Cracked Nether Bricks
For other variants, see Nether Bricks (disambiguation).
Cracked Nether Bricks

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
2 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
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Cracked Nether bricks are a decorative variants of Nether bricks, obtained by smelting Nether bricks.
Obtaining
Breaking
Cracked Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
| Block | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hardness | 2 | |
| Tool | ||
| Breaking time (sec)[A] | ||
| Default | 10 | |
| 1.5 | ||
| 0.75 | ||
|
0.6 | |
| 0.5 | ||
| 0.4 | ||
| 0.35 | ||
| 0.25 | ||
Legend
- incorrect tool, drops nothing
- correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
- correct tool, drops the block itself
- italicized can be instant mined
- ↑ These durations ignore other influential factors (e.g. Mining Fatigue), and are measured in seconds. For more information, see Breaking § Speed.
Smelting
| Name | Ingredients | Smelting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Nether Bricks + Any fuel |
Usage
Cracked Nether bricks are non-flammable and immune to ghast fireballs, making them a suitable shelter material for the Nether.
Note blocks
Cracked Nether bricks can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.
Sounds
nether_bricks sound type | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
| Block broken | Blocks | Once the block has broken | block | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block placed | Blocks | When the block is placed | block | subtitles | 0.8 | 0.8 | 16 | |
| Block breaking | Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | block | subtitles | 0.25 | 0.5 | 16 | |
| Something falls on a block | Entity-Dependent | Falling on the block with fall damage | block | subtitles | 0.5 | 0.75 | 16 | |
| Footsteps | Entity-Dependent | Walking on the block | block | subtitles | 0.15 | 1.0 | 16 | |
stone sound type | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sound | Source | Description | Resource location | Volume | Pitch |
| Blocks | Once the block has broken | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | When the block is placed | dig | 1.0 | 0.8-1.0 | |
| Blocks | While the block is in the process of being broken | hit | 0.37 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.3 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.22 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
cracked_nether_bricks | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cracked_nether_bricks | 558 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.16 | 20w15a | ||||||
| 1.21.4 | 24w44a | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.16.0 | beta 1.16.0.57 | ||||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.28 | ||||||
| 1.21.60 | Preview 1.21.60.23 | Cracked Nether bricks now have the same sounds as Nether bricks, matching Java Edition. | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Cracked Nether Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.