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

| Renewable |
Yes |
|---|---|
| Stackable |
Yes (64) |
| Tool | |
| Blast resistance |
6 |
| Hardness |
2 |
| Luminous |
No |
| Transparent |
No |
| Flammable |
No |
| Catches fire from lava |
No |
| Map color (JE) |
|
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Red Nether bricks are a decorative variant of Nether bricks that do not naturally generate.
Obtaining
Breaking
Red 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.
Crafting
| Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|
| Nether Wart + Nether Brick |
Usage
Red Nether bricks are non-flammable and immune to ghast fireballs, making them a suitable shelter material for the Nether.
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Red Nether Brick Slab | ||
| Red Nether Brick Stairs | ||
| Red Nether Brick Wall |
Stonecutting ingredient
| Ingredients | Cutting recipe |
|---|---|
Note Blocks
Red 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 | |
nether_brick 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 | 0.25 | 0.5 | |
| Players | Falling on the block with fall damage | fall | 0.4 | 1.0 | |
| Players | Walking on the block | step | 0.16 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Jumping from the block | jump | 0.12 | 1.0 | |
| Blocks | Falling on the block without fall damage | land | 0.14 | 1.0 | |
Data values
ID
| Name | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
red_nether_bricks | Block & Item | block |
| Name | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Item ID[i 1] | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
red_nether_brick | 215 | Block & Giveable Item[i 2] | Identical[i 3] | tile |
Video
History
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.10 | May 6, 2016 | Jens Bergensten tweets an image of two new Nether blocks. | |||||
| 16w20a | |||||||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | "Red Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Red Nether Bricks". | |||||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||||
| Red Nether brick is now used to craft red Nether brick slabs, red Nether brick stairs, and red Nether brick walls. | |||||||
| 18w50a | |||||||
| 1.16 | 20w06a | Red Nether bricks now have new sounds. | |||||
| 20w07a | Red Nether bricks have become renewable, due to piglins offering Nether brick items through bartering. | ||||||
| 1.21.4 | 24w44a | ||||||
| Pocket Edition | |||||||
| 1.1.3 | alpha 1.1.3.0 | ||||||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||||
| 1.9.0 | beta 1.9.0.0 | Red Nether brick is now used to craft red Nether brick slabs, red Nether brick stairs, and red Nether brick walls. | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||||
| 1.21.30 | Preview 1.21.30.22 | Changed name from "Red Nether Brick" to "Red Nether Bricks" to match Java Edition. | |||||
| 1.21.50 | Preview 1.21.50.29 | ||||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||||
| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | PS3 | PS4 | PS Vita | Wii U | Switch | |
| TU43 | CU33 | 1.36 | 1.36 | 1.36 | Patch 13 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.88 | Red Nether brick is now used to craft red Nether brick slabs, red Nether brick stairs, and red Nether brick walls. | ||||||
| 1.90 | |||||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||||
| 1.9.19 | |||||||
Data history
| Java Edition | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.13 | 17w47a | The IDs have been changed from red_nether_brick to red_nether_bricks.
| |||||
| Prior to The Flattening, the block's numeral IDs was 215. | |||||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Red Nether Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.
Gallery
Screenshots
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The first image of red Nether bricks, as tweeted by Jens Bergensten. -
Red Nether bricks in Bedrock Edition[1].