<!--Please do not change "nether bricks" to "Nether bricks". According to style guide, block names are not proper nouns and should not be capitalized.-->
{{about|the block|the item|Nether Brick|the red variant|Red Nether Bricks|the cracked variant|Cracked Nether Bricks|the chiseled variant|Chiseled Nether Bricks}}
{{Infobox block
|image = Nether Bricks.png
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=wooden pickaxe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}
'''Nether bricks''' are the building blocks of [[nether fortress]]es in [[the Nether]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Nether Bricks|link=none|Pickaxe|Wood}}

=== Natural generation ===
Nether bricks form the walls and supporting pillars of all [[nether fortress]]es.

=== Crafting ===
{{Crafting
|head=1
|A2= Nether Brick
|A3= Nether Brick
|B2= Nether Brick
|B3= Nether Brick
|Output= Nether Bricks
|type= Building block
|foot=1
}}

== Usage ==
Nether bricks are non-flammable and immune to [[ghast fireball]]s, making them a suitable shelter material for the Nether.

If a nether bricks block is inside the whole bounding box of a [[nether fortress]] (not just inside the individual parts), nether fortress mobs (such as [[blaze]]s and [[wither skeleton]]s) can spawn on it if other normal conditions are met. It is not known if this is an exclusive property of the block.

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage|Nether Bricks}}

=== Stonecutting ingredient ===
{{Stonecutting
|head=1
|Nether Bricks
|Nether Brick Slab, 2; Nether Brick Stairs; Nether Brick Wall
}}
{{Stonecutting
|foot=1
|Nether Bricks
|Chiseled Nether Bricks
}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
  |showname=1
  |Nether Bricks
  |Cracked Nether Bricks
|0.1
}}

=== Note Blocks ===
Nether bricks can be placed under [[note block]]s to produce "bass drum" sounds.

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Nether bricks|newsound=y}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=nether_bricks
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=nether_brick
|id=112
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|30px]] Added nether brick, which can be crafted into [[nether brick stairs]] and [[Nether Brick Fence|fence]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.4.6|dev=12w49a|Nether brick is now used to craft [[nether brick slab]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w01a|Added [[crafting]] recipe, using [[nether brick]] items.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w11b|Nether bricks with [[Java Edition data values/Pre-flattening/Block IDs/Before 14w25a|numerical metadata variants]] 1 through 15, which are inaccessible through normal gameplay, now have [[Missing model|no model]] [[File:Missing Model JE2.png|32px]] rather than appearing identical to nether bricks.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=14w26a|Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onward with the introduction of [[block states]]. As this block never used block metadata at all prior to this version, fifteen unused, inaccessible metadata variants of it have been completely removed from the game:
{{dvt|spritetype=block|sprite=nether-bricks|[[Nether Bricks]]}}
{{dvt|sprite=missing-texture-block|dv=1-15|[[Java Edition removed blocks/Metadata variants#Boring variants|Inaccessible "boring" variants of nether bricks]]|foot=1}}}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|The ID has been changed from <code>nether_brick</code> to <code>nether_bricks</code>.
|"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Bricks".
|Prior to [[Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this block's numeral IDs was 112.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Nether Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The texture of nether bricks has been changed.|Nether brick blocks are now used to craft [[wall]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47a|[[File:Nether_Bricks_JE3_BE4.png|32px]] The texture of nether bricks has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|Nether bricks now have new [[sound]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w07a|Nether bricks have become [[renewable]], due to [[piglin]]s offering [[nether brick]] items through [[bartering]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.4|dev=24w44a|[[File:Nether Bricks JE4 BE5.png|32px]] The texture of the nether bricks has been changed.}}

|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.6.0|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added nether brick.
|Nether brick can be [[crafting|crafted]] into [[nether brick stairs]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|Nether brick is now used to craft [[nether brick slab]]s and [[Nether Brick Fence|fence]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.14.2|[[File:Nether Bricks BE2.png|32px]] Nether brick now has a brighter texture.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.2.0|dev=beta 1.2.0.2|"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Brick Block"}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.9.0|dev=beta 1.9.0.0|Nether brick blocks are now used to craft [[wall]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Nether Bricks BE3.png|32px]] The texture of nether brick has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Nether bricks now generate on ruined portals.
|Nether bricks can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
|Nether bricks now have new [[sound]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.63|[[File:Nether Bricks JE3 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of nether bricks has been changed to match {{JE}}'s again.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.100|dev=beta 1.16.100.54|Nether Bricks can no longer be obtained from bartering, replaced by [[nether brick]] items to match {{JE}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.30|dev=Preview 1.21.30.22|Changed name from "Nether Brick Block" to "Nether Bricks" to match {{JE}}.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.21.50|dev=Preview 1.21.50.29|[[File:Nether Bricks JE4 BE5.png|32px]] The texture of the nether bricks has been changed.}}

|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|30px]] Added nether brick.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|A [[crafting]] recipe has now been added, using [[nether brick]] items.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.88|wiiu=none|switch=none|Nether brick blocks are now used to craft [[wall]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=?|wiiu=none|switch=none|"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Brick Block".}}
|{{HistoryLine||ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|[[File:Nether Bricks BE3.png|32px]] The textures of nether brick blocks have been changed.}}

|{{HistoryLine|new3ds}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added nether bricks.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Gallery ==

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Netherrack-first.jpg|First picture of nether bricks, released by [[Jeb]].
Nbrick.png|Same as before, but brightened.
New Nether 2.jpg|Second nether brick screenshot released by Jeb showing bridges.
New Nether 2 bright.jpg|The second screenshot again, but brightened.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}

== External links ==
*[https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-nether-brick Block of the Week: Nether Brick] – Minecraft.net on September 2, 2018

== Navigation ==
{{Navbox blocks|Building}}

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[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

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[[hu:Nethertégla]]
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[[ko:네더 벽돌]]
[[nl:Netherbakstenen]]
[[pl:Blok netherowej cegły]]
[[pt:Tijolos do Nether]]
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