How do you get Nether Quartz in Minecraft?

Nether Quartz is obtained through mining, and Nether Quartz from smelting. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 5 recipes.

How many Nether Quartz can you stack?

Nether Quartz at 64 a slot, and Block of Quartz takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 16 Block of Quartz with nothing left over. A double chest of Nether Quartz comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.

When was Nether Quartz added to Minecraft?

Nether Quartz was added in version 1.5.

What is Nether Quartz used for?

Nether Quartz is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Block of Quartz, Daylight Detector, Observer, Redstone Comparator, and Redstone Comparator.

Miscellaneous

Nether Quartz

A white crystalline item mined from nether quartz ore, used to craft quartz blocks, daylight detectors, observers and comparators. It is one of the most common Nether ores.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Nether Quartz at a glance

Miscellaneous holds Nether Quartz: an item out of mining and smelting. 64 Nether Quartz fit in a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 3456 in a double chest.

Nether Quartz is also a hub ingredient, feeding 5 different recipes in this catalogue, so a stock in a chest unlocks that many crafts at once. It sits between Nether Brick and Nether Star in Miscellaneous, number 85 of 147 there.

Used to craft

5 recipes call for Nether Quartz, from Block of Quartz to Redstone Comparator, and Redstone takes 4 of them. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Nether Quartz in it.

How to obtain

Mining
Smelting

Notes

Drops from Nether Quartz Ore (affected by Fortune) or by smelting the ore. Four craft a Block of Quartz.

Frequently asked questions about Nether Quartz

How do you get Nether Quartz in Minecraft?
Nether Quartz is obtained through mining, and Nether Quartz from smelting. It is not craftable, but it is an ingredient in 5 recipes.
How many Nether Quartz can you stack?
Nether Quartz at 64 a slot, and Block of Quartz takes 4 per craft, so a full slot is 16 Block of Quartz with nothing left over. A double chest of Nether Quartz comes to 3,456, spread over 54 slots.
When was Nether Quartz added to Minecraft?
Nether Quartz was added in version 1.5.
What is Nether Quartz used for?
Nether Quartz is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Block of Quartz, Daylight Detector, Observer, Redstone Comparator, and Redstone Comparator.

Building with it

Quartz ore is the most common ore in the Nether, and quartz makes observers, comparators, daylight detectors and the whole white quartz block family. Anyone building redstone at scale ends up making regular quartz runs whether they like the Nether or not.

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