Crimson Nylium

Crimson Nylium

Renewable	JE: No BE: Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	0.4
Hardness	0.4
Luminous	No
Transparent	No
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (JE)	52 CRIMSON_NYLIUM

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Crimson Nylium is a variant of netherrack that generates in the Nether.

Obtaining

Breaking

Crimson nylium drops itself only when mined with a pickaxe enchanted with Silk Touch; if mined with a normal pickaxe, it drops netherrack. If mined without a pickaxe, it drops nothing.

Block
Hardness	0.4
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	2
Wooden	0.3
Stone	0.15
Copper ​	0.15
Iron	0.1
Diamond	0.1
Netherite	0.1
Golden	0.05
Options
Efficiency	000
Haste	001 1JEBE

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

Natural generation

Crimson nylium generates in the crimson forest biome.

Mob loot

Crimson nylium is dropped when an enderman dies while holding it.

Chest loot

Item	Structure	Container	Quantity	Chance
Java Edition and Bedrock Edition
	Bastion Remnant	Hoglin stable chest	2–7	22.8% { "item": "Crimson Nylium", "stacksize": "2–7", "chance": 0.22793887963348602, "structure": "Bastion Remnant", "container": "Hoglin stable chest" }

Post-generation

Using bone meal on netherrack that is placed next to or adjacent to crimson nylium transforms the netherrack into nylium of that type. Air must be above the netherrack during this process. This transformation can also be done by activating a dispenser with bone meal directly into that netherrack block. If both types of nylium are present, there is an equal chance of either being spread.

Renewability

This feature is exclusive to Bedrock Edition.

 

As netherrack generates in Nether portals spawn floating, using bone meal on netherrack turns them into nylium, making them renewable.

Usage

Similar to grass blocks and mycelium, crimson nylium decays (based on random ticks) into netherrack when an opaque block is placed above it. However, unlike grass blocks and mycelium, it does not decay underneath water or lava.^[1] It decays when covered with snow.^[2]

Like mycelium and podzol, mushrooms can remain on nylium blocks in any light level. Huge mushrooms can be grown by using bone meal on mushrooms planted on nylium.

Crimson Fungi can likewise be grown into huge crimson fungi using bone meal, although the fungus must be placed on the same type of nylium, or the bone meal is never consumed.

Similar to grass blocks, the player can apply bone meal to crimson nylium. This nylium, along with nearby nylium, generates vegetation that occurs in its native biome (crimson nylium generates mostly crimson forest vegetation and warped nylium generates mostly warped forest vegetation), and just like in the native biomes, the opposite type of fungi occassionally generates. The vegetation is generated in a 5×5 area, centered on the nylium block on which bone meal is used.

Note Blocks

Crimson nylium can be placed under note blocks to produce "bass drum" sounds.

Sounds

Java Edition:

v t e nylium sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nylium.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.85	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nylium.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.85	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nylium.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.nylium.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nylium.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

v t e nylium sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.nylium	1.0	0.8-1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	dig.nylium	1.0	0.8
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.nylium	0.23	0.5
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.nylium	0.4	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.nylium	0.15	1.0
	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.nylium	0.12	1.0
	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.nylium	0.14	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Block tags	Translation key
Crimson Nylium	crimson_nylium	enderman_holdable mushroom_grow_block nylium mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.crimson_nylium

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Crimson Nylium	crimson_nylium	487	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3]	tile.crimson_nylium.name

History

Java Edition
September 28, 2019							Crimson nylium is announced at MINECON Live 2019.
							Then they use a planks sound.
1.16			20w06a				Added crimson nylium.
			20w12a				Crimson nylium can now be fertilized with bone meal to grow crimson roots, warped roots, fungi and Nether sprouts.
			20w16a				Crimson nylium now generates in chests within bastion remnants.
			20w22a				Crimson nylium now drops netherrack, unless broken with Silk Touch, in which case it drops itself.
1.16.2			20w27a				Mushrooms can now be placed and grown on crimson nylium at any light level.
Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.51				Added crimson nylium.
							Crimson nylium can be fertilized with bone meal to grow crimson roots, warped roots, and fungi.
			beta 1.16.0.57				Crimson nylium now generates in chests within bastion remnants.

Issues

Issues relating to "Crimson Nylium" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• The name is a portmanteau of "Nether" and "Mycelium", the name of the part of a fungus analogous to roots.

References

External links

• Block of the Month: Nylium – Minecraft.net on December 29, 2022

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