Obtaining
Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, it will drop nothing.
| Block | Nether Brick Red Nether Brick | |
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
Breaking "Punch" redirects here. For the enchantment, see Enchanting#Punch. The Player punches trees and gets wood (click to view animation). Breaking, digging, punching, or mining is one of the most fundamental activities in Minecraft, performed (by  time | ||
| Hand | 10 | |
| Wooden | 1.5 1.5 Official name Redstone Update Release date Mar. 13, 2013 1] Development versions View all Snapshots 13w01a 13w01b 13w02a 13w02b 13w03a 13w04a 13w05a 13w05b 13w06a 13w07a 13w09a 13w09b 13w09c 13w10a 13w10b Pre-releases 1.5-pre Download Client  | |
| Stone | 0.75 | |
| Iron | 0.5 | |
| Diamond | 0.4 | |
| Golden | 0.25 | |
- ⃢₆ₑ Times are for unenchanted tools in seconds.
Info
Nether bricks are blocks used to form nether fortresses Nether Fortress Biome The Nether Consists of See Structure First appearances See history Nether fortresses are structures that are naturally generated in the Nether. Contents 1 Generation 1.1 Mobs 2 Structure 2.1 Blocks 3 Loot 
in the Nether A view of the Nether. The Nether is a hell-like dimension, filled with fire, lava, and dangerous mobs. Contents 1 Accessing 2 Environment 2.1 Mobs 3 Generation 3.1 Naturally generated 3.2 Naturally created 3.3 Structures 
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Red nether bricks are decorative variants that do not naturally generate.
Videos
Natural generation
Nether brick forms the walls and supporting pillars of all nether fortresses Nether Fortress Biome The Nether Consists of See Structure First appearances See history Nether fortresses are structures that are naturally generated in the Nether. Contents 1 Generation 1.1 Mobs 2 Structure 2.1 Blocks 3 Loot .
Crafting
Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition  | Ingredients | Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid  recipe |
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| Nether Brick | Nether Brick (item) | |
| Red Nether Brick | Nether Wart+ Nether Brick (item) |
Usage
Nether brick is non-flammable and immune to ghast fireballs Ghast Health points 10 () Attack strength Impact: 6 () Explosion: varies by proximity, maximum: Easy: 9 () Normal: 17 () Hard: 25 ( × 12.5) Size Height: 4.0 Blocks Width: 4.0 Blocks Spawn The 
, making it a suitable shelter material for the Nether. When walking on it, it makes the same step sound as stone Stone Transparency No Luminance No Blast resistance 30 Tool Renewable Yes Stackable Yes (64) Flammable No Drops Cobblestone (1) Data value dec: 01 hex: 1 bin: 1 Name stone See the block called stone. For 
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If a nether brick block is inside the whole bounding box of a nether fortress (not just inside the individual parts), nether fortress mobs (such as blazes Blaze Health points 20 () Attack strength Fireball: 5 () Contact: Easy: 4 () Normal: 6 () Hard: 9 () Size Height: 1.8 Blocks Width: 0.6 Blocks Spawn Nether Fortresses, light level of 11 or 
and wither skeletons Wither Skeleton Health points 20 () Attack strength Easy: 4 () Normal: 7 () Hard: 10 () Size Height: 2.4 Blocks Width: 0.7 Blocks Spawn Nether fortresses at light level 7 or less First appearances 
) can spawn on it if other normal conditions are met.
Crafting ingredient
| Name See values from the latest PC version of Minecraft. For values from Classic, see Data values/Classic. For values from Indev, see Data values/Indev. For values from the Pocket Edition, see Pocket Edition | Ingredients | Crafting Crafting is the method by which many blocks, tools, and materials are made in Minecraft. In order to craft something, players must move items from their inventory to a crafting grid. A 2×2 crafting grid recipe |
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| Nether Brick Fence | Nether Brick | |
| Nether Brick Slab | Nether Brick | |
| Nether Brick Stairs | Nether Brick |
Video
History
Issues
Issues relating to ⃢₀ₜNether Brick⃢₀ are maintained on the issue tracker. Report issues there.
Gallery
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First picture of nether bricks, released by Jeb.
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Same as before but brightened.
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Second nether brick screenshot released by Jeb showing bridges.
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The second screenshot again, but brightened.
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The first image of red nether bricks, as tweeted by Jeb.
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Red nether bricks.
Crafting
| Nether Brick | ||
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| Nether Bricks | Nether Bricks | None |
| Nether Bricks | Nether Bricks | None |
| None | None | None |
| Nether Brick Stairs x4 | Nether Brick Fence x6 | |||||
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| Nether Brick | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Nether Brick | Nether Brick | None | Nether Brick | |||
