Cracked Nether Bricks

For other variants, see Nether Brick (disambiguation).

Cracked 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	35 NETHER
Note block instrument	Bass Drum

Cracked Nether bricks are a decorative variant of Nether bricks, obtained by smelting Nether bricks.

Obtaining

Breaking

Cracked Nether bricks can be mined using any pickaxe. If mined without a pickaxe, they drop nothing.

Block	Cracked Nether Bricks
Hardness	2
Tool
Breaking time (sec)[A]
Default	110.05 (JE) 10 (BE)
Wooden	11.5 (JE) 1.5 (BE)
Stone	10.75 (JE) 0.75 (BE)
Copper	10.6 (JE) 0.6 (BE)
Iron	10.5 (JE) 0.5 (BE)
Diamond	10.4 (JE) 0.4 (BE)
Netherite	10.35 (JE) 0.35 (BE)
Golden	10.25 (JE) 0.25 (BE)
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

Smelting

Name	Ingredients	Smelting recipe
Cracked Nether Bricks	Nether Bricks + Any fuel	0.1

Usage

Cracked nether bricks are a decorative block.

Sounds

Java Edition:

nether_bricks sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.nether_bricks.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.nether_bricks.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.nether_bricks.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.nether_bricks.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.nether_bricks.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

stone sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.stone	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.stone	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.stone	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.37	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.12	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.stone	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.22	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Translation key
Cracked Nether Bricks	cracked_nether_bricks	Block & Item	block.minecraft.cracked_nether_bricks

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Cracked Nether Bricks	cracked_nether_bricks	558	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -303)	tile.cracked_nether_bricks.name

Videos

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.16			20w15a				Added cracked Nether bricks.
1.21.4			24w44a				The texture of the cracked Nether bricks has been changed.
26.2			snap1				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb cracked Nether bricks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
			snap6				Changed effect from football/regular to slow bouncy.

Bedrock Edition

Bedrock Edition
1.16.0			beta 1.16.0.57				Added cracked Nether bricks.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.28				The texture of the cracked Nether bricks has been changed.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.23				Cracked Nether bricks now have the same sounds as Nether bricks, matching Java Edition.
26.20 Experiment Drop 2 of 2026			Preview 26.20.23				Added sulfur cubes, which have the ability to absorb cracked Nether bricks, providing the football/regular effect to the mob.
26.30			Preview 26.30.20				Implemented all features from the "Drop 2 of 2026" experiment in vanilla gameplay.

Issues

Issues relating to "Cracked Nether Bricks" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Gallery

In other media

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  Cracked Nether Bricks as they appear in Minecraft Dungeons