This article is about the item. For the block, see Nether Bricks.
A nether brick is an item made by smelting netherrack in a furnace, and is used to craft the nether bricks block and its variants.
Obtaining
Smelting
Nether brick can be smelted from netherrack.
| Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|
| Netherrack + Any fuel |
Bartering
Piglins may barter 2 to 8 nether bricks when given a gold ingot.
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick Fence | Nether Bricks + Nether Brick |
|
| Nether Bricks | Nether Brick | |
| Red Nether Bricks | Nether Wart + Nether Brick |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick | nether_brick | Item | item.minecraft.nether_brick |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Brick | netherbrick | 523 | Item | item.netherbrick.name |
History
| Java Edition | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | 13w01a |  Added nether brick items. | |||
| 1.10 | 16w20a | Nether brick items can now be used to craft red nether bricks. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The ID of nether bricks has been changed from netherbrick to nether_brick.
| |||
| Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 405. | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | The texture of nether bricks has been changed. | |||
| 1.16 | 20w07a | Nether bricks now have a 10⁄109 (~9.17%) chance of being given by the new piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–4. | |||
| 20w09a | Nether bricks now have a 20⁄226 (~8.84%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 1–5. | ||||
| 20w10a | Nether bricks now have a 40⁄411 (~9.73%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 4–16. | ||||
| 1.16.2 | 20w28a | Nether bricks now have a 40⁄459 (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–8. | |||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.6.0 | Added nether brick items. | ||||
| v0.16.0 | build 5 | Added nether brick items to the Creative inventory.[1] | |||
| Pocket Edition | |||||
| 1.1.3 | alpha 1.1.3.0 | Nether brick items are now used to craft red nether bricks. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Nether brick items are now used to craft nether brick fences. | |||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | The texture of nether bricks has been changed. | |||
| 1.16.100 | beta 1.16.100.50 | Nether bricks now can be used as fuel for a furnace.[2] | |||
| beta 1.16.100.54 | Nether bricks now have a 40⁄459 (~8.71%) chance of being given by piglins when bartering, in a stack size of 2–8 to match Java Edition. | ||||
| 1.18.30 | beta 1.18.30.26 | Nether bricks can no longer be used as fuel in a furnace. | |||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU9 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | Added nether brick items. |
| 1.90 | The texture of nether bricks has been changed. | ||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | Added nether brick items. | ||||
Issues
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