns indefinitely on the top surface
Catches fire from lava	No

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

Obtaining

Breaking

Netherrack can be mined only with a pickaxe. It drops nothing if mined without one.

Block	Netherrack
Hardness	0.4
Tool
Breaking time
Default	2
Wooden	0.3
Stone	0.15
Iron	0.1
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.05

Natural generation

Netherrack makes up most of the Nether's terrain, and also generates as part of ruined portals.

Netherrack generates as part of bridge and treasure room bastion remnants.

Mining

Netherrack can be obtained by mining nylium without Silk Touch.

Post-generation

In Bedrock Edition, 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.

Usage

Netherrack is mostly used as a cheap building block. Because of its abundance and softness, it is often used to construct temporary structures that acts as scaffolding, blockage, or other purposes.

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

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

Analyzing the netherrack in a material reducer, it turns out to be a volcanic silicate rock rich in mercury.‌^{[Bedrock and Education editions only]}

Smelting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Nether Brick	Netherrack + Any fuel	0.1

Note Blocks

Netherrack can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.netherrack.break	subtitles.block.generic.break	1.0	?	16
	None	Blocks	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.netherrack.fall	None	0.5	?	16
	Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.netherrack.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit	0.25	?	16
	Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.netherrack.place	subtitles.block.generic.place	1.0	?	16
	Footsteps	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.netherrack.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:^{[more information needed]}

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Resource location	Block tags (JE)	Form	Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	base_stone_nether infiniburn_end infiniburn_nether infiniburn_overworld mineable/pickaxe	Block & Item	block.minecraft.netherrack

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Resource location	Numeric ID	Form	Translation key
Netherrack	netherrack	87	Block & Item	tile.netherrack.name

History

Java Edition Alpha
v1.2.0		preview			Added netherrack, originally called "bloodstone", and referred to by Notch at one point as "netherstone". However, neither of these two names are in common use.
Java Edition Beta
1.0					Items now have tooltips, officially naming this block netherrack.
Java Edition
1.0.0		Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5			The texture of netherrack has been slightly changed.
1.5		13w01a			Netherrack can now be smelted into a nether brick item, which are used to craft nether bricks, just like clay balls can become normal bricks.
		13w02a			Netherrack now uses the hellrock.png texture in texture packs.
1.8		14w27b			The netherrack's texture now randomly rotates depending on position.
1.10		16w20a			Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
1.13		17w47a			Prior to The Flattening, this block's numeral ID was 87.
1.14		18w43a			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
		18w47a			The texture of netherrack has been changed, once again.
1.16		20w06a			Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
					New unique sounds have been added for netherrack.
		20w07a			Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
		20w16a			Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals, the latter making netherrack generate in the Overworld for the first time.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.6.0					Added netherrack, which now generates as the main block of the Nether reactor instead of obsidian.
v0.7.1					Netherrack is now flammable.
v0.12.1		build 1			The Nether reactor has been removed and replaced with the actual Nether, and this is now the way to get netherrack.
v0.15.0		build 1			Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0		beta 1.10.0.3			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
1.16.0		beta 1.16.0.51			Using bone meal on netherrack can now spread nylium into it.
					Endermen no longer pick up netherrack.
		beta 1.16.0.57			Netherrack now generates as part of bastion remnants and ruined portals.
					Changed breaking and placing sounds.
Legacy Console Edition
TU1	CU1	1.0	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added netherrack.
TU43	CU33	1.36	Patch 13		Endermen can now pick up netherrack.
		1.90			The texture of netherrack has been changed.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0					Added netherrack.

Issues

Issues relating to "Netherrack" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.

Gallery

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  A naturally generated netherrack next to soul sand valley.

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  Enderman holding netherrack. This no longer occurs naturally after the Nether Update, as endermen are no longer able to pick up netherrack.

See also

• Nylium
• Tutorials/Mob farm
• Tutorials/Traps