How do you get Nether Bricks in Minecraft?

Nether Bricks is crafted from Nether Brick at a Crafting Table, in a single step. They also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.

When was Nether Bricks added to Minecraft?

Nether Bricks was added in the 1.0 full release.

What is Nether Bricks used for?

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

How long does Nether Bricks take to break?

Two figures cover Nether Bricks: 2 to mine, 6 to blow them up. Because the numbers differ on Nether Bricks, one of the two routes into them is always quicker. Speed on Nether Bricks comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 spells Nether Bricks out this way, so nothing on them was guessed.

How many Nether Bricks can you stack?

64 Nether Bricks fill one slot, and filling it costs 256 Nether Brick: 64 crafts. A shulker box of Nether Bricks comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Utility BlocksCraftable

Nether Bricks

A dark red building block crafted from four nether brick items that makes up Nether fortresses. It can be cut into stairs, slabs, walls and fences.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Nether Bricks at a glance

Crafting and mining give you Nether Bricks, blocks filed under Utility Blocks. 64 Nether Bricks fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Nether Bricks additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Nether Brick Stairs. The game rates Nether Bricks at 2 hardness. Speed on Nether Bricks comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Explosions work against a resistance of 6. Nether Bricks sits between Nether Brick Stairs and Nether Wart in Utility Blocks, number 211 of 340 there.

Crafting recipe

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

Used to craft

Nether Brick Stairs are the one recipe that asks for Nether Bricks, and the link below opens that grid. The links below go straight to the recipes that take Nether Bricks.

Nether Brick Stairs

How to obtain

Crafting
Mining

Notes

Crafted from 4 Nether Brick items. Generates in Nether fortresses and bastion remnants.

Frequently asked questions about Nether Bricks

How do you get Nether Bricks in Minecraft?
Nether Bricks is crafted from Nether Brick at a Crafting Table, in a single step. They also comes from mining, not just the recipe above.
When was Nether Bricks added to Minecraft?
Nether Bricks was added in the 1.0 full release.
What is Nether Bricks used for?
Nether Bricks is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Nether Brick Stairs.
How long does Nether Bricks take to break?
Two figures cover Nether Bricks: 2 to mine, 6 to blow them up. Because the numbers differ on Nether Bricks, one of the two routes into them is always quicker. Speed on Nether Bricks comes from a pickaxe, but the drop comes either way. Java 26.2 spells Nether Bricks out this way, so nothing on them was guessed.
How many Nether Bricks can you stack?
64 Nether Bricks fill one slot, and filling it costs 256 Nether Brick: 64 crafts. A shulker box of Nether Bricks comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

Building with it

Four nether brick items give a nether brick block, and fortresses generate from it. It is fire resistant, which matters in a dimension full of lava and ghasts, and its dark red makes it the natural partner for blackstone in any Nether build.

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