How do you get Ancient Debris in Minecraft?

Ancient Debris is obtained through mining, and Ancient Debris from natural world generation. There is no recipe: Ancient Debris is found, and bastion treasure chests give the best chance at about 32%.

Where do you find Ancient Debris in chests?

Ancient Debris is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 32%, 1 to 2 at a time), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 16%, 1 to 2 at a time), and bastion chests (about 14%). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.

When was Ancient Debris added to Minecraft?

Ancient Debris was added in version 1.16.

How many Ancient Debris can you stack?

Ancient Debris goes 64 to a slot, and bastion treasure chests hand over 1 to 2 at a time, so a full slot is at least 32 chests of searching. A double chest of Ancient Debris comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

How long does Ancient Debris take to break?

What Ancient Debris comes down to is 30 against a tool on it and 1200 against a blast. A resistance on Ancient Debris that far above the hardness on it is why people wall with it. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Ancient Debris, so keep the better one on you. Java 26.2 publishes Ancient Debris this way, and we print it the same.

Utility Blocks

Ancient Debris

A rare, blast-resistant ore block found in the lower depths of the Nether. It is the source of netherite scrap, which is smelted from it.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Ancient Debris at a glance

Ancient Debris comes from mining and natural world generation, and Utility Blocks is where it sits as a block. Carrying Ancient Debris is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Hardness 30 is what Ancient Debris is worth in the block data. Against explosions it is far tougher, 1200, which is why it survives blasts that clear everything around it. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Ancient Debris, so keep the better one on you. Of the 3 kinds of generated chest that can hold Ancient Debris, bastion treasure chests are the best bet at about 32% per chest. It sits between Amethyst Cluster and Andesite in Utility Blocks, number 14 of 340 there.

How to obtain

Mining
Natural generation

Notes

Requires a diamond or netherite pickaxe to mine. Floats in lava and is immune to most explosions, so it is often found by blast mining.

Frequently asked questions about Ancient Debris

How do you get Ancient Debris in Minecraft?
Ancient Debris is obtained through mining, and Ancient Debris from natural world generation. There is no recipe: Ancient Debris is found, and bastion treasure chests give the best chance at about 32%.
What is Ancient Debris used for?
A rare, blast-resistant ore block found in the lower depths of the Nether. It is the source of netherite scrap, which is smelted from it.
Where do you find Ancient Debris in chests?
Ancient Debris is chest loot in bastion treasure chests (about 32%, 1 to 2 at a time), bastion hoglin stable chests (about 16%, 1 to 2 at a time), and bastion chests (about 14%). Those odds are per chest, and Luck does not move them.
When was Ancient Debris added to Minecraft?
Ancient Debris was added in version 1.16.
How many Ancient Debris can you stack?
Ancient Debris goes 64 to a slot, and bastion treasure chests hand over 1 to 2 at a time, so a full slot is at least 32 chests of searching. A double chest of Ancient Debris comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
How long does Ancient Debris take to break?
What Ancient Debris comes down to is 30 against a tool on it and 1200 against a blast. A resistance on Ancient Debris that far above the hardness on it is why people wall with it. A pickaxe below diamond wastes Ancient Debris, so keep the better one on you. Java 26.2 publishes Ancient Debris this way, and we print it the same.

Building with it

Ancient debris is the rarest ore in the game and the only one that does not burn: it spawns in the Nether around Y 15, it never touches air, and it survives lava. Beds and TNT are the practical way to find it, and four smelted scrap plus four gold make a single netherite ingot.

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