How do you get Nether Brick in Minecraft?

Nether Brick is crafted from Netherrack at a Furnace, in a single step.

How many Nether Brick can you stack?

64 Netherrack is what 64 Nether Brick costs, so filling a single slot is 64 smelts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.

When was Nether Brick added to Minecraft?

Nether Brick was added in the 1.0 full release.

What is Nether Brick used for?

Nether Brick is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Nether Bricks.

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Nether Brick

An item produced by smelting netherrack in a furnace, used to craft nether brick blocks and fences. Four nether bricks make one nether brick block.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Nether Brick at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Nether Brick: an item out of smelting. A slot of Nether Brick holds 64, nine slots hold 576, and 1728 fill a chest.

Nether Brick additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Nether Bricks. It sits between Nautilus Shell and Nether Quartz in Miscellaneous, number 84 of 147 there.

Crafting recipe

Furnace
Nether Brick
Recipe data from Astroworld Crafting, where Nether Brick has the grid for Nether Brick

Used to craft

Only Nether Bricks use Nether Brick as an ingredient, so this list runs to a single link. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Nether Brick.

Nether Bricks

How to obtain

Smelting

Notes

This is the item form (distinct from the Nether Bricks block). Obtained by smelting Netherrack.

Frequently asked questions about Nether Brick

How do you get Nether Brick in Minecraft?
Nether Brick is crafted from Netherrack at a Furnace, in a single step.
How many Nether Brick can you stack?
64 Netherrack is what 64 Nether Brick costs, so filling a single slot is 64 smelts. A full backpack of 36 inventory slots carries 2,304 at once.
When was Nether Brick added to Minecraft?
Nether Brick was added in the 1.0 full release.
What is Nether Brick used for?
Nether Brick is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Nether Bricks.

Building with it

Nether brick items come from smelting netherrack, and four make a nether brick block. That means a fortress build does not depend on tearing down a fortress: a furnace and a pile of netherrack, which the Nether has in unlimited quantity, produce as much as you need.

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