<!--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|other uses|Brick (disambiguation)}}
{{Block
| image = <gallery>
Nether Bricks.png | Normal
Cracked Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png | Cracked
Chiseled Nether Bricks JE2 BE2.png | Chiseled
</gallery>
| image2 = Red Nether Bricks.png
|transparent=No
|light=No
|tool=wooden pickaxe
|renewable=Yes
|stackable=Yes (64)
|flammable=No
|lavasusceptible=No
}}'''Nether bricks'''{{fn|Known as '''Nether Bricks''' {{in|java}} and '''Nether Brick Block''' {{in|bedrock}}.}}  are blocks used to form [[nether fortress]]es in [[the Nether]].

'''Red nether bricks'''{{fn|Known as '''Red Nether Bricks''' {{in|java}} and '''Red Nether Brick'''{{sic}} {{in|bedrock}}.}}, '''cracked nether bricks''' and '''chiseled nether bricks''' are decorative variants that do not naturally generate.

== Obtaining ==

=== Breaking ===

Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.
{{breaking row|horizontal=1|Nether Bricks, Red Nether Bricks, Chiseled Nether Bricks, Cracked 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
}}
{{Crafting
|A2= Nether Wart
|B2= Nether Brick
|A3= Nether Brick
|B3= Nether Wart
|Output= Red Nether Bricks
|type= Building block
}}
{{Crafting
|B2= Nether Brick Slab
|B3= Nether Brick Slab
|Output= Chiseled Nether Bricks
|type= Building block
|foot=1
}}

=== Smelting ===

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

== 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,Red Nether Bricks}}

=== Stonecutting ===

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

}}
{{Stonecutting
|foot=1
|Nether Bricks
|Chiseled Nether Bricks
}}

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

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

=== Chiseled and cracked ===
{{Sound table/Block/Nether bricks}}

== Data values ==
=== ID ===
{{edition|java}}:
{{ID table
|edition=java
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=nether_bricks}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_nether_bricks}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cracked Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cracked_nether_bricks}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Chiseled Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=chiseled_nether_bricks
|foot=1}}

{{edition|bedrock}}:
{{ID table
|edition=bedrock
|shownumericids=y
|showforms=y
|generatetranslationkeys=y
|displayname=Nether Brick Block
|spritetype=block
|nameid=nether_brick
|id=112}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Red Nether Brick{{sic}}
|spritename=Red Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=red_nether_brick
|id=215}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Cracked Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=cracked_nether_bricks
|id=558}}
{{ID table
|displayname=Chiseled Nether Bricks
|spritetype=block
|nameid=chiseled_nether_bricks
|id=557
|foot=1}}

== History ==

{{History|java}}
{{History||1.0.0|snap=Beta 1.9 Prerelease|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|30px]] Added nether brick, which can be crafted into nether brick [[stairs]] and [[fence]]s.}}
{{History||1.4.6|snap=12w49a|Nether brick is now used to craft nether brick [[slab]]s.}}
{{History||1.5|snap=13w01a|Added [[crafting]] recipe, using [[nether brick]] items.}}
{{History||1.8|snap=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.}}
{{History|||snap=14w26a|Block metadata has been completely removed from this snapshot onwards 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}}}}
{{History||1.10|snap=May 6, 2016|slink={{tweet|jeb_|728499561065529344}}|[[Jens Bergensten]] tweets an image of two new Nether blocks.}}
{{History|||snap=16w20a|[[File:Red Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|30px]] Added red nether brick.}}
{{History||1.13|snap=17w47a|The IDs have been changed from <code>(red_)nether_brick</code> to <code>(red_)nether_bricks</code>.
|"Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Nether Bricks".
|"Red Nether Brick" has been renamed to "Red Nether Bricks".
|Prior to [[Java Edition 1.13/Flattening|''The Flattening'']], these blocks' numeral IDs were 112 and 215.}}
{{History||1.14|snap=18w43a|[[File:Nether Bricks JE2.png|32px]] [[File:Red Nether Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The textures of nether bricks have been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w47a|[[File:Nether_Bricks_JE3_BE4.png|32px]] The texture of nether bricks has been changed.}}
{{History|||snap=18w50a|[[File:Red Nether Bricks JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The texture of red nether bricks has been changed, once again.}}
{{History||1.16|snap=20w06a|Nether bricks now have new [[sound]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=20w07a|Nether bricks have become [[renewable]], due to [[piglin]]s offering [[nether brick]] items through [[bartering]].}}
{{History|||snap=20w15a|[[File:Cracked Nether Bricks JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cracked and chiseled nether bricks.}}
{{History|||snap=20w16a|[[File:Chiseled Nether Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The texture of chiseled nether bricks has been changed.}}

{{History|pocket alpha}}
{{History||v0.6.0|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added nether brick.
|Nether brick can be [[crafting|crafted]] into nether brick [[stairs]].}}
{{History||v0.12.1|snap=build 1|Nether brick is now used to craft nether brick [[slab]]s and [[fence]]s.}}
{{History||v0.14.2|[[File:Nether Bricks BE2.png|32px]] Nether brick now has a brighter texture.}}
{{History|pocket}}
{{History||1.1.3|snap=alpha 1.1.3.0|[[File:Red Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red nether bricks.}}
{{History|bedrock}}
{{History||1.9.0|snap=beta 1.9.0.0|Nether brick blocks and red nether bricks are now used to craft [[stairs]], [[slab]]s and [[wall]]s.}}
{{History||1.10.0|snap=beta 1.10.0.3|[[File:Nether Bricks BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Nether Bricks JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of nether brick blocks and red nether bricks have been changed.}}
{{History||1.16.0|snap=beta 1.16.0.57|[[File:Cracked Nether Bricks JE1.png|32px]] [[File:Chiseled Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added cracked and chiseled nether bricks.
|Nether bricks now generate on ruined portal.
|Nether bricks can be obtained from bartering with piglin.
|Nether bricks now have new [[sound]]s.}}
{{History|||snap=beta 1.16.0.63|[[File:Chiseled Nether Bricks JE2.png|32px]] The texture of chiseled nether bricks has been changed.
|[[File:Nether Bricks JE3 BE4.png|32px]] The texture of nether bricks has been changed to match [[Java Edition]]'s again.}}
{{History||1.16.100|snap=beta 1.16.100.54|Nether Bricks can no longer be obtained from bartering, replaced by [[nether brick]] items to match ''[[Java Edition]]''.}}

{{History|console}}
{{History||xbox=TU7|xbone=CU1|ps=1.0|wiiu=Patch 1|switch=1.0.1|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|30px]] Added nether bricks.}}
{{History||xbox=TU9|A [[crafting]] recipe has now been added, using [[nether brick]] items.}}
{{History||xbox=TU43|xbone=CU33|ps=1.36|wiiu=Patch 13|[[File:Red Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red nether bricks.}}
{{History||xbox=none|xbone=none|ps=1.90|wiiu=none|switch=none|[[File:Nether Bricks BE3.png|32px]] [[File:Red Nether Bricks JE3 BE2.png|32px]] The textures of nether brick blocks and red nether bricks have been changed.}}

{{History|new3ds}}
{{History||0.1.0|[[File:Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added nether bricks.}}
{{History||1.9.19|[[File:Red Nether Bricks JE1 BE1.png|32px]] Added red nether bricks.}}
{{History|foot}}

== Issues ==
{{issue list}}

== Trivia ==
* The chiseled nether bricks have the symbol of a [[Wither Skeleton]] on them.

== Gallery ==
<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.
Nether Wart block.jpg|The first image of red nether bricks, as tweeted by Jeb.
Better Together Frostburn Blocks.jpg|Red nether bricks in bedrock edition.
Bricks of the Nether.jpg|Chiseled nether bricks with other nether brick types.
</gallery>

== Notes ==
{{fnlist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== 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

{{Blocks|Building}}

[[Category:Nether blocks]]
[[Category:Manufactured blocks]]
[[Category:Generated structure blocks]]

[[cs:Netheritové cihly]]
[[de:Netherziegel]]
[[es:Ladrillos del Nether]]
[[fr:Briques du Nether]]
[[hu:Nethertégla]]
[[ja:ネザーレンガ]]
[[ko:네더 벽돌]]
[[nl:Netherbakstenen]]
[[pl:Netherowa cegła (blok)]]
[[pt:Tijolos do Nether]]
[[ru:Адский кирпич]]
[[th:อิฐเนเธอร์]]
[[uk:Незерська цегла]]
[[zh:下界砖块]]
