{{Infobox block
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=wooden pickaxe
|renewable=No{{only|je|short=1}}<br>Yes{{only|be|short=1}}
|flammable=No, but burns indefinitely on the top surface
|lavasusceptible=No
|stackable=Yes (64)
}}
'''Netherrack''' is a frail stone [[block]] found abundantly in [[the Nether]] and in blobs below [[ruined portal]]s. [[Fire]] lit on top of netherrack burns indefinitely and cannot be extinguished by [[rain]].

== Obtaining ==
=== Breaking ===
Netherrack can only be obtained with a [[pickaxe]]. It drops nothing if [[Breaking|mined]] without one.

{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Netherrack|Pickaxe|Wood}}

Netherrack can also be obtained by mining [[nylium]] with a pickaxe that's not enchanted with [[Silk Touch]].

=== Natural generation ===
Netherrack makes up most of [[the Nether]]'s terrain, and also generates as part of [[ruined portal]]s in the [[Overworld]] and the Nether.

Netherrack generates as part of bridge and treasure room [[bastion remnant]]s.

{{Block distribution}}

=== Post-generation ===
{{IN|Bedrock}}, netherrack generates as part of [[nether portal]]s spawned floating, making netherrack [[Renewable resource|renewable]].

Crimson or warped [[nylium]] transforms into netherrack if a solid, opaque [[block]] is directly above it, or when it is covered by [[snow]].<ref>{{bug|MC-174639||Snow on top of nylium turns the nylium to netherrack|WAI}}</ref>

== Usage ==
Netherrack can be used as a cheap building block. Because of its abundance and softness, it can be used to construct temporary structures that can be used for scaffolding, blockage, or other purposes.

When netherrack's top is lit on [[fire]], the fire burns indefinitely. This fire can spread to [[flammable]] blocks adjacent to the netherrack.

{{ctrl|Using}} [[bone meal]] on netherrack placed next to warped nylium or crimson nylium transforms the netherrack into more warped or crimson nylium.

Analyzing the netherrack in a [[material reducer]], it turns out to be a volcanic silicate rock rich in mercury.{{only|be|ee}}

=== Crafting ingredient ===
{{crafting usage}}

=== Smelting ingredient ===
{{Smelting
| showname = 1
| Netherrack
| Nether Brick
| 0.1
}}

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

== Sounds ==
{{Sound table/Block/Netherrack}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showblocktags=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Netherrack
|spritetype=block
|nameid=netherrack
|blocktags=base_stone_nether, infiniburn_end, infiniburn_nether, infiniburn_overworld, mineable/pickaxe
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Netherrack
|spritetype=block
|nameid=netherrack
|id=87
|foot=1}}

== History ==
{{HistoryTable
|{{HistoryLine|java alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v1.2.0|dev=preview|[[File:Netherrack JE1.png|32px]] Added netherrack, referred to by [[Notch]] at one point as "netherstone".<ref>{{tweet|notch|472444385107968|@luitjens yes, and it'd also take away some of the annoyingness of mining Netherstone with diamond pickaxes.|Nov 5, 2010}}</ref>}}
|{{HistoryLine|java beta}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0|Items now have tooltips, officially naming this block netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|java}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.0.0|dev=Beta 1.9 Prerelease 5|[[File:Netherrack JE2 BE1.png|32px]] The texture of netherrack has been slightly changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.5|dev=13w01a|Netherrack can now be [[smelt]]ed into a [[nether brick]] item, which are used to craft [[nether bricks]], just like how [[clay ball]]s can become [[brick]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=13w02a|Netherrack now uses the hellrock.png texture in [[texture pack]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.8|dev=14w27b|The netherrack's texture now randomly rotates depending on position.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10|dev=16w20a|[[Endermen]] can now pick up netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.13|dev=17w47a|Prior to [[1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], this [[block]]'s numeral ID was 87.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.14|dev=18w43a|[[File:Netherrack JE3.png|32px]] The texture of netherrack has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=18w47a|[[File:Netherrack JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of netherrack has been changed, once again.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16|dev=20w06a|Using [[bone meal]] on netherrack can now spread [[nylium]] into it.
|New unique [[sound]]s have been added for netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w07a|[[Endermen]] no longer pick up netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=20w16a|Netherrack now generates as part of [[bastion remnant]]s and [[ruined portal]]s, the latter making netherrack generate in the [[Overworld]] for the first time.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.4|exp=Update 1.20|dev=23w04a|Netherrack can now be used to craft [[netherite upgrade]] smithing templates and [[rib armor trim]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|pocket alpha}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.6.0|[[File:Netherrack JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added netherrack, which now generates as the main [[block]] of the [[Nether reactor]] instead of [[obsidian]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.7.1|Netherrack is now flammable.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.12.1|dev=build 1|The [[Nether reactor]] has been removed and replaced by [[the Nether]], and this is now the way to get netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine||v0.15.0|dev=build 1|[[Endermen]] can now pick up netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|bedrock}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.10.0|dev=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Netherrack JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of netherrack has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.16.0|dev=beta 1.16.0.51|Using [[bone meal]] on netherrack can now spread [[nylium]] into it.|
[[Endermen]] no longer pick up netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine|||dev=beta 1.16.0.57|Netherrack now generates as part of [[bastion remnant]]s and [[ruined portal]]s.
|Changed breaking and placing sounds.}}
|{{HistoryLine||1.19.80|exp=Next Major Update|dev=Preview 1.19.80.21|Netherrack can now be used to craft [[netherite upgrade]] smithing templates and [[rib armor trim]]s.}}
|{{HistoryLine|console}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU1|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Netherrack JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU9|xbone=CU1|ps3=1.00|psvita=1.00|ps4=1.00|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|An option to reset [[the Nether]] has been added, making netherrack [[Renewable resource|renewable]].}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps3=1.36|psvita=1.36|ps4=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|[[Endermen]] can now pick up netherrack.}}
|{{HistoryLine||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps3=none|psvita=none|ps4=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Netherrack JE4 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of netherrack has been changed.}}
|{{HistoryLine|New 3DS}}
|{{HistoryLine||0.1.0|[[File:Netherrack JE2 BE1.png|32px]] Added netherrack.}}
}}

== Issues ==
{{Issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* The "blood" of the old netherrack texture was originally intended to be red moss.<ref>{{tweet|notch|28440473768|@PBKelson It does? ;-) It's hard to draw red moss in few pixels.|Oct 22, 2010|name=[[Markus Persson]]}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
=== Renders ===
<gallery>
Enderman (holding Netherrack).png|[[Enderman]] holding netherrack. This no longer occurs naturally after the [[Nether Update]], as endermen are no longer able to pick up netherrack.
</gallery>

=== Screenshots ===
<gallery>
Netherrack next to soul sand valley.png|A naturally generated netherrack next to a [[soul sand valley]].
</gallery>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== See also ==
* [[Nylium]]
* [[Tutorials/Mob farm]]
* [[Tutorials/Traps]]

== External links ==
* [https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/block-week-netherrack Block of the Week: Netherrack] – Minecraft.net on June 4, 2018

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