How do you get Nether Star in Minecraft?

Nether Star is obtained through mob drops (Wither). You never craft Nether Star; 1 recipe spends it.

What is Nether Star used for?

Nether Star is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Beacon.

How many Nether Star can you stack?

Nether Star at 64 a slot, and Beacon takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Beacon with nothing left over. A shulker box of Nether Star comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.

When was Nether Star added to Minecraft?

Nether Star was added in version 1.4.2.

Miscellaneous

Nether Star

A rare item dropped by the Wither boss. Used to craft beacons. Cannot be destroyed by explosions.

Stack Size

Durability

N/A

Nether Star at a glance

Nether Star, an item out of mob drops (Wither), sits under Miscellaneous. Carrying Nether Star is cheap: 64 to a slot, 576 across the hotbar, 1728 in a chest.

Nether Star additionally serves as a crafting ingredient for Beacon. It sits between Nether Quartz and Netherite Ingot in Miscellaneous, number 86 of 147 there.

Used to craft

Beacon is the one recipe that asks for Nether Star, and the link below opens that grid. Every name in the list has a page of its own, grid included, with Nether Star in it.

Beacon

How to obtain

Mob drops (Wither)

Notes

Always dropped by the Wither upon death. Immune to explosion damage and cactus destruction.

Frequently asked questions about Nether Star

How do you get Nether Star in Minecraft?
Nether Star is obtained through mob drops (Wither). You never craft Nether Star; 1 recipe spends it.
What is Nether Star used for?
Nether Star is a crafting ingredient, and it goes into Beacon.
How many Nether Star can you stack?
Nether Star at 64 a slot, and Beacon takes 1 per craft, so a full slot is 64 Beacon with nothing left over. A shulker box of Nether Star comes to 1,728, over 27 slots.
When was Nether Star added to Minecraft?
Nether Star was added in version 1.4.2.

Building with it

The wither drops a nether star, and the only thing to do with one is build a beacon. That makes the star the single hardest earned crafting ingredient in the game, and a full beacon pyramid represents a wither fight plus a small mountain of mined ore.

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