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Nether Bricks in Minecraft | MinecraftBible

Nether Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4 that requires Wooden Pickaxe or better to mine, dropping Nether Bricks.

What is Nether Bricks?

Nether Bricks is a Minecraft block classified under the mineable/pickaxe material group. It has a hardness of 2 and a blast resistance of 6. It stacks up to 64 per inventory slot. It is a solid, opaque block. Nether Bricks does not emit light. Nether Bricks filters 15 levels of light passing through it, which is why it blocks skylight below it.

Namespaced identifier: minecraft:nether_bricks. Command: /give @p minecraft:nether_bricks 1.

How to mine Nether Bricks

Nether Bricks requires one of the following tools to drop its item — mining with a lower tier or by hand destroys it:

Break times (unenchanted, no Haste or Mining Fatigue):

  • With the correct tool: approximately 3 seconds
  • By hand (no tool): approximately 10 seconds

Using an Efficiency-enchanted tool, Haste beacons, or a Diamond/Netherite tier drastically reduces these times. Water and being airborne slow mining by 5×.

Nether Bricks drops

When broken, Nether Bricks drops:

Silk Touch preserves the block itself; Fortune increases quantity of ore-style drops but has no effect on ordinary blocks.

What Nether Bricks is used to craft

Nether Bricks appears as an ingredient in 6 known Minecraft recipes:

Block tags & properties

  • Opaque
  • Requires Tool
  • Craftable
  • Crafting Material

Nether Bricks technical properties

  • Flammable: No
  • Burns from lava: No
  • Renewable: Yes
  • Emits light: No (luminance 0)

Values sourced from Minecraft Wiki: Nether Bricks (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Verified for Java Edition 1.21.4.

Nether Bricks natural generation

  • World features & structures: Nether fortress

Technical properties

  • Namespaced ID: minecraft:nether_bricks
  • Material family: mineable/pickaxe
  • Hardness: 2
  • Blast resistance: 6
  • Stack size: 64
  • Transparent: No
  • Blocks light: 15
  • Emits light: 0
  • Diggable: Yes
  • Craftable: Yes
  • /give command: /give @p minecraft:nether_bricks 1

Overview

Nether Bricks is a block in Minecraft 1.21.4. This page covers mining requirements, real drop data, and crafting relevance.

Prerequisites and materials

  • Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Nether Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  • Expect to collect Nether Bricks once it breaks.

Step-by-step walkthrough

  1. Bring the correct tool tier before mining - breaking Nether Bricks with the wrong tool will destroy it without dropping anything.
  2. Expect to collect Nether Bricks once it breaks.
  3. With the correct tool this takes about 3s to break (unenchanted); by hand it's roughly 10s.

Pro tips

  • Use /give @p minecraft:nether_bricks 1 in creative mode to prototype builds before committing resources.
  • Carry a spare tool of the correct tier - breaking with the wrong one wastes the drop.

Difficulty and time commitment

  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Estimated time per run: 1-5 min

Frequently Asked Questions

What tool do I need to mine Nether Bricks?

You need one of: Wooden Pickaxe, Stone Pickaxe, Golden Pickaxe, Iron Pickaxe, Diamond Pickaxe, Netherite Pickaxe. Mining with a lower tier tool (or by hand) will break the block without dropping its item.

What does Nether Bricks drop when mined?

Breaking Nether Bricks drops Nether Bricks.

How hard is Nether Bricks to mine?

Nether Bricks has a hardness value of 2. That works out to roughly 3s with the correct tool or 10s by hand (unenchanted, no Haste/Mining Fatigue).

Can I craft Nether Bricks?

Yes - this page lists 2 known crafting recipes for Nether Bricks.

What is Nether Bricks used to craft?

Nether Bricks is used as an ingredient in 6 other recipes.

What is the internal Minecraft ID for Nether Bricks?

The namespaced ID is minecraft:nether_bricks, usable with /setblock, /fill, and /give.

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